Monthly Archives: February 2018
Napoli, Sarri:”The Europa League is a tournament at the limit of sanity”
Napoli, Sarri:”The Europa League is a tournament at the…
With the Europa League match against RB Leipzig coming up, Maurizio Sarri spoke about his team’s condition and mentality in the pre game press conference: “We struggle to acquire a European mentality, in our group we give more importance to the results we achieve in our league, but this absolutely cannot become a justification. If […]
Sarri: ‘Europa League is madness!’
Sarri: ‘Europa League is madness!’
Napoli Coach Maurizio Sarri says the Lega Serie A “doesn’t help us” for the Europa League – “RB Leipzig played before, then they’re playing on Monday”. The Partenopei still lead Serie A by a point from Juventus, and they return to European action tomorrow night before facing Spal on Sunday afternoon. “It’s a manifestation on […]
Maggio: ‘Europa League is important’
Maggio: ‘Europa League is important’
Napoli right-back Christian Maggio insists “the Europa League is important for us”, despite Maurizio Sarri’s words. The Coach appeared to view tomorrow’s Last 32 tie with RB Leipzig as a distraction from the Scudetto race, fuming that the Lega Serie A hadn’t helped his side with scheduling. Only 6,000 tickets have been sold for the […]
Sassuolo: ‘Napoli didn’t communicate…’
Sassuolo: ‘Napoli didn’t communicate…’
Sassuolo’s CEO says Matteo Politano’s move to Napoli didn’t go through because “there was no communication” between their sporting director and President. The winger looked set to complete a move to the Partenopei on deadline day, but the paperwork wasn’t filed before the transfer window shut. “In the last hours Napoli tried to take Diego […]
RB Leipzig, coach Hasenhüttl: “Playing against Napoli will feel like still being in the Champions League”
RB Leipzig, coach Hasenhüttl: “Playing against Napoli…
Red Bull Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhüttl discussed his thoughts ahead of the match against Napoli in the Europa League first knock-out round in an interview with Il Mattino: “Playing against Napoli feels like still being in the Champions League. Europa League is important to us and we want to go as far as we can […]
Player Ratings: Juventus 2-2 Tottenham
Player Ratings: Juventus 2-2 Tottenham
13 February at 23:50 Juventus-Tottenham 2-2JUVENTUSBUFFON 5: Responsible over the second goal. Spilled a ball in the first half, too, as well as making a great fingertip save. DE SCIGLIO 6: Did a good job at the back, splendid tackle on Dele Alli and contained Erik Lamela well. BENATIA 6: Can’t really be blamed for […]
Chelsea consider shock replacement for Antonio Conte: He has managed in Premier League
Chelsea consider shock replacement for Antonio Conte: He…
CHELSEA seem to be eyeing ex-Hull and Watford boss Marco Silva as a short-term replacement for Antonio Conte if they sack the Italian gaffer before the end of the season. Conte led a stunning title-winning campaign last season but has found himself under fire this term following a series of bad results. The Blues board […]
Euro Paper Talk: Arsenal, Liverpool locked in battle for Schalke star
Euro Paper Talk: Arsenal, Liverpool locked in battle for…
A Real Madrid keeper has no interest in being used as a makeweight in a deal for Thibaut Courtois, while Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of a Liverpool target, according to Tuesday’s European papers. REAL MADRID STAR TO REJECT CHELSEA MOVE Keylor Navas has no intention of being involved as a makeweight in […]
Arsenal going all out for Europa League: Arsene Wenger future down to Champions League
Arsenal going all out for Europa League: Arsene Wenger future…
The Gunners’ damaging 1-0 north London derby defeat to Tottenham[1] on Saturday has left them in a tough position. With 11 games to go in the Premier League season, sixth-placed Arsenal are now eight points behind Chelsea in fourth. That gap is now viewed as particularly difficult to bridge, meaning the Gunners are turning to […]
Hamsik: ‘Napoli style hard to implement’
Hamsik: ‘Napoli style hard to implement’
Marek Hamsik believes “it’s our turn” to win the Scudetto and reveals the hard work that goes into Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli style. The Partenopei captain sat down with German site Sport1.de to discuss the campaign and Thursday’s Europa League meeting with RB Leipzig. “Right from the first moment I was here, I understood that football […]