Dec 19, 2023 at 11:52 PM Update: 6 hours ago
Napoli disgraced themselves in the Italian cup tournament on Tuesday. The reigning national champion lost 0-4 to Frosinone in Naples. Sven Botman was in the starting line-up for Newcastle United for the first time since his knee injury, which lost to Chelsea.
Napoli seemed to take the lead in the 37th minute, but Giovanni Simeone’s goal was canceled due to handball. The reigning national champion had the upper hand in the remainder of the match, but failed to score against the number thirteen of Serie A.
Frosinone, on the other hand, was deadly efficient. Enzo Barrenechea opened the scoring in the 65th minute with an excellent header from a corner. Five minutes later, Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo blundered by playing the ball into the feet of Giuseppe Caso, who shot in flawlessly.
The match turned out to be a disaster for the Naples team in injury time. Frosinone made it 0-3 in the 91st minute thanks to a penalty from Walid Cheddira. A few minutes later, former Sparta Rotterdam midfielder Abdou Harroui scored for the 0-4.
It means another setback for Napoli, which is only fifth in Serie A. For Napoli, the Coppa Italia was also over last season after the eighth finals. Then Cremonese was too strong. Frosinone can meet a top team again in the quarter-finals. The club from Lazio will play against the winner of the match between Juventus and Salernitana.
Basic return of Botman at losing Newcastle
Botman was in the starting line-up at Newcastle United for the first time after months of injuries in the League Cup quarter-final against Chelsea. Last weekend he already played a few minutes against Fulham. The Dutchman played for 45 minutes on Tuesday, but could not save his team from elimination in the League Cup.
For a long time it looked like Chelsea would lose out to last season’s finalist. Newcastle took the lead in the sixteenth minute through Callum Wilson. It was only in injury time that Mykhaylo Mudryk equalized. No goals were scored in extra time, after which it went to penalties. Chelsea was the better party in this.
Ian Maatsen came on for Chelsea in the second half, as did striker Christopher Nkunku. This meant the recovered Frenchman’s long-awaited debut for the club, after his multi-million transfer from RB Leipzig last summer.
Kenny Tete won with Fulham in a Dutch meeting against Arnaut Danjuma’s Everton. After an own goal by Michael Keane and a goal by Beto, penalties had to decide. Fulham came out on top in this regard.
2023-12-19 22:52:09
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