Salernitana sinks in Bergamo and collects the record defeat in Serie A: 8-2
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NoonJanuary 15, 2023 – 8:18 pm
Campania outclassed by Atalanta in terms of play but also physical. An unprecedented beating for the grenades who will cross leaders Naples on Saturday. Coach Nicola’s self-criticism
Of Carmelo Prestisimone
Three clues prove it: Sassuolo, Monza and now Bergamo. The 8 to 2 that Atalanta inflicts on Salernitana confirms, if needed, how the grenades need more authoritative defenders today. Not the discovery of America but a need. The new record of goals (35) conceded by the grenade in Serie A has been set. There is a serious problem for Iervolino’s team on a structural level that probably even a magician would have difficulty solving. The deductions are simple: eighteen goals conceded in the last six games with an average of three goals per game are numbers that speak for themselves. Going this way, the grenades will have little chance of winning because they are not capable of returning as many hits and of scoring two or three each time. Bronn (injured), Daniliuc (suspended) and Gyomber will also be missing but the players from Campania were systematically punched by the play in the midfield where Nicolussi Caviglia and Coulibaly could do little overwhelmed by the direction of Koopmeiners and by Boga’s outbursts. Hojlund, who doesn’t make it to 20, was a punishment. Impregnable with Fazio in obvious trouble also for a question of age: 16 years of difference. “I am very sorry for the fans,” he says Davide Nicola to Dazn’s microphones at the end of the race — because we can do much better. We didn’t have the ability to maintain a high level of attention, we put a lot of our own tonight. The usual attention has been lacking and it is time for profound self-criticism». And again: «I don’t care about the standings. I’m interested in improving ourselves, I’m not thinking about the advantage over the third last place. The market? After an evening like this is my last thought. And I think society knows what to do. If I feel challenged? I don’t even think about this: as long as I am the Salernitana coach I will be 100%».
Five goals already in the first 45′
Boga scores the first goal in the 5th minute. It’s his shot from 25 meters deflected by Pirola who deceives Ochoa. The Atalantini rule, but Salernitana has a jolt: Ochoa throws, Piatek heads the ball and Dia equalizes (10′). The Mexican starts to get his hands on it: Lookman’s left deflected. Hojlund acts freely, he sees endless fields in front of him and oppositions not up to par. Fazio takes him away from the area but stops him illegally (19′) for a penalty sanctioned by the Var. Lookman transforms under the arms of the Mexican goalkeeper: 2 to 1. The Lombards insist, they don’t let go: Koopmeiners corner and Scalvini head for the third goal. Minute 36: Fazio late in the area again on the possessed Hojlund. Penalty again, this time the Dutch midfielder goes from 11 meters and scores, not without a thrill, thanks to Ochoa’s intuition. 5′ go by and Hojlund fixes the five.
The second half
The Nerazzurri pick up where they left off. Nicola puts in Gyomber for Lovato who is still inconsistent and then Radovanovic, Bonazzoli and Kastanos. More density in the median trying to be more offensive. The trident was also tested during the week. However, Salernitana resigned right from the start and Atalanta continued to sink their shots. First Lookman (53′) and then former player Ederson (61′) placed two shots from 20 meters into Ochoa’s goal. In the middle Nicolussi Caviglia, thanks to a deviation from Scalvini, reduces the gap (2-7). Gasperini removes Hojlund and Lookman, space for Zapata and Maehle. In the 85th minute the eighth goal came from Zortea, still an ex, after an assist from Zapata: left and right swerve diagonally into the corner. Such a bombastic result is difficult to remember but there is a precedent: it was the 88/89 season when Maradona’s Napoli demolished Gasperini’s Pescara: author among other things of the Abruzzo’s two goals from a penalty. Reflections of the Campania management also on the work of Davide Nicola. Possible novelties are not excluded. And on Saturday (6.00 pm, Arechi stadium) Napoli is looming on the horizon.
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January 15, 2023 | 8:18 pm
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