Napoli
, leader of Serie A in Italy, received
Juventus at the
Diego Maradona
stadium
at the start of date 18 and gave him a soccer lesson to escape at the top of the standings.
Ángel Di María
was the starter and author of a goal that allowed the differences to be brought closer (1-2) in the first half, but in the end it only served to make up a 5-1 deficit that will go down in history.
It is that the last 5 to 1 of Napoli on Juventus had had Diego Maradona on the pitch.
It was in the 90/91 season for the Italian Super Cup.
More than 30 years later, the modest team from the South once again hit the powerful team from the North, although not so powerful these days.
It was a real dance.
Juve's defensive errors and the home team's siege in attack combined to build an unforgettable win.
Two screams in the first part and three in the second.
Just a shot off the crossbar and the discount goal -both with Di María as the protagonist- were the timid responses of the
Vecchia Signora
.
After a great cover by Wojciech Szczesny to a small shot attempt by Victor Osimhen, the Nigerian managed in the next action, a minute before the first quarter of an hour expired, to open the scoring to put the leading team ahead, for now without too much opposition, Serie A.
Before the end of the first half, Napoli extended the lead.
Kvaratskhelia saw Osimhen run down the right and, after a rebound, served the ball to connect with his right leg.
The Georgian footballer defined accurately.
Of course, when it seemed that his team had Juventus handcuffed,
Fideo
managed to discount.
It was a terrific definition with the inner side of the left foot to accommodate the ball next to the goalkeeper's right post, who was unable to deflect it.
He crowned a play that he had started himself with an individual run and then with walls to enter the box.
The play got dirty with a rebound that the man from Rosario managed to grab to recover the ball and open the scoring.
Before, he had crashed the ball against the crossbar with a left-footed cross.
The second half, although it started even, only had more goals from the home owner.
Luciano Spalletti's team extended their lead after a phenomenal right foot from Amir Rrahmani.
The defender was waiting for the rebound from a corner kick outside the area and the ball came clean for him to connect next to the goalkeeper's left post, which was covered and could not avoid the goal.
At times.
Juventus gave many advantages in defense.
By mistake (or horror), the ball remained for Kvaratskhelia in the area, unmarked and facing -diagonally- the goal.
Osimhen stung the void between the center-backs and the right cross came to him who headed without problems to change his trajectory and make it impossible for the Polish goalkeeper who saved Messi from a penalty in Qatar 2022.
Napoli did not take their foot off the accelerator and settled the game with a goal from Eljif Elmas that also decreed the departure of Di María.
The fifth goal for the local was another example of how easy it was to reach the rival area.
The Macedonian player lowered a change from the front on the right, stepped into the big area, hooked and took the shot.
With simplicity, the team from the South of Italy passed over the giant from the North.
In this way, Napoli achieved the second consecutive victory -on the previous date they beat Sampdoria 2-0, as a visitor- and the fifteenth in the tournament, and remains the leader with 47 points;
ten more than their immediate pursuers: Juventus and Milan, which will face Lecce on Saturday.
Giovanni Simeone, former River Plate and Banfield, was a substitute for the local team and during the visit, in addition to the entry of world champion Leandro Paredes, Matías Soulé from Mar del Plata replaced the Frenchman Adrien Rabiot.
