Napoli vs Fiorentina, 2023 Italian Supercoppa, Semifinals
· Italian SupercoppaZerbin brace leads Napoli to Italian Supercup final
Alessio Zerbin scored twice as he propelled Napoli to a 3-0 win over Fiorentina in their Italian Supercup semi-final on Thursday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lucas Martínez.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 4': Arthur (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 8': Foul by Jens Cajuste (Napoli).
- 8': Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura with a through ball.
- 8': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Giovanni Simeone.
- 9': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pasquale Mazzocchi.
- 9': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pietro Terracciano.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 10': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 11': Attempt missed. Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 11': Foul by Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina).
- 11': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 19': Offside, Napoli. Jens Cajuste is caught offside.
- 22': Goal! Napoli 1, Fiorentina 0. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Jesus with a through ball.
- 25': Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 25': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 26': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 27': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 28': Lucas Martínez (Fiorentina) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Josip Brekalo with a cross following a corner.
- 28': Offside, Fiorentina. Giacomo Bonaventura is caught offside.
- 30': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina).
- 31': Attempt blocked. Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura.
- 31': Foul by Jens Cajuste (Napoli).
- 31': Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Arthur (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 37': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 38': Foul by Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina).
- 38': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Offside, Fiorentina. Michael Kayode is caught offside.
- 41': Attempt missed. Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 42': Foul by Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina).
- 42': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 43': Penalty Fiorentina. Jonathan Ikoné draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 43': Penalty conceded by Mário Rui (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 44': Penalty missed. Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) left footed shot is just a bit too high.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Napoli 1, Fiorentina 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Fiorentina 0.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristiano Biraghi with a cross.
- 48': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 48': Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Arthur (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 50': Attempt saved. Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 50': Foul by Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina).
- 50': Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Attempt missed. Jens Cajuste (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 57': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces Josip Brekalo.
- 57': Substitution, Fiorentina. M'Bala Nzola replaces Jonathan Ikoné.
- 58': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 59': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 60': Attempt missed. Arthur (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nikola Milenkovic.
- 62': Arthur (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 63': Foul by Lucas Martínez (Fiorentina).
- 63': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by M'Bala Nzola.
- 65': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 65': Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
- 66': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 66': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Substitution, Fiorentina. Fabiano Parisi replaces Cristiano Biraghi.
- 71': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Amir Rrahmani.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Leo Østigård replaces Mário Rui.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Matteo Politano.
- 72': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina).
- 72': Jens Cajuste (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 76': Delay in match because of an injury Jens Cajuste (Napoli).
- 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Jens Cajuste because of an injury.
- 80': Attempt missed. Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 80': Delay in match because of an injury Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli).
- 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 81': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Pasquale Mazzocchi because of an injury.
- 83': Foul by Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina).
- 83': Leo Østigård (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lucas Martínez.
- 84': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 84': Goal! Napoli 2, Fiorentina 0. Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo following a corner.
- 85': Delay in match because of an injury Alessio Zerbin (Napoli).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 86': Goal! Napoli 3, Fiorentina 0. Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
- 88': Substitution, Fiorentina. Antonín Barák replaces Lucas Martínez.
- 88': Substitution, Fiorentina. Davide Faraoni replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
- 89': Offside, Fiorentina. M'Bala Nzola is caught offside.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Davide Faraoni (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Kayode with a cross.
- 90'+1': Hand ball by Gianluca Gaetano (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Dangerous play by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Davide Faraoni (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 3, Fiorentina 0.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 3, Fiorentina 0.
Statistics
 FIO |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 60.5 | Possession | 39.5 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 461 | Accurate Passes | 274 |
| 524 | Passes | 341 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 21 | Crosses | 8 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 60 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 38 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 8 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 9 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 5 | Effective Clearances | 24 |
| 5 | Clearances | 24 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Supercoppa
Venue: Al Awal Park at King Saud University
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 9,762
Venue: Al Awal Park at King Saud University
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 9,762
Line-Ups
Napoli (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 95 | Pierluigi Gollini (GK) |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 5 | Juan Jesus |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 24 | Jens Cajuste |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 30 | Pasquale Mazzocchi |
| 18 | Giovanni Simeone |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
Fiorentina (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Terracciano (GK) |
| 28 | Lucas Martínez Quarta |
| 4 | Nikola Milenkovic |
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi  |
| 33 | Michael Kayode |
| 5 | Giacomo Bonaventura |
| 32 | Alfred Duncan |
| 6 | Arthur |
| 9 | Lucas Beltran |
| 77 | Josip Brekalo |
| 11 | Jonathan Ikoné |
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