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Coppa Italia | Napoli 0-4 Frosinone: Humiliating exit

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Coppa Italia | Napoli 0-4 Frosinone: Humiliating exit

Napoli crashed out of the Coppa Italia Spherical of 16 for the third 12 months operating, however by no means in such humiliating vogue, as Frosinone emerged 4-0 winners and can face both Juventus or Salernitana.

The Partenopei have been coming off victories in opposition to SC Braga and Cagliari, however Eljif Elmas, Piotr Zielinski, Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Mathias Olivera weren’t absolutely match, whereas the Canarini missed Luca Mazzitelli, Reinier, Riccardo Marchizza and Sergio Kalaj, nevertheless it was their first ever foray into the Spherical of 16.

Walid Cheddira, who’s on mortgage from Napoli, had the primary shot simply off track within the opening 120 seconds, however Jesper Lindstrom stung the goalkeeper’s gloves on the close to put up and Giovanni Simeone solely struck the side-netting.

Giacomo Raspadori tried to attain from a good angle and clipped the surface of the close to put up on 21 minutes.

Giuseppe Caso turned Alessandro Zanoli inside out just for his shot to be charged down by Leo Ostigard, however Frosinone handed Napoli a present on the 37^th minute.

Caleb Okoli had minimize off Zanoli and thought it was a easy back-pass for Michele Cerofolini, however didn’t realise Simeone was there to intercept and deposit into an empty internet. Nonetheless, Okoli was let off the hook by VAR, who noticed a Lindstrom handball a lot earlier within the build-up and it was thought-about to be enough to disallow the aim.

Napoli have been annoyed and Simeone noticed a strike deflected extensive earlier than Raspadori’s free kick was palmed off the road.

The hosts hit the woodwork once more after the restart, this time a Mario Rui free kick going across the wall to thump the upright.

With no breakthrough and the will to keep away from additional time, Walter Mazzarri threw on Victor Osimhen and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia simply previous the hour mark.

As an alternative, Frosinone took the lead moments later when Enzo Barrenechea was allowed a free header from six yards that looped up into the far prime nook.

Extremely, whereas Napoli had their aim disallowed earlier, Frosinone doubled their benefit with an nearly similar state of affairs. This time it was Giovanni Di Lorenzo whose back-pass was right into a blind alley, intercepted by Caso and scored one-on-one with Pierluigi Gollini.

Kvaratskhelia tried to squirm between two defenders and went down, however Okoli appeared to nod it again to his goalkeeper earlier than the collision and the referee was very near the incident.

It bought even worse when Di Lorenzo caught Francesco Gelli on the toe for a penalty that Cheddira – on mortgage from Napoli – transformed.

Deep into stoppages, a by means of ball despatched Abdou Harroui operating down the centre and he beat Gollini one-on-one. The ultimate whistle was barely audible beneath the deafening jeers from the group.

It was doubly historic for Frosinone, who had by no means overwhelmed Napoli and even reached the Coppa Italia final 16 earlier than, however will now face Juventus or Salernitana within the quarter-final.

Napoli 0-4 Frosinone

Barrenechea 65 (F), Caso 70 (F), Cheddira pen 91 (F), Harroui 95 (F)

19-12-2023 20:00

1/8 Closing

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Napoli

Frosinone

0 – 4

Participant statistic

1st half

		43′		Mehdi Bourabia
		45+1′		Giorgi Kvernadze

2nd half

Jens Cajuste	61′
	65′	Enzo Barrenechea (Help: Luca Garritano)
	70′	Giuseppe Caso
	70′	Giuseppe Caso
Gianluca Gaetano	74′
	80′	Abdou Harroui
Matteo Politano	85′
	89′	Ilario Monterisi
	90+1′	Walid Cheddira
	90+5′	Abdou Harroui (Help: Pol Lirola)