
Author Archives: James Grundy

Reina: ‘Special to face Napoli’
Reina: ‘Special to face Napoli’
Lazio goalkeeper Pepe Reina says it’s special to face his former club Napoli, but insists the Biancocelesti need a positive result against the Partenopei. The Spaniard played 182 games over four seasons at Napoli. “It’s going to normal game for me. Napoli are a special team. The club and the fans have always been close […]
Fonseca: ‘Men against boys’
Fonseca: ‘Men against boys’
Roma coach Paulo Fonseca was furious with his players after a 4-1 defeat to Atalanta. ‘The second half was men against boys. The attitude changed completely and that cannot happen.’ Edin Dzeko had put the Giallorossi in front in Bergamo after a couple of minutes, then Leonardo Spinazzola hit the post, but Roma slowly vanished […]
Giuntoli: ‘Milik and Llorente out in January’
Giuntoli: ‘Milik and Llorente out in January’
Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli confirms Arkadiusz Milik and Fernando Llorente will leave in January, while Victor Osimhen’s recovery is still uncertain. The game with Lazio kicks off at 19.45 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG. “Every game is a moment of truth, you need to keep a cool head and we’ll see at […]

Highlights: Benevento 2-0 Genoa
Highlights: Benevento 2-0 Genoa
Benevento consolidated their mid-table status and plunged Genoa into crisis with Roberto Insigne and a Marco Sau spot-kick. This was Insigne’s second Serie A goal and Napoli captain Lorenzo’s little brother showed skill to ride a tackle, cut inside and curl into the far corner with his left foot. Sau then earned and converted a […]
Hakimi: ‘Don’t think about the future’
Hakimi: ‘Don’t think about the future’
Achraf Hakimi says many people talk about Inter’s Scudetto expectations but insists the Nerazzurri ‘focus on one game at a time.’ The former Borussia Dortmund winger scored Inter’s opener against Spezia today with the Nerazzurri who pulled off a 2-1 win. “We knew it was an important game, we had won against Napoli and we […]
Giampaolo hopes for a revolution and gets a familiar flop
Giampaolo hopes for a revolution and gets a familiar flop
Marco Giampaolo decided it was time for change. A spark was needed, fresh impetus to lift the thick fog of gloom from what has been a catastrophic campaign so far. The former AC Milan coach made five changes to the team that fought back from two goals down against Udinese on Sunday, only to immediately […]

