D’Aria: “Napoli anxious, Lukaku canceled by Hien. Meret positioned badly”

Napoli beaten byAtalanta 3-0, a deserved victory for Gasperini’s Orobic team. Alessandro D’Ariamatch analyst, immediately commented on the Neapolitans’ performance. A bad blow for Antonio Conte’s team, first home defeat.

D’Aria’s statements to AreaNapoli.it: “A Napoli that was unable to patiently manage the disadvantage and that at 0-1 became anxious, losing distance and balance, allowing the guests 2/3 one-on-one transitions in one of which Lookman doubled the lead with a shot which was not very angled on the which unfortunately should be underlined the incorrect positioning of Meret positioned on the center-right, a position that did not allow him to neutralize but only to touch an unstoppable shot. At that point the match was over, and also the substitutions were from my point in view late and above all not acceptable”.

Then he added: “First of all, with Lukaku clearly canceled out by Hien and who insisted on always turning to the same side, i.e. on the left foot and thus being predictable, it would have been desirable to use Simeone much earlier. Then it is not clear why Neres became the substitution for Kvaratskhelia who wasn’t playing too badly either. And instead Ngonge comes on for Politano (I wonder if Ngonge does the non-possession phase better than Neres) and Neres comes on once again on the left instead of the Georgian, side. on which the Brazilian loses much of his effectiveness”.

“From what we understand, it is unlikely that we will see Neres on the right and Kvaratskhelia on the left on the pitch together. Instead of bringing in Raspadori at that point it could have been interesting to insert Ngonge from under striker with Kvaratskhelia on the left and Neres on the right behind Simeone, moving McTominay back in the middle of the pitch in a 4-2-3-1, unscrupulous of course, but you were down 0-2, and there could have been something more offensive”, D’Aria reported.

In the end: “Poor performance also by referee Doveri…among other things, RETEGUI’s goal comes from a foul on Neres that the referee didn’t whistle, just as he didn’t whistle for many fouls and reversed many free kicks, often by Lukaku on Hien”.