Lazio advances to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. The Biancocelesti beat 3-1 Napoli at the Olimpico thanks to Noslin’s hat-trick, scoring in the 32nd, 41st and 50th minutes. Simeone scored a temporary 1-1 for the Azzurri in the 36th minute. The Romans await the winner of Inter-Udinese in the quarter-finals, on the pitch on 19 December at 9pm at the ‘Meazza’ stadium in Milan.
The match
The home team started better and became dangerous after 6 minutes, Pedro’s cross to Tchaouna who could head it undisturbed but his conclusion missed the target. In the 10th minute Pedro looks for Tchaouna again but the former Barcelona player’s verticalization is too long. In the 13th minute the Azzurri counterattacked but Ngonge thwarted the opportunity by miscontrolling the ball in the penalty area. In the 16th minute, Rovella’s attempt from the edge of the area: the ball goes wide. A minute later Neres accelerates into the area and tries diagonally, a shot rejected by the home defence. In the 21st minute penalty in favor of the home team: Caprile brings down Pedro after a beautiful counterattack by the Biancocelesti. From 11 meters Zaccagni had his shot saved by the blue goalkeeper. In the 25th minute Zaccagni causes panic on the left, the ball reaches Dele Bashiru who shoots with first intention but his conclusion is imprecise. A minute later the first yellow card of the match: Rafa Marin for a foul on Noslin.
In the last quarter of an hour of the first half the match heats up. In the 32nd minute the home team took the lead. From the development of a corner kick, Gigot heads it back into the middle and finds Noslin all alone in the penalty area for the 1-0 goal. After four minutes the guests brought the game back into balance. Neres recovers a ball under pressure, enters the area and shoots, Mandas clears it short and with a slide Simeone beats Patric for Napoli’s equaliser. In the 41st minute the Biancocelesti took the lead again: Zaccagni goes away on the left, puts it in the middle for Pedro who backheels for Noslin, feints to evade Napoli’s defense and then goes flat to beat Caprile. In the 43rd minute Napoli were close to equalising, Neres again from the left who puts it in the middle for Simeone, the Argentine shoots with first intention and a great reflex from Mandas who blocks.
5′ into the second half Noslin scores for the third time. Once again Zaccagni is devastating from the left, ball to the far post, another header from the former Verona player, deflection from Juan Jesus and the ball into the net for 3-1. In the 12th minute the first yellow card among Baroni’s boys: Zaccagni protests too loudly with Pairetto who punishes him with a yellow card. In the quarter of an hour the visitors were dangerous with Neres finding Simeone in the penalty area but ‘Cholito’s header went high. Immediately afterwards Baroni opts for a double substitution: Pedro and Zaccagni come out, Guendouzi and Isaksen come in.
In the 19th minute, new substitute Isaksen breaks through to the left and puts it in the middle for the introduction of Tchaouna who doesn’t reach the ball. In the 22nd minute Gilmour tries from distance but the shot is well wide. At 27′ triple change for Conte: Ngonge, Zerbin and Folorunsho come out, Politano, Di Lorenzo and McTominay come on. In Lazio there is room for Castrovilli in place of Dele Bashiru. After half an hour of the Biancocelesti’s restart concluded by Tchaouna, Caprile deflects for a corner. Shortly afterwards McTominay tries from distance, high ball over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute Lukaku’s moment arrives, Simeone off.
In the 35th minute Hysaj was shown a yellow card for protesting and shortly afterwards Neres received a yellow card for a foul on Isaksen. In the 38th minute it was the Dane who shot at Castrovilli’s invitation and his shot missed the target by a whisker. In the 40th minute, last change for the guests with Lobotka for Raspadori. In the 43rd minute Mandas made a great exit on Neres who saved his team. In injury time there is time for the hero of the evening to be replaced by Noslin, with Marusic in his place. Curtain.