Juventus Women opened their Serie A campaign with a 3-1 victory over Napoli at Juventus Centre on Saturday. The hosts dominated proceedings from the first whistle, establishing control through possession and territorial superiority. Napoli, sitting in twelfth place after their opening defeat, struggled to find any rhythm against a well-drilled opposition.
Mece gave the home side the lead in the sixteenth minute, finishing a move that had built patiently from midfield. Redondo doubled the advantage shortly after, striking in the twenty-first minute to silence any hopes of a comeback. The visitors could respond only in the ninetieth minute when Chiba scored a consolation, but the damage had been done by then.
Four substitutions were made in quick succession around the hour mark, with Napoli bringing on Schatzer and Noordman alongside Sylla in the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh minutes. Carbonell and Kozak followed for the home side, while Bellucci, Redondo, Banusic and Carcassi completed the picture in the closing stages. The tactical changes reflected a comfortable position rather than any need to respond to pressure.
The statistics told the story of one-sided dominance. Juventus held seventy percent possession with 131 attacks compared to Napoli's 58. They registered eight shots on target against just two from the visitors, while the shot accuracy figures—forty-two percent versus eighteen—further illustrated the gulf in quality. Napoli's goalkeeper made five saves, but the volume of chances created remained heavily weighted toward the home side.
By then, the table positions had been confirmed. Juventus sit top with three points from one game, having already shown they can compete at this level. Napoli's opening defeat leaves them on zero points in twelfth place, and the gap in performance metrics suggests a difficult campaign ahead.
