Author Archives: James Grundy
Probable line-ups: Juventus-Napoli
Probable line-ups: Juventus-Napoli
Max Allegri and Carlo Ancelotti keep everyone on their toes, but Juventus look set to start Paulo Dybala, while Napoli rely on Dries Mertens. It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview. Both tacticians have chopped and changed regularly so far this season, both in terms of personnel […]
Serie A 2018/19 Round 7 Preview: Derbies and definers
Serie A 2018/19 Round 7 Preview: Derbies and definers
Big match-ups dominate draw the eye in this weekend’s fixtures and what better place to begin that the nation’s capital. Hosts Roma have not started well this season but have won five of the last seven Serie A derbies against Lazio, with a draw and a win for the Biancocelesti. However, Lazio have won four […]
Hamsik: ‘Napoli convinced we’d won’
Hamsik: ‘Napoli convinced we’d won’
Marek Hamsik reveals Napoli “were convinced the Scudetto would finally be ours” after their victory away to Juventus. “We felt invincible.” They meet again today and it kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview. When Kalidou Koulibaly’s towering late header gave Napoli the victory in Turin 160 days […]
Marek Hamsik :’We lost the scudetto on the plane’
Marek Hamsik :’We lost the scudetto on the plane’
29 September at 12:15 Napoli skipper Marek Hamsik that the partenopei had ended up losing their chance to win scudetto last season when they were on a plane. While Juventus had won the Serie A last season, Napoli had come very close to winning the crown for the first time in many years after they had beaten the Old Lady in a very important potential title decider towards the fag […]
Former Napoli defender: ‘Pjanic will be key for Juventus’
Former Napoli defender: ‘Pjanic will be key for Juventus’
29 September at 12:30 Former Napoli defender Ciro Ferrara has revealed who the danger men will be for Juventus and the partenopei when they lock horns in Turin on Saturday later today. Juve have won all the games so far in the league and top the table with 18 points on the board. Napoli though, are second in the table with 15 points, having lost one game to […]
Ferrara: ‘Allegri and Ancelotti adjust’
Ferrara: ‘Allegri and Ancelotti adjust’
Ciro Ferrara but believes Max Allegri and Carlo Ancelotti will keep things unpredictable in today’s Juventus-Napoli showdown. It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview. “Ancelotti realised that without Jorginho, the 4-3-3 system had its limitations. A great Coach like him evaluates carefully the pros and cons of […]
Juventus-Napoli: The Stats
Juventus-Napoli: The Stats
Napoli face Juventus in Turin, looking to beat the Bianconeri in consecutive away games for the first time in their history. Carlo Ancelotti takes his side north to face the champions, in what is already being billed as a clash between the two main Scudetto contenders. The Partenopei won on their last visit to the […]
Dybala: ‘Learn from Messi and CR7’
Dybala: ‘Learn from Messi and CR7’
Paulo Dybala proudly declared he is “the only one in the world who can play with and learn from both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.” The Juventus and Argentina star spoke to the Corriere della Sera newspaper about his unique position for club and country. “I am the only one in the world who gets […]
Celtic Linked With This 24 Y/O Striker: Why He Can Be The Answer For Rodgers’ Problems?
Celtic Linked With This 24 Y/O Striker: Why He Can Be The…
Latest reports from the Scotsman[1] suggests that Celtic are linked with a move for Red Star Belgrade striker Milan Pavkov. Daily Record had earlier reported[2] that the Celtic scouts were present in attendance to watch the Serbin outfit take on Napoli in the Champions League encounter. We speculated at that time that Pavkov could be […]