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Molto gioia e un po di tristrezza
By: Joe |Napoli’s first European night at the San Paolo in 14 years was reason to celebrate. Even before the 1-0 victory against Greek side Panionios (2-0 aggregate), the 3rd round Intertoto Cup match represented just how far this the partenopei have come. It was only four years ago Italian movie mogul Aurelio De Laurentis literally built [...]
Ti amo, Marino!
By: Joe |Seemingly from out of nowhere, Napoli Direttore Generale Pier Paolo Marino signed Andrea Russotto, another young starlet, to add to Napoli’s collection of young jewels. It’s difficult to argue with the results Marino gets when he goes into the market to acquire players. Anyone who can pick up Fabiano Santacroce, Daniele Mannini, Nicolas Navarro in [...]
The “know your enemy” post – Intertoto version
By: Joe |Napoli begin their first European adventure since the 1994-95 campaign. A full 13 years have gone by since Napoli played in Europe. It’s no wonder President Aurelio De Laurentis was anxious to get Napoli some continental competition. We’re not too proud to get into the EUFA Cup via the Intertoto.
Facing the partenopei will be the [...]
Malafemmena news
By: Joe |The news keeps coming out out Jennersdorf, Austria where Napoli are conducting their pre-season training.
* Midfielder Daniele Mannini will be out a few weeks as he suffered an injury to his right quadricep when running into defender Fabiano Santacroce. Note: Santacroce was also involved in another teammates injury when he slid into newly-acquired attacker [...]
Funicoli, Finicola news
By: Joe |What’s this? Consecutive posts? Timely news? The truth is I’ve ignored this blog for far too long due to family/work/sleep. I forgot how cool it was to actually read and write about my team.
* Our jersey officially be officially presented tomorrow. Here’s a sneak peak at the design of our primary jersey. The main [...]
The season begins
By: Joe |The 2008-2009 Napoli campaign began in earnest this week as Coach Edy Reja’s boys will spend two weeks in Jennersdorf, Austria getting ready for the season. The squad looks a lot different than the one that finished up the 07-08 campaign but that’s been covered already by Fortunato.
The preseason is more than a bit crowded [...]






