REPORT CARDS – Calzona is a miniature Sarri with blinders on, he lets Juan Jesus play because he has better feet

The report cards of Napoli-Roma 2-2 edited by Fabrizio d’Esposito and Ilaria Puglia.

MERET. Ohibò dear Ilaria: can we say that at least this time, a one-off, the punitive withdrawal was good? It took the fifteenth matchday back against Roma to see the classic pride and even a bit of play. The result is that the young Meret makes only one save but then concedes two goals, one of which is a penalty. It is the very black ciorta of this disastrous season caused, let us never forget, by the senile egotism of Duce Aurelio – 6

Very good on Pellegrini and almost managed to save Dybala’s penalty. As for whether the retreat would be fruitful or not, Fabrizio, I don’t know: I consider a minimum amount of play to be the minimum wage for this team, even without a coach on the bench and without everyone sleeping together, I saw a lot of insecurity and many embarrassingly missed goals. They threw the season away and even Ciorta gave up at a certain point – 6

DI LORENZO. The late Eurocapitano finds his usual attitude in the attack there on the right in flashes and then at the end of the first half he doesn’t put it in, with his head, due to an evil old goal. And yet, the lethal and fatal hat combined it anyway: it kept the revived Abraham in play and Roma equalized at the last minute – 5

Certainly less worse than many other times in this championship but in the second half he falls asleep. It is serious that a defender like him misses the offside – 5

RRAHMANI. Finally an honest and flawless match. Of course the Giallorossi Iranian is an ectoplasm as long as he remains on the pitch, but Amir is saved, at least he – 6.5

The minimum wage – 6

JUAN JESUS. Here we go again with the unfortunate Giovannino Gesù, who provokes Roma rigor. And to say that up to that point he had played an attentive game (the goal he scored in the 41st minute is not a statistic: the referee had whistled a free kick for Roma). Having said this, I profess mercy towards him and repeat what I wrote some time ago. The problem is not him, but who puts him on the field. Once the failed purchase of the Brazilian palindrome was certified, Ostigard remained but three coaches always chose Giovannino: why? Calzona, known as the Third, gave an explanation, proving to be a miniature Sarri with blinders, not to say obtuse: Juan Jesus would have better feet than Ostigard (the conditional, at least for me, is a must) in the fateful construction from below . In short, the dictatorship of gameist deviationism. As if for a central defender the priority should be the approach, and not the defense. Creepy – 4.5

It depresses me to shoot poor Giovannino: this year’s bad luck is bad, but Juan Jesus’ bad luck is worse – 4

OLIVERA. The start was shaky, especially when the Giallorossi surrounded him mercilessly on the way out. But the Uruguayan is tough and like in a rugby match he gains meters as the minutes pass. The goal is a crazy carom, and yet deserved – 6.5

It takes grit and determination. Even so come lucky deviations – 6.5

ANGUISH. Pride makes him rediscover his usual ubiquity, which at times is acrobatic and has unpredictable results. But I, Ilaria, can’t forget that tirade on the corner, alone in front of Svilar, served by a cabeza from Osimhen. There are players who can think and shoot at the same time, or those with instincts that anticipate thinking. Well, let’s just say that at that moment Zambo didn’t really think, neither with his feet nor with his head, unfortunately – 5.5

To the tirade I would add the early break on Osimhen, against whom, rightly, Calzona also puts his hands in his face in desperation – 5

LOBOTKA. The Dear Lobo sometimes trudges or takes refuge in the backward passageway, the Linus blanket of every playful architect in difficulty. But in the middle ground it is he who gives the vital breath and has an ability to defend and attack (as in the 56th minute) which makes him go kilometers – 6.5

The backward pass is the trademark of the start of his game: he doesn’t look for the man in front but the one behind, as if he were afraid of taking a counterattack. Fear opens the door to bad luck. He embarrassingly misses a goal – 6

CAJUSTE. Often he doesn’t know where to go, but he is the one who recovered the pelota for the Uruguayan equaliser. And we have to give them credit for it – 6

Finally he does something good: he fights for a ball and wins – 6

TRAORE‘since 69’. Without vote

18 minutes on the pitch, not even bad and then a substitution bordering on the incomprehensible – without a vote

OSTIGARD from 87′. He comes in and Roma scores, but it’s not his fault – no vote

Never seen a substitution on a corner against, but it’s obviously not his fault – no vote

POLITANO. He finds the dialogue with the Captain there on the right, but how sloppy is that failed assist for Victor Victoria in the 42nd minute. The two, Na-Politano and Osimhen, continue to have problems with each other – 6

He doesn’t take advantage of the opportunities that come his way and this is already worth the rating – 5.5

NGONGE from 69′. Better than Na-Politano. He gives a ball to Victor Victoria who repeats the action of zero to one last year in Rome (then it was Politano who served Black Mask) – 6.5

Certainly more lively and reactive than Politano, he also sends Osimhen to goal – 6.5

OSIMHEN. In the first half he suffers from the loneliness of Garcia Marquez’s colonel. He and Che Kvara take turns shooting at Svilar. Victor Victoria declines his pride with great anger, even against his teammates when he sees them scared and immobile in the blue half of the field. And then he finally scores a penalty – 7

To be rewarded was the penalty scored, which I wouldn’t have bet even a cent on. But how many missed goals, Fabrizio. A striker like him can’t make mistakes like that – 6

KVARATSKHELIA. The first dribbles are pitiful and irritating, but today Che Kvara is a diesel and confirms himself as the player in the Serie A championship who has made the most conclusions, over one hundred. He is the one who gets the penalty and the substitution is incomprehensible – 7

Many quality plays that clash with the elementary play of his teammates, which among other things he often serves impeccably. A positive discordant note in a team that sank itself this year – 6.5

RASPADORI from 86′. Without vote

Without vote

CALZONA. He’s a very good person, Calzona known as the Third, but even with him Napoli were unable to straighten out a season that started out very badly, not badly. Today he undoubtedly made a mistake with the changes, except for Ngonge’s, but that’s not the issue, it’s an overall one. At least the redde rationem at the end of the championship sheds light on the clans in the locker room and evangelically separates the good sheep from the bad goats. Not only. The trumpeted arrival of Conte or any other non-ideological coach will eradicate once and for all the now withered and fruitless plant of four three three. All this obviously assuming that Duce Aurelio comes to his senses. Let’s hope – 5

Senseless changes and a harakiri with Ostigard fielded from a corner against. Napoli plays better than many other times, it’s true, but I continue to say that the play of this team is not thanks to the coach but something that the players have in their DNA but no longer remember they have. There are countless shots thrown away: 14 in the first half alone. A merciless picture for a team that last year seemed irresistible. There is a positive note: there are only 4 days left until the end of the torment – ​​4.5

DIRTY REFEREE. The VAR saved him, on the penalty against Napoli, and yet it was right there – 5