Gonzalo Higuaín scored his 23rd Serie A goal of the season to support Napoli stay top,but it nearly didn’t happen as the referee was forced to halt play after racist chants were directed towards Kalidou KoulibalyJuventus and Napoli cannot go on winning forever. Sooner or later, somebody is going to blink first in what has become a scintillating Scudetto contest. But the way both teams are going at the moment, and you obtain the impression that it might not happen until one side walks over and pokes the other in the eye.
Both teams triumphed again on Wednesday night,Juventus beating Genoa 1-0 while Napoli won 2-0 away to Lazio. Neither performance was sparkling but the numbers speak for themselves. This was Juve’s 13th consecutive league victory – the longest such sequence they have ever achieved in a single Serie A season.
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Source: theguardian.com