Again many useless talks about Higuain and bla bla bla even a silly Napoli supporter that got into the field just to bother the start of a great match and quickly kicked out. This time the "fat guy" - talking about Gonzalo and the social media jokes about him - punished them.
Napoli started very well as always with great coral actions, ball possession and a great feeling between Milk, Insigne, Hamsik and Callejon that have been very spectacular in few occasions but always finding a great Neto on their way at least in the first half.
The Pipita silenced the San Paolo at 32' when he stroke a powerful and precise shoot on the right side of Reina that got surprised by it. 0-1 that already put a black mark on the partenopei's hope especially because this is how the first half was.
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| HIGUAIN (Picture taken from Thethao ) |
The second half is another story because finally the Napoli's offensive players seemed to getting shoot in targets much more and at the 53' Marek Hamsik put in a great strike from right outside the penalty box and there was nothing to do for Neto , 1-1 and Napoli smiled again. Didn't last much! 5 minutes after that Cuadrado put a fast low ball in the box finding a great coming by Higuain that powerfully scored the 1-2 that secured the Final qualification even if there were still more than 20 minutes to play.
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| Hamsik (Picture taken from Zimbio) |
Napoli did its best to recover the desperate situation and they actually made it. 3 minutes after Higuain's second goal, Sarri put Mertens on the pitch and he practically scored immediately taking advantage of a huge mistake by Neto that slipped the ball from his feet. Fantastic run by Mertens and congrats to him for believing that the keeper could have made a mistake. Great Intuition and it's 2-2.
At this point the home team is attacking like a military tank force over a field of flowers and they even found the 3-2 at 67' with Insigne! It didn't seem impossible to score 2 more goals at that point and incredibly Napoli actually had 2 big occasions both wasted by Pavoletti, the first one again thanks to an almost mistake by Neto - very distracted in the second half - and the second one the unluckly striker shot went over the bar for centimeters!
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| Allegri and Sarri (Picture taken from RadioGoal24) |
Allegri and company can smile and being happy to have reached the Final against such a powerful team like Napoli. Sarri can still see a lot of positive signs out of the match but still a very sour taste in his mouth. Juventus has been beaten but not completely because they will be the ones who will play the Italian Cup Final against Lazio!
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