Author Archives: James Grundy
Marciniak ref for Red Star-Napoli
Marciniak ref for Red Star-Napoli
Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will officiate Napoli’s Champions League trip to Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. It kicks off on Tuesday at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) and they are in the same group as Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain. Marciniak will be aided by assistant referees Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz, with Pawel Raczkowski and […]
Chelsea set to open contract talks with David Luiz after first-team breakthrough
Chelsea set to open contract talks with David Luiz after…
The Brazil star had been isolated from the squad during Antonio Conte’s reign. The duo fell out after a Champions League loss and Luiz had sustained a mysterious injury that kept him out all season. But after the Italian was sacked, Sarri was brought in and one of his first actions was to bring the […]
Sarri makes Premier League history
Sarri makes Premier League history
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is only the fourth manager in the Premier League era to win his first five games – and the second Italian after Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian arrived after a lengthy legal battle with Napoli and when pre-season training had already begun, but is already proving why the Stamford Bridge hierarchy were […]
Chelsea news: Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez hails ‘pass master’ Jorginho
Chelsea news: Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez hails ‘pass…
RAFA BENITEZ insists Chelsea have picked up a pass master in Jorginho – and the Newcastle boss should know. Former Blues boss Benitez took the Brazilian-born Italy midfielder, 26, to Napoli in January 2014 in an £8.5million move from Verona. And he saw Jorginho set a Chelsea record in the Premier League by completing 158 […]
Chelsea 4 Cardiff 1: Eden Hazard hat-trick downs Bluebirds
Chelsea 4 Cardiff 1: Eden Hazard hat-trick downs Bluebirds
And that was before he had the chance to see the Belgian up close and personal in training. So goodness only knows how concerned the new Blues boss would have been if he had known then what he knows now about the player’s true capabilities. Hazard had scored in each of his last two games […]
Defrel: ‘I lacked confidence’
Defrel: ‘I lacked confidence’
Gregoire Defrel said he had been “just lacking confidence” at Roma, as he spearheaded Sampdoria’s 5-0 demolition of Frosinone. The Blucerchiati followed up the 3-0 win over Napoli by thrashing Frosinone 5-0 for their biggest ever Serie A away victory. “There are no easy games in Serie A,” insisted Defrel on DAZN. “We struggled in […]
Giampaolo: ‘Not easy at all’
Giampaolo: ‘Not easy at all’
Marco Giampaolo insists Sampdoria “didn’t have an easy game at all” against Frosinone, despite the 5-0 final result. The Blucerchiati are on a roll, as after thumping Napoli 3-0, they tore Frosinone apart 5-0 at the Stadio Benito Stirpe. “There’s no time to enjoy it, because we immediately have another game coming up against Fiorentina,” […]
Napoli ace looking to repay Ancelotti trust
Napoli ace looking to repay Ancelotti trust
Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne insisted that he is determined to repay the faith shown in him by coach Carlo Ancelotti after netting the only goal in Saturday’s victory over Fiorentina. The Italian international netted his 50th Serie A goal to settle a tight encounter, and started the match despite being benched at half-time last time […]
Napoli, Ancelotti: “Insigne was the best…”
Napoli, Ancelotti: “Insigne was the best…”
15 September at 21:40 Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti spoke to Sky Sport after the Napoli-Fiorentina game, here is what he had to say on the matter: ” We played like we wanted to but we did miss a few passes here and there. We didn’t want to be too ofensive since we knew Fiorentina were a great team. We took our time and […]
