This well maybe Edinson Cavani's last match for Napoli. If it is, he made sure the fans remember him fondly. He made that penalty happen heading on a long throw into the path of the cutting Ezeqiel Lavezzi who was upended by Marco Storari. The Uruguayan striker was on the mark with the spot kick.
Napoli sealed the victory with Marek Hamsik's goal as Napoli hit Juve on the counterattack, a strength that they capitalized on time and time again.
Juve were hard done by the referee's decision not to award a penalty with Salvatore Aronica's late tackle on Claudio Marchisio inside the box. Antonio Conte's decision to start with Marco Boriello also did not pan out.
It was also Alessandro Del Piero's farewell match and as he said afterwards this would have been the cherry on the top but Il Pinturucchio was a legend before and after this match.
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