‘Kim Min-jae full-time’ Napoli, rotation failure… 0-0 draw against Verona 

Napoli failed to score against Helas Verona and only got one point.

Napoli drew 0-0 in a home game against Ellas Verona in the 30th round of the 2022/23 Italian Serie A at the Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy on the 16th (Korean time).

With the draw that day, Napoli (75 points)안전놀이터 narrowed the gap with second place Lazio (61 points) to 14 points. Verona (23 points) won a draw against leaders Napoli, took one point and gained great strength in the fight for relegation.

Napoli can secure the championship with 87 points if they win 4 of the remaining 8 games.

Kim Min-jae, who also started in the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League match against AC Milan on the 13th, was also on the starting list in this match and played full-time. also showed off. 

On this day, Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti maintained a 4-3-3 formation. Mario Hui, Minjae Kim, Amir Rahmani and Giovanni Di Lorenzo stood from left in the back 4 with Alex Meret putting on his goalkeeper gloves.

Midfielders have undergone major changes. Andre Frank Zambo Anguisa, Diego Deme and Eljeep Elmas came out. Stanislav Lobotka and Piotr Zielinski were named as substitutes. 

The attacking lineup consisted of a three-top lineup of Matteo Politano, Giacomo Raspadori and Irving Rossano, and Victor Osimen, who returned from injury, was also placed on the bench.

From the perspective of coach Luciano, he had no choice but to rotate six key players for the home match against AC Milan in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which will be held at home on the 19th.

On the other hand, the visiting team, Verona, faced off with a 3-4-2-1. Lorenzo Montipo was in goal, with Federico Cetserlini, Isaac Hein and Pavel Davidowitz in the back three. 

In midfield, Fabio DePaoli, Oliver Avildgarde, Adrien Tamese and Marco David Fharaoni were seated. Ondray Duda was the attacking midfielder, and Adolfo Gajic and Kevin Lasagna were the two tops.

Napoli led the game by pressing Verona from the beginning of the first half despite missing a lot of key players. In the 20th minute of the first half, Napoli’s Paulatano cross hit the opposing defender and was sucked into the goal, but it was confirmed that Di Lorenzo’s position was offside and the goal was not recognized. 

Kim Min-jae contributed to the offense as well as solid defense throughout the first half. In the 29th minute of the first half, a sharp pass was sent to Di Lorenzo penetrating into the box, but Di Lorenzo could not catch it and could not finish it. 

In the 34th minute of the first half, he showed a reckless move by dribbling directly from the defensive area to the opponent’s penalty box. 

Unfortunately, Napoli, who led the game, could not score and the first half ended 0-0.

Napoli, which had been in a frustrating atmosphere until the middle of the second half, aimed to score for victory by putting in Osimen, Zielinski, Robotka, and Hvica Kvarachhelia who were on the bench to manage physical strength. 

Kim Min-jae also focused on defense throughout the second half, and at the same time penetrated the attacking camp whenever the opportunity presented itself and attempted to break through the dribble.

However, as it ended in a draw, Napoli’s rotation ultimately failed.

In the 38th minute of the second half of Napoli, Osimen aimed for the goal with a powerful right-footed shot, but hit the ground with misfortune to hit the post.

In the second half of the extra time, Verona was given a no-mark chance and faced a big crisis. It was fortunate that the shot missed.

In the end, the match ended 0-0.