Mertens goal for the 1-0 Napoli vs. Juventus in Serie A | VIDEO

Napoli’s season has been very solid so far and the team remains in the fight to reach first place in Serie A. At the restart of the tournament, on matchday 20, they face Juventus, in a very complicated clash, but the players managed to establish the advantage: Dries Mertens inflated the nets.

In three quarters of the court, Lorenzo Insigne had the ball and filtered an aerial pass to look for Matteo Politano, who controlled well, although he was very tight inside the area, by the mark established by Alex Sandro. Given the few spaces, he decided to touch back.

Dries Mertens appeared, who controlled and executed a cross shot, which went level with the grass to the goal of Wojciech Szczesny. The Polish goalkeeper managed to react, but could not prevent the parity from breaking.

The previa of Juventus vs. Naples

The ‘Bianconeros’ will face an important test to find out if they are in a position to get among the four best in the championship. On their side, the ‘Azurri’ want to regain lost ground and fight for the top of the table again.

Juventus closed 2021 with an important streak, registering four victories and a draw to place in fifth place with 34 points. The Turin team is four units missing to get into the Champions League zone that, for now, corresponds to Atalanta (38).

On his side, Napoli has been irregular in the last Calcio presentations. Luciano Spalletti’s team, who tested positive for the coronavirus, lost three times, drew once and won once to leave the lead and move to third place.