Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Lives Up to Comparisons With Diego Maradona With A Wonder Goal Napoli is on a high ahead of their Champions League matchup with Eintracht Frankfurt. Kvaratskhelia channels Diego Maradona.
After an incredible first season in Naples, the Georgia winger has become one of Europe’s hottest properties. He is the most naturally gifted Napoli player since Maradona tried his luck in southern Italy in the 1980s.
What’s more, presently he is set to lead Napoli to the quarter-finals of Europe’s top club contest without precedent for their set of experiences, 13 objectives and as many aids all rivalries making him the star close by Victor Osimhen of a really splendid group.
The 22-year-old’s close control and precise play, which has consistently been decisive this season, was perfectly demonstrated by his outrageous goal that set Napoli on their way to a 2-0 victory over Atalanta on Saturday.
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After losing to Lazio at home the week before, there were concerns that a spring collapse that is typical of Luciano Spalletti teams might occur after the goalless first half, but then “Kvaradona” sprinkled his stardust.
Subsequent to gathering a pass from Osimhen in a Napoli counter-assault Kvaratskhelia charged at the Atalanta protection with no backup.
After initially sending Rafael Toloi spinning and Giorgio Scalvini slide-tackling into thin air, he cut back inside the confused Toloi before scoring at the near post after fooling four defenders.
Kvaratskhelia was alone in the penalty area when he made his shot, and seven Atalanta players were powerless to stop the goal that helped Napoli win and almost win their first Scudetto since 1990.
Spalletti told reporters after the game, “He scored a goal worthy of Maradona, this time you really can say it, looking at the quality of control in such a tight space… when he runs at you he’s basically unmarkable.”
After a crushing first-leg performance in Germany, Italy’s champions-elect face Eintracht with a 2-0 lead to defend and nothing but positive energy.
Deep run Spalletti’s entertaining team is 18 points clear at the top of Serie A and is aiming for a deep run in Europe. They have the perfect chance to make the last eight.
After the first leg, Spalletti said that Napoli’s biggest enemy was “to think it is already done,” but his team’s fortunes couldn’t have been better.
After knocks to starting goalkeeper Alex Meret and key center-back, Kim Min-Jae that he suffered prior to and during Saturday’s victory turned out not to be serious, he should have virtually the entire team available for Wednesday’s match.
Randal Kolo Muani Eintracht’s star striker
Randal Kolo Muani, Eintracht’s star striker, was sent off in the first leg. Since the turn of the year, he has scored eight goals in 11 matches across all competitions.
In addition, Eintracht will not have their usual contingent of away fans in Naples because the city’s prefecture prohibited Frankfurt residents from purchasing tickets on Sunday.
After Eintracht’s appeal, the Italian interior ministry’s Friday ban on ticket sales to anyone in Germany following trouble at the first leg was overturned on Saturday.
Eintracht’s board member Philipp Reschke said in a statement that the club would not use any of its allocation in response to the most recent decision to restrict ticket sales as a public safety measure.
He stated, “It is a well-known fact that two-thirds of our fans are not from Frankfurt and are from outside the Rhine-Main region.”
“There would be countless ways to actually circumvent this decree and get some of our fan bases into the stadium… we are not going to divide ourselves into postcode areas,” the statement reads.
Despite not filling the 2,700 available seats, Eintracht is appealing the decision, stating that “in view of the timing, (it’s) more about the principle for us and how it affects future decisions.”