Defeating Napoli, Juventus To The Top Of The Standings Shifts Inter Milan

Federico Gati celebrated his goal to Napoli which brought Juventus to the top of the standings. (Twitter @juventusfc)

JAKARTA - Juventus finally won the top position by shifting Inter Milan after beating Napoli 1-0 in the Italian Serie A match at the Allianz Stadiion, Saturday, December 9 in the morning WIB. The only Juve goal was produced by Federico Gatti.

Italy's competition is heating up after Juve continued to push to the top approaching Inter. Even Juve finally won the top spot after beating the reigning champions in a big match at home.

Juve's position is still not completely safe. Inter could at any time reclaim the standings' throne because of the close points between the two teams.

Juve himself pocketed point 36. Meanwhile, Inter, who will host Udinese, are one point behind. If they win or draw against their rivals, the Nerazzurri can take back their position.

Meanwhile, Napoli, who boasted that they wanted to win the Scudetto again, fell. Previously, club president Aurelio De Rukis believed Napoli would win again because he was currently at the top.

But boasting that De Rukis is very far from reality. The defeat to Juve left Napoli 12 points behind with the leaders of the standings.

Instead of chasing the points of the teams above, Napoli is threatened with a downgrade. Yes, Fiorentina (6) and Bologna (7) have the opportunity to shift Partenopei.

However, Fiorentina, who has ambitions to shift Napoli, has a tough opponent, AS Roma. Meanwhile, Bologna is served by Salernitana.

In that match, Juve had to work hard against Napoli who were also a strong team. The visitors who played offensive football several times threatened Juve's defense.

The striker Victor Osimhen got a good chance when he met Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's cross. However, when he only faced one on one with goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, Osimhen's shot soared.

Previously, Szczesny had to work hard to deal with attacks from Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Matteo Politano. This Polish national team goalkeeper showed maturity by saving his goal.

Juve is not without a chance. Dusan Vlahovic striker who got a pass from Federico Chiesa could still be blocked by defender Nathan.

Likewise, Weston McKennie's bicycle kick still failed. Until the end of the first half, the score did not change.

Entering the second half, Juve took the initiative to attack. As a result, the game had only been running for six minutes, the Bianconeri managed to take the lead after Gatti broke into Napoli's goal.

The goal started with Andrea Cambiaso's cross which was greeted with Gatti's header without being reached by goalkeeper Alex Meret.

This is for the second time in a row Gatti scored a goal that brought Juve to victory. In the previous match against Monza, Gatti also broke into the opponent's goal during injury time.

Gatti's goal against Napoli was the only one created. The 1-0 score for La Vecchiatan lasted until the end of the match.