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Maldini: ‘I apologised to Maradona’
Maldini: ‘I apologised to Maradona’
Paolo Maldini reveals he ‘felt ashamed and had to apologise’ to Diego Maradona after seeing clips of them together. ‘I was always late on him.’ Some of the greatest Scudetto races in Serie A history were between Maradona’s Napoli and the Grande Milan of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Maldini had to mark El Pibe […]
Neapolitans unite to applaud Diego at 8pm
Neapolitans unite to applaud Diego at 8pm
Napoli fans send message to unite the city in a moment of tribute to Diego Maradona. ‘We’ll start the biggest applause ever heard in the history of the city’. The Partenopei fans mourn their biggest player ever, as Maradona suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away last night. Today, Napoli prepare for a minute of […]
Liveblog: Europa League MD4
Liveblog: Europa League MD4
Join us for the action as it happens from the Europa League, as Milan visit Lille, Roma take on CFR Cluj and Napoli pay tribute to Diego Maradona against Rijeka. If you are on a mobile device or tablet, then follow the Liveblog HERE. We begin at 17.55 GMT in France, where Milan try to […]
Line-ups: LOSC v Milan
Line-ups: LOSC v Milan
Milan give Jens Petter Hauge his first start in the supporting trio behind Ante Rebic, as they face Lille hat-trick hero Yusuf Yazici. It kicks off at the Stade Pierre Mauroy at 17.55 GMT. You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Napoli-Rijeka and Cluj-Roma on the LIVEBLOG. The […]
Live: Naples mourns Maradona
Live: Naples mourns Maradona
Napoli legend Diego Armando Maradona suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday and died at 60 and the Neapolitans gather to pay tribute to their hero. Maradona, who had just turned 60 on October 30, passed away last night and the messages from the football world has hailed the player who was widely considered to be perhaps […]
Media watch: Gomez outplays Salah
Media watch: Gomez outplays Salah
Atalanta forward Papu Gomez was the best players on the pitch against Liverpool, according to Italian papers. The Argentinean is getting high ratings from the three Italian sport papers, unlike Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah had a ‘bad return’, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, after recovering from COVID. The Egyptian ‘was never dangerous’, writes Tuttosport. Gomez, […]
ADL’s letter to Maradona: ‘Thanks Diego’
ADL’s letter to Maradona: ‘Thanks Diego’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis paid tribute to Diego Armando Maradona. ‘I think it’s right to give the San Paolo your name’. The Partenopei patron suggested the stadium should be renamed the Stadio San Paolo-Maradona and confirmed in his letter to the legend of Napoli. Napoli published the letter on their official website. “Dear Diego,” […]
Probable line-ups: Cluj-Roma
Probable line-ups: Cluj-Roma
Coach Paulo Fonseca could make seven changes from the team that beat Parma in Serie A, when Roma visit CFR Cluj in the Europa League. The match kicks off at 20.00 UK time. The Giallorossi, who are third in Serie A and top of Group A in the Europa League, could secure a place in […]
Fans greet Maradona at Casa Rosada
Fans greet Maradona at Casa Rosada
Watch a myriad of fans pay their tribute to Diego Armando Maradona at Casa Rosada, laying down flowers by the Pibe de Oro’s coffin. The Napoli legend died on Wednesday and the image of the 1986 World Cup winner is on the front page of every single newspaper in the world. Watch how fans applaud […]
Probable line-ups: Lille-Milan
Probable line-ups: Lille-Milan
Jens Petter Hauge seems set for his first start at Milan against Lille in the Europa League, as Ante Rebic takes place up front in Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s absence. The match kicks off at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy 17.55 UK time. There’s no Zlatan when Milan travel to France to redeem themselves after having lost their first […]