Defeat Juventus, Hojlund Take Napoli To The Top

Rasmus striker Hojlund scored a brace that led Napoli to a 2-1 win over Juventus and reclaimed the top of the Italian Serie A standings. (X/@SerieA)

Napoli reclaimed the top of the Italian Serie A standings by shifting Inter Milan after beating Juventus 2-1 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples, Monday, December 8, 2025 in the morning WIB. Striker Rasmus Hojlund successfully scored a brace that led Napoli to an important victory in the big match.

Hojlund, a loan player from Manchester United, proved his sharpness in the big Italian League game. Hojlund, who failed to show his skills in the English Premier League, became even more successful when he returned to play in Serie A.

In the match against Juve, Hojlund became the first choice in the front line. He immediately answered coach Antonio Conte's trust by breaking into the Bianconeri goal when the game had only been running for seven minutes.

Juve did equalize the score through young Kenan Yildiz. However, Hojlund again showed his sharpness and scored his second goal to bring Napoli to the throne of the standings.

Now, Napoli pocketed 31 points from 14 matches, one point ahead of Inter Milan who dropped to second.

Meanwhile, Juve failed to improve their rankings and were forced to postpone their desire to enter the Champions League zone. They occupy seventh place in the standings with 23 points. Luciano Spalletti's team is still four points adrift of the top four.

In that match, Napoli immediately demonstrated an attacking game. The pressure on Juve's defense made them create chances.

Midfielder Scott McTominay's header had already threatened Michele Di Gregorio's goal in the sixth minute. Only his effort was off the net from Juve.

Only one minute later, Napoli were able to break into Juve's goal through Hojlund's shot. The advantage of one goal did not make Napoli relax their attack.

They put pressure on again and created opportunities through Giovanni Di Lorenzo's header. However, Di Lorenzo's chances could still be secured by Di Gregorio.

McTominay created another chance with a header after receiving the ball from a corner. It's just that the ball still hit the Juve post. The 1-0 score for Napoli lasted until the first half was over.

Entering the second half, Juve took the initiative to attack. Their efforts were not in vain In the 59th minute, Yildiz successfully beat goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic after maximizing Weston McKennie's assist.

The score is the same as 1-1 and the match is getting fiercer. Napoli returned to play openly and hoped to get points at home.

After many failures, their efforts finally paid off in the 78th minute. Hojlund broke the deadlock for the second time when his header shook La Vecchia hala's net.

Winning 2-1, Napoli began to strengthen the defense sector. Meanwhile, Juve stepped up the pressure. Unfortunately the visitors' attacks always failed.

However, The Old Lady had a chance through Edon Zhegrova. However, this opportunity was saved by Milinkovic-Savic so that the score 2-1 for Il Partenopei's advantage remained until the game was over.

Conte showed satisfaction because the team played well, especially after they took the lead through a quick goal.

"We gave everything and I want to congratulate the team for responding very well. We were able to cover up the number of absent players," Conte was quoted as saying on Napoli's official website.

Meanwhile, Spalletti admitted that he was disappointed with the defeat. We played better after the first goal. We shouldn't have conceded. We had to get up and give a quick response before things got more difficult," he said.

However, the team failed to fulfill Spalletti's expectations. Juve failed to maintain performance so they conceded again.