NAPLES (ITALPRESS) – Heavy victory for Antonio Conte’s Napoli, which beat Juventus 2-1 and broke an unbeaten streak that had lasted even since the beginning of the season for Thiago Motta’s side. First defeat in the league, then, for the Bianconeri, by virtue of goals from Anguissa and Lukaku, to overturn the initial lead signed by Kolo Muani, making his debut with the Signora’s jersey and preferred to Vlahovic. The very first chance of the match belonged to Juventus, with the transition led in the Azzurri’s three-quarter by Thuram who then drew Yildiz, lucid in avoiding Spinazzola’s sliding intervention but hypnotized by Meret’s reflex at the moment of the shot. Bianconeri’s flash that immediately ignited the match and Napoli, which after the immediate shudder upped its pace pushed by a ‘Maradonà near sell-out crowd. At 20′ it is Politano who shows himself among the many men in Neapolitan jerseys present in Di Gregorio’s sides, with a left-footed volley from outside the box that ends high. Several initiatives, duels and offensive sorties, with Juventus still dangerous on the half-hour mark, with Nico Gonzalez left free centrally to kick with his left foot, just wide to Meret’s left. Bianconeri came close to scoring, however, which would arrive on 43′, on the erroneous disengagement by Napoli that caused Anguissa’s backward deflection to favor Kolo Muani’s winning shot. Beaten Meret, 1-0 Juventus and teams in the locker room, with Napoli soon having a chance for the equalizer when they returned to the pitch, on Spinazzola’s cross and Lukaku’s header, stopped from two steps by Di Gregorio’s reflex. The 1-1, however, is only postponed: in minute 57 Politano’s precise cross is decisive for Anguissa’s aerial deflection, on which this time Di Gregorio cannot intervene. Bianconeri hit and Azzurri that on the wave of enthusiasm will find the advantage: Locatelli knocks down in his own area McTominay, generating the penalty that Lukaku transforms at the stroke of 68’. Thiago Motta thus trying to move his offensive checkerboard, but without the substitutes being able to trouble a tired but focused Napoli. It was a tense final with several interruptions, with the match thus going to the former Conte’s Neapolitans, who are increasingly the leaders in the standings, at the end of the five minutes of stoppage time granted by Chiffi.
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Napoli wins 2-1 comeback win, Juve’s first league stop
