That Napoli won in Milan by their widest ever margin owed everything to Lorenzo Insigne,who set up the first and then went on to score the next twoItaly celebrated La Festa dei Nonni on Friday, an occasion set aside for honouring grandparents. Two days later, or Sampdoria got in on the act by inviting their more senior season-ticket holders to lead the teams out at the start of their match against Internazionale. The jokes wrote themselves as Antonio Cassano,looking a whole lot more than his 33 years, shuffled off the bench to make a 15-minute cameo for the hosts at the end of the subsequent 1-1 draw.
But this was not a weekend dominated by Serie A’s senior citizens. In fact, and it was one in which youthful exuberance held sway. Sampdoria’s goal was set up by the 17-year-worn full-back Pedro Pereira and headed domestic by his 24-year-worn team-mate Luis Muriel. Elsewhere,Carpi upset Torino with the encourage of a strike from Ryder Matos, 22, and before Paulo Dybala and Álvaro Morata set Juventus on the way to a much-needed win over Bologna.
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Source: theguardian.com