El Nápoles no termina de arrancar con Gennaro Ivan Gattuso. Perdió con el Parma (1-2) en su debut, ganó al Sassuolo (1-2), cayó con el Inter (1-3) y, en su cuarto partido en el banquillo, volvió a perder con la Lazio (1-0) por 'culpa' de un tardío gol de Ciro Immobile en el 82'.
Una derrota dolorosa para el rival del Barcelona en octavos de la Champions. En defensa de Gattuso hay que reseñar el 'carrusel' de bajas que tenía el
Nápoles: Koulibaly, Mertens, Meret, Ghoulam, Malcuit, Younes, Maksimovic... Por si fuera poco, Gattuso aún no podía contar con el recién fichado Diego Demme. Tampoco con Lobotka, cuyo traspaso aún no es oficial.
Fallo garrafal de Ospina
El Nápoles perdió... cuando mejor jugaba. Le condenó un error infantil de Daniel Ospina. Hysaj cedió atrás y el meta colombiano se enredó en un intento (innecesario) de regatear a Immobile. Pasó, entonces, lo que tenía que pasar. El 'Capocannoniere' de la Serie A le arrebató la pelota y marcó un gol parecido (con algo más de ángulo) que el mítico que anotó Vieri con el Atlético ante el PAOK.
Veinte goles acumula ya en Liga el ex del Sevilla que puso la guinda al 120 aniversario de la Lazio. La fiesta no pudo ser mayor: 10 victorias consecutivas acumulan ya los de Simone Inzaghi. Ahora mismo, a la espera de lo que hagan Juventus e Inter, son terceros a tres puntos del liderato... ¡¡¡con un partido perdiente!!! Temporadón y récord absoluto.
El Nápoles fue de menos a más. El sacrificio y el rigor defensivo que quiere imprimir Gattuso, que alineó de inicio a Fabián Ruiz y Callejón, hizo que apenas concedieran ocasiones al inicio del partido.
Es cierto que se le atragantaban los ataques. Hasta el 29', cuando Strakosha desvió a córner un tiro de falta de Insigne, no acechó la portería de la Lazio. Media hora le costó, de hecho, al Nápoles completar a través de Insigne, Fabián y Zielinski su primera posesión larga en campo contrario.
Al borde del descanso, paradójicamente, estuvo cerca de adelantarse la Lazio. Ospina atrapó un tiro desde la frontal de Milinkovic-Savic en el 42' y, un minuto después, Di Lorenzo sacó bajo palos un nuevo remate de Milinkovic-Savic.
Mejoría napolitana tras el descanso
Tenía a Fernando Llorente, Elmas e Hirving Lozano en el banquillo, pero Gattuso no hizo cambios en el intermedio. Sí hubo, en cambio, un cambio de actitud. El Nápoles comenzó a atacar más y a robar más en campo rival.
Tuvo, también, las mejores ocasiones: Zielinski remató al poste en el 67' e Insigne obligó a sacar una buena mano abajo a Stakosha.
Todo se fue al traste, sin embargo, con la liada de Ospina que originó el 1-0 de Immobile en el 82'. Rozó el empate el Nápoles con un disparo de Fabián Ruiz en el 86' que desvió a córner Strakosha y con otro tiro de Insigne en el 91' que obligó a lucirse al meta de la Lazio. El Nápoles 'postAncelotti' no arranca con Gattuso.
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