MILAN—Substitute Jesus Datolo helped a rampaging Napoli fight back from 2-0 down to triumph 3-2 at Juventus in a thrilling Serie A encounter on Saturday.
The Argentine midfielder scored one goal and set up the other two to send Napoli up to joint fifth, two points behind AC Milan who are fourth after leapfrogging Parma thanks to Marco Borriello's double in a 2-0 home win.
"When a coach makes a change... it's so the players will respond and Datolo has done really well," Napoli boss Walter Mazzarri, who has won three out of four games since replacing Roberto Donadoni at the start of the month, told Sky television.
Juve, second in the table, came into the game on a high after Wednesday's 5-1 thrashing of Sampdoria but left the pitch completely stunned having appeared to have the match wrapped up.
The hosts took the lead when striker David Trezeguet powered in a header 10 minutes before the break.
Sebastian Giovinco doubled their advantage early in the second half when he slotted home after Napoli defender Matteo Contini headed the ball straight to him under no pressure.
Datolo then made an immediate impact for the Naples club moments after coming on, crossing for Marek Hamsik to score.
He scrambled home the equaliser just after the hour mark following Hamsik's corner before his ball into the box led to Slovakia's Hamsik grabbing the winner nine minutes from time.
Substitute Amauri was harshly sent off late on for sliding into Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis to complete a miserable second half for Ciro Ferrara's Juve, who fell apart at the back.
"It's difficult to easily analyse the match. Napoli are a side that never give up but it's inexplicable," Ferrara said.
"We take the smack in the face, which hurts, and move on."
Improving Milan, who host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday when Juve visit Maccabi Haifa, had an early scare when Dida touched Blerim Dzemaili's screamer onto the bar.
Striker Borriello then put the home side ahead after 12 minutes when he scuffed in a cute pass from the lively Ronaldinho.
The duo combined again in injury time when Borriello acrobatically converted the Brazilian's cross.
Leaders Inter Milan, four points above Juve, visit Livorno on Sunday with defender Davide Santon left out of the squad after a poor performance in Thursday's 5-3 win over Palermo.
Milan set to Sign Adiyiah, Beckham Deal Soon
MILAN—AC Milan have agreed to sign Ghanaian forward Dominic Adiyiah from Norway's Fredrikstad in January while a loan deal for David Beckham will be announced soon, chief executive Adriano Galliani said on Saturday.
Adiyiah, 20, was top scorer when Ghana won the Under-20 World Cup in October and is being bought because Milan's pickup in form has coincided with a switch to a 4-3-3 formation.
"The deal with the Norwegian club is done, now he has to get permission to come to Italy. Naturally he must pass a medical," Galliani told Milan's television channel.
"Our tactics have changed, we needed a wide forward who can alternate with those already here and we've made our move."
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham spent five months on loan at Milan last season and a repeat spell from January has been in the pipeline for months as he aims to secure a place in England's World Cup squad.
"In a matter of hours, I hope to be able to announce the return of David Beckham," added Galliani, who is celebrating 30 years working for Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi.
Despite his joy at the signings and Milan's 2-0 win over Parma on Saturday, Galliani was worried by another low attendance figure at the San Siro.
"It's a shame that there's been an unjustified drop-off in the attendance. We accept it even if the figures are worrying. We'll try everything possible to recover our fans," he said.
Leonardo's side had a poor start to the season but are now up to fourth in Serie A.
Mancini resolves Inter deal, free to work again
Inter said in a statement on Saturday that a deal had been mutually agreed after over a year of talks.
Mancini, who has been linked in the media with Real Madrid given coach Manuel Pellegrini is under pressure, was sacked in May last year despite a third straight league title after losing the confidence of Inter president Massimo Moratti.
The 44-year-old coach threatened to resign during the 2007/08 season only to change his mind later, angering Moratti. He was replaced by Jose Mourinho, who led the current Serie A leaders to the scudetto again last term.
It is common in Italy for clubs to continue paying sacked managers so they can be drafted back in as coach if their successor fails.
Mancini had a deal with Inter until 2012 and media reports say he has agreed to walk away with eight million euros ($12 million), significantly less than he would have been paid for the remainder of the contract.
"I believe an experience abroad would be very useful, given that I think it's the right moment," Mancini, also linked with Liverpool, told Sky television earlier in the week.
