Napoli-Juve 2-1, goals from Kvaratskhelia, Chiesa and Raspadori

Napoli does not stop and reopens the Juventus crisis. The Italian champions beat Allegri’s team 2-1 with a goal from Kvaratskhelia in the first half and one from Raspadori in the second half (Giacomo was quick to return Osimhen’s missed penalty into the net), shortly after Chiesa’s momentary equalizer . The curse of the Bianconeri is getting longer in Naples, where they haven’t won for 5 years. Calzona celebrates in the best possible way his first bench in Serie A at Maradona and continues his ascent: now there are 8 points from fourth place Bologna. Juventus, on the other hand, feels the pressure from Milan increasingly strong, trailing by just one point. Allegri returns home without points, but with many opportunities created and a penalty given to the Azzurri due to the naivety of the young Nonge.

KVARA GOAL

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Calzona starts with the Politano-Osimhen-Kvaratskhelia trident. Allegri, without the injured players Rabiot and McKennie, prefers Iling Jr to Kostic on the left and relies on the Vlahovic-Chiesa duo up front. The great protagonists of the first half are the Georgian winger and the Serbian striker. Kvara is having a great evening and runs down the left flank like a moped, so much so that Vlahovic (who has been warned by a booking and will miss Atalanta due to disqualification) and then Cambiaso are booked. DV9, on the other hand, is more unfortunate and imprecise than usual. So in the end Napoli dominates the game, dusting off some of the plots of the magical championship season, but the most dangerous opportunities belong to Juventus. And they see Vlahovic as the protagonist who, in order, initially misses the target with his head (excellent assist from Chiesa), then with a soft touch he passes Meret on the way out but not the post and a minute after the disadvantage he shoots high from a good position . Dusan forgives, Kvaratskhelia does not. And at the end of the first half (42′) the Italian champions took the lead with the Georgian who, practically without opposition (Cambiaso was separated), collected a cross from the right deflected by Bremer and found the right coordination to beat Szczesny.

CHURCH-RASP

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Juventus didn’t feel the pinch and started the second half with courage, so much so that after a few minutes they didn’t take advantage of Cambiaso’s chance to immediately put the match back on par (high finish). Allegri plays the Weah card, replacing Cambiaso. But the hourglass turns and the more time passes, the more Napoli anesthetizes the Bianconeri with prolonged possession of the ball which does not produce any openings in attack for Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia, but ends up letting Vlahovic and his teammates run in vain. To the point that Allegri, to try to turn the game around, inserts Yildiz and launches the trident with the Turk on the left, Vlahovic in the middle and Chiesa on the right. Max’s courage is rewarded and shortly after (36′ st) Juventus finds the equalizer with Chiesa, who freezes Maradona with a diagonal shot, equalizes Kvara’s lead and puts an end to his long personal fast (the blue player did not had been scoring since mid-January with Sassuolo). No time to celebrate and organize the final attack before the young Juventus player Nonge, a positive protagonist in the 1-1 draw, commits a naive foul on Osimhen in the area. The Nigerian was neutralized on the spot by Szczesny, but Raspadori was the fastest of all and made it 2-1 on the rebound. Game over? Not at all. In injury time Rugani, the man who scored in the last minute against Frosinone, this time shoots high from a good position.