Watch: Juvetus title run in danger following 2-0 loss at Inter Milan

Juventus’ nine-year stranglehold on the Serie A title was vulnerable to unraveling after a 2-0 loss at Inter Milan on Sunday.
Nicolo Barella scored one purpose and arrange one other for former Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal as Inter moved stage on factors with metropolis rival AC Milan atop the desk.
Juventus, which has gained the Italian league each season since 2011-12, was left in fifth place and 7 factors behind the leaders _ and the deficit may stretch to 10 factors if Milan wins at Cagliari on Monday.
In the primary matchup between Inter coach Antonio Conte and Juventus counterpart Andrea Pirlo _ who performed for Conte at Juventus and is teaching for the primary time this season at any stage _ it was the veteran Conte who took dwelling the bragging rights.
Juventus created few probabilities and by no means actually threatened to get again into the match.
“Our ambitions are unchanged,” Pirlo mentioned. “It’s a misstep against a strong opponent. These things happen. But what I’m disappointed by is the attitude. A side like Juventus must come here with a certain confidence and ambition, the desire to take the initiative and steer the game in a certain direction. But we were too timid.”

Inter took management early on when Vidal leapt over Danilo to go in a cross from Barella.
Having returned to Serie A at the beginning of this season, it was Vidal’s first purpose within the Italian league since his final rating for Juventus in 2015.
Inter’s second uncovered issues in Juventus’ protection, as Barella ran onto a protracted via ball from Alessandro Bastoni and sprinted previous Gianluca Frabotta and Giorgio Chiellini to complete off a counterattack.
The final time Inter beat Juve with out conceding was in April, 2010 _ shortly earlier than the Nerazzurri secured their final Serie A title.
“It was important for me and for the squad,” Vidal mentioned. “It was a tough game against the strongest team in Italy. Today we showed that we can fight for the title. It gives us confidence and belief that we can go all the way.”
Key Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt missed the match with the coronavirus, as did Juan Cuadrado and Alex Sandro.
Juventus doesn’t have a lot time to regather itself, because it faces Napoli within the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday.
NAPOLI ROUT

Lorenzo Insigne scored two and arrange one other as a surprising first-half efficiency noticed Napoli blow Fiorentina away, profitable 6-0 to maneuver into the highest 4.
Napoli moved third, six factors behind the leaders.
Gennaro Gattuso’s group obtained off to a superb begin as Insigne scored within the fifth minute.
Fiorentina had probabilities and hit the crossbar however Napoli was scientific with its alternatives.
Diego Demme doubled Napoli’s lead within the thirty sixth following a traditional counterattack and Insigne arrange Hirving Lozano for the third two minutes later. The match was all however over when Piotr Zielinski added one other on the stroke of halftime.
Insigne doubled his tally with a second-half penalty after Tiemoue Bakayoko was tripped by Fiorentina midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli.
Substitute Matteo Politano capped a dominating Napoli efficiency within the remaining minute.
CROTONE SURPRISE

Simy scored twice as bottom-of-the-table Crotone surprisingly beat Benevento 4-1 for under its third win of the season.
Crotone, which had solely scored 16 targets in its earlier 17 league matches, remained backside, nonetheless, two factors from security.
Also, high-scoring Atalanta was surprisingly held to a scoreless draw at dwelling by relegation-threatened Genoa.
Filip Duricic transformed a stoppage-time penalty for Sassuolo to rescue a 1-1 draw at dwelling to Parma, which might have moved out of the drop zone with a win.