Coppa Italia: Fiorentina tops Napoli 5-2 after a incredible match

Jordan Ranan|May 12, 2023 09:01 GMT

NAPOLI. Fiorentina overcomes Napoli 5-2 after a incredible match.

NAPOLI. Fiorentina overcomes Napoli 5-2 after a incredible match. Fiorentina was vastly superior ball possession (68%) was among the key factors of its victory.

Fiorentina remained in 10 people after B. Dragowski received a red card in the 45′. Anyway, Fiorentina still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players. Also, Napoli had 2 players sent off: H. Lozano (84′ for a red card) and F. Ruiz (90′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the assistance of Domenico Rocca and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 8 degrees Celsius or 46.45 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 56%.

Napoli

2

Fiorentina

5

13 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 68% while Napoli was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Fiorentina won the contest.

Napoli shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina shot 18 times, 9 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 3 yellow cards (A. Rrahmani, F. Ruiz and A. Tuanzebe). Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards (A. Duncan and G. Castrovilli).

F. Ruiz (Napoli) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

F. Ruiz (Napoli) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (84′).

Also, Fiorentina didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after B. Dragowski (Fiorentina) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

After this match, Napoli stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Fiorentina has points (0th).

Match Events

23'

23'

A. Duncan
42'

42'

D. Vlahovic
44'

44'

D. Mertens

A. Petagna
45'

45'

B. Dragowski
45'

45'

P. Terracciano

A. Duncan
46'

46'

A. Meret

D. Ospina
47'

47'

Y. Maleh

R. Saponara
56'

56'

A. Rrahmani
58'

58'

C. Biraghi
59'

59'

G. Castrovilli
64'

64'

F. Ruiz

D. Demme
64'

64'

H. Lozano

M. Politano
73'

73'

K. Piatek

D. Vlahovic
77'

77'

F. Ruiz
84'

84'

H. Lozano
85'

85'

K. Malcuit

F. Ghoulam
85'

85'

A. Tuanzebe
90'

90'

J. Ikone

N. Gonzalez
90'

90'

G. Bonaventura

G. Castrovilli
90'

90'

A. Cioffi

S. Lobotka
90'

90'

F. Ruiz
90'

90'

A. Petagna
91'

91'

Igor

M. Nastasic
94'

94'

J. Jesus

A. Petagna
105'

105'

L. Venuti

Y. Maleh
108'

108'

K. Piatek

L. Venuti
119'

119'

Y. Maleh

Next match

In the next match in the Fiorentina will play away with Inter on the 24th of May with a 23-8 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (9 draws).

Fiorentina

1

Inter

2

24 May 2023 Full time

Napoli: Formation and Lineups

Napoli started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Luciano Spalletti chose to play with the following team: David Ospina (6.9), Mattia Perin (8.1), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (5.5), Mattia De Sciglio (7.0), Berat Djimsiti, Merih Demiral, Amir Rrahmani (6.3), José Luis Palomino, Matthijs de Ligt (6.8), Hans Hateboer, Alex Sandro (7.6), Diego Demme (6.6), Marten de Roon, Federico Bernardeschi (6.9), Federico Bernardeschi (6.9), Stanislav Lobotka (6.9), Matteo Politano (6.4), Davide Zappacosta, Danilo (8.1), Dries Mertens (7.8), Mario Pašalić, Adrien Rabiot (6.5), Dušan Vlahović (6.8), Andrea Petagna (8.1) and Álvaro Morata (7.3).

Substitutes

Napoli made 6 changes: D. Ospina for A. Meret (46′), D. Demme for F. Ruiz (64′), M. Politano for H. Lozano (64′), F. Ghoulam for K. Malcuit (85′), S. Lobotka for A. Cioffi (90′) and A. Petagna for J. Jesus (94′).

Best player: Mattia Perin

The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was the goalkeeper: Mattia Perin. His rating is 8.10. He performed 5 saves.

Fiorentina: Formation and Lineups

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Regarding the opposition, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski (7.0), Lorenzo Venuti (6.5), Lucas Martínez Quarta, Matija Nastasić (6.5), Igor Júlio (7.0), Cristiano Biraghi (7.9), Gaetano Castrovilli (5.9), Jonathan Ikoné (6.8), Lucas Torreira (6.9), Alfred Duncan (7.4), Nicolás González (7.4), Dušan Vlahović (7.8), Arthur Cabral (7.2), Riccardo Saponara (7.5).

Substitutes

Fiorentina made 6 changes: A. Duncan for P. Terracciano (45′), R. Saponara for Y. Maleh (47′), D. Vlahovic for K. Piatek (73′), N. Gonzalez for J. Ikone (90′), G. Castrovilli for G. Bonaventura (90′) and M. Nastasic for Igor (91′).