Serie A

The match, which was played before a full crowd at Diego Armando Maradona stadium, ended up being a potential watershed in the 2022/23 Serie A season.

In a single game, Napoli inflicted a five-goal defeat on a team that had just conceded seven times up to that point in the season. The second half, however, turned out to be a one-way match. Prior to Friday night’s game, their defense had conceded only seven goals in 17 Serie A rounds. The work of head coach Luciano Spalletti has especially borne fruit this year, with the Partenopei implementing an exciting brand of soccer based on ball possession and offensive mindset. Osimhen was also responsible for setting up his side’s second goal, courtesy of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. [Juventus](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2022/11/29/the-reasons-behind-andrea-agnellis-sudden-resignation-as-the-juventus-president/?sh=6f1e1e6c6581).

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis declared himself 'ecstatic' after watching his side dismantle Juventus on Friday night.

They play the game the right way and showed that tonight. We had little energy but we were coming off eight wins and now we need to get to work and get back on track next week in the Coppa Italia. Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri: “These nights can happen, the defeat is deserved. This enormous satisfaction is for you, for those who were at the stadium and for those who supported us from all over the world. Turin-based Tuttosport took a Juve perspective, calling it “another disgrace”. It was a huge moment.

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Only Osimhen sits ahead of the World Cup winner in the division's scoring charts this season. However, defensive sloppiness saw a 1-0 lead soon turn into a 2-1 deficit in the first of those matches, while in the second, a 2-0 advantage evaporated late on as Lazio were forced to accept a draw in front of a stunned Stadio Olimpico. Maurizio Sarri's men now head into a meeting with Sassuolo needing three points, with city rivals Roma and Atalanta sitting on the same number of points as the Eagles and Inter three points ahead of them. On their return to action, games against Lecce and Empoli, although tricky, were not the sort of fixtures that should intimidate a side with ambitions of dining at European football's top table. However, Verona have the second-worst rearguard in the entire league, one that needs to work out a way to stop Lautaro Martinez, who has scored in each of his last two games. In what has been a depressing season for Hellas Verona and their fans, the form of Scottish left-back Josh Doig, signed in the summer from Hibernian, has been a source of some solace. That was how Monza profited deep into stoppage time last weekend, while second-tier Parma were on top of Inter for long spells of their Coppa Italia clash on Tuesday before eventually succumbing to the favourites. Things got worse in midweek as they were knocked out of the Coppa Italia at the last-16 stage by Torino in extra time, and the reigning league champions now head to Lecce hoping to pick up at least a point and consolidate second spot, but they will be up against an opponent that has taken 11 points from the last 15 on offer and has Lorenzo Colombo, on loan from Milan, leading the line. Every one of his four strikes has come at an important time and he also has the strength of character to respond emphatically to setbacks, as he showed by scoring a screamer at Napoli just minutes after missing a penalty. The 20-year-old underlined what he's all about in Monday's vital 2-0 win over Cremonese when he produced a lung-busting run from well inside his own half to the edge of the visitors' penalty area and then played a lovely measured pass for Darko Lazovic to bag his second of the evening. Juventus were unable to capitalise on Milan's capitulation against Roma last weekend as the Old Lady saw their run of eight straight wins and eight straight clean sheets obliterated by leaders Napoli on Friday night to fall back to third behind Milan on goals scored, with the Rossoneri travelling to in-form Lecce on Saturday evening. The 20-year-old has really come into his own, scoring three and assisting two in his last five top-flight games for the side who won Serie B last season.

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[Bremer](https://football-italia.net/player/bremer/) was fortunate to get away with a possible handball when chasing down [Matteo Politano](https://football-italia.net/player/matteo-politano/) on the counter, but the hosts found the breakthrough after 14 minutes. Juventus had not conceded five goals since a 5-1 against Pescara in May 1993. [Federico Chiesa](https://football-italia.net/player/federico-chiesa/) got his first start since rupturing his ACL in January 2022. [Filip Kostic](https://football-italia.net/player/filip-kostic/) from the right on a [Giovanni Di Lorenzo](https://football-italia.net/player/giovanni-di-lorenzo/) assist and the finish took a big deflection off Alex [Sandro](https://football-italia.net/player/sandro/) to wrong-foot Szczesny. Juve wanted Osimhen flagged offside, but he was kept in play by Milik. It ended a run of eight consecutive Serie A clean sheets for Juve.

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Napoli deserve to be on top, now we must put this defeat behind us and move on,” said Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri. The home side went ahead in the 14th minute when Kvaratskhelia’s acrobatic kick forced Wojciech Szczesny to parry it into the path of Osimhen to head in from close range, before the Nigerian returned the favor in the 39th minute for Kvaratskhelia to finish with a low strike. Napoli turned a showdown into a lop-sided one as the Serie A leaders tore Juventus apart 5-1 on Friday, with Victor Osimhen bagging a brace while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia contributing to three goals.