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Zielinski: ‘Juventus will be fun’
Zielinski: ‘Juventus will be fun’
Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski believes Friday’s Juventus game will be “beautiful and entertaining”. The Partenopei welcome the champions to the San Paolo, with the chance to extend their lead over Max Allegri’s side to seven points. “Against Juve it will be a beautiful and entertaining game, we hope to win,” Zielinski predicted, speaking to Premium […]
Spalletti: ‘My team? I’ll play 11…’
Spalletti: ‘My team? I’ll play 11…’
Luciano Spalletti jokingly reveals his Inter team for this weekend’s game “with Chievo too we’ll play with 11 starters!” The Nerazzurri are still unbeaten this season, and lie just two points behind Napoli at the top of Serie A. With the Partenopei playing Juventus on Friday night, at least one of the Scudetto challengers will […]
Khedira: ‘Higuain is doing everything’
Khedira: ‘Higuain is doing everything’
Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira assures Gonzalo Higuain “is trying everything to be there” against Napoli on Friday. The striker went under the knife this week for an operation on a broken finger, putting him in doubt for the trip to face his former side. Pipita returned to training at Vinovo today, and Khedira gave Sky […]
On This Day: Hibs 5-0 Napoli
On This Day: Hibs 5-0 Napoli
On this day 50 years ago, a Napoli side including Dino Zoff surrendered a 4-1 first leg lead to go out of the Fairs Cup to Scottish side Hibernian. The competition was the precursor to the Europa League, and was initially designed to promote trade fairs, and was often played between teams from cities which […]
Higuain ‘training with Juve’
Higuain ‘training with Juve’
Gonzalo Higuain is reportedly back training with Juventus already, putting him in line to face former club Napoli on Friday. According to Tuttojuve.com and Sport Mediaset, Higuain began working out with his Juve teammates “a matter of minutes ago”. Therefore, he “should be” included in the Bianconeri’s squad for the trip to the San Paolo. […]
Report: Higuain could be Juve sub
Report: Higuain could be Juve sub
It is reported that Juventus are exploring the ‘crazy’ possibility of naming Gonzalo Higuain as a substitute for their Serie A bout with Napoli on Friday, According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Juve will learn “in the next few hours” if Higuain can occupy a place on the bench at the San Paolo. It comes after […]
Ferrara: Heart says Napoli!
Ferrara: Heart says Napoli!
Former Napoli and Juventus defender Ciro Ferrara admits his heart is going for the Partenopei ahead of Friday’s Serie A showdown. Ferrara turned out for only Napoli and Juve in his playing career, forming part of the squads that won the Bianconeri’s last Champions League in 1996 and the southerners’ most recent Scudetto success six […]
Gattuso: ‘I was born ready!’
Gattuso: ‘I was born ready!’
Gennaro Gattuso accepted comedy gifts after replacing Vincenzo Montella at Milan. “I was born ready. In fact, I was two months premature.” The former midfielder was promoted from the role of Primavera youth team Coach to the main job on Monday after Montella’s dismissal. After his Press conference, he spoke to Italian comedy show Le […]
Mario Rui back for Napoli-Juventus
Mario Rui back for Napoli-Juventus
Napoli are expected to have Mario Rui fit for Friday’s Serie A showdown with Juventus after his ankle injury. It kicks off at the packed Stadio San Paolo at 19.45 GMT on Friday and is the clash between first and third in the table. Coach Maurizio Sarri ought to have practically a full squad to […]
Chiellini: ‘Napoli loss hard to swallow’
Chiellini: ‘Napoli loss hard to swallow’
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini admits defeat to Napoli “would be hard to swallow” on Friday and admires defender Kalidou Koulibaly. He missed out on Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Crotone, but is confident he’ll be fit enough for a role in the starting XI at the San Paolo. “I am fine, I’ll be there against Napoli […]