Part 2: Napoli vs. Fiorentina – Italian Serie A Review
However, the Fiorentina striker had a lot of power in his shot and he did not even trouble Morgan De Santis in between the two poles as the shot was driven wide off the cross bar. With this shot coming through, the message was clear that Fiorentina were
not there to defend their goal, in fact they were in it to win it. Moreover, they looked to be sharing the heavier part of the balance on the pitch.
With the first half ending goal-less, the second half was supposed to be a thriller. Both teams returned to the pitch with only one thing in mind – scoring a goal. Both coaches decided to stretch their men wide to create more opportunities to find the back
of the net. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 crowd definitely looked to be frustrated as their side were finding it hard to survive against Fiorentina who were charging forward and imposing a threat on the home team’s defensive walls.
The Fiorentina full back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 star had the opportunity to find the back of the net for the visitors but he simply could not control the ball
well. However, he did take his shot but his effort was driven wide even though his pace was unmatchable and no one was after him.
The visitors were simply not done as they planted another bomb on the defensive lines of Napoli. It was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Donadel-c23690 who sneaked past two Napoli defenders and found ample space to take a long ranged effort. The Fiorentina star took his shot on goal but
his effort just brushed off the left hand post of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morgan-De-Sanctis-c26801.
With the match coming to an end, Napoli finally realized that they were in a must-win situation. They home crowd started to get restless as the team couldn’t find its way past the Fiorentina defensive walls. However, they did get their chance on goal with
the game about to end. Napoli ran on the flanks as they tried to get Fiorentina by pace; however, the last shot taken by the Argentinean striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073 was simply disappointing.
The match ended in frustration for the home team who were still trying to increase the gap between the third placed Juventus and also trying to close the gap with AC Milan who are at the top of the table. Juventus are currently far behind in the points table
but they definitely have the talent to close the gap down with Napoli who struggled against the mid table side Fiorentina.
On the other hand, Fiorentina got a point while being away from home. However, their one point did not help them with their mid-table position and they are still 10th in the Italian Serie A.
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