Hvicha created a masterpiece in the Champions League!

Napoli breaks Serie A, leading by a huge margin of 15 points. And in the first match of the Champions League playoffs, the Neapolitans beat Eintracht on the road.From the first minutes, Napoli took possession of the ball (70% of possession before the break) and the territory.

The hosts did not actually put pressure on the central defenders of the guests. Nevertheless, Eintracht engaged in active pressure in the middle part of the field and successfully prevented Spalletti's team from advancing the ball into the attack.

In addition, the five at the back of Eintracht controlled the entire width of the field well, so Kvaratskhelia and the right winger of the leaders of Serie A, Irvin Lozano, did not find free space. This reported by https://bookmaker-ratings.com "Napoli" tried to pull the opponent's midfielders by changing the positions of their players, but in the starting half hour, the plan of the ex-Zenit coach was not very effective.
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Eintracht counterattacked dangerously. Every lunge by Randal Colo Mouani created tension in the Italians' defense.Kvaratskhelia got his first chance to score in the middle of the half, when Napoli earned a series of corners, and the Georgian winger struck dangerously from the rebound. In that episode, the guests demanded a penalty by the hand (it came from their own goalkeeper, who threw the ball away like a hot pot), but the referee Arthur Diash made a fair decision not to assign an 11-meter. But in the 34th minute, the Portuguese pointed to the "point".

Interestingly, it all started with the fact that Spalletti yelled at his defenders, demanding bolder delivery of the ball to the forwards. Immediately followed by a throw behind the back from the right – Giovanni Di Lorenzo – on Lozano, who ran away from the guardian and struck the post.

Victor Osimhen, who took possession of the ball, was hit on the legs. The penalty at Napoli is executed by Quaradona. Khvicha struck well – quite strongly, at an average height. Nevertheless, goalkeeper Kevin Trapp guessed right and made a fantastic save.