Something happens to Juventus when it reaches the last game. The Turin outfit can look better or worse, astonish or pale. But it is to enter the decisive 90 minutes and glimpse all his ghosts. Cristiano Ronaldo was signed to break that curse, but he has not succeeded either. This season his team has already lost the Super Cup against Lazio and this Wednesday did the same against Naples in the Italian Cup . The team Gennaro Gattuso , who was better than his rival, took the title on penalties. The first post-Covid European trophy in the country that saw the pandemic come first.

Juve had started bossy in the match. Because Maurizio Sarri's team needs the ball and because his rival also did well. After five minutes Cristiano had already warned with a cross shot, the only thing he did during the game, although Meret cleared well. Naples always kept calm and so Gattuso's were growing from the style set by their coach. The fury that he imposed as a player has not been lost on the bench. His team is solid, strong, supportive and finally manages to hit. Fabián Ruiz , in the role of director, is the one who handles the score. The work is titled 'the art of wear'.

That and that above continues to have quality. Insigne, the small and bustling Neapolitan who best interprets the character of his city on the pitch, warned halfway through the first half with a free kick to the post. Mertens and Callejón , two stilettos that are no longer so sharp but fulfill their function, complete the trident. Naples was believing it to the point that it seized the party. The next occasion was a perfect summary of what this team is: a combination between the offensive trio, a jumbled ball in the area and Maksimovic who stands alone from the second line. Pure Gattuso. Insigne still had time for another scare on the next play.

Juve also had its trident in the field. But Cristiano, Dybala and Douglas Costa could not find the cracks. Definitely the Portuguese did not sit too well. In the semifinal against Milan, five days ago, not only did he miss a penalty, but he was very imprecise. And in the decisive match, more of the same. Ronaldo usually goes fallow in the middle of the season to reach the end in a boil, but with the new beginning it is as if he were still in quarantine. Slow and failed, CR7 was never a danger.

Fabián Ruiz, KO

With the physique just out of the freezer, the changes had to make the game stand out and, although Juve has a better wardrobe, it still did not break lines. The imaginative Bernardeschi entered by a thick Pjanic, but neither. In Naples, Fabián Ruiz had to leave, since he was physically reduced to the match, Mertens and Callejón. Juventinos can always solve, but Gattuso's squad left a greater sense of danger. Milic, whom Juve intends for next season, shot very high when he was alone in the area. And the same Politano with the head, which finished off at the hands of Buffon.

When the game was already rushing to penalties, Napoli had the title in 92. First with a header from Maksimovic , who pulled out Buffon on the goal line, and Elmas in the rebound that sent the ball to the post. Juve thus came to sudden death, with fear in the body, but with a grown Buffon. It mattered little, because Dybala and Danilo missed the first two pitches for the Turinese. Naples did their part and took the title home.

Juve continues to tremble in the finals, Sarri lost to his former team and the herculean figure of Gattuso takes a stand. After all, football has not changed that much. Let Barça take note because this Naples is capable of complicating anyone's life. In the stands there was an animation that replaced the audience. There was also no one to deliver the Cup to the champion, but in Naples they surely forgot about the health emergency to celebrate victory against the sworn enemy. Watch out for crowds.

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