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Mihajlovic: ‘Bologna deserved a point’
Mihajlovic: ‘Bologna deserved a point’
Sinisa Mihajlovic believes Bologna ‘were superior to Napoli in the last 15-20 minutes’ and deserved a point from their 1-0 defeat. The Rossoblu took their run of Serie A matches without a clean sheet to 40, as Victor Osimhen’s free header at the back post proved decisive at the Stadio Dall’Ara. By the time Bologna […]
Highlights: Bologna 0-1 Napoli
Highlights: Bologna 0-1 Napoli
A towering header from Victor Osimhen was decisive at the Dall’Ara, but Bologna came so close to an equaliser with a triple chance. The Nigeria international made the most of a splendid Hirving Lozano cross to the back post, nodding in past a helpless Marco Silvestri. Napoli had other opportunities too, most notably with Dries […]
Bologna 0-1 Napoli: Osimhen enough for Napoli
Bologna 0-1 Napoli: Osimhen enough for Napoli
Victor Osimhen’s header on a Hirving Lozano cross proved enough for Napoli, as Bologna woke up too late to get back into the game. Click here for the full match report. OR Follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG. Watch Serie A live in the UK […]
Gattuso: ‘Napoli need to be kept on toes’
Gattuso: ‘Napoli need to be kept on toes’
Gennaro Gattuso reiterates Napoli ‘need to be kept on their toes’ after a 1-0 win away to Bologna and explains why he punished two players. A header from Victor Osimhen proved enough at the Stadio Dall’Ara, but there were some late scares when Bologna created several scoring opportunities. “I don’t like this talk of Scudetto […]
HT: Osimhen nods Napoli in front
HT: Osimhen nods Napoli in front
Victor Osimhen got on the end of Chucky Lozano’s cross to give Napoli the half-time lead away to Bologna, who have gone 40 Serie A games without a clean sheet. Follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG. The Partenopei brought out the big guns with Victor […]
Giuntoli: ‘Napoli players not concentrated’
Giuntoli: ‘Napoli players not concentrated’
Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli explains why Gennaro Gattuso sent Mario Rui and Faouzi Ghoulam to the stands. ‘They weren’t totally focused.’ The game with Bologna kicks off at 17.00 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG. There was a surprise when Mario Rui and Ghoulam were not even on the bench, despite having made […]
Liveblog: Serie A Wk7 Sunday
Liveblog: Serie A Wk7 Sunday
Join us for the build-up and action from today’s six Serie A games, including Lazio-Juventus, Atalanta-Inter, Bologna-Napoli and Milan-Verona. If you are on a mobile device or tablet, then follow the Liveblog HERE. We begin at 11.30 GMT with what was last season’s Scudetto showdown, but is overshadowed by COVID-19 controversy, as Lazio host Juventus. […]
Napoli flight delayed until tomorrow
Napoli flight delayed until tomorrow
Napoli have been forced to delay their flight to Bologna until tomorrow morning after their plane broke down. The game kicks off on Sunday at 17.00 GMT, click here for the match preview. They had been due to leave the Capodichino airport today at 17.00 GMT. However, once they got there, it emerged there were […]
Italy call up 41 players
Italy call up 41 players
Roberto Mancini has called up 41 different Italy players for the next three matches against Estonia, Poland and Bosnia-and-Herzegovina. The extra-large squad is because the first game is a friendly against Estonia on Wednesday November 11. Many players from the bigger clubs will be given time off for that match, so can arrive two days […]
Medic: ‘Maradona withdrawal symptoms’
Medic: ‘Maradona withdrawal symptoms’
Diego Armando Maradona will remain in hospital at least until Monday because after brain surgery he is suffering from addiction ‘withdrawal symptoms.’ The Napoli and Argentina legend went under the knife on Tuesday following the discovery of a blood clot on his brain, a subdural hematoma, and remains in a clinic in Buenos Aires. “We […]