Napoli 1-3 A.S Roma: Serie A match report- Second-half analysis
The second-half promised more drama as neither of the two teams made any change during the interval.
Napoli found the back of the net almost immediately after the resumption but Edinson Cavani’s strike was disallowed by the referee. Maggio was adjudged to have fouled Greco before heading the ball into the Uruguayan’s path.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleandro-Rosi-c4378 picked up the first booking of the match after he hauled down Zuniga in the 49th minute. Both teams struggled to impose their authority on the game as Totti also earned himself a booking after he played
a reckless foul on Zuniga in the 54th minutes.
The Azzurri decided to use their first substitution of the match in the 55th minute, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-Pandev-c15161 came onto replace Lavezzi in the attack.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Osvaldo-c28821, who finished
it from six yards to make it 2-0 for Roma.
Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri was left fuming for his side’s defensive fatalities as he decided to change his system.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 in the 70th minute.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955 had two lovely opportunities to give his side the lead but the Uruguayan made a mess of both the chances. First, Zuniga whipped in a lovely cross to the striker but he played it straight into the keeper’s hands.
A minute later, the powerful striker after doing all the hard work blasted his shot into the side nettings.
Krkic made a blistering run in the box and squared a lovely pass for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rodrigo-Taddei-c31490 but the full-back stabbed his shot narrowly wide of the post.
Mazzarri used his last substitution of the game in the 74th minute, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Simone-Perrotta-c33592 for Greco.
The host’s finally managed to break the deadlock in the 82nd minute. Zuniga made a lovely run in the box before laying a low cross for Hamsik and the Slovakian made no mistake this time and turned it into the bottom
corner to make it 1-2.
The goal definitely brought spark in the Napoli players as they looked to find an equaliser. Meanwhile, Totti was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emiliano-Viviano-c12483 to strengthen the midfield.
Napoli’s hopes of salvaging a point from the game were shattered as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Simplicio scored the third for the visitors. The midfielder tried an audacious strike and it took a heavy deflection off Cannavaro and went into the back
of the net to make it 3-1 in the 90th minute.
The host’s were baldly hit by Roma’s 3rd goal as they slumped to their fourth defeat of the season and their chances of finishing in the top three suffered a huge blow.
Napoli: De Sanctis; Campagnaro (Dossena 73), Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio, Inler, Gargano (Mascara 66), Zuniga; Hamsik, Lavezzi (Pandev 56); Cavani
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603: Stekelenburg; Rosi, Juan, Heinze, Taddei; Simplicio, De Rossi, Greco (Perrotta 80); Totti (Viviani 88); Osvaldo, Lamela (Bojan 71)
Napoli move to the 6th spot in the league table and find themselves 12 points adrift of leaders, Juventus. On the other hand, Roma climb to the 7th position after the win.
Walter Mazzarri’s men will host Genoa in their next test on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011. Meanwhile, Roma travel to Bologna the same day.
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