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Napoli - Viola preview
By: Joe |
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Things have been hopping since Napoli’s historic victory over Juventus. The entire orderal with Marcelo “I was only trying to avoid Gigi” Zalayeta was exhausting. First he got the Adriano treatment and received a two match ban, Roma’s Luciano Spaletti and Inter’s Roberto Mancini defend Zalayeta, the inevitable appeal (does no one in Italy take their punishment [...]
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Dilemma? What dilemma?
By: Joe | 8 Comments
“I am a fan, with no duty to toe the moral line whatsoever.” - Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
When Adriano was suspended last season after officials reviewed video replay of his shameless attempt to draw a penalty, I cheered. “It’s about time” I muttered from my high horse as I surveyed the land of divers and [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli - some club from Turin
By: Joe | 21 Comments
I hate Juventus with a passion difficult to describe. Let me count the ways: they’ve had Frenchmen as talismanic leaders…not once but twice, Luciano Moggi, 27 scudetti, dubious, questionable, shameful refereeing decisions, the prison stripe jerseys, half of Italy claim to be fans but they can’t fill up the Stadio delle Alpi (what a shithole), [...]
Category: match previewsNapoli home matches available for viewing!…sort of
By: Joe | 7 Comments
When SerieA.tv announced they were going to broadcast all Serie A matches (on-demand and live) over the ‘net, I eagerly plopped down my cash and awaited a season of interrupted Azzurri glory. Even the opportunity to do some advance scouting on upcoming opponents held some intrigue.
A teeny-weeny problem popped up when we were told the [...]
Category: Team NewsWhere’s my brioschi?
By: Joe | 9 Comments
Years of wallowing against the likes of Modena, Catanzaro and Rimini make this past Saturday all the more thrilling. There’s a very real price to pay following a squad in the lower divisions. The coverage is scanty and more speculative than normal, statistics are hard to come by and television coverage? Not a chance. At [...]
Category: match reviewNapoli - Roma preview
By: Joe | 8 Comments
The Derby del Sud resumes in Serie A as Napoli and Roma once again take the field at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday afternoon. The two sides represent the biggest and most successful non-Northern Italian sides. See how I avoided using the words “Roma” and “Southern Italian” in case anyone should get riled up. Unfortunately, [...]
Category: match previewstemper, temper
By: Joe | 6 Comments
If Italians are known for their short fuse and outbursts, then Napoletanos are challenged only by Sicilianos for the undisputed heavyweight champions of Italian red-asses. Maybe it has something to do with living in the shadow of an active volcano that can erupt and wipe out the city in a day, maybe it’s driven by [...]
odds and ends…
By: Joe | 7 Comments
There is no point in rehashing the Inter match. Napoli lost to a more talented side and looked horrible, at least in the first half, doing it. About the only positives from the match were that Gyorgy Garics played well coming on for Gianluca Grava (hopefully pushing Garics one step closer to earning a starting [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli - Argentina preview
By: Joe | 13 Comments
Napoli travel to Milan for the first time in six years on Saturday night to take on Argentina in a critical World Cup qualifier. The Albiceleste look to avenge their early exit from World Cup 2006 with a solid performance before a packed San Siro. The side will be without Carlos Tevez, Juan Roman Riquelme, [...]
Category: match previewsTurning on your own
By: Joe | 1 Comment
Being a fan of a “smaller” club is a painful and long term exercise in frustration and aggravation interspersed with, if you’re fortunate, a few glorious memories. You wait and pray for the chance to witness another bit of magic, to retell the stories in vivid detail and create your own autobiographical tale and retell [...]
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