A brace from Edinson Cavani and a goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi inspire Napoli to a convincing win over Delio Rossi’s men.
Napoli trounce Fiorentina 3-0 in the matchday 24 game of the 2011/12 campaign at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Friday, February 17.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-c13065 Lavezzi’s stoppage-time strike sealed a resounding win for the Partenopei side. Walter Mazzarri’s men get a perfect boost ahead of their
important UEFA Champions League game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the midweek.
Delio Rossi made two changes to his team from the 3-2 win over Udinese last weekend. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stevan-Jovetic-c34163 started upfront in a 4-4-2
formation.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paolo-Cannavaro-c29080 returned from his suspension.
The game got off to a sparkling start for the Partenopei side, as Cavani scored in the third minute. Marek Hamsik sprayed a lovely pass to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073, who threaded a delightful through ball for the Uruguayan to slot his shot
past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Artur-Boruc-c6728 to make it 1-0.
The hosts could have equalised minutes later, but Marco Cassani’s brilliant volleyed effort went inches wide of the goal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gianluca-Grava-c14824 replaced him.
Both teams came extremely close to scoring a goal, as Christian Maggio’s header found the woodwork before Cesare Natalie’s header rattled against the post. Fiorentina looked dangerous in the dying minutes of the first-half, as
Amauri and Jovetic saw their shots miss the upright by few inches.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miguel-Britos-c25544 missed a sitter for Napoli before the half-time whistle, as the defender blasted his volley wide from point-blank range.
Cavani doubled his team’s advantage 10 minutes after the resumption of second-half; the Uruguayan sprung the offside trap to meet Hamsik’s lovely through ball before beating Boruc to make it 2-0.
Walter Mazzarri’s men could have added another goal minutes later, as Lavezzi showed lovely footwork to skip past Nastasic and Vargas, but Boruc made a lovely save from his shot to deny the visitors.
La Viola looked out of sorts after conceding the second goal, as Napoli continued to stamp their authority on the game.
The Azzurri managed to score a well-deserved third goal in the stoppage time. Lavezzi made a lovely run on the counter-attack, as he comfortably skipped past Amidu Salifu before slotting his shot at the near post to make it 3-0.
The visitors had a lovely opportunity to score the fourth goal, but Lavezzi blasted his shot off-target from close range.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan’s 3-0 defeat to Bologna the same day. Walter Mazzarri’s men will face the Nerazzurri in their next league game.
Fiorentina: Boruc; Gamberini, Natali, Nastasic; Cassani, Behrami (Salifu 46), Montolivo, Olivera (Marchionni 64), Vargas (Cerci 75); http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Amauri-c5381, Jovetic
Napoli: Rosati; Campagnaro (Grava 12), Cannavaro, Britos; Maggio, Dzemaili, Inler, Dossena; Hamsik (Gargano 70), Lavezzi, Cavani (Pandev 74)
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