Final result: Lazio-Napoli 3-1
Lazio report cards (edited by Marco Pieracci)
Mandas 6 – Not optimal clearance which facilitates Simeone’s tap-in, naive but effective shin save with which he denies Cholito a brace.
Lazarus 5.5 – In obvious difficulty in containing the dribbler Neres, who systematically skips him. Better in the push phase, it comes close to poker.
Gigot 6.5 – Precious tower on inactive balls, surgical assist for Noslin’s first goal. He tries again and almost fails again.
Patric 5.5 – Not reactive enough and much less bad than Simeone who eats it up on the equalizer. It appears in the Neapolitan area.
Hysaj 7 – He hasn’t played in his life, yet you wouldn’t think so: great ball to Pedro on the penalty, he starts the second goal. Pleasant surprise of the evening.
Dele-Bashiru 6 – Running like a middle-distance runner, feet not very well-mannered: he goes wild when he gets to the shooting area. Muscle duel with Folorunsho. From 73′ Castrovilli 6 – Encouraging segment of the match, if the physical problems give him some respite he could be an additional resource.
Rovella 6.5 – He risks another omelette after the one in Parma, this time it goes well for him: over time he becomes the undisputed master of the midfield.
Tchaouna 6 – He alternates good things with decidedly less good ones: he kicks the equalizing corner, and is superficially snatched by Neres.
Pedro 7 – As an attacking midfielder he has fun without giving points of reference: quick and shrewd in taking the penalty, poetic with his back-heel at 2-1. From 61′ Isaksen 6 – A little soft entry, called to order and pay more attention to the covers. And he’s even close to the fourth goal.
Zaccagni 6.5 – Zerbin is not a full-back and struggles to read his plays and participates in two goals. He does and undoes: Caprile takes away the aura of infallibility from the spot. From 61′ Guendouzi 6 – Baroni saves him an hour, but he cannot give it up completely: fundamental for managing the result.
Noslin 8.5 – A rediscovered attacker, he takes the ball home: he takes advantage of Gigot’s burst to break through Conte’s wall, scores two more for a real 9. Standing ovation deserved. From 90’+2 Marusic sv
Marco Baroni 7.5 – He makes a turnover, initially also giving up the Guendouzi totem, but now his team plays by heart regardless of the interpreters and in any case shows that it wants the quarterfinals with more determination. He doesn’t miss a single move: right now he would even get the SuperEnalotto numbers right.
Napoli’s report cards (edited by Raimondo De Magistris)
Caprile 6 – He comes out late on Pedro to award a penalty to Lazio, but then makes up for it by intercepting the penalty kicked by Zaccagni. However, the score is heavy: he returns home with three goals conceded (for which he has no particular fault).
Zerbin 4.5 – For his performance he deserves an even lower rating: he is always, constantly, in difficulty. He never manages to read Lazio’s movements in his area. But there is a mitigating factor and it’s a pretty big one: it’s his first match of the season and he’s playing it in a role that isn’t his. From the 72nd McTominay sv
Rafa Marin 5 – Tonight’s match confirms Conte’s doubts: he is still too immature to be part of this Napoli. He almost always looks for the advance and many times it goes badly for him.
Juan Jesus 5.5 – The best of the rearguard, even if on Noslin’s second goal he was fooled by Pedro’s movement who knocked him out with a backheel.
Spinazzola 5 – Inconsistent in the offensive phase, in difficulty when it comes to defending: on the goal that made it 3-1 Noslin mocked him with a perfect movement.
Gilmour 5.5 – The start of the game is encouraging but he doesn’t have a team following him. And as the minutes pass, he lets himself be dragged into the open sea of difficulties.
Folorunsho 5.5 – In a particularly unbalanced team he gets into difficulty when Lazio plays in transition. He accompanies Napoli’s counterattacks well, but on balance he is never dangerous. From the 72nd Di Lorenzo sv
Ngonge 5 – A good soloist rather than a useful team man: some good acceleration in the first minutes and nothing more. Fire in the pan. From the 72nd Politano sv
Raspadori 5 – He has no demerits in the offensive phase, he participates in the (few) blue counterattacks. The problem is when he has to help the defensive phase: he makes many, too many blue pencil errors. From the 85th Lobotka sv
Neres 6.5 – One of the few happy notes on the evening in which Napoli bid farewell to the Italian Cup: one of his plays resulted in the momentary equalizer and more generally he was the only one to provide Simeone with interesting balls.
Simeon 7 – On an evening to forget Cholito he can go home satisfied: he scores the goal that temporarily makes it 1-1, and comes close to making it 2-2. But more generally, it gives the impression that it can always cause problems. From the 78th Lukaku sv
Antonio Conte 4 – In order to rest all the starting players, he changed the formation and fielded players who were clearly out of position. It’s fine to focus on the championship, but tonight it seemed like too much: Napoli bid farewell to the Italian Cup without the honor of arms.