Juventus and Napoli performed out a goalless draw on Saturday as two groups tipped to problem for the Serie A title cancelled one another out on Antonio Conte’s return to his previous stomping floor. A fiercely contested, however removed from thrilling contest on the Allianz Stadium in Turin ended with Juventus sustaining their unbeaten begin to life beneath Thiago Motta. Juve are but to concede in Serie A this season however their third consecutive league stalemate denied them high spot, at the moment held by native rivals Torino following their 3-2 win at Verona on Friday.
Torino are some extent forward of Udinese, who’re at Roma on Sunday afternoon, and third-placed Napoli, whereas Juve are an extra level again in fourth.
Napoli coach Conte, a winner of eight Serie A titles and the 1996 Champions League in 16 years with Juve as participant and coach, was reserved a low key welcome by his former supporters.
Conte had been again to Turin as Inter Milan coach however throughout the Covid-19 pandemic when followers weren’t current within the stadium.
And his workforce did a superb job of shutting the match down whereas additionally creating the 2 finest possibilities of an underwhelming match both aspect of half-time, with Michele Di Gregorio pulling off a superb save from Matteo Politano who additionally slammed over shortly after the break.
Earlier than kick-off followers remembered Toto Schillaci, the previous Juve striker who turned a nationwide hero by scoring six occasions for Italy on the 1990 World Cup.
Schillaci died on Wednesday on the age of 59 after affected by bowel most cancers.
That second of remembrance was sadly ruined by some Napoli supporters within the away finish, who have been loudly whistled by house supporters after yelling out insults.
There was little goalmouth motion as soon as the match obtained underway, with the primary actual probability not coming till stoppage time when Di Gregorio did brilliantly to tip away Politano’s free-kick because it whizzed previous Romelu Lukaku’s head.
Politano was within the thick it once more 9 minutes after the break when he reduce inside and fizzed a curling shot simply over the bar.
That was the final main incident of a match as each groups appear pleased to settle with a draw fairly than danger defeat to a direct rival so early within the season.
Earlier Venezia gained their first match since being promoted, claiming a 2-0 house win over Genoa.
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