Last Saturday, January 21, three matches of the 19th round of Serie A took place. In the most important match from the perspective of Polish fans, the leader from Naples played against Salernitana on the road. Thus, a Polish-Polish confrontation took place on the pitch. Krzysztof Piątek played the full 90 minutes, while Piotr Zieliński was substituted five minutes before the final whistle. The Italian media assessed their yesterday’s attitude.
The Italians are delighted with Krzysztof Piątek. Piotr Zieliński was rated worse
Friday during the meeting was one of the outstanding players in Salernitana. He had two shots on Napoli’s goal, one of which even hit the post. It was appreciated by the journalists of the Italian Eurosport, who gave him the highest rating in the team – 6.5. “He worked a lot in attack, but he was isolated from the rest of the team. Still, he deserved to score.
Similarly, because the 6th performance of the former AC Milan player saw the Italian daily “Corriere dello Sport”. – You can’t do anything alone. Salernitana gave up the attack completely, focusing on the defense. Piatek had no arguments to threaten Alex Meret’s goal. His touches with the ball can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
The opinion of the journalists of the Italian newspaper “La Gazzetta dello Sport”, which gave him a rating of 6.5, is no different. “He had few balls to play but you have to watch out for him because he can always be a threat. He engaged Meret in two difficult saves, but the ball failed to enter the net. If he had more support, maybe he could score more goals.
The media commented on Piotr Zieliński’s performance differently. It cannot be said that it was a good performance by the Pole, because not only did he not make any shots on target, he also did not even attempt a 1-on-1 duel. However, it can be pointed out that he lost the ball as many as nine times during the match. “He helps his teammates, but he doesn’t make a difference in attack. These are his main tasks, so he has to do it – assessed the portal Calcionapoli1926.it, giving him a note of 6. According to them, he was the worst Napoli player.
The Calciomercato portal, in turn, gave the 28-year-old an even lower score, only 5.5. They also believe that Zieliński was the weakest point of the Serie A leader – He is the only one still in the shadows. Napoli need his good performances and apart from set-pieces, they can’t count on anything at the moment.
“La Gazzetta dello Sport” also did not have a very flattering opinion of the Napoli player, giving him only 6. According to them, he lacks commitment to the game. “He went through the meeting without much involvement. He won’t get much praise, but neither will he get insults. He was invisible. Looked better in the second half when Salernitana needed to open up. He is a player from whom much more is required.
The industry portals SofaScore and WhoScored, which automatically issue ratings based on the player’s statistics in the match, rated Zieliński respectively as: 7.1 and 6.9. Friday, on the other hand, received: 7.1 and 6.7.
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Napoli is currently the leader of Serie A with 50 points. And there is no indication that anything could change. AC Milan is in second place (38 points) and Inter is third (37 points). Salernitana are 16th (18 points), six points above the relegation zone. Napoli’s next game is on Sunday 29 January when they face Roma in the Derby of the Sun. Salernitana will return to competition on Friday 27 January against Lecce.
Source: Sport
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