TURIN. Three points, two goals and a sigh of relief as big as the Champions League. Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus takes everything in the play-off against Napoli, returning to victory and giving a signal of strength after too many hesitations and errors. In the recovery of the infinite game, given that it was supposed to be played on 4 October, the bianconeri play with the right intensity, give little to Gattuso’s team that had beaten them 53 days ago in Naples and find a 2-1 big names with the goal than usual Cristiano Ronaldo (25 centers in the league) after 13 ‘and the doubling in the second half of the returned Paulo Dybala. Joya had not played for three months due to injury, she had just been punished for the forbidden dinner at McKennie’s house and in the 73rd minute she found a goal that caused emotion and joy to explode, with a special dedication to her birthday mother. With the third place occupied again, he can return a bit of serenity after the storm, even if in the end Insigne’s penalty (Chiellini’s foul on Osimhen) sent Juve some thrills.
The choice of starting Buffon is a lot of surprise, also because on the eve of Pirlo confirmed Szczesny between the posts asking him for a reaction after the mistakes in the derby. It is not surprising, however, to see the right wing occupied by the Danilo-Cuadrado tandem (a solution that could already be applied against Toro, where instead Kulusevki acted badly) with the Morata-Ronaldo couple supported by Chiesa in the left lane. The departure of the bianconeri is vehement: after less than two minutes CR7 devours a header from a cross from Danilo and in the 9th minute Rrhamani saves from Chiesa’s shot, while on the corner Rabiot’s aerial attempt is just out. Napoli had the best opportunity with Zielinski after 3 ‘, but the shot from an excellent position is skyrocketing and so Juve scored the advantage in the 13th minute thanks to the Chiesa slalom scored by Ronaldo.
The first half not only recorded the attempts of Insigne (40 ‘) and Chiesa (41’), but two penalty fouls not seen by the referee Mariani and not corrected by the Var: at 34 ‘Chiesa was mowed down by Lozano after the play of Danilo and at 45 ‘Alex Sandro lands Zielinski clearly. The recovery at least avoids the encore of referee errors, given that the penalty at 90 ‘is whistled, while the two teams do not spare themselves the blows. Napoli seems more toned and tries with Di Lorenzo (48 ‘), the newly entered Osimhen (56’) and the Spaniard Fabian Ruiz from distance (71 ‘), but Buffon is always there to close the mirror. Juve often tries on the counterattack, wasting two excellent chances in the 53rd minute (Cuadrado pulls out) and in the 60th minute (Morata’s offside pass for Chiesa), but in the 73rd minute he finds the safety goal with Dybala. The time to enter the field, take aim and score the goal of the personal liberation with a left surgeon to turn. This is also excellent news for Pirlo.