Juventus all but secured 8th consecutive Scudetto after beating Napoli
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Juventus all but secured their 8th consecutive Scudetto with a 2-1 victory away at Napoli tonight. In a frantic game, with a number of controversial incidents, and chances galore they walked away from the San Paulo with all three points.
Calcio Mercato reports how after a quiet start to game the first major incident, at 25 minutes in, was the one that all but decided the game. Malcuit’s back-pass was woefully short and Ronaldo found himself one-on-one with Meret, who rushed out of his box and took out the Portuguese striker. The 21 year old was shown a straight red card for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity, and from the resultant free kick, Pjanic curled the ball over the wall and into the Napoli net. Napoli briefly rallied after that, with Zielinski hitting the post, but Juve asserted their dominance when they went 2-0 in the 40th minute.
A short corner was crossed into the box by Bernadeschi, who found Emre Can unmarked on the edge of the six yard box, and he comfortably headed home. Pjanic was sent off moments into the second half for a second yellow card, and from that point on Napoli took complete charge.
They had numerous efforts before Insigne’s curled cross was poked home by Callejon. Juventus struggled to hold on to the ball, and found themselves constantly under pressure. Alex Sandro was then very harshly adjudged to have handled a cross that was hit straight at him, and a penalty was awarded after a VAR review. Insigne however wasn’t able to convert and his spot kick hit the post.
Tempers flared late on, with both teams picking up numerous bookings, but Juventus held on to take all three points.
These are the results of this weekend’s programme:
Cagliari 2–1
Internazionale
Empoli 3–3
Parma
Milan 1–0
Sassuolo
Lazio 3–0
Roma
Torino 3–0
Chievo
Genoa 0–0
Frosinone
SPAL 1–2
Sampdoria
Udinese 2–1
Bologna
Atalanta 3–1
Fiorentina
Napoli 1–2
Juventus
