MARCHETTI'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AGAINST NAPOLI

 

SERIE A 2011/2012 MATCHDAY 11

NAPOLI 0 VS LAZIO 0

Napoli: De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cannavarro, Aronica, Maggio, Dzemaili (58’ Gargano), Inler, Dossena (73’ Pandev), Hamsik. Lavezzi, Cavani.

Lazio: Marchetti, Konko (51’ Scaloni), Diakite, Stankevicius, Radu, Brocchi, Ledesma, Lulic, Hernanes (51’ Matuzalem), Sculli (83’ Gonzalez), Cisse. 

Lazio faced Napoli in their latest fixture of Serie A. Actually, I did satisfy enough with this result. But, if you see the overall of the match, Lazio looked like they were not a giant over Napoli.

Went on to Naples, Edy Reja's squad faced the home team with higher position on the classification. But, it couldn't prove that Lazio was more superior than the opponent. In this match, Lazio failed to show their best performance. Unlike Napoli that showed their good performance.

 

Mazzari's squad created several dangerous chances to Lazio's net. Luckily, Lazio have Federico Marchetti as the goalkeeper this season. I think, the only reason for Lazio to gain a point from this game is briliant performance of Marchetti in this game. The Italian national goalkeeper once again, showed his world class goalie skills. He continued to save the Lazio's net from the opponent's attack for several times.

While according to lazioland.com, coach Edy Reja spoke in the mix zone, “The team showed great character and temperament, especially in the first half. In the second half Napoli did a lot better, but Marchetti was unstoppable. We did very well especially in the midfield and defense. During the match we had injuries to Sculli, Brocchi, Cissé and Konko. We were already missing many players and the boys did great and this is an important result. To not concede any goals in Napoli shows that we have grown.”

 

 

 

Still taken from lazioland.com, after this match Federico Marchetti admits his aim is to make it on the Italian national team list. “We were in trouble, but the team still had a great game. We suffered, we were crushed, but we still managed to defend against the attacks of Napoli. We believed until the end. This tie was important, it allows us to move forward with confidence. We are giving valuable answers and if we are still on top come March we can even do a little bit of thinking on the Scudetto”. Then he continued: “I want to do well at Lazio. I come from a difficult season and I want to get back on the level I was before being benched for a year. I was a part of the Italian national team and came out for absurd reasons. Now game after game I will try to impress Prandelli and redeem my spot at the National team”.