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HT: Napoli comfortable with SPAL
HT: Napoli comfortable with SPAL
Allan’s wonderful exhibition of one-touch football is the only difference at the break between Napoli and SPAL. Follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games with the LIVEBLOG. The Partenopei made it clear they were focusing on the Scudetto, using a second-string side in Thursday’s 3-1 home defeat to RB […]
Tactical Analysis: Torino 0-1 Juventus
Tactical Analysis: Torino 0-1 Juventus
Torino disappeared after the opening Juventus goal and made it simply too easy for the Bianconeri to control the Derby della Mole. Words: Ciro Di Brita Max Allegri was forced to reshuffle his deck with the likes of Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi deemed not fit enough to start the game, Mario Mandzukic out with […]
Line-ups: Napoli-SPAL
Line-ups: Napoli-SPAL
Napoli are back to full strength to take on strugglers SPAL, as Dries Mertens and co try to set a new all-time club record. It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG. The Partenopei have won the last […]
Official: Cragno signs new Cagliari deal
Official: Cragno signs new Cagliari deal
Cagliari announce that goalkeeper Alessio Cragno has signed a new deal with the club until 2022. The 24-year-old has recently re-established himself as the Sardi’s first-choice shot-stopper after a spell out injured towards the end of last year. And in a statement released on the club’s official website, the Rossoblu communicated that the Italy U21 […]
Roberto Baggio’s Top 5 Goals
Roberto Baggio’s Top 5 Goals
Today is Roberto Baggio’s 51st birthday, so Football Italia has put together his top five goals – or, at least, five of his best. Napoli vs Fiorentina, September 17 1989 The Divine Ponytail had already established a name for himself across four seasons with Fiorentina, and the 1989-90 season would prove to be his last […]
Giaccherini revives Chievo
Giaccherini revives Chievo
Emanuele Giaccherini transformed the game, providing a goal and assist for Roberto Inglese, as Chievo beat Cagliari for their first win since November. The Flying Donkeys finally ended their dismal run with a hard-fought victory at the Stadio Bentegodi. Alessio Cragno performed heroics on two Inglese headers and was almost caught out on a Leandro […]
Machach in Napoli squad
Machach in Napoli squad
Maurizio Sarri named his Napoli squad to host SPAL on Sunday afternoon, including Zinedine Machach. It kicks off on Sunday at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview. There is a full squad to choose from, apart from the usual long-term absentees Arkadiusz Milik and Faouzi Ghoulam. January signing Machach is added to the […]
Semplici: ‘Make Napoli chase SPAL’
Semplici: ‘Make Napoli chase SPAL’
Leonardo Semplici wants SPAL to “control the game and force Napoli to chase the ball” at the Stadio San Paolo. It kicks off on Sunday at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview. “We must try to keep Napoli as far away from our goalmouth as possible, as we know all too well their […]
Perotti: ‘Roma back on track’
Perotti: ‘Roma back on track’
Diego Perotti feels Roma are “getting back on track” after their 2-0 win away to Udinese, the third on the trot in Serie A. “We are slowly getting back on track the way we were in the first half of the season. We had let go a bit and that wasn’t right, but now we […]
Allegri: ‘No Champions obsession’
Allegri: ‘No Champions obsession’
Max Allegri transforms Juventus against Torino, losing Mario Mandzukic and probably Federico Bernardeschi, but warns against a “Champions League obsession.” The Derby della Mole kicks off on Sunday at 11.30 GMT, click here for a match preview. “Next week, everyone will be available except for Juan Cuadrado,” revealed the Coach in his Press conference. “Mandzukic […]