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Aulas: ‘Sarri one of the best’
Aulas: ‘Sarri one of the best’
Olympique Lyonnais President Jean-Michel Aulas has claimed that Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri is “at the same level” of Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp. The Bianconeri are preparing for a trip to Lyon ahead of their round of 16 encounter with Les Gones in the Champions League next week and Aulas is looking forward to the […]
Probable line-ups: Brescia-Napoli
Probable line-ups: Brescia-Napoli
Mario Balotelli looks set to start for Brescia, when Arkadiusz Milik returns for Napoli in Friday’s only Serie A fixture. The match starts at 19:45 GMT Diego Lopez has been forced to leave out Florian Ayé, Ernesto Torregrossa and Andrea Cistana and will have to make arrangements in attack ahead of the match against the […]
Guarantees to keep Belotti at Torino
Guarantees to keep Belotti at Torino
President Urbano Cairo has denied reports about Andrea Belotti going to Napoli after the season and has guaranteed the Italy international will stay at Torino. The Granata are struggling in the bottom half of the table this campaign and Belotti has been looking bleak in front of goal in recent weeks. His brace against Roma […]
Gattuso: ‘Napoli focus only on Brescia’
Gattuso: ‘Napoli focus only on Brescia’
Gennaro Gattuso wanted to focus on the task in hand against Brescia on Friday and has claimed Napoli will “think about Barcelona on Saturday”. The Champions League has returned and there’s already talk about the match against Barcelona in the last 16, but the coach wants to remain concentrated on a “bitter” opponent in Lombardy. […]
Gattuso: ‘We focus only on Brescia’
Gattuso: ‘We focus only on Brescia’
Gennaro Gattuso wanted to focus on the task in hand against Brescia on Friday and has claimed Napoli will “think about Barcelona on Saturday”. The Champions League has returned and there’s already talk about the match against Barcelona in the last 16, but the coach wants to remain concentrated on a “bitter” opponent in Lombardy. […]
Referees for Serie A Wk25
Referees for Serie A Wk25
Gianpaolo Calvarese will officiate Fiorentina-Milan this weekend, with Maurizio Mariani for Inter-Sampdoria and Federico La Penna is assigned to SPAL-Juventus. A game that will have repercussions at both ends of the table is Genoa v Lazio, which has been handed to the high-profile referee Fabio Maresca and VAR Davide Massa. The referees and VAR staff […]
Napoli match ‘fundamental’ for Brescia
Napoli match ‘fundamental’ for Brescia
Diego Lopez has admitted that Brescia will need “to show personality” against Napoli on Friday. “We put ourselves in difficulty and now we need to get out”. Brescia are currently 19th in Serie A and look destined to take the trip back down after only one season among the elite of Italian football. Ahead of […]
Messi: ‘Finally I play at Napoli’
Messi: ‘Finally I play at Napoli’
Lionel Messi will “finally” arrive at the San Paolo next week, when Napoli host Barcelona in a match he has been “wanting for a long time”. The Argentine talisman has claimed that the former Napoli hero Ezequiel Lavezzi had told him about his experience in Naples and Messi revealed that he is “very excited” about […]
Marchisio: ‘Sarri the right choice’
Marchisio: ‘Sarri the right choice’
Former hero Claudio Marchisio has defended Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri and claims the former Napoli tactician “was the right choice” at Allianz Stadium. The Old Lady have gone through an inconsistent period and the coach has received criticism for his approach in Turin, but the Bianconeri are still top of the league, in the semi-finals […]
Koulibaly to miss Barcelona?
Koulibaly to miss Barcelona?
Kalidou Koulibaly is still not training regularly with Napoli, so it’s feared he will miss both games with Brescia and Barcelona. The Senegal international has been struggling since a serious thigh strain on December 15, only returning for one appearance against Lecce on February 9. He looked very rusty and was left out of the […]