Last Wednesday, Napoli and Atalanta played the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals and, in large part, due to the phenomenal performance of goalkeeper David Ospina, the match was tied 0-0.
In fact, this Thursday in the Italian press he surrendered at the feet of the Colombian goalkeeper. “Atalanta tried to win at all costs at Maradona, but the mistakes of his players in the last 15 meters and David Ospina’s excellent saves kept the result 0-0, a good thing for Napoli, which is recovering from a negative period. It was a defensive test to regain self-esteem, “said La Gazzetta dello Sport.
And two of those excellent saves they named were against one of their compatriots, Luis Fernando Muriel, who along with Duván Zapata were starters in the match held at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.
The first was from a free kick in the 10th minute, which went to the area, but with a thread towards the goal and little by little the ball headed to the farthest angle, but Ospina appeared to take the slap and send it to the corner kick .
The next was in the first minutes of the second half, when Muriel went hand in hand against David, but the goalkeeper was faster and earned it, although the two remained lying on the floor as they collided heavily.