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Mazzarri: ‘Belotti back to his best’
Mazzarri: ‘Belotti back to his best’
Walter Mazzarri believes Andrea Belotti has “rediscovered the form of old,” but was not happy with the first half Torino performance against Frosinone. The Granata had kept a clean sheet for 599 minutes of Serie A football until Luca Paganini’s header from a corner, but the Belotti brace after the break turned the game around. […]
Line-ups: Sassuolo v Napoli
Line-ups: Sassuolo v Napoli
Napoli are transformed with Simone Verdi, Adam Ounas and Vlad Chiriches starting against a very mobile Sassuolo 3-4-3. It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium at 17.00 GMT. You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG. The hosts have Andrea Consigli suspended, with Marlon […]
Kuipers for Juventus-Atletico
Kuipers for Juventus-Atletico
Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers will officiate the Champions League clash between Juventus and Atletico Madrid on Tuesday. The Spaniards won the first leg 2-0 and the decider is at the Allianz Juventus Stadium on March 12 at 20.00 GMT. Kuipers has been assigned as the referee, with assistants Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra, plus […]
Liveblog: Serie A Wk27 Super Sunday
Liveblog: Serie A Wk27 Super Sunday
Join us for all the build-up and action from today’s Serie A games, including Inter-SPAL, Sampdoria-Atalanta, Sassuolo-Napoli and Fiorentina-Lazio. If you are on a mobile device or tablet, then follow the Liveblog HERE. We begin at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 11.30 GMT, where Bologna try to crawl out of the relegation zone with a head-to-head […]
€100m price-tag on Insigne
€100m price-tag on Insigne
Napoli have reportedly set a €100m price-tag on Lorenzo Insigne, who is said to be frustrated, with Manchester City, Liverpool and PSG ready to talk. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the home-grown captain is no longer necessarily off the market completely. While before, no proposal was even considered by President Aurelio De Laurentiis, the […]
Chiesa top of Tottenham wish-list
Chiesa top of Tottenham wish-list
Tottenham Hotspur have put Fiorentina star Federico Chiesa top of their transfer wish-list, it’s reported, but the price-tag is €70m. According to The Sun newspaper, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino sees Chiesa as the right man to bring ‘magic’ to his team. The winger only turned 21 in October, but already has over 100 competitive games […]
De Zerbi: ‘Enjoy Napoli game’
De Zerbi: ‘Enjoy Napoli game’
Roberto De Zerbi wants Sassuolo to “enjoy our football” against Napoli, but Stefano Sensi is not risked and he could revamp their tactics. It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium at 17.00 GMT, click here for a match preview. Still only 39 years old, De Zerbi spent much of his career on the Partenopei’s books, […]
D’Aversa: ‘If that Gervinho miss…’
D’Aversa: ‘If that Gervinho miss…’
Roberto D’Aversa praised Parma for a “fundamental” win over Genoa, but joked it “would not have gone well” for Gervinho if that miss had proved costly. Juraj Kucka got the only goal of the game in a chaotic set play routine, but Gervinho wasted a golden opportunity on the counter when firing over rather than […]
Inzaghi: ‘Lazio reset for Fiorentina’
Inzaghi: ‘Lazio reset for Fiorentina’
Simone Inzaghi wants Lazio to “press the reset button” after the euphoric derby victory and focus on Fiorentina. “Federico Chiesa will be talked about for many years.” It kicks off on Sunday at 19.30 GMT, click here for a match preview. “I want to congratulate my players on how they approached the derby, as it […]
Balotelli: ‘Marseille just like Napoli’
Balotelli: ‘Marseille just like Napoli’
Mario Balotelli said he would “like to stay at Olympique Marseille” and “the only Italian club I could play for would be Napoli.” The Italy international has made a spectacular start to his time at the Stade Velodrome since the January transfer from Nice, scoring four goals in just six games. “The fact of the […]