There was no moral victory for Juventus against Napoli
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The Old Lady?s play against Napoli was not as encouraging as you might?ve thought. Hi, it?s me.
I?m the problem ...
Oh wait, not Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game. It?s Hunter here to rain on your parade.
The instant reaction from Juventus? 2-1 loss to Napoli over the weekend has been, despite the result, more or less positive. The salient claim I?ve seen to support such a belief is that Juventus played generally well but just didn?t convert chances (I?m looking at you, Dusan Vlahovic!); while the latter is certainly true, I don?t necessarily buy the former assertion.
And I certainly don?t subscribe to the idea that creating chances means, ipso facto, you played well. Your chances could have come, for example, from your opponent playing poorly ? as was the case in at least one of the DV9 missed opportunities. Your chances could have also come from sheer, dumb luck. It?s tempting to equate chances with form, but I don?t think it?s quite logical. So, while we are all bummed about the loss, I felt like making us feel bummed about the way we lost, just to put out any feelings of happiness while I can.
Napoli are not very good
Let?s get this one out of the way: Napoli are not a good team, and they did not look good when Juventus played them in Naples over the weekend. We can give all the many disclaimers that are tempting to give here, like the hostile crowd, the fact that the hosts st...
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