Napoli-Genoa 6-0: double by Lozano, Insigne is injured

Too bad there are only a thousand spectators, because Napoli put on a show at the San Paolo and will appear next Sunday at Juve’s home with all the points, after scoring 8 goals without conceding. Of course, Genoa only resisted for a while, showing great limits, but certainly this Napoli is showing that it has quality and competitiveness for how Gattuso plays it.

The field holds

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In the end you play, the bad weather that swept Campania from Friday to the end, despite the damage, allows you to play also because the San Paolo field is excellent. Gattuso opts for the more offensive version of 4-2-3-1 with six offensive players. Maran responds by immediately deploying new signings Luca Pellegrini and Pjaca and tightening a defensive line of 5 to resist the impact of the blue attack.

Lozano immediately

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But the resistance lasts only 10 ‘. With the magnificent four forwards all protagonists in the unlocking of the game. Because Insigne and Mertens do a duet with poor Zappacosta in the middle. The Belgian crosses well, Osimhen in the middle is physically stopped by Goldaniga but Lozano leaves behind with a timely cut and the Mexican scores. Napoli now maneuvers with harmony and creates several opportunities, with Genoa in difficulty especially to stop a very animated Osimhen.

Exceptional on the outside

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Too bad, for the Azzurri, that everything lasts just over 20 ‘because Insigne comes out with an injury: suspected strain in the flexors of the left thigh. Gattuso prefers to include Elmas in that role, who disengages well but does not have the same characteristics as the captain. Genoa takes the nose out as soon as possible and it is mainly Pellegrini who pushes to the left. From one of his crosses, rebounded, Lerager is forced to take a penalty while on the move but the Dane slides incredibly and vanishes the most dangerous opportunity of the rossoblùs who arrive a couple more times to shoot from afar with Zappacosta.

Collapse of Genoa

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In the second half, ready to go and the most beautiful action that happens from Elmas, with an Osimhen heel that sets Zielinski apart, who, after starting the action, finishes it off as well. The Ligurians lose compactness and Naples begins to rage. With Mertens, then again with Lozano, so with Elmas he entered the game very well even with an assist (to Lozano) and finally with Politano. Gattuso also enjoys swapping positions from his 4-2-3-1 with Zielinski and Elmas playing below the point. Only Osimhen is missing from the goal festival, but the Nigerian, as in Parma, has made an excellent impression. Genoa, on the other hand, may have been deluded after playing poker with Crotone. Maran, for his part, has a lot of work to do to make his team more compact.