

Coppa Italia
News about Italia’s club tournament
Somewhere here there’s a lesson
By: Joe |For the second consecutive year, Napoli has bowed out of the Coppa Italia at the Round of 16 phase. In both cases they’ve lost to a subpar side who has struggled and will most likely become cannon fodder for their next opponent.
The Lavezzi Show: Napoli 3 – Pisa 1
By: Joe |The following match report is provided by Elio and the fine folks at ClubNapoli.it.
Super Lavezzi shoots Napoli into the 3rd round of the Coppa Italia. A hat-trick from the Argentinean at San Paolo decided the game [3-1] against Ventura’s team. Napoli came from behind, overcoming the Tuscans, thanks to the first official goals from the [...]
A glimpse of the future
By: Joe |Ezequiel Lavezzi, “El Pocho,” provided a view of Napoli’s future last night. Lavezzi’s hat trick secured a home date with Livorno on Wednesday, August 29 and saved coach the Edy Reja the embarassment of bowing out to a Pisa side who had only scored 9 goals in 17 road matches last season in Serie C1. [...]
Napoli-Pisa (Coppa Italia)
By: Joe |Napoli host newly Serie B promoted side Pisa Calcio in the second elimination round of the Coppa Italia on Saturday, August 18 at 8:45pm. Pisa won promotion based on their victory over Monza in a two-legged playoff tie. Pisa easily had the best defense in Serie C1 last season. Their stinginess was the single most important [...]
Well that was fun
By: Joe |Napoli kicked off their campaign in spectacular fashion by crushing Cesena 4-0 in the 1st elimination match of the Coppa Italia. To put that result into perspective, Napoli hadn’t scored four goals since the first match of last year against Treviso. In fact, in 33 of last years 47 matches (including Coppa Italia ties) Napoli scored less than [...]
Napoli vs. Cesena (Coppa Italia)
By: Joe |Napoli host Cesena on Wednesday, August 15 at the Stadio San Paolo. The match is the first round of the Coppa Italia. If Napoli advance they will play in three more days and face the winner of the Brescia-Pisa match. While you’d be hard pressed to call any match between Napoli and Juventus or Inter Milan [...]






