Quagliarella caps bad night for Napoli as Juventus set Serie A pace | Paolo Bandini


Never before in this era of domestic domination have they established sole possession of first place so early in a campaign

Time to release the confetti, pass out the champagne and discover what clunky social media pun Juventus have planned to follow on from #Le6end and #My7th. The Bianconeri are champions of Italy for the eighth consecutive year. Or so you might think, thumbing through some of the coverage of a weekend when they moved two points clear at the top.

“There is no anti-Juve,” declared the front page of Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday. Inside the pink paper, Sebastiano Vernazza lamented: “Serie A seems to have become a close relative of the Belorussian league, where Bate Borisov have won for 12 years running.”

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Goal of the season already? @FQuagliarella27 with an outrageous piece of skill, as Sampdoria see off Napoli in a shock 3-0 win.

Have you seen a better goal this year? #PureFootball #SerieA pic.twitter.com/uwkOmTsvev

Milan 2-1 Roma, Parma 1-2 Juventus, Bologna 0-3 Internazionale, Fiorentina 1-0 Udinese, Atalanta 0-1 Cagliari, Chievo 0-0 Empoli, Lazio 1-0 Frosinone, Sampdoria 3-0 Napoli, Sassuolo 5-3 Genoa, Torino 1-0 Spal

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