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Transfer Rumours and Lavezzi Update
By: Neil |
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Here is a list of names that Napoli is tracking. Note that some of them are very old. Sergio Floccari, Marco Borriello, Luca Cigarini, Cristian Ledesma, Roberto Acquafresca, Edgar Barreto, Nikola Kalinic, and Daniele Galloppa. Napoli players tracked by other clubs include the two usual suspects, Lavezzi and Hamsik, plus Matteo Contini. [...]
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“It’s A Great Stadium To Play Football”
By: Neil | 27 Comments
Napoli 1-0 Inter
If there’s one stadium in the world that can leave Jose Mourinho baffled and confused, it’s the San Paolo. The tenants put on a second half clinic to leave Mourinho and his players disappointed, emotional, and flat out bewildered. If you didn’t follow football at all, and started watching just after [...]
Category: Team NewsNot Enough Defenders vs. Inter: Match Preview
By: Neil | 27 Comments
The one danger of playing three at the back is that you’re only going to carry about six true defenders in the squad. For Napoli, it’s that time of year where injuries and suspensions have piled up and we may need to play defensive midfielders as emergency defenders in order to field a 3-5-2. [...]
Category: Team NewsAnd Napoli’s Problem Is…
By: Neil | 39 Comments
“We are missing a bit of a clinical edge in front of goal and our opponents always seem to punish us at the first opportunity.” This was Donadoni’s verdict after the Cagliari game and it perfectly sums up Napoli’s season. Even when Napoli was playing great football at the beginning of the year, [...]
Category: Team NewsMarino’s Transfer Policy Under Fire
By: Neil | 47 Comments
It’s well known that a lot teams in Europe would like either Lavezzi or Hamsik in their team. Santacroce has also caught the attention of many clubs, so I’ll include him in the group of elite players that Marino discovered before anyone else. Based on those three alone, many people would argue that [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli 3 Atalanta 1
By: Neil | 34 Comments
No, this wasn’t the final score, but the final count for shots on goal. If every shot on net had gone in – and with Navarro in goal that was always a possibility for Atalanta – there were still 3 Serie A games last weekend with more goals. To be honest, I’m still [...]
Category: Team NewsNapoli vs. Atalanta: 12 and Counting
By: Neil | 12 Comments
It just occured to me that for all the excitement Donadoni has brought to Napoli the last three weeks, he still hasn’t ended the winless run that started under Reja many games ago. In fact, it’s been 12 matchdays since Napoli beat Catania 1-0 back on January 11th. In that span Napoli has [...]
Category: Team News“It Is Not A Beautiful Experience”
By: Neil | 12 Comments
Napoli, as well as Lega Calcio, Fiorentina, Catania, and Siena are all leading fundraising efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Abruzzo that has killed more than 225 people. Napoli’s gate receipts from the upcoming home game against Atalanta will be donated to the cause, and there will be similar gestures in Catania [...]
Category: Team NewsWhat Football Is
By: Neil | 19 Comments
Sampdoria 2 Napoli 2
I didn’t see this game, so I can’t do a full summary. But from watching the highlights, I saw something beautiful that I don’t see too often. In the 90th minute, with Napoli seconds away from losing their first game under Donadoni, Marek Hamsik threaded a perfect pass through a [...]
Category: Team NewsSampdoria vs. Napoli preview
By: Neil | 27 Comments
Lavezzi is out for the Samp game with a left bicep injury he picked up while on international duty with Argentina. He will likely be replaced by Andrea Russotto, who could earn his first start in a Napoli jersey. Can anyone remember the last time, if ever, Russotto made the starting lineup? [...]
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