The first act is on stage. Waiting for the direct clash scheduled at the Maradona Stadium for Sunday evening in Serie A, this evening all 21 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome Lazio by Marco Baroni defeats 3-1 il Napoli of Antonio Contein round of 16 of the Italian Cup, and eliminates him from the competition. The Biancocelesti, despite being seeded, found themselves facing the current leaders of the championship, who had however returned from last year's disastrous season which forced them to start their journey in the national cup starting from the summer preliminaries: Noslin's hat-trick nullifies Simeone's provisional draw. First came the penalty missed by Zaccagni, the first of his career.
Large turnover for the Neapolitans, chand they exit the national cup in the round of 16 for the fourth year in a row, while the Romans, while continuing with the rational rotations of the squad, will find in the quarterfinals the winner of the match scheduled for Thursday 19 December at San Siro between Inter e Udinese.
THE SCORESHEET
Lazio-Napoli 3-1
MARKERS: 32′, 41′ e 50′ Noslin (L), 35′ Simeone (N)
ASSIST: Gigot (L), Pedro (L), Zaccagni (L)
LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Mandas; Lazzari, Gigot, Gila, Hysaj; Dele-Bashiru (from 73' Castrovilli), Rovella; Tchaouna, Pedro (Guendouzi from 60'), Zaccagni (Isaksen from 60'); Noslin (from 90'+2' Marusic).
NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): Caprile; Zerbin (from 72' Di Lorenzo), Juan Jesus, Rafa Marin, Spinazzola; Gilmour, Folorunsho (from 72' McTominay); Neres, Raspadori (from 84' Lobotka), Ngonge (from 72' Politano); Simeone (from 77' Lukaku).
REFEREE: Luca Pairetto (Nichelino)
WARNINGS: 26' Rafa Marin (N), 57' Zaccagni (L), 80' Hysaj (L), 84' Neres (N)
EXPELLED
GOALS AND HIGHLIGHTS:
89′ – Lukaku's support for Neres, who is close to 3-2: Mandas intervenes.
82′ – Isaksen tries on Castrovilli's touch, saves Caprile.
60′ – Neres puts it in from the left, Simeone's header goes high.
58' – Lazio close to poker: volley from the right by Lazzari, great save by Caprile.
50' – NOSLIN'S HATRICK, LAZIO'S HAT-TRIC! The wild Dutchman scores his third personal goal of the evening, on a cross met by Zaccagni from the left: Juan Jesus tries to clear but fails, it's 3-1.
43′ – Napoli's reaction: Simeone's razor save by Mandas, with the Argentine complaining about a late intervention by Gigot.
42′ – Error in disengagement by Rovella in the center of the area, Folorunsho almost takes advantage of it to beat Mandas.
41' – LAZIO AGAIN, NOSLIN AGAIN: It's 2-1! Splendid action by Lazio, who win the ball back on the left flank and serve Zaccagni, cross to the centre, heel of Pedro who unmarks the Dutchman, good at avoiding Rafa Marin and depositing it into the net for the second goal.
35' – EQUAL FOR NAPLES, SIMEONE! Neres again on the left, a razor on which Mandas is not perfect and rejects centrally, but then the Cholito he is very good at anticipating his direct opponent Patric in his slide, sending the ball into the net.
34′ – Great initiative from Neres, cross for Ngonge, with Mandas who gets into difficulty but then manages to clear.
32' GOAL FROM LAZIO, NOSLIN! – Advantage for the hosts: corner from the left by Tchaouna, header and clearance by Gigot for the Dutchman, kept in play by Gilmour, who beats Caprlie from two steps.
27′ – Simeone saves Patric's header off the line, well served by Tchaouna.
21' – CAPRILE SAVES ZACCAGNI'S PENALTY! Strong ball halfway to the right of the Napoli goalkeeper, who stretches out and neutralizes the shot.
20' – PENALTY FOR LAZIO! Great ball from Hysaj, who serves a through pass to Pedro, after Noslin's movement: the Spaniard clearly anticipates Caprile who knocks him down, penalty for the hosts.
17′ – Opportunity for Napoli. Neres' descent and shot on goal, then on the rebound a cross into the middle and Simeone's header saved by Mandas.
