Osimhen punishes Juric’s men, who have been able to resist for 80 ‘of suffering
Turin – The eighth wonder of Naples, the fourth punishment – consecutive – suffered by Toro in the final minutes. This time Ivan Juric fails last year’s joke with Verona, but it is a team, that grenade, which fully engages the leaders. Even if the taste is once again bitter for Toro who, after throwing away several points against Lazio, Venice and Juventus, confirms that he has his Achilles heel in the last moments of the match. To bend him, this time, it is the usual Osimhen who at 9 ‘from the end gives Naples a precious 1-0: Milan overtaken and the top recovered. The Bull, however, plays evenly and builds several chances to take the lead.
The first is with Bremer in the 16 ‘, the Brazilian del Toro is not only thinking about stemming Osimhen, but is often found also in the opponent’s area: the corner kick ends up in Ospina’s hands. Brekalo procures the most important ones. At half an hour the Croatian is good at engaging the Napoli goalkeeper with a powerful shot at the near post, but at the 20 ‘of the second half the opportunity is even more sensational: the 14 del Toro penetrates in speed between the blue shirts, but does not make the you count with the goalkeeper who with a feat deflects the shot from two steps. And 5 ‘later a split turns skyrocketing after a nice Lukic-Singo maneuver. The grenade attacking midfielder has what it takes and it shows, but he lacks a bit in concreteness as evidenced also by two greedy counterattacks on the tail of the first 45 ‘that he should have exploited better.
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In the first half, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is the protagonist. At 17 ‘the Serbian giant saves a penalty whistled by the referee for a contact between the surprise Kone on his absolute debut in the grenade (after 6’ on the field in place of Mandragora who came out in tears for a knee problem) and Di Lorenzo. Eleven meters of tears – in the end without consequences – for Insigne who stumbles on the third mistake out of five attempts in this championship, and of ephemeral glory for the goalkeeper del Toro who intercepts the first penalty in Serie A (in 2017 in the Italian Cup he saved Dzeko a decisive shot for the passage of the turn).
Spalletti’s team is there, even if it is less incisive and pragmatic than usual. He shows the best things in the second half. Between 11 ‘and 18’ he has the illusion of having unlocked the game, but first the Var intervenes to cancel Di Lorenzo’s header and turn off the party at the Maradona stadium (offside for a few centimeters), then it is the pole to say no to Lozano with Milinkovic beaten. Napoli decreases the laps just when it seems to be able to pass, Belotti enters the Toro (on the field after 50 days) to give back some courage. But when the grenades start thinking they made it, they suffer yet another punishment. The great header by Osimhen, who collects the pinball machine in the penalty area unleashed by Mertens, this time is the right one for Napoli. The final is incandescent, the referee Sacchi does not make Toro beat the last corner, infuriating Belotti, while on the bench Spalletti and Juric do not exchange courtesies.
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