The violent strike of ‘Chucky’ Lozano against ‘Nico’ González and expulsion of the Mexican after review in the VAR | VIDEO

Was he late or was he reckless? Hirving Lozano committed a violent infraction against Nicolás González in the second half of the match between Napoli and Fiorentina for the second round of the Italian Cup. The Mexican attacker barely had 20 minutes on the field of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

In a hectic commitment (full of yellow cards and with the ‘Fiore’ winning by 1-2 in that passage), the ‘Chucky’ Lozano was located on the band in the opponent’s field to try a new attack that ends with equality from the team led by coach Luciano Spalletti.

Midfielder Stanislav Lobotka invaded the ‘Violas’ field with the ball at his feet. Then, the Slovakian player combined on the wing with Lozano, who controlled, but the round was long. Immediately, the Aztec reacted because he could lose the duel against González.

Both players went to the split. The Argentine managed to puncture the ball with the booty and the Mexican, in order not to lose possession, hit a strong plate that left the Fiorentina man lying on the grass. He also let out a scream that was heard in the microphones that are at the edge of the field.

In the first instance, the former Pachuca got it cheap because the match referee showed him the yellow card. However, the principal received a communication from the VAR shortlist. After a review, the authority verified that the Lozano thing was reckless and changed its decision on the fly.

Then, just 20 minutes after getting into the action (he replaced Matteo Politano), the ‘Chucky’ went to the showers early and, on top of that, when Napoli was looking for equality to force overtime in the round of the cupbearer contest.