Monthly Archives: February 2018
Roma Stands to Reap an Additional €11M From New Serie A TV Deal
Roma Stands to Reap an Additional €11M From New Serie…
Back in my younger, more naive days, when I first discovered Serie A, life was easy. I didn’t have to worry about property assessments, whether or not I should buy organic eggs or how well my retirement account was doing. I just woke up, flipped on Fox Soccer Channel, and bam, there was live Serie […]
Lovren, Pique, Benatia: Stats experts reveal the 10 best centre-backs in Europe
Lovren, Pique, Benatia: Stats experts reveal the 10 best…
“Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool players feature among the top 10” Central defenders are crucial to any team’s hopes of success, forming a barrier in front of their goalkeeper and providing a platform for their forward-thinking team-mates to build on. The CIES Football Observatory has monitored every single league game from Europe’s big five leagues […]
Veteran Defensive Ace Set To Part Ways With Serie A Giants: 3 PL Clubs For Him Including Crystal Palace
Veteran Defensive Ace Set To Part Ways With Serie A Giants:…
It looks like Pepe Reina’s stint with Serie A side, Napoli SSC is about to come to an end after this season. The 36-year-old said[1], “Football will take me elsewhere. This is my last season at Napoli. In football that’s how it works: today you are here, tomorrow somewhere else.” According to Il Mattino[2], the […]
Sarri: No contest after 2-0, Milik…
Sarri: No contest after 2-0, Milik…
Maurizio Sarri confesses “there was no longer a contest” after Napoli went 2-0 up at Cagliari and confirms Arkadiusz Milik is “very close” to returning. Sarri’s Napoli enjoyed one-way traffic after their second goal as they ended up hammering Cagliari 5-0 on Monday, while Milik had been backed to make his comeback from a second […]
Insigne: Scudetto in our hands, Reina…
Insigne: Scudetto in our hands, Reina…
Lorenzo Insigne insists Napoli still “have to win all our remaining games” after they beat Cagliari 5-0 and hopes Pepe Reina stays put. Insigne was among Napoli’s goalscorers as the Partenopei moved four points clear at the top of Serie A, but the forward made it clear his side could not get too comfortable, with […]
Napoli: How they rated as Sarri’s men go four points clear in Serie A
Napoli: How they rated as Sarri’s men go four points…
26 February at 23:00 Napoli eased past Cagliari this evening with a convincing 5-0 win in Sardinia to move four points clear of Juventus at the top of Serie A, the Bianconeri having a game in hand after their match was postponed on Sunday due to snow. Here’s how the Partenopei rated this evening: […]
Five-star Napoli crush Cagliari
Five-star Napoli crush Cagliari
Napoli put on a five-star performance to crush Cagliari 5-0 on Monday and provisionally move four points clear at the top of Serie A. See how the action unfolded at the Sardegna Arena with our liveblog! VAR and a lack of it made for a chaotic start and end to the first half, but Napoli’s […]
Napoli look to the Bundesliga for Reina replacement
Napoli look to the Bundesliga for Reina replacement
26 February at 22:30 Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina confirmed on Sunday that he would be leaving the club in the summer. The search is now on to find his successor and latest reports suggest that the Partenopei will look to the Bundesliga to try a replacement. The player at the centre of the […]
Cagliari 0-5 Napoli – As it happened
Cagliari 0-5 Napoli – As it happened
26 February at 22:40 Cagliari’s last Serie A win against Napoli was back in April 2009 – since then the Sardinians have drawn five and lost 10 against the Partenopei. Napoli have scored 3+ goals in each of their last six league meetings against Cagliari, scoring 20 in total at an average of 3.3 per […]
Five star Napoli overcome early storm to breeze by Cagliari
Five star Napoli overcome early storm to breeze by Cagliari
Napoli weathered an early Sardinian storm before stepping up through the gears and brushing Cagliari aside en route to a comprehensive 5-0 victory that increased their cushion at the top of Serie A to four points. It was not easy early on, but the league leaders eventually settled and took full control, even managing to […]