Juventus 2-0 Napoli: Alajbegovic and Boga win it after Marianucci is sent off
A goalless first half gave way to a long-range opener from Kerim Alajbegovic, a Napoli red card and a late Jeremie Boga curler on Juve's 129th birthday.
Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, 1 November, in Serie A Matchday 10. Two goals in the final 20 minutes, one before a Napoli red card and one after, ended a goalless first half and gave Juventus a win on the club's 129th birthday.
A first half without a goal
The sides went in level at 0-0. Juventus's official match report and Football Italia both describe a first half of near-misses: Guglielmo Vicario kept out a Lorenzo Lucca header early on, and a Cabal header hit the post in the 27th minute, according to Juventus. Kerim Alajbegovic also volleyed over the bar and had a shot parried by Alex Meret before the break.
The breakthrough and the red card
The deadlock was broken in the 70th minute. Juventus's report says Edon Zhegrova beat Napoli's Rrahmani and found Alajbegovic, who cut inside and scored from distance. Football Italia describes it as a strike from around 20 yards into the top corner.
Five minutes later Napoli were down to ten. Luca Marianucci, already booked in the 38th minute, received a second yellow card for a foul on Cabal and was sent off, per Football Italia's card list. Football Italia also reports that Matías Olivera went off injured during the second half.
Boga seals it
Jeremie Boga made it 2-0 in the 87th minute, curling a right-footed shot into the far corner from outside the area. Football Italia credits Andrea Cambiaso with the assist; Juventus's report describes it as the finish to a team move.
What it means
Football Italia's report says both sides came into the match level on 14 points, and that Juventus had lost 2-0 at Genoa and three of their previous four league games, so the win was a first after that run for the Turin side. Napoli, in contrast, finished the match a man down and without a goal.
Neither source gives final league-table positions or points totals after the weekend, so Torch is not stating them here. Reaction from the two coaches was not available in the coverage we could open.