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Well, that was pretty infuriating. In a perfect world, an 18-year-old who has barely played this season going in a split-second too late shouldn?t have been the thing that determined whether or not Juventus beat Napoli on Sunday night. But because of what transpired over that point, suddenly Joseph Nonge?s tackle attempt on Victor Osimhen goes from potential risk to game-changing moment.
It will be what a lot of folks focus in on.
It wasn?t not the only reason why Juventus lost to Napoli on this night.
No, as much as Nonge?s tackle gave Napoli a penalty kick that led to Giacomo Raspadori?s game-winning goal after Wojciech Szczesny initially saved Osimhen attempt from the spot, there is another very obvious reason why a very shorthanded Juventus (especially in midfield) was handed a 2-1 loss at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. That?s because Juve?s finishing, outside of Federico Chiea?s goal to tie things up in the 81st minute, was bad. It was awful. It was not good whatsoever. Choose whatever kind of adjective that has any sort of negative spin to it that you want and it probably will be appropriate. It was that kind of night. It really was.
Juventus did a lot of things right against Napoli. But when your finishing proves to be as poor as it was for Max Allegri?s squad Sunday night, then you?re playing with fire. And it turns out that Juve got burned when Nonge went in a little too late on Osimhen,...