ROME (AP) 鈥� No Cristiano Ronaldo. No wins for Juventus.
The Bianconeri remained winless in Serie A and slumped to their second consecutive defeat since Ronaldo went back to Manchester United after losing at Napoli 2-1 on Saturday.
Napoli center back Kalidou Koulibaly scored five minutes from time after Moise Kean inexplicably headed the ball toward his own goal following a Napoli corner, setting up a tap-in for Koulibaly.
Matteo Politano equalized for Napoli near the hour mark following 脕lvaro Morata鈥檚 opener for Juventus 10 minutes in at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
鈥淲e need to change the way we play,鈥� Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini said. 鈥淲hen you have a superstar like Ronaldo you can鈥檛 not play for him. 鈥� We should be grateful to Cristiano for these years at Juventus but we need to move on.鈥�
Juventus remained with just one point from a 2-2 draw at Udinese in its season opener. With Massimiliano Allegri having returned as Juventus coach after Andrea Pirlo鈥檚 unsuccessful tenure last season ended a run of nine straight Italian league titles, Juventus also lost at home to promoted Empoli before the international break.
The loss to Empoli came a day after Ronaldo鈥檚 transfer, while this defeat came on the day that in his first match and win for United in 12 years in the English Premier League.
鈥淲e put in a worse performance against Empoli but today unfortunately we paid the price for errors,鈥� Allegri said. 鈥淚n soccer, when you don鈥檛 win, you can only shut up and work hard.鈥�
Juventus doesn't have much time to train, though, before traveling to Sweden for its Champions League opener against Malm枚 on Tuesday.
Napoli, meanwhile, has won all three of its matches under new coach Luciano Spalletti and moved three points clear of Lazio, Inter Milan, Roma, AC Milan and Fiorentina, which won at Atalanta 2-1.
鈥淚鈥檝e got to thank Spalletti for making the team solid,鈥� Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said of the former Roma, Zenit St. Petersburg and Inter coach. 鈥淚 chose Spalletti because he鈥檚 diligent, orderly and handles things firmly, just the way I like it. You can talk to him and he doesn鈥檛 get offended if you ask for an explanation, because he isn鈥檛 haunted by his ego.鈥�
The equalizer came when Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szcz臋sny didn鈥檛 do enough to control a long-range curled effort from Lorenzo Insigne and Politano slotted it in from near the 鈥榢eeper鈥檚 left post.
Morata鈥檚 goal came following a defensive error from Kostas Manolas, who was attempting an ill-advised pass back to goalkeeper David Ospina. Morata took possession instead and beat Ospina from a sharp angle.
United States midfielder Weston McKennie played the opening 72 minutes for Juventus despite 小蓝视频 for violating the national team鈥檚 COVID-19 protocols.
McKennis also missed Juventus鈥� derby against Torino in April after violating COVID-19 protocols in Italy.
Allegri needed McKennie鈥檚 services after deciding not to use 小蓝视频 American players Paulo Dybala, Juan Cuadrado, Rodrigo Bentancur, Danilo and Alex Sandro because they had just returned from international duty.
ATALANTA STRUGGLES
Du拧an Vlahovi膰 converted two penalties for Fiorentina in a 2-1 win at Atalanta, which was expected to contend for the title but has only one win in three matches.
Duv谩n Zapata pulled one back for Atalanta but Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano saved several potential equalizers.
VENEZIA鈥橲 BACK
Venezia earned its first points in Serie A in nearly 20 years after beating Serie B champion Empoli 2-1.
Back in the top division for the first time since 2002, Venezia鈥檚 goals came from two newly acquired players: French forward Thomas Henry and Nigerian striker David Okereke.
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