Juve soars as Napoli stumbles
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THE race to become Serie A’s top scorer this season is up and running, with Gonzalo Higuain favorite to retain his title.
Higuain scored 36 goals last campaign for Napoli to break a 66-year-old Serie A record and could even surpass that mark after his 90-million euro (US$99 million) transfer to Juventus.
Higuain netted twice in Juventus’ 3-0 win at Empoli yesterday to take his tally to six for the season, after seven rounds. Serie A leader Juventus moved four points clear of Napoli, which fell to a surprise 0-1 defeat at Atalanta.
The Argentina forward scored his first in the 67th minute with a powerful shot, and doubled his tally three minutes later following a mistake from Empoli defender Marco Zambelli.
Paulo Dybala, who had scored in Tuesday’s 4-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League, broke the deadlock in the 65th for his first league goal of the season. Dybala, who is also Argentinian, finished a distant second in the scoring charts last season, with 19 goals.
Inter forward Mauro Icardi is also on six goals, having scored all but two of the Nerazzurri’s goals this season, and he can add to his tally at AS Roma later.
Carlos Bacca is one of three players with five goals. His AC Milan side hosts Sassuolo later, while Andrea Belotti will spearhead Torino’s attack against Fiorentina.
Napoli forward Jose Callejon is the other player with five goals.
The match in Bergamo was supposed to be about Napoli forwards Callejon and Arkadiusz Milik, instead it was Atalanta’s Andrea Petagna who grabbed the headlines. Previously the only side unbeaten in the league, Napoli lost for the first time this season in all formats.
Petagna, 21, capitalized on defensive errors in the ninth minute as Papu Gomez’s cross sailed over Kalidou Koulibaly. It ricocheted off Faouzi Ghoulam’s face for Petagna to fire home.
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