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Fiorentina 2 Napoli 1
By: Neil |
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The best part about this game was seeing 18 year old Luigi Sepe, who looks like he’s still 15, make his Serie A debut after our number three keeper Gianello went down with an injury. But before I recap the Fiorentina game, I must apologize as I will not be able to do a [...]
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Jesus is on his way to Napoli
By: Neil | 23 Comments
This post was originally going to be a preview of the Fiorentina game, but Napoli finally made a move in the January mercato. According to PierPaolo Marino, there is a verbal agreement for Boca Juniors left winger Jesus Datolo to move to the San Paolo. And aren’t we in need of some divine [...]
Category: Team NewsThe Importance of Set Pieces
By: Neil | 20 Comments
Napoli 0 Roma 3
I’m going to get attacked for writing this, but Napoli played a better game than Roma this week. How do I explain the decisive scoreline? Roma converted two set pieces in the first 35 minutes to take control of the game. A comeback was possible, but it was always [...]
Category: Team NewsDerby Del Sud preview
By: Neil | 18 Comments
Just three points separate Napoli and Roma as the two sides do battle on Sunday in a game both teams will be desperate to win. Roma is expecting captain and talisman Francesco Totti to return to the lineup, but if and when he plays will be up to Spalletti. Napoli will rely on [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli Midweek Update
By: Neil | 14 Comments
According to Mirko Savini it was a fallout with Marino, not Reja, that led to him being frozen out since the start of the season. The 29 year old defender was sold to Palermo yesterday in Napoli’s first transaction in the mercato. I have not been able to find any financial details, which [...]
Category: Team NewsNo Excuses
By: Neil | 11 Comments
For the second time in three rounds Napoli has been outchanced and outplayed by a team in the relegation zone. For the first half of Sunday’s game Chievo looked like the team competing for a Champions League spot and Napoli looked like the side with the league’s worst offence. Napoli cannot blame anyone [...]
Category: Team NewsChievo vs. Napoli mini preview
By: Neil | 19 Comments
About one month ago Napoli went to Torino and deservedly lost to a club in the relegation zone. On Sunday the team gets a chance to redeem their road problems when they travel to Verona to play last place Chievo.
Category: Team NewsNapoli transfer round-up
By: Neil | 9 Comments
Napoli has reached an agreement with Polish club Polonia Warsaw to sign defender Tomasz Jodlowiec. The 23 year old central defender was almost signed by Napoli last summer, but at the last minute the deal fell through. Now the player is on his way to Napoli for a fee of about 1.5 million [...]
Category: Team NewsYes, the Ref was from Campobasso
By: Neil | 8 Comments
By the end of Sunday’s Napoli Catania game I was so sick of hearing the commentator point out that the referee was from Campobasso it made me realize there are certain things about calcio that I didn’t miss over the winter break.
I believe there is a rule that the referee cannot come from a city [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli 1 vs. Catania 0
By: Neil | 10 Comments
I don’t have too much to say about this game. Napoli dominated possession and territory, but couldn’t generate any good scoring chances until Hamsik’s penalty was saved. With ten minutes left, a 0-0 draw seemed likely when Maggio tapped in a Lavezzi pass to give Napoli the victory. Three points is three [...]
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