Napoli made it a nightmare return for Maurizio Sarri, as they beat leaders Juventus 2-1 with Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne goals.
Match report
Juventus suffered a 2-1 loss at Napoli on Sunday, ending the Serie A champions' run of five straight wins in the league.
Piotr Zielinski scored the opening goal of the game midway through the second half, finishing on the rebound after Wojciech Szczesny pushed Lorenzo Insigne's shot back into the danger zone.
Napoli had lost four home league games in a row but climb to 10th in the table after Insigne volleyed in a second, Maurizio Sarri's return to Stadio San Paolo ending in Juve's second league defeat of the season.
Serie A Standings
Match Events
54' Disallowed! Ronaldo scores but the goal is offside
GOAL DISALLOWED! Higuain squares the ball to Dybala at the near post and his shot beats Meret and bounces back off the near post. Ronaldo gets on the rebound and he does find the back of the net, but the flag has gone up as Higuain was offside in the build-up.
63' GOAL! Napoli 1-0 Juventus (Zielinski)
NAPOLI TAKE THE LEAD! The Juventus just sit back and allow Insigne to run at them and his shot from outside the area is well saved by Szczesny. He pushes the ball straight to Zielinski on the edge of the six-yard box and the midfielder turns in the rebound to break the deadlock. 1-0 Napoli!
86' GOAL! Napoli 2-0 Juventus (Insigne)
NAPOLI DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! It looks like the chance is gone when no one gets on the end of Milik's cross, but Callejon keeps it alive. Insigne is in a lot of space in the middle of the box and hits the shot on the volley. It hits the back of the net and he runs off down the track in celebration. 2-0 Napoli!
90' GOAL! Napoli 2-1 Juventus (Ronaldo)
JUVENTUS HAVE ONE BACK! Ronaldo gets on the end of Bentancur's throughball in the box and he somehow manages to squeeze his shot past Meret at the near post and put the ball into the bottom-right corner. 2-1!
starboy126
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Napoli may got 99 problem but beating juventus isn't none of them
Cenabenost
1032
1)No creativity in midfield. 2)Not a single threatening cross or corner. 3)Why tf did he substituted dybala instead higuain should have been substituted. 4)Buffon should be our #1 GK. 5)Matuidi has Sarri's nudes.
ABySS
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I'm a Barca fan, just tuned in on the match to see a game of football and man.. despite the loss and Sarri's weird tactics, Cristiano Ronaldo is a machine. The way he carries himself and fights till the end. wow. respect man.. respect. I'll always love messi, but I'll always respect ronaldo now too.. no more trolling lol .. a great gem in the world of football.
AbrarHossain
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The problems are mostly in the midfield. Pjanic, Matuidi, Rabiot are not contributing like they should during attacking plays. They also lack the motivation to keep pressing after possession loss. Bonucci looks tired every match and he's not to blame; Sarri kept playing him non stop even when he had the option to play Demiral and De Ligt. Now Demiral's injury means he have to keep playing Bonucci who, needs off. His form suffered terribly. And one serious problem is Sarri's "two pass" tactics; it's very demanding on players. He should change his strategy and allow for a balanced gameplay that allows Juventus to maintain an adaptive style in accordance to opponent. Instead of attacking all the time, a team of this calibre should have the independence of choosing their own opportunities instead of just trying to keep passing constantly to create opportunities.
Seynta
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No sense of urgency from Juve: Tactics are weak. No dominance. Lack of concentration. I'm sick of Sarri; Juventus wins because of talent alone. Nothing from the manager...[5percent][5percent][5percent] I disliked Allegri but he had this team on a system...
sehajbains_02
549
Barca lost 2-0... Juve were also losing 2-0 but CR7 scored and saved himself from criticism unlike Messi
ខេងឡុង
541
No sense of urgency from Juve: Tactics are weak. No dominance. Lack of concentration. I'm sick of Sarri; Juventus wins because of talent alone. Nothing from the manager...[] I disliked Allegri but he had this team on a system...✅ Guess what The goat scored although his team lost
Bikdenprsu
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I'm not worried about juve because I know they'll still win the league but I'm happy Napoli is picking up some firm beating Lazio and juvé in one week means bottling is preparing for some club , if you u understand what I mean haha
NevilGN
449
We need a creative midfield....players who could actually create chances... And the Team also lacks passion... Every game only Ronaldo has the will to win the game... He fights till the end... 1)They need creative players... 2)A coach who has the ability to bring a change and system into the team... 3)Confidence and passion from every players not only Cristiano
capitalise
400
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azeembaba
377
Ronaldo registered 3shots scored 2goals. One disallowed. Unlike messi who had 11shots, 4 on target and couldn't score a disallowed goal
cueacdimtu
373
1. Ramsey shud start instead of Matuidi. 2. Pjanic shud be replaced by Ramsey. 3. Take off Bentancur and Higuaini and bring on Costa and Bernadeschi. Now play the game a little faster. Alex Sandro was poor today same as Matuidi and Higuaini. I think Sarri got it wrong today. There were moments one could wonder why Juve were playing like that and it could be up to wrong tactics. Lastly this ref likes to give yellows anyhow. Good win though for Gattuso. this keeps the race still open and Inter still have a chance now.
Skdhondup
243
After watching entire Juventus game. I can proudly say that I can play better than Matudi..god no game sense, can't control the ball and passing also when get a ball instantly lost...But still GOAT CR7 manage to score some goals from him...
Jsmooth
210
This is what happens when Juventus actually plays against a decent team.
hakunamatatahm1
149
as long as cr7 had a goal am ok,8 consecutive
AhmedAoyon007
9
1)No creativity in midfield. 2)Not a single threatening cross or corner. 3)Why tf did he substituted dybala instead higuain should have been substituted. 4)Buffon should be our #1 GK. 5)Matuidi has Sarri's nudes.
all of them are correct but no.5 is bloody correct 😣😣😣
cokbkm
9
Barca lost 2-0... Juve were also losing 2-0 but CR7 scored and saved himself from criticism unlike Messi
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Ronaldo cnt perform like messi whether he score or not😂
GregorClegen
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Barca lost 2-0... Juve were also losing 2-0 but CR7 scored and saved himself from criticism unlike Messi
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Remain irrelevant for almost 89 minutes, grab a consolation goal in 90th minute with a goalkeepers mistake and he gets praised. Wow I haven't seen such delusional fanbase in my whole life.
layeklu
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Barca lost 2-0... Juve were also losing 2-0 but CR7 scored and saved himself from criticism unlike Messi
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bro juventus lost an stop comparing cr with the goat