In the 31st week of Italian Serie A, leader Napoli defeated Juventus 1-0 with a goal they found in the last minutes.
In the match of the week in the league, Napoli, the strongest candidate of the championship, was the guest of Juventus, which was approaching the peak again, with the cancellation of the 15-point deletion penalty in the middle of the season.
The first half of the match played at the Allianz Stadium in Turin ended in a goalless tie.
In the second half of the match, although the two teams created dangerous moments in each other’s goal, it was the guest team that scored the goal. 90+3. In the minute, Giacomo Raspadori scored the goal that put his team ahead 1-0 in Napoli.
When there was no other goal in the remaining minutes, Napoli defeated Juventus 1-0 and ended the loss of points in the last weeks.
With this critical win, Napoli increased its score to 78 and took one step closer to the championship by increasing the difference in points to 17 in the week that Lazio, its second-ranked follower, closed with no points.
After the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) canceled the 15-point deduction penalty given by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) earlier in the week for being involved in financial irregularities, Juventus returned to the 3rd place, beating Napoli and backfiring the opportunity to move to the 2nd place.
With this defeat, the Black-and-whites took their third consecutive defeat in the league and remained in the third place with 59 points.