On the Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Juventus paid the value for his or her missed possibilities and inexperience, as they sustained a dramatic 1-2 defeat by the hands of their hosts.
Max Allegri began with a 3-5-2 formation spearheaded by Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa, whereas Carlos Alcaraz made his full debut, becoming a member of Manuel Locatelli and Fabio Miretti in the course of the park within the absence of the injured Adrien Rabiot and Weston McKennie.
Alex Sandro donned the captain’s armband, lining up beside Gleison Bremer and Daniele Rugani on the again. Andrea Cambiaso and Samuel Iling-Junior began on the wings.
As for the hosts, Francesco Calzona unleashed the tried-and-tested 4-3- 3 lineup, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano flanking Victor Osimhen.
Though Napoli noticed extra of the ball within the first half, the Bianconeri had probably the most harmful possibilities. Vlahovic got here shut on three events, even hitting the publish one time.
But, it was the house facet that headed to the break because of Kvaratskhelia’s opener within the forty second minute. Final season’s Serie A MVP pounced on a clearance from Bremer, sending his volley previous Wojciech Szczesny following a slight deflection off Cambiaso.
The Binaconeri needed to wait till the 81st minute to search out an equalizer by way of a beautiful low drive from Chiesa who stormed from the appropriate wing.
Nevertheless, the Outdated Woman’s pleasure was short-lived because the younger Joseph Nonge got here off the bench to present away a spot-kick with a useless problem on Osimhen. Szczesny did effectively to disclaim the Nigerian’s effort, however Giacomo Raspadori was first to react, scoring the winner on the rebound.
Subsequently, Juventus should make the lengthy journey again to Turin after failing to take something away from their southern journey.
Ultimate Rating: Napoli 2-1 Juventus
Goalscorers: Kvaratskhelia N (forty second), Chiesa J (81st), Raspadori N (88th)
Juventus (3-5-2): Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Rugani; Cambiaso, Miretti, Locatelli, Alcaraz, Iling-Junior; Chiesa, Vlahovic.
