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A wasteful Juventus left the Maradonna wondering what might have been. In comedy, the old adage is that timing is everything.
One could say that about most sports, as well, very much including soccer.

Joseph Nonge, an 18-year-old midfielder of great promise but all of two first team appearances who was forced into a big game against Napoli thanks to injuries and idiocy in the Juventus midfield, had some pretty crappy timing five minutes from time when he moved in on Victor Osimhen a fraction late and caught the Nigerian in the ankle with his studs.
A quick VAR review gave Napoli a deserved penalty kick ? the first one Juve had given up all year. Even then, it looked like Juve might have been spared the worst when Wojciech Szczesny, one of the best penalty kick specialists in the world, parried a poor Osimhen penalty. But Szczesny got no help. Instead, three Napoli players flew toward the rebound before any Juve defenders came close, and Giacomo Raspadori slammed the ball into the roof of the net, the second time in two years he?d provided a late goal to beat Juventus. But in fairness to Nonge, his mistake shouldn?t have been so decisive in the 2-1 loss to Napoli. Juventus ought to have had a significant edge on their hosts by this point. But they had wasted chance after chance after chance to that point before the young Belgian?s fateful tackle. In the first half alone, Dusan Vlahovic had missed two ...