Juventus to scream, Napoli collapses to -9 from Inter's
Netta victory for Juventus against Napoli in the big match of the 22nd day of Serie A, which ended 3-0 for the Bianconeri. Spalletti’s team moved to 42 points, -1 from Napoli, which remained at 43 and thus slipped to -9 from leading Inter. The first big chance in Turin came from Thuram, who hit a glaring post in the 21st minute, but a minute later Jonathan David unblocked the result: the Canadian, served by a brilliant assist from Locatelli, withstood contact with Spinazzola and beat Meret, returning between the posts after the injury that has kept him out for the past four months.
Conceiçao also came close to doubling the score, but a prodigious intervention by Buongiorno saved Napoli on the goal line. Before returning to the locker room for halftime, guest protests when Bremer restrained Hojlund in the box, but Mariani did not award the penalty kick. Early in the second half Napoli tried to fight back, taking advantage of a Juve drop, with Conte also making his debut for Giovane, who had just arrived from Verona.
Yildiz’s hopes were extinguished: Juan Jesus sensationally lost the ball to Miretti, who served the Turk for 2-0 in the 77th minute. Conte played the Lukaku card, making his season debut, but Kostic sealed the score in the 86th minute with the 3-0 seal. Meanwhile, Giorgio Chiellini in the pre-match had ruled out the’arrival of Youssef En-Nesyri: “The situation is quite simple. We went to talk to the boy who expressed doubts about the formula”.
“For us right now it is a closed negotiation, we do not want and cannot buy outright. We will see in the coming days if there are opportunities, we will remain vigilant, but for us I repeat that it is a closed negotiation”.
