Napoli achieved a wide victory over its guest, Juventus, 5-1, in the match that brought them together on Friday evening, at the “Diego Armando Maradona” stadium, in the opening of the eighteenth round of Serie A for the current season 2022/2023.
Napoli vs Juventus
Nigerian Victor Osimhen opened the scoring for Napoli, in the 14th minute of the match, with a header, after following up on a rebound from Juventus goalkeeper Chesney, which was the first goal that Juve scored, in Calcio after 680 minutes.
Georgian Khafisha Kvaratskhelia added, the second goal of the Italian southern team, in the 39th minute, with a powerful shot to the left of the Juve goalkeeper.
The Argentine star, Angel Di Maria, succeeded in reducing the score for Juventus, by scoring the first goal in the 42nd minute, with a shot to the right of the goalkeeper.
In the second half, Napoli continued its superiority by scoring a hat-trick through Amir Rahmani, Victor Osimhen and Elif Elmas, in the 55th, 65th and 72nd minutes of the match.
And the “Opta” network reported that Juventus conceded 5 goals in Serie A, for the first time since the Pescara match, in May 1993.
Napoli strengthened its lead in the Italian League standings table with 47 points, while Juventus’ balance stopped at 37 points in third place, equal to Milan, runner-up, on goal difference.
Napoli started the meeting with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Merritt.
Defense: De Lorenzo, Rahmani, Min Gay and Roy.
Midfielders: Anguisa, Lubotica and Zielinski.
Forwards: Politano, Osimhen and Kfaratskhelia.
On the other hand, Juventus played the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Chesney.
Defense: Danilo, Bremer, Sandro and Locatelli.
Midfield: McKinney, Rabiot, Kostic.
Attack: Keiza, Di Maria and Milik.
