NAPLES WITHOUT HIGUAIN BEATS THE SASSUOLO WITH A GREAT DUVAN ZAPATA AND NEAR THE ROMA IN SECOND PLACE

Inside Andujar in place of Rafael Cabral, Duvan Zapata instead of Gonzalo Higuain. Napoli tries to bring the Roma plagued pareggite with an array aggressive against a Sassuolo always tough arriving at San Paolo with a team full of midfielders and a defense lined up to four. It is not a beautiful game, Napoli does not seem to be able to demonstrate the technical and tactical superiority that on paper is indisputable. Only survivor among the blues that seem apathetic in the first half is the usual Gargano who fight like a lion for every ball. For the rest dull game in the first portion of the game, with Napoli never able to seriously worry the Sassuolo team always on the ball despite two accidents in the first minutes.
Second time with Napoli in attack. At times even arrembante. Sure you miss the flashes of Higuain, his ability to jump opponents and fly away towards the opponent’s goal. The ninth minute is even Sassuolo you do dangerous with a nice shot from the edge of Andujar Berardi that goes just wide. Gabbiadini is in the field, but no one sees it for the first 60 minutes. Out of the game, no agreement with Duvan Zapata, nothing to do with the understanding that the former Sampdoria showed with Higuain since he arrived in Naples. But Zapata is that the 16th latched on to a pass Hamsik in attack, paste the ball to his right foot and after two, three contrasts puts in goal. It is the opening goal. The game changes face, Sassuolo has nothing to defend and therefore must go to try to draw, uncovering so in defense.
Benitez pulls out of the fray a Manolo Gabbiadini absent and lets the Belgian Dries Mertens to give more enamel attack. At the 24th Hamsik is that of a transition pass in area Duvan struck home. Then he goes to embrace Lorenzo Insigne who follows the game from the sidelines.
At the 26 th Dries Mertens was sent off with a nasty foul in midfield. His match ends after 6 minutes. It causes difficulties for the Naples that has to end the game in 10. Ugly episodes, however, comes to the applause of the public who forgives him. The 31st is a brilliant save by Mariano Andujar to avert the network of Sassuolo. Rafael will be difficult to recover the starting spot. Andujar played well, led the defense, made a brilliant save, it was perfect. The 41st is Callejon, author of a good game, which flies on the right wing, falls, shoots towards the goal, the ball is lost just wide.