That Juve beat Lazio (2-0) doesn't make much news, that Cristiano Ronaldo remains dry for the second consecutive day a bit yes. The black and white people stormed the Stadium in the hope of seeing the first pearl of CR7 with the new shirt, but the Portuguese only missed the goal. Not bad, Allegri will think, because for him what matters is the second victory in the championship.
After two great saves by the goalkeepers (first Szczesny off Lulic, then Strakosha off Bernardeschi), the balance was broken by Pjanic's splendid volley from the edge of the box, with the ball slipping into the bottom corner of the blue-and-white goal. In the second half, however, Lazio failed to create too many problems for the black and white defense (Immobile isolated, Milinkovic and Luiz Alberto far from the best condition), and Cristiano Ronaldo entered the game more, coming close to scoring in a couple of circumstances (excellent intervention by Strakosha on a shot from the edge of the penalty area). And when CR7's first goal seemed to be done, the Portuguese arrived a moment late, stumbling a meter from the goal, providing the involuntary assist for Mandzukic's 2-0 which closed the game.
“I'm happy with what my parents did – said Allegri -. Compared to the one in Verona it was a different match, at the beginning we were in a bit of a hurry: the danger was to go after the stadium's enthusiasm for Cristiano's debut, and so we did. But afterwards the team played a good game, conceding little and starting off better. We conceded little to our opponents, it was important to bring home the first direct match of the season and I'm happy with the physical condition of my parents".
And on Ronaldo's performance he commented: “Cristiano has been with us for 15 days, he worked well in the defensive phase and proved to be an intelligent boy. He understood that the Italian championship is completely different from the Spanish one and understood Juve's DNA. Then everyone is waiting for his goal, but they are moments. I'm happy with what he's done and how he's fitting in because he's a very humble guy." The last joke on Dybala, on the bench for 90 minutes: “There's competition between the boys, they're all great players, today we needed this formation at the start. The only thing that matters in football is the green field, and I have to make choices."
In the other match of the day great emotions at the San Paolo between Naples and Milan. The Rossoneri threw away a golden opportunity after finding themselves ahead 2-0 in the 55th minute. A much more cynical than beautiful Milan, given that the game left something to be desired. But Gattuso's men had the merit of capitalizing on the only two real scoring chances.
In the first half, Suso's ball found Borini's side and Bonaventura's volley. The Spaniard then provided the assist for Calabria's double, good at finding the low corner with his right foot.
But the double disadvantage did not stun Napoli, who in the space of three minutes shortened the distance with Zielinski's left foot from the edge of the area, who also scored the equal goal a quarter of an hour later on the development of a kick corner. The inertia of the match went entirely in favor of Napoli, who, taking advantage of Calabria's defensive amnesia, put the arrow in place for the final 3-2 signed by Mertens, who had just come on.
“After Napoli's goal we disappeared and this shouldn't happen – said a regretted Gattuso at the end of the match -. We have to work on the mental aspect, but we have to have the personality without giving you any little arm. We managed the match well for 55 minutes, even in pain, but after 1-2 we made a mistake and didn't understand anything anymore. I'm sorry and there is regret, but we put our effort into it. It went well up until their goal, there could be a mistake, but you have to be strong. Our big flaw is that we don't stay in the game and when something happens we don't react. It is a defect that we carry from last year. Today it burns me: you can't come here to play this game and go home with zero points. A positive result would have given us something more, now we lick our wounds and look ahead trying to forget. It is a team with great fear, this is my demerit. We turned off the light at the first mistake”.
On the other hand, all the satisfaction of Carlo Ancelotti, with his Napoli capable of overturning the disadvantage for the second consecutive game: “It was a fantastic evening – said the new Napoli coach - . I'm lucky I didn't pay for this wonderful match. Both on the part of Milan who did well in the first part, both on our part and in the second half we came out with vehemence, the desire not to give up and to believe in it until the end. The 2-0 was undeserved because Milan hadn't given any signs of great danger. The push from our audience was extraordinary, it was an evening of great emotions”.
