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Serie A | Juventus 1-0 Napoli: Gatti punishes wasteful Partenopei

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Serie A | Juventus 1-0 Napoli: Gatti punishes wasteful Partenopei

Federico Gatti as soon as once more got here to the rescue for Juventus, as Napoli had been made to pay for losing two enormous first half scoring alternatives.

The Bianconeri had been nonetheless lacking Timothy Weah, Mattia De Sciglio, Paul Pogba and Nicolò Fagioli, however Danilo had his first begin in six weeks. With Mathias Olivera and Mario Rui out, Natan was once more used as a left-back for a Napoli facet that was 11 factors adrift of leaders Inter.

Wojciech Szczesny struggled with an in-swinging Giovanni Di Lorenzo cross, then Matteo Politano’s roller from the sting of the field clipped the skin fringe of the upright after 9 minutes.

Juve threatened too, Federico Chiesa organising Dusan Vlahovic for a shot denied by the Natan block, then Weston McKennie failed the overhead kick. Moments later, Chiesa went on a shocking run down the left using three tackles for the pull-back intercepted by Stanislav Lobotka.

Napoli wasted a very extraordinary probability when Osimhen gathered an extended ball broad left, rolled throughout for the unmarked Kvaratskhelia, whose first contact was poor and he ballooned over one-on-one with Szczesny.

The Partenopei had one other unimaginable alternative on a Piotr Zielinski free kick, as Bremer’s header bounced off Federico Gatti and into the trail of Di Lorenzo, denied by an unbelievable Szczesny save from 5 yards.

Vlahovic thumped the upright straight after the restart, however McKennie was offside on the knockback.

It was solely a warning, as Juventus did take the lead moments later. Andrea Cambiaso’s cross discovered Gatti’s header on the again put up from six yards, steering it again throughout Meret into the far backside nook. The centre-back had given the Bianconeri a last-gasp winner towards Monza just a few days in the past.

Politano’s volley was deflected and the Chiesa roller was over the bar, however Vlahovic limped off with a muscular damage.

Napoli had the ball within the internet on 69 minutes when Szczesny’s terrible cross out from the again was intercepted by Politano and knocked again for Osimhen, however the Nigerian was offside.

Di Lorenzo hit the side-netting after a very good Kvaratskhelia mazy run, however after successful each house and away final season together with a 5-1 triumph, the Partenopei had been defeated by Juve for the primary time since April 2021.

Juventus 1-0 Napoli

Gatti 51 (J)