Game 5, Coppa Italia Group Phase
Sunday July 6, 1958
Stadio del Vomero, Naples
Napoli Lazio 0-4
Lazio beat Napoli thanks to three goals in the first half and are through to next round
Lazio were in Group H of the first Coppa Italia since before the war together with Roma, Palermo and Napoli. Whoever came top proceeded to the quarterfinals.
In the first game Lazio demolished Palermo 5-1 then beat Napoli 3-1 in the second, won the derby and drew at Palermo.
So with two games to go to the end of the first round Lazio were first with 7 points, Roma 4, Palermo 3 and Napoli 2.
The fifth game was against Napoli away from home. A win would secure the quarterfinals.
The match
Napoli were out of the tournament and came into the match with a very negative approach and for Lazio the game became a stroll in the park.
Lazio scored their first in the 13th minute. Egidio Fumagalli, following a great pass from Humberto Tozzi, was fouled in the box by Salvatore Assardo. Renzo Burini took the spot kick and put Lazio in the lead.
Five minutes later there was a free kick for the Biancocelesti, awarded for a foul on Tozzi. Maurilio Prini sent in a fantastic cross which Ugo Pozzan headed into the net.
After a number of chances missed by Tozzi and Fumagalli plus a Prini post, Lazio scored their third in the 40th minute. Claudio Bizzarri put Tozzi in a goal scoring position, but the Brazilian instead of shooting passed the ball to Burini who beat Mauro Benvenuti.
The match practically ended here. In the second half there were only three things worth mentioning. Lazio scored their fourth with a powerful shot from Bizzarri from outside the box in the 59th minute. Napoli had a penalty for a possible consolation goal but Luciano Giglietti, who had substituted Idilio Cei in the interval, playing his first professional match, saved the Bruno Pesaola spot kick. In the 87th minute the ball was kicked into the stands by a Lazio defender. The Napoli supporters refused to give it back so referee Rosario Lo Bello called it a day.
Great win and Lazio through to the next stage.
Who played for Napoli
Benvenuti (46' Palestini), Comaschi, Del Bene, Assardo, Greco (II), Posio, Storchi, Bertucco, Molinari, Pesaola, Gasperini.
Manager: Amadei.
Who played for Lazio
Cei (46’ Giglietti), Lo Buono, Del Gratta, Carradori, Pinardi, Pozzan, Bizzari, Burini, Tozzi, Fumagalli, Prini
Manager: Bernardini
Referee: Lo Bello
Goals: 13' Burini (pen), 18' Pozzan, 42' Burini, 59' Bizzarri
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