For Belgian players who play abroad, the situation is quite different. While some are a hit, others are having a more complicated time.
This Thursday, there was one who had the opportunity to take advantage of one of his rare tenures to prove what he was worth. Recruited for the sum of 18 million euros a little less than a year ago in Verona, Cyril Ngonge did not have the opportunity to show the extent of his talent often in Naples.
A missed opportunity
The trip to Lazio in the Italian Cup was therefore a good opportunity for him to do so but the 24-year-old Belgian did not really know how to seize this opportunity. Established by Antonio Conte, he could not have done anything to avoid the 3-1 defeat of his team, synonymous with elimination in the round of 16.
And in the Italian press, the winger received a fairly negative review of his performance at the same time as one of the worst marks for his team. What Tuttomercatoweb notes is above all the fact that he will have brought nothing to the group.
“A flash in the pan”
“A good soloist more than a useful player for the team. A few good accelerations during the first minutes of play but nothing more. A flash in the pan,” writes the Italian media, which gives him a rating of 5.
As for Romelu Lukaku, he came on in the 78th minute when the score was already 3-1 and there was nothing more to do to allow Naples to hope to qualify for the next round.
For Ngonge as for Naples, we will therefore have to recover quickly. This weekend in the championship it is Lazio who arrive again and the leader of the ranking cannot afford to lose a second time in a row against the Romans.
