With a goal from Giacomo Raspadori in discount, Napoli approached the desired day in which mathematics allows them to confirm themselves as the winner of this season in Serie A, they could pass it the next day, after defeating La Juventus (0-1) in a match in which the locals saw up to two goals disallowed (at the end).
The ‘Juve’ could not close a perfect week in which he emerged victorious in the courts of sports justice, the one that returned this Thursday, at least temporarily, the 15 points that were stolen from him at the beginning of January, and he succumbed to the leader of Serie A in a week radically different for both.
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And it is that if the ‘Vecchia Signora’ was joined by the joys of reaching the semifinals of the Europa League while being again among the top three of the table, the Napoli came into the match after the frustration of being knocked out of the Champions League quarterfinals.
With desire to certify as soon as possible the achievement of a ‘Scudetto’ that only lacks the arithmetic to become officialand with the Wanting to get rid of the thorn of the defeat against Milan in ‘Champions’, Spalletti came out with everything against a ‘Juve’ without Di María, without Chiesa and without Vlahovic.
The game was far from that 5-1 in the first leg. Naples was the same team, but the black and white team is far from that poor and blurred version of itself.
No.or there were many clear chances in the first actleaving all the prominence to the well-ordered defenses and a second part in which everything happened.
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CONTROVERSIAL OUTCOME
With nine minutes to go, when ‘Juve’ managed to neutralize the powerful Neapolitan attack, Di María appeared to open the scoring in a sudden counterattack that began with a robbery by Milik in front of his own area. Di María took off Juan Jesús with a couple of feints and beat Meret.
He celebrated the Juventus Stadium, but the VAR warned the referee of a possible previous foul in Milik’s robbery. The Jstream of cold water that led to the decision fired up Allegri’s men, who They managed to sink Naples and even score again. This time it was Vlahovic, but Chiesa’s assist was with the ball having completely crossed the baseline.
The match was inevitably heading towards a last rush from ‘Juve’. Cuadrado led it with a run in the 93rd minute in which he came to step on the area and cut a Juan Jesús who touched the Colombian, but not enough for the referee, who let him continue playing.
Cuadrado’s rise by wing created a space due to his profile that Raspadori took advantage of to finish off Elmas’s measured cross to the far post free of charge and certify a victory that redeemed the Partenopeans of the defeat in the Champions League and that leaves the ‘Scudetto’ in the hands of mathematics.
What an agonizing victory for Napoli against Juventus in Turin. And how is it celebrated? The Scudetto is closer than ever. 33 years of waiting.
— ?? (@JuannDis) April 23, 2023
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Juventus, meanwhile, remains third with 59 points, fully involved in the fight to be in the top four of the table and qualify for the next edition of the Champions League.
– Data sheet:
0 – Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Rugani, Danilo; Square, Miretti (Di Maria, m.60), Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic (Chiesa, m.60); Soulé (Fagioli, m.66) and Milik (Vlahovic, m.90).
1 – Naples: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Kim, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka (m.Rrahmani, m.96), Ndombele (Zielinski, m.68); Lozano (Elmas, m.68), Kvaratskhelia (Raspadori, m.86) and Osimhen.
Goals: 0-1, m.93: Raspadori
Referee: M. Fabbri. He showed a yellow card to Locatelli (m.23), Rabiot (m.40), Fagioli (m.85), Di María (m.90) by Juventus; and Anguissa (m.98) by Naples.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-first day of Serie A, played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin (north).
