3 Reasons why Juventus beat Napoli

The game was a roller coaster of emotions for Napoli
The game was a roller coaster of emotions for Napoli

Disorganised Napoli

Napoli were excellent for 15 minutes but poor for the rest of the game
Napoli were excellent for 15 minutes but poor for the rest of the game

Napoli almost pulled off a ridiculous comeback, but were poor for large parts of the game. For almost the entire first half, they struggled to stich together a coherent attack and didn't seem to have a plan in defence.

Pjanic and Higuain (while dropping deep) ran circles around them. Lorenzo Insigne was isolated for most of the game as well, almost forcing Carlo Ancelotti to replace him with new signing Hirving Lozano in the second half.

With Dries Mertens and Hirving Lozano combining up top, Napoli's attack started to look more potent. It also provided Zielinski and Ruiz some freedom to move in midfield. Had they been able to maintain this pressure for longer periods of time, the result may have been starkly different.

For one quarter of the game they were able to create chances and thoroughly test Wojciech Szczęsny in Juve's goal. The rest of the game felt like chaos from the Napoli point-of-view.

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Edited by Kingshuk Kusari
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