Antonio Conte’s Napoli wrecks in Verona: 3-0 at the Bentegodi
A result as surprising as it is round and well-deserved.
Who knows what Antonio Conte, coach of the partenopei, must have thought in the last minutes of Hellas Verona-Napoli, won by the surprising Veronesi 3-0 with goals in the second half by Livramento and Mosquera’s double. D'on the other hand in his debut at the Bentegodi in 1984 Diego Armando Maradona also lost with his Napoli. If Conte counted the signings he still lacks, Gialloblu coach Zanetti counted the points. Three to start, until next Monday when he will meet Juventus at the Bentegodi again with his Verona first in the standings.
Napoli immediately with the ball of the game, the Verona rearguard, well covered by the middle line, makes the first minutes pass without decisive interventions by Montipò. And when the Parthenopeans find the right opening, comes a weak low shot by Politano to the side (19'). On 20' out goes Serdar in Verona due to injury, in comes Belahyane. Conte loudly incites his men but the web set up by Zanetti holds. Napoli moreù effective in the second half. Two conclusions signed by Anguissa: header first, ball over the crossbar; rasoterra from the three-quarter, taking up an erroneous referral by Montipò, far from the Gialloblu goal.
At 42' Verona has to thank Lobotka’s aim in what è the first, real Azzurri chance: from the center-area, undisturbed, the midfielder kicked high. Verona in the mood for gifts: absurd Frese’s back-pass activating Kvaratskhelia, blunted of anonymity: only a save in extremis by Tchatchoua avoids the Neapolitan advantage. Kvara sits injured at the end of the action, replaced by Raspadori. The first half ends 0-0 after 5 minutes of recovery.
Start of the resumption and Hellas (2') close for the first time to the lead: round ball by Kastanos, out by a whisker. Two more later Napoli unbalanced, Veronese counterattack deadly, soft touch by Livramento, ball in the net: 1-0. Bentegodi in ecstasy. Napoli bamboozled, Tchatchoua tries from the right, diagonal shot out of reach. The pinwheel of substitutions begins. In Hellas in Suslov and Magnani (14'). In, in Hellas, at 28'Harroui and Mosquera. Conte does not change. He doesn’t even make it time to enter the field that Mosquera, taking advantage of a double contrast of the stubborn Suslov, Duda serves him, runs into the central corridor, enters the area and with coldness beats Meret: 2-0. Napoli on its legs, Verona insatiable: Mosquera, great turn in the area, Meret flies in for a corner. Finally the tris, personal double, for Mosquera.
