{"id":304917,"date":"2025-12-08T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304917\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:34:10","slug":"italian-media-react-to-rasmus-hojlund-and-scott-mctominay-against-juventus-as-ex-man-utd-duo-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304917\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian media react to Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay against Juventus as ex-Man Utd duo shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Manchester United stars Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay played key roles as Napoli beat Juventus to continue their title charge.<\/p>\n<p>While Manchester United are fighting to get back into the top half of the Premier League table, loanee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/rasmus-hojlund\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmus Hojlund<\/a> and academy graduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/scott-mctominay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott McTominay<\/a> are leading a title charge in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/rasmus-hojlund-makes-admission-about-goal-problem-at-napoli-with-man-utd-loanee-now-in-a-drought\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hojlund has been on a goal drought<\/a> for Napoli recently, but he bounced back in style on Sunday afternoon by scoring a brace in a 2-1 win over rivals Juventus.<\/p>\n<p> Did Manchester United make a mistake sending Rasmus Hojlund on loan? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Hojlund scored either side of Kenan Yildiz\u2019s goal to give Napoli a crucial win, and his performance was hailed by Italian media after the full-time whistle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/breaking-down-how-scott-mctominay-has-transformed-his-game-for-club-and-country-since-man-utd-exit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McTominay has transformed<\/a> after leaving United, and he also continued his hot streak of form.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2245851248-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rasmus Hojlund points, wearing Napoli shirt\" class=\"wp-image-308341\" \/>Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini\/Ciancaphoto Studio\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Italian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/sport\/calcio\/serie-a\/cards\/pagelle-napoli-juventus-25-dicembre-07\/hojlund.shtml?refresh_ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Corriere Della Sera<\/a> gave Hojlund a match-high rating of 8\/10 for his display at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cPrince of Denmark: cuts and deflects like a centre-forward in his prime; repeats with a comfortable header. He adds lay-offs and a great job out of possession. Enough to erase any concern about being a great striker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Are you happy with Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>In their ratings, McTominay got a 6.5 but was nicknamed \u2018Braveheart\u2019 for his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can be a catapult in the middle of the pitch and a rock on runs into the box. He comes close to hitting the target twice,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/sport\/sscnapoli\/napoli_juventus_1_1_azzurri_sballo_spalletti_ko-9232435.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Il Mattino<\/a> praised McTominay for his \u2018rock solid\u2019 attitude, playing through an injury to help Napoli secure an important three points. <\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund has already matched 2024\/25 record<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund faced intense scrutiny last season for his lack of output as United\u2019s main striker.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Hojlund wanting to stay at United, Ineos made the ruthless decision to move on from the Dane and replace him with Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/antonio-conte-makes-surprise-comments-about-rasmus-hojlund-after-0-shots-on-target-in-napoli-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hojlund is showing major signs of improvement<\/a> playing under Antonio Conte at Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/man-utds-stance-on-rasmus-hojlund-and-marcus-rashford-hints-at-big-plans-for-january-window\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd\u2019s stance on Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford hints at big plans for January window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His two goals against Juventus mean Hojlund has already matched his tally from 2024\/25 when he scored four in the entire Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>With Napoli chasing another Serie A title, Hojlund can expect to add plenty more goals before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United stars Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay played key roles as Napoli beat Juventus to continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,785,26818,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-304917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-rasmus-hojlund","10":"tag-scott-mctominay","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}