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Italiano: ‘De Laurentiis congratulated me’
Italiano: ‘De Laurentiis congratulated me’
Vincenzo Italiano admits Aurelio De Laurentiis congratulated him after Spezia’s win against Napoli but doesn’t want to fuel speculations about his future. The newly promoted Serie A side beat the Azzurri at the Stadio Maradona earlier in January and Italiano is being linked with replacing Gennaro Gattuso at the Stadio Maradona. “De Laurentiis congratulated me […]
Agent refuses to rule out Jorginho’s Serie A return
Agent refuses to rule out Jorginho’s Serie A return
Jorginho’s agent says the Chelsea and Italy midfielder is open to moving back to Serie A and refuses to rule out Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli return. Jorginho and Sarri joined Chelsea from Napoli in the summer of 2018. They won the Europa League in the only season they spent together in South London before the coach […]
Arthur, Bonucci, Dybala: Juve injury updates
Arthur, Bonucci, Dybala: Juve injury updates
Juventus stars Arthur, Paulo Dybala and Leonardo Bonucci are going to sit out Saturday’s Napoli clash with the Brazilian in doubt for the Champions League meeting with Porto next week. The former Barcelona midfielder picked up a post-traumatic calcification at the level of the interosseous membrane and his physical conditions will be monitored day by day, […]
Papu Gomez celebrates Atalanta Coppa Final
Papu Gomez celebrates Atalanta Coppa Final
Former Atalanta star Papu Gomez has celebrated La Dea’s qualification to the Coppa Italia Final on social media. Gomez left the Gewiss Stadium to join Sevilla in the January transfer window after his relationship with La Dea’s coach Gian Piero Gasperini had collapsed. The Argentinean had spent six seasons and a half in Bergamo scoring […]
Official: Arthur injury update
Official: Arthur injury update
Juventus have announced Arthur suffers a post-traumatic calcification at the level of the interosseous membrane and ‘his conditions will be monitored from day to day.’ “The instrumental examinations performed following Arthur’s pain in the right leg revealed the presence of a post-traumatic calcification at the level of the interosseous membrane,” Juventus announcement reads. “His conditions […]
Report: Bonucci out against Napoli too
Report: Bonucci out against Napoli too
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo will reportedly not risk rushing Leonardo Bonucci back to face Napoli on Saturday. The centre-back missed the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter due to muscle fatigue and Tuttomercatoweb reports he will not be rushed back in action against the Partenopei. Pirlo hopes to reintroduce the Italy international […]
Hysaj out and Demme assessed daily
Hysaj out and Demme assessed daily
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso seems set to cope without injured Elseid Hysaj and Diego Demme against Juventus on Saturday. After the Coppa Italia exit against Atalanta on Wednesday, the Partenopei revealed today that Hysaj underwent instrumental examinations today, ‘that revealed a first-degree injury in the left leg’. The 27-year-old right-back has already started the recovery […]
Ata 3-1 Nap: La Dea qualify for the Final
Ata 3-1 Nap: La Dea qualify for the Final
Atalanta have qualified for the Coppa Italia Final after a 3-1 win against Napoli at the Gewiss Stadium. The first leg clash in Naples ended with a 0-0 stalemate last week and La Dea will now face Juventus in the Final on May 19. Gennaro Gattuso started Victor Osimhen in the Azzurri attack for the […]
Zapata: ‘Atalanta took the opportunities’
Zapata: ‘Atalanta took the opportunities’
Duvan Zapata scored the opener in the 3-1 win over Napoli and the Atalanta forward dedicated the goal to his ‘family’. La Dea have advanced to the Final of the Coppa Italia and will face Juventus in May. Zapata’s long-range opener started it all for La Dea, but Matteo Pessina followed up with two goals […]
Gattuso: ‘Napoli struggled in the first half’
Gattuso: ‘Napoli struggled in the first half’
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso said the Partenopei ‘could have done much better’ in the 3-1 defeat to Atalanta in the Coppa Italia. The pressure mounts on the Partenopei coach, as the Orobici secured a place in the Final of the Italian Cup on Wednesday night. Gattuso felt his men could have done more, especially on […]