[Sport]Napoli takes revenge on Juventus

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Lorenzo Insigne scored the goal of difference, crossing his shot in a maximum penalty, this being his 100th score with the Neapolitan team

This Saturday, Napoli triumphed against Juventus (0-1) in the twenty-second day (22) of Serie A, taking revenge on the Turin team after the defeat that it endorsed in the final of the Italian Super Cup.

Once again, a penalty was the key to one of the most traditional classics in Italian football. In the Super Cup, Lorenzo Insigne missed the possible tie from eleven meters, but this Saturday he was relentless. He crossed the shot and sent the ball into the squad to score the decisive goal within half an hour of play.

 
It was the only target in a game of great intensity, fought and complicated for Gennaro Gattuso's Napoli, who arrived at the meeting after the elimination suffered against Atalanta in the semifinals of the Italian Cup.

The difficulties came in the warm-up before the match when Colombian goal David Ospina, chosen as the starter, had to leave the starting position due to a physical problem. But, on the pitch, the locals played a highly committed duel, tactically attentive and even stoic in the final stretch, when Mexican Hirving Lozano had to continue playing despite having severe pain in his right leg.

The Neapolitans went ahead by half an hour, thanks to a penalty awarded by the VAR, for a slap to defender Amir Rahmani. Insigne took revenge after the mistake in the Super Cup and celebrated the goal with a special shirt and dedication to his wife. It was his 100th goal with the Napoli jersey, a team with which he grew up and in which, currently, he is captain.

 
The reaction of the “Vecchia Signora” was aggressive in the resumption, but neither the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo nor the Spanish Álvaro Morata, who had a goal disallowed for a previous offside by Chiellini, could avoid a hard defeat.

It took a tremendous effort for Lozano, who suffered a muscle discomfort in his right thigh in the last minutes and had to continue competing to help his teammates, as Gattuso could no longer make any more changes.

The "Blues" stormed the fourth position, which is worth a pass to the Champions League, and cut a streak of three consecutive victories in Juventus Serie A, which is now third and could stay up to 10 points from the leader Milan, if he wins this Saturday at Spezia.