This Friday evening, Serie A was back with the shock of the 18th day between Napoli, leader of the championship, and Juventus, third and undefeated for 7 matches. Massimiliano Allegri’s men had the opportunity to take second place ahead of AC Milan. For this meeting, the Italian technician relied on a fairly defensive formation with the presence of Adrien Rabiot in the heart of the game. Di Maria and Milik formed the attacking duo. For his part, Luciano Spaletti aligned his standard team with his fiery attack: Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia and Politano.
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Very quickly in this meeting, the men of Luciano Spaletti showed their fangs. In their stadium, they dictated the tempo of the match and got the first chances. It didn’t take long before seeing Victor Osimhen open the scoring. The Nigerian striker followed a magnificent bicycle from Kvaratskhelia well, pushed back by Szczęsny (14th). A goal that illustrated the beautiful Neapolitan domination and the total impotence of a very disappointing Juventus team in the use of the ball. It is even logical that Naples made the break shortly after the half-hour mark. It was again Kvaratskhelia who placed a fine strike which left no chance for a Szczęsny left by his defense (39th). This second goal had at least the merit of waking up Juventus who reduced the gap on their only action in the first act thanks to Di Maria (45th).
Napoli too strong for Juventus
With Juventus’ gap narrowing, it was then expected that the game would turn around and Juventus would finally start to put their foot on the ball. But it was not to the taste of this Napoli team which completely dominated the meeting and suffocated the Old Lady. Zambo Anguissa and Lobotka wandered around in midfield. Juventus couldn’t get the ball out. And the Neapolitans necessarily took advantage of it. A few minutes after returning from the locker room, defender Rrahmani perfectly took a corner and made the break again (55th). A goal that totally knocked out the teammates of a very discreet Adrien Rabiot in this match.
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Subsequently, the Gli Azzurri had fun and quietly managed the meeting. Before leaving to the ovation of the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Victor Osimhen offered himself a double by placing a powerful helmet shot under the bar (4-1, 65th). A few minutes later, the young Eljif Elmas, who had just entered the game, went there for his goal (5-1, 72nd). Juventus, which had not conceded a goal for 7 games, had just conceded 5 at once against the championship leader. A leader who flies a little more in the lead with now 10 points ahead of his evening opponent. This time, Napoli are indeed a very serious candidate for the Scudetto.
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