Genoa-Naplesmatch valid for the 17th day of Serie Aended with a score of 1-2, the result of goals from Zambo-Anguissa and Rrahmani for the Neapolitans and from Pinamonti for the home team. With this result, however, Napoli returns to the top of the table while waiting to understand what Atalanta will do. Below are the votes for all the protagonists of the match.
Genoa's report cards
Nicola LEALI 5.5 – The ball of the second goal is certainly deflected and with a strange trajectory, but the feeling is that it was also slow. Maybe something more could have been done.
Stefano SABELLI 5.5 – What a struggle for Genoa's right winger in containing Neres. The Brazilian is an uncomfortable customer and for the Italian the game is anything but simple. Dal 78′ Brooke NORTON-CUFFY – sv.
Mattia BANI 6.5 – Experience in Genoa's defensive line. He contains Lukaku very well, who only runs away from him at the start of the match (Belgian's crossbar) but then takes the measure of him without ever suffering.
Johan VAZQUEZ 6 – Together with Bani he played a definitely positive match for Genoa, who came out defeated but without any particular errors or inaccuracies from the central defense pair.
Aaron MARTIN 5,5 – Politano's accelerations in the first half are annoying for him. It goes back a bit to the distance, but the efforts of the first fraction cannot be erased.
Morten FRENDRUP 6 – Forty-five almost nightmarish minutes, with a Napoli that doesn't allow him to breathe. However, his match is growing: the recovery, like all of Genoa, is largely positive.
Milan BADELJ 5.5 – Put down in every way in the first half, on Napoli's first goal he also had the aggravating circumstance of letting Neres go away. In the middle of the pitch Napoli then imposed a pace that Badelj just couldn't sustain. A single ring with a header that commits Meret. Dal 70' Morten THORSBY 6 – Come in and try to give continuity to Genoa's good finish. Entrance ok.
Fabio MIRETTI 6 – Too much effort in the first half, where he tries to take some responsibility when releasing the ball but is put down quite easily by Napoli's intensity. Like the rest of the team, he redeems himself in the second half. From 83' Mario BALOTELLI – sv.
Alessandro ZANOLI 6 – Try to throw in some crosses with some well-made solutions. In the first half Vitinha wasted a potentially very good ball of his own. He, unlike his teammates, drops a bit in the end. However, he was one of the few among the rossoblu to be dangerous even in the very complicated first half.
Andrea PINAMONTI 6.5 – Extremely hard work. His Genoa serves him very little and for a long time the afternoon appears to be in a regime of 'maximum isolation'. But then the match changes face. He forced Meret into a miracle after a few seconds of the second half and also scored the goal that kept Marassi alive until the end.
VITINA 6 – Wasted a good opportunity in the first half by trying one too many dribbles instead of finishing. However, he made up for it somehow by providing the right assist to Pinamonti at the start of the second half. Dal 70' Caleb EKUBAN 6 – Honest ending, without any particular bells and whistles.
Coach Patrick VIERIA 6 – A Genoa with two faces, as you may have guessed. A team in great difficulty in the first half; a good eleven capable of reacting and looking for an equalizer in the second half. In short, he touches the right chords in the locker room and in the end comes out with a performance from which he can theoretically start again with great confidence.
Napoli's report cards
Alex deserves 7 – After a first half as a non-paying spectator, he opens the second half with a half-miracle – coldly – on Pinamonti. Well done to repeat himself on at least two other occasions, from Badelj to Balotelli in the final. In short, there is a lot of his own in Napoli's victory today.
Giovanni DI LORENZO 6.5 – A guarantee on the right where offensively he provides all the extra solutions that Politano needs, especially in the first half. It drops a little at distance.
Amir RRAHMANI 7 – The physicality on high balls is truly unique and in the end it is fundamental today against Napoli to bring home the three points. In fact, the goal has a great specific weight.
JUAN JESUS 6 – It's not easy to find yourself a starter overnight, especially to replace someone like Buongiorno. However, the Brazilian brings all the experience of his career to Marassi, plays simple and doesn't make mistakes.
Mathias OLIVERA 6 – A little less push than usual today for Napoli with Olivera. It matters little though because on his side there is a wild Neres.
Frank ZAMBO-ANGUISSA 7 – Second consecutive goal and Conte's desire to “find more insertions” which in the end is immediately satisfied. Anguissa unlocked the match and Napoli, playing an excellent first half and a more complicated but still generous second half.
Stanislav LOBOTKA 6.5 – It's his ball thrown in that leads to Rrahmani's headbutt. A first half like a professor right there in the middle, which is however followed by a recovery where it drops a bit too much. Like all of Naples, after all.
Scott McTOMINAY 6 – The point made previously applies. In the first half he dominated the middle of the pitch, where he imposed a pace and physicality that was unsustainable for the Genoans. But then it drops too quickly at distance.
Matteo POLITANO 6 – For 45 minutes it really, really bothers Aaron Martin. In the second half, however, his drive weakened as Napoli went into 'management' mode perhaps a little too soon. From 87' Leonardo SPINAZZOLA – sv.
Romelu LUKAKU 6 – He starts off strong, with a header that scares Leali and a couple of important plays. But then Bani and Vazquez take the measure of him a bit… And in the end the Belgian is still left empty. From 73' Giovanni SIMEONE 6 – Final without sensational rings. Indeed, on a couple of occasions he struggled to keep the team going. But it's still not resoundingly bad.
David NERES 6.5 – It is from his foot that the most interesting things for Napoli arise. It has long been a nuisance for Sabelli and his companions; he then offers the assist to Anguissa who opens Napoli's score. Dal 73' Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA 6 – Enter and immediately seek numerical superiority, as per tradition. Interesting piece, but nothing sensational.
Herd. Antonio CONTE 6 – A Naples, it must be said, with two faces. The first brilliant and modern, a team that imposed a high pace and physicality for 40 minutes, outclassing Genoa. The other, decidedly more speculative, aimed at the management – low and painful – of the result. And in the end the concepts are always the same: as long as he wins, he is right. But this Napoli, given the qualities available, could do more.
Conte: “I would go to war with this Napoli. Don't ask me about the transfer market”
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