Monthly Archives: November 2020
Live: Naples mourns Maradona
Live: Naples mourns Maradona
Napoli legend Diego Armando Maradona suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday and died at 60 and the Neapolitans gather to pay tribute to their hero. Maradona, who had just turned 60 on October 30, passed away last night and the messages from the football world has hailed the player who was widely considered to be perhaps […]
Media watch: Gomez outplays Salah
Media watch: Gomez outplays Salah
Atalanta forward Papu Gomez was the best players on the pitch against Liverpool, according to Italian papers. The Argentinean is getting high ratings from the three Italian sport papers, unlike Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah had a ‘bad return’, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, after recovering from COVID. The Egyptian ‘was never dangerous’, writes Tuttosport. Gomez, […]
Everton leapfrog Tottenham, West Ham in chase for Juventus stalwart
Everton leapfrog Tottenham, West Ham in chase for Juventus…
Carlo Ancelotti could be on the verge of lining up another impressive signing for Everton in the January transfer window, according to reports on Thursday. Italian publication CalcioMercato claims that the Toffees boss wants to sign out-of-favour Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira. The 33-year-old is rumoured to be keen on a move to England. Indeed, his agent has […]
ADL’s letter to Maradona: ‘Thanks Diego’
ADL’s letter to Maradona: ‘Thanks Diego’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis paid tribute to Diego Armando Maradona. ‘I think it’s right to give the San Paolo your name’. The Partenopei patron suggested the stadium should be renamed the Stadio San Paolo-Maradona and confirmed in his letter to the legend of Napoli. Napoli published the letter on their official website. “Dear Diego,” […]
Shilton admits ‘animosity’ to Maradona; would like to have cleared the air
Shilton admits ‘animosity’ to Maradona; would like to…
Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton admits he never had a chance to bury the hatchet with Diego Maradona after the late star’s infamous ‘hand of god’ World Cup goal. Shilton, now 71, was between the posts for the Three Lions in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final against Argentina. Maradona was widely recognised as the greatest […]
Maradona: the letter of Napoli’s president De Laurentiis
Maradona: the letter of Napoli’s president De Laurentiis
Maradona’s loss leaves an immense emptiness in every football lover, even bigger for the hearts of Argentina and Naples. It’s in Naples where Diego became Maradona. Napoli’s president Aurelio De Laurentiis has expressed himself on the loss of the former Napoli’s number 10, through club’s official site. “Dear Diego, you leaves a testimony of what a […]
