De Rossi faces his mentor – Napoli are now second.

Luciano Spalletti and Daniele De Rossi embraced warmly on the pitch of the Allianz Stadium in Turin after the final whistle. The former coach had just given his former protégé a coaching lesson.

April 06, 2026

From: cst

De Rossi had played 251 times under Spalletti's management. No other player had been used more often by the current Juventus coach in his career than the Roman. On Easter Monday, the two faced each other as coaches: Spalletti at Juventus, De Rossi on the Genoa side.

The verdict? Spalletti gave De Rossi a footballing lesson in the first half. After a good quarter of an hour, Juventus led 2-0 through goals from Bremer (4th minute) and Weston McKennie (17th minute) and were massively dominant. After the break, the visitors improved but squandered the chance to pull one back. Aaron Martin's penalty was saved by Michele Di Gregorio (75th minute).

Napoli takes second place from Milan

In Udine, Udinese and Como faced off, providing a prime example of what's currently wrong with Serie A. Of the 32 players used, only two (!) were Italian. While Como didn't have a single Italian on the pitch, Nicolò Zaniolo started for Udinese. Nicolò Bertola was substituted on four minutes before the end.

Napoli celebrates with Matteo Politano (second from right), who scored the winning goal. © ANSA / CIRO FUSCO

In the evening's top match (which offered few scoring opportunities), Napoli prevailed 1-0 against Milan. This victory propelled the southern Italians into second place in the league table, overtaking Max Allegri's team. Matteo Politano scored the winning goal in the 79th minute, having been substituted on five minutes earlier.

Serie A: The Easter Monday matches

Udinese - Como 0:0

Lecce - Atalanta 0:3
0:1 Scalvini (29th), 0:2 Krstovic (59th), 0:3 Raspadori (73rd)

Juventus - Genoa 2:0
1:0 Bremer (4th), 2:0 McKennie (17th)

Napoli - Milan 1:0
1:0 Politano (79.)

	SP	G	U	V	TV	P
1. Inter	31	23	3	5	71:26	72
2. Naples	31	20	5	6	47:30	65
3.Milan	31	18	9	4	47:24	63
4. As	31	16	10	5	53:22	58
5. Juventus	31	16	9	6	54:29	57
6. Roma	31	17	3	11	42:28	54
7. Atalanta	31	14	11	6	44:27	53
8.Bologna	31	13	6	12	40:37	45
9. Lazio	31	11	11	9	32:29	44
10. Sassuolo	31	12	6	13	38:41	42
11.Udinese	31	11	7	13	35:42	40
12. Torino	31	10	6	15	35:53	36
13. Parma	31	8	11	12	22:39	35
14. Genoa	31	8	9	14	36:44	33
15. Fiorentina	31	7	11	13	36:44	32
16. Cagliari	31	7	9	15	32:44	30
17. Cremonese	31	6	9	16	26:46	27
18. Lecce	31	7	6	18	21:43	27
19. Hellas Verona	31	3	9	19	22:53	18
20. Step on	31	2	12	17	23:55	18