1:0! Juventus is unbeaten in 10 games, overtaking Inter to reach the top, sending the defending champion of Serie A to lose three in a row
There is no European competition, but Juventus occupies a favorable position in the league championship, relying on 7 wins and 2 draws in the last 9 rounds, Juventus has always ranked second in the standings, and there is a lot of pressure on Inter Milan at the top of the table. In the 15th round of Serie A, Juventus sat in Turin at the Allianz Arena against Napoli, in the case of the collective dumb fire of the front, as a central defender, Gatti scored the only goal of the game, Juve won 1:0, overtaking Inter Milan to the top of Serie A.
After Rudi Garcia was sacked due to poor results, Mazzarri won against Atalanta, but in the past two games, Napoli has lost to Real Madrid and Inter Milan, and has been squeezed out of the top four by Roma in the standings. The only consolation is that Napoli are unbeaten against Juventus in the past two years, and last season they beat the Bianconeri home and away. In this game, Allegri still lined up the familiar 3-5-2: Szczesny guarded the goal, Gatti, Bremer and Danilo built a three-centre-back system, Cambiaso Jr. and Kostic were separated from the wings, Rabiot, McKennie and Locatelli were in the midfield, and Chiesa Jr. and Vlahovic were two forwards.
Napoli set up a 4-3-3 set: Kvaratskhelia, Politano and Osimhen form the front trident, Lobotka, Zielinski and Anguissa partner in midfield, De Sousa, Rahmani, Juan Jr. and Di Lorenzo form the backline, and the goalkeeper is Italian international Merette.
The two sides are very familiar with each other, and the two teams also directly entered the attack mode after the opening; in the 7th minute, Vlahovic advanced to the right side with the ball in the middle, and Cambiaso Jr. cut inside on the right side, and the ball was slightly off; 2 minutes later, Politano also used an inward cut to shoot against the post slightly off the color; in the 18th minute, Vlahovic retreated to the left side, Kostic stepped forward to break through the cross, Vlahovic who was outflanked in place was blocked by Juan Jr., and McKennie's upside down golden hook at two points was high above the crossbar.
In the 28th minute, Napoli defended at the back and quickly launched a counterattack with a long pass, Osimhen used his strong physicality to lie down on Gatti's defensive cross, but Kvaratskhelia stopped the ball too much and was defused by the attacking Szczesny, Napoli missed this inevitable scoring opportunity. In the 38th minute, Napoli's set-piece drove into the penalty area, Gatti cleared the top and rebounded on his teammate Bremer, Di Lorenzo shot hard from close range, but fortunately, Szczesny saved the goal with a brave save.
In the 51st minute of the second half, McKennie's attack on the right side was fruitless, and Cambiaso Jr. crossed the ball from the ribs, and Gatti stepped forward into the penalty area to force Di Lorenzo's header to break the net, 1:0! Juve successfully broke the deadlock, Gatti scored in two consecutive rounds, and scored his third goal of the season; you must know that the current Juventus top scorer Vlahovic has only scored 5 goals.
In the 62nd minute, Kostic took a corner kick, Bremmer grabbed a header in the penalty area and put the ball on Di Lorenzo, the Juventus player signaled the handball, but from the slow motion replay, the ball was on Di Lorenzo's shoulder and not a handball; 1 minute later, Juve's attack came again, Locatelli's long shot at the top of the arc was slightly off; seeing Juve regain the initiative, Mazzarri immediately replaced Elmas to try to strengthen the attack; Allegri replaced the injured Vlahovic with Milik. In the 70th minute, the original state of the brave Szczesny actually made a huge mistake, his ball was directly cut off by Elmas, Ensmeen equalized in the face of an empty goalkeeper, fortunately the linesman raised the flag to signal offside, Juve escaped, in the 85th minute, Raspadori ribs straight through, Di Lorenzo inserted into the penalty area and hit the side netting.
In the end, Juventus also maintained the advantage of 1 goal until the end of the game, Juventus overtook Inter Milan to occupy the top position in one more game, counting this game, Juventus recently won 8 wins and 2 draws in 10 rounds, and won 8 league games, 7 of which were small wins by one goal, such an economical victory, no wonder the outside world thinks they are the favorites to win the championship. As for Napoli, they have suffered three consecutive defeats in all competitions, and last season's Serie A title is still sinking.