Napoli 2-1 Juventus: Maurizio Sarri loses on return to old club

Published on: 26 January 2020

Napoli move into the top half with their win

Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri's return to his old club Napoli ended in defeat, although Cristiano Ronaldo extended his personal Serie A scoring run to eight games.

Juve are three points clear of Inter Milan at the top of Serie A after only their second loss of the season.

Piotr Zielinski gave Napoli the lead from close range with Lorenzo Insigne's volley doubling their advantage.

Ronaldo scored in injury time for champions Juventus.

Sarri was booed by Napoli fans on his first game back at the club he left in 2018. He spent one season with Chelsea before moving to Juventus last summer.

He left the club on a high - leading them to a club record points tally in 2017-18 - but returned to take on a side who were 13th in Serie A after a run of one win in 12 league games.

But the Naples club, now managed by Gennaro Gattuso after sacking Carlo Ancelotti, enjoyed an impressive win over the eight-time-in-a-row Italian champions.

Juve almost equalised in injury time but Gonzalo Higuain's bicycle kick was saved by Alex Meret.

Ronaldo's consolation makes him the first Juve player to score in eight consecutive league games since David Trezeguet in 2005

    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Napoli

    1Meret

    23HysajBooked at 76mins

    44Manolas

    22Di Lorenzo

    6Mário Rui

    8Ruiz

    4DemmeBooked at 30minsSubstituted forLobotkaat 69'minutes

    20ZielinskiSubstituted forElmasat 81'minutes

    7Callejón

    99MilikSubstituted forLlorenteat 90'minutes

    24Insigne

Substitutes

    9Llorente

    11Lozano

    12Elmas

    13Luperto

    15Daniele

    19Maksimovic

    27Karnezis

    68Lobotka

    98do Nascimento

Juventus

    1Szczesny

    16Ju Cuadrado

    4de LigtBooked at 85mins

    19Bonucci

    12Lobo Silva

    30BentancurBooked at 61mins

    5PjanicSubstituted forRabiotat 50'minutesBooked at 70mins

    10DybalaSubstituted forBernardeschiat 72'minutesBooked at 81mins

    14MatuidiSubstituted forDouglas Costaat 72'minutes

    21Higuaín

    7Cristiano RonaldoBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

    8Ramsey

    11Douglas Costa

    24Rugani

    25Rabiot

    31Pinsoglio

    33Bernardeschi

    41Coccolo

    77Buffon

Referee:

Maurizio Mariani

Match Stats

Home TeamNapoliAway TeamJuventus

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home15

Away8

Shots on Target

Home4

Away4

Corners

Home3

Away2

Fouls

Home14

Away14

Live Text

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Match ends, Napoli 2, Juventus 1.

Full TimePosted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Napoli 2, Juventus 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross.

BookingPosted at 90'+3'

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus).

Posted at 90'+3'

Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal!Posted at 90'

Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur with a through ball.

SubstitutionPosted at 90'

Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Arkadiusz Milik.

Goal!Posted at 86'

Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.

Posted at 86'

Hand ball by Douglas Costa (Juventus).

BookingPosted at 85'

Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus).

Posted at 85'

Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.

SubstitutionPosted at 81'

Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.

BookingPosted at 81'

Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Douglas Costa (Juventus).

Posted at 80'

Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).

Posted at 78'

José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.

BookingPosted at 76'

Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 76'

Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus).

Posted at 74'

José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Arkadiusz Milik.

SubstitutionPosted at 72'

Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Paulo Dybala.

SubstitutionPosted at 72'

Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Blaise Matuidi.

Posted at 71'

Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).

Posted at 71'

Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.

BookingPosted at 70'

Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Adrien Rabiot (Juventus).

Posted at 70'

Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

SubstitutionPosted at 69'

Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Diego Demme.

Posted at 68'

Attempt saved. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala with a cross.

Posted at 67'

Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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Source: bbc.com

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