The expected pulse interval Thiago Motta and Antonio Conte It ended in a draw and no goals. Juventus and Naples battled it out but had little chance and squandered a chance to sleep at the top of Serie A. The Partenopean are second and the Turinese are fourth, one and two points behind Torino, respectively.
conte He attracted attention on his return to Turin after winning Serie A eight times with Juve (five as a player and three as a coach) and also surprised with a tactical change by re-creating his characteristic 3-4- 2-1 for a 4-3 -3. The truth is that Napoli felt comfortable for most of the game despite the fact that Juventus had more possession of the ball.
Yildiz poses a danger
In fact, the ‘bianconero’ player who is most dangerous is the youth Kenan Yildiz in their centers from the left wing in search of Dusan Vlahovic. In their third, before half time, came the team’s clearest chance. Thiago Motta. Teun Koopmeiners done but Mathias Olivera, Providentially, he blocked it.
Naples, with the unmistakable stamp of Conte, defended well at all times, even after the goal Alex Meret was replaced by Elia Caprile due to muscle discomfort in the 35th minute, and in attack he was always looking Romelu Lukakuwho had a fierce rivalry with Gleison Bremer where the Brazilian central defender emerged victorious. The Belgian striker faced a team to which he said ‘no’ on two occasions and the fans reminded him.
Lukaku has it
On the other end Michele DiGregorio had to intervene to cover a shot from the balcony of Scott McTominay (30′) and, above all, in the addition of the first half when he appeared to reflexively take a free-kick from Matteo Politano which hardly sticks Lukaku.
at break Thiago Motta surprised to leave Vlahovic, who became small, despite not seeming to suffer any physical shrinkage and put a ‘9’ on Timothy Weah when injured Arkaudiusz Milik.
Juve continued to carry the brunt of the match, they made some good moves in the area but no punches, as seen in a high shot from Koopmeiners after the good arrival of Andrea Cambiaso (70′).
Napoli did not limit themselves defensively and waited for their moment to try to surprise. He was about to achieve it in an attack on the right of Politano, his most dangerous player, who finished with a shot from the edge of the area that went slightly high (55′).
Conte stopped his three forwards at once
With 20 minutes remaining, Conte did not hesitate to remove his three forwards in one fell swoop, Lukaku, a careful Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Politanobut Naples did not suffer as Juve ran out of steam to avoid their third straight 0-0 in the league after drawing both Roma at home and Empoli.
Of course, the ‘vecchia Signora’ has yet to score a goal in five rounds played. They are the two faces of a perfect team in defense but where Thiago Motta He couldn’t find the key to the attack in Serie A. And that came from endorsing PSV Eindhoven 3-0 on Tuesday in his return to the Champions League.
match lineup
29
37
27
5
15
3
11
16
9
8
10
1
22
17
68
13
4
21
99
11
8
77
Allianz Stadium
Alex Meret1
35′
Giovanni DiLorenzo22
Mathias Olivera17
Stanislav Lobotka68
86′
Amir Rrahmani13
Alessandro Buongiorno4
Matteo Politano21
72′
32′
79′
Frank Anguissa99
45′
Romelu Lukaku11
71′
Scott McTominay8
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia77
72′
Replacements
Nikita Contini14
Elia Caprile25
35′
John Jesus5
Rafa Marin16
Pasquale Mazzocchi30
Leonardo Spinazzola37
Billy Gilmour6
86′
79′
Michael Folorunsho90
72′
David Neres7
72′
45′
Giovanni Simeone18
71′
Alessio Zerbin23
Cyril Ngonge26
Giacomo Raspadori81
coach
Thiago Motta
Antonio Conte
Source: La Verdad
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