19 Aug 2014
PRELIMINARIES OF CHAMPIONS, HIGUAIN AND MERTENS RESCUE NAPLES FROM UNJUST DEFEAT AGAINST ATHLETIC DE BILBAO
Here comes the Athletic Bilbao at the San Paolo for the preliminaries of the Champions League. The Neapolitan torcida is that of the huge occasions. More than 50 thousand spectators, the cry “the Champions” that rises high, the team that seems to get in the ball. Higuain part with his foot on the accelerator. Not even a minute and Gonzalo down the left flank, crosses, Hamsik header just over the crossbar. In midfield Gargano and Jorginho maneuver, on the wings sting Callejon and Illustrious, the center not only Higuain but Hamsik try to break through the bunker Basque. Five minutes passed and already we can give you a reading of what may be the game. Napoli forward to Benitez, the Basques of Valverde to defend order.
At 6 minutes enlightening passage of Jorginho for Illustrious in the center, just in front of the goalkeeper. But the Napoli striker misses the ball.
It is already in the form Higuain who flips over the whole front of attack. Not bad Koulibaly damming attacking opponents. At Naples serves only to undermine the opponent’s defense patience of Bilbao.
For 40 minutes, the Napoli drives in search of the opening goal. At the 41st comes the goals of the Athletic Bilbao a change of heart.
Second time with Napoli who continued to press, Bilbao that game even easier to hit remittance. The game was not easy, and this was known. Retrieve it seems more and more difficult for Napoli.
At the 60th Rafa Benitez thinks of the first changes. It is the only way to shake up the team and change, if possible, the direction of the match. Out Illustrious (which needlessly bickering with the public) and enters Dries Mertens instead asks all full commitment and asks fans to help the team.
And ‘Mertens which gives the charge. And at the 67th Gonzalo Higuain makes a goal from absolute phenomenon. He does everything in his area. The Argentine in Spain, with the shirt of Real, he played 10 games, he had 10 goals. Always before the 63 th. This time he made the center a little ‘later, but he did not. The game opens. With Mertens in the field is another Naples.
82nd stunning conclusion of Mertens smanacciata out by the goalkeeper. At Naples the draw is very tight. Suffering from the siege of Bilbao Naples. And it is always from the feet of Mertens that pass all the dangers to the door of Bilbao.