Napoli Continued To Advance To Asa

Napoli celebrates victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. (Photo: Twitter/@sscnapoli)

JAKARTA - Napoli continued their positive trend in the Champions League scene. The Serie A club is now looking at the quarter-finals optimistically.

Napoli continued to knit hope after beating Eintracht Frankfurt with a score of 2-0 in the first leg of the 2022/2023 Champions League last 16 at Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Wednesday, February 22, early morning WIB.

This victory is an important capital for Napoli to face the second leg which will be held at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on March 16. Losing 0-1 at home, I Partenopei will still qualify.

Napoli did appear dominant in this match. Especially after Frankfurt played with 10 people after Randal Kolo Muani was given a red card in the 58th minute.

Playing in front of his supporters, Frankfurt initially stepped on the gas and created several opportunities. However, their efforts could still be blocked by the Napoli defense.

The first dangerous opportunity was created by Napoli in the 18th minute. Piotr Zielinski's corner leads to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia outside the penalty box. The Georgian player then fired a right-footed shot that Kevin Trapp could still deny.

Napoli had a golden opportunity to score after the referee pointed to the spot as Victor Osimhen was violated by Aurelio. Kvaratskhelia came forward as the executor, but his shot to the left reads Trapp.

The Italian representative finally broke the deadlock in the 40th minute. Napoli launched a counter-attack after Philipp Max lost the ball.

Hirving Lazano dribbled on the right before releasing a cross into the box which Oshimen managed to leak. The first half ended with a score of 1-0.

Napoli managed to double their lead in the 56th minute. The Frankfurt player made another mistake, the ball was then controlled by Kvaratskhelia and just faced Trapp. Unfortunately, the Frankfurt goalkeeper was able to block Kvaratskhelia's strike.

Franksfurt had to play with 10 players after Kolo Muani got a red card for making a hard tackle at Frank Anguissa.

Napoli managed to take advantage of the advantage of the number of players to increase their lead in the 65th minute. Kvaratskhelia received a pass in front of the penalty box, he then fired a heel pass at Di Lorenzo who finished with a shot into the left corner of the goal. The position is 2-0.

Frankfurt tried to reduce the gap in the 82nd minute. The quick attack almost paid off.

Unfortunately, Daichi Kamada's shot met a cross, still pointing right into the arms of goalkeeper Alex Meret.

There were no additional goals until the game ended. Napoli won 2-0, as reported by Antara.

Lineup:

Eintracht Frankfurt (3-4-2-1): Kevin Trapp; Tuta, Jakic Christian, Evan Ndicka; Aurelio Kelindungan (Knauff 69'), Daichi Kamada, Djibril Sow, Philipp Max (Lenz 92'); Jesper Lindstrom (Borre 69'), Randal Kolo Muani, Mario Gotze (Alidou 81')

Napoli (4-3-3): Alex Meret; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Kim Min-Jae, Mathias Olivera; Frank Anguissa (Tanguy Ndombele 80'), Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski; Hirving Lozano (Elmas 80'), Victor Osimhen (Giovanni Simeone 84'), Kvaratskhelia (Matteo Politano 84')