Luciano Spalletti celebrates a successful debut at Juventus Turin. Napoli fails to achieve more than a draw.
Former Italian national coach Luciano Spalletti celebrated a successful debut as head coach of Juventus Turin. Italy’s record champion won 2-1 (1-0) at US Cremonese on Saturday, just two days after the 66-year-old’s commitment, and celebrated their second win in a row.
On Wednesday, after the 3-1 win against Udinese Calcio, interim successor to the previously dismissed Igor Tudor, youth coach Massimo Brambilla had sat on the Juve bench.
Energetic debut: Luciano Spalletti
The Turin team, for whom former Bundesliga players Filip Kostic (2nd) and Andrea Cambiaso (68th) scored, move up to fifth place in the table with 18 points. The hosts in Cremona only managed to score a consolation goal through England’s former international Jamie Vardy (83rd).
Napoli Fears Losing Top Spot
SSC Napoli, meanwhile, is threatened with the loss of the top spot in Serie A. The Italian champion had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Como 1907 on Saturday evening and could be overtaken by AS Roma on Sunday. Roma (21 points) is visiting AC Milan and would take over first place from Napoli (22) with a win.
Napoli was even lucky that Spanish European champion Alvaro Morata failed to beat Vanja Milinkovic-Savic with a penalty (26th). Como continues to play a strong season and remains fifth in the table for the time being.
For the guests, who have only conceded six goals in ten season games, former Bundesliga professional Marc-Oliver Kempf was in the starting eleven. However, Kempf had to be substituted injured after only eight minutes.
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