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Napoli-Torino
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The good sister of Turin come to the Stadio San Paolo in the closing match before the winter break. Torino coach, Walter Novellino, will have to watch from the stands after getting ejected from last week’s match against Roma. The Italian draw specialists have had a disappointing
campaign thus far as they sit two points away [...]
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Napoli-Parma (or let’s get that taste out of our mouths, shall we?)
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That is the number of matches in Serie A. On paper and during the pre-season, it sure sounds like an eternity. Plenty of time to turn things around and work through the slumps, right? I mean if you hit a rough patch, there’s always a game next week to reverse your fortunes and right the [...]
Category: match previewsSeperating the wheat from the chaff
By: Joe | 5 Comments
Avoiding the drop is always the first priority for a newly promoted side. It’s obvious Napoli’s expectations are a little bit higher. The side is looking to be in the Champions League in three years and this year’s objective is to establish an equal footing with Serie A’s “second tier” squads: Sampdoria, Palermo, Udinese and, [...]
Category: match previewsBring on the pink
By: Joe | 12 Comments
Napoli travel to Sicily to take on last year’s first half Serie A darling on Saturday night. The rosanero have drawn five straight matches since defeating Milan at the Stadio Renzo Barbera. New coach Stefano Colantuono has come under fire from Palermo’s resident nutjob Maurizio Zamparini. Ironically enough the criticisms leveled at Colantuono (playing for [...]
Category: match previewsA good old Southern Italian matchup
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I have a soft spot for almost any southern Italian side. The way I look at it, you can combine the financial resources of just about every side south of Rome and you wouldn’t come close to what Massimo Moratti has available at Inter and that club up in Turin. The cache, influence and good old [...]
Category: match previewsNapoli - Viola preview
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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 [...]
Category: match previewsNapoli - 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 - Roma preview
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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 previewsNapoli - 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 previewsNapoli - Livorno match preview
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Rookie Livorno coach Fernardo Orsi brings his squad into San Paolo on Wednesday for the fifth match of the season. The mid week encounter will test both sides but especially be hard on Livorno who have just played Inter last Sunday and then will have to play an in-form Fiorentina after the Napoli encounter. Orsi [...]
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