Monthly Archives: February 2021
ADL sent ‘sign of peace’ to Gattuso
ADL sent ‘sign of peace’ to Gattuso
According to Il Corriere della Sera, Aurelio De Laurentiis congratulated Gennaro Gattuso after Napoli’s victory against Juventus to send a ‘sign of peace’ to his coach. Gattuso was reportedly at risk of being sacked if he had lost against Juventus on Saturday. De Laurentiis was reported to have already contacted Rafa Benitez and was considering […]
Cuadrado in doubt for Juventus’ UCL trip
Cuadrado in doubt for Juventus’ UCL trip
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus will assess the extent of Juan Cuadrado’s injury today. The Colombian was replaced by Alex Sandro during the half time break of Napoli-Juventus last night, due to a muscle injury. Juventus travel to Porto on Wednesday for the first leg clash of the last 16 stage of the Champions […]
Video: ‘Shame on you’, Paratici shouts at ref
Video: ‘Shame on you’, Paratici shouts at ref
A video circulating on social media shows Juventus’ director Fabio Paratici and Pavel Nedved screaming ‘shame on you’ at the referee of Napoli-Juventus. The Old Lady faced a 1-0 defeat at the Stadio Maradona last night, with Andrea Pirlo who complained for a decisive spot-kick awarded to the Azzurri and a possible second yellow card […]
Milik sends Valentine’s Day message to ADL
Milik sends Valentine’s Day message to ADL
Former Napoli striker Arek Milik sent a sarcastic message to Aurelio De Laurentiis on Valentine’s day. The Poland joined Marseille in the January transfer window after four seasons and a half in Naples. The striker was frozen out of the Napoli squad as he had refused to extend his expiring contract with the Azzurri. His […]
Media watch: Meret MOTM, Chiellini and Ronaldo flop
Media watch: Meret MOTM, Chiellini and Ronaldo flop
Italian sports papers named Alex Meret MOTM in Napoli-Juventus and hit out at Giorgio Chiellini who ‘forgot about VAR.’ Meret replaced David Ospina who picked up an injury in the warm-up and made “four crucial saves,” according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. “Those to deny Morata and Ronaldo from point-blank range were impressive,” the pink […]
Social media reactions: Napoli-Juve
Social media reactions: Napoli-Juve
Leonardo Bonucci says Juventus are ‘angry’ after their 1-0 defeat against Napoli, while Lorenzo Insigne celebrated a ‘special evening.’ Napoli beat Juve 1-0 at the Stadio Maradona thanks to a spot-kick converted by the Azzurri captain in the first half. Insigne dedicated the goal and the victory to his wife, both on the pitch and […]
Ref Watch: media’s verdict on penalty call in Napoli-Juve
Ref Watch: media’s verdict on penalty call in Napoli-Juve
According to each one of the three Italian sports papers, Daniele Doveri’s decision to award Napoli a penalty kick against Juventus was correct. The Azzurri scored the winner through a Lorenzo Insigne spot-kick in the first half of Napoli-Juve on Sunday. Chiellini jumped with his arm on Amir Rrahmani’s face and VAR did consider it […]
Line-ups: Roma v Udinese
Line-ups: Roma v Udinese
Roma have Lorenzo Pellegrini back, but again leave Edin Dzeko on the bench as they host a revamped Udinese with Gerard Deulofeu and Rodrigo De Paul. It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 11.30 GMT. You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the […]
Jorginho’s agent keeps flirting with Serie A despite client’s renaissance
Jorginho’s agent keeps flirting with Serie A despite client’s…
Jorginho’s agent has flirted with the Italian media almost since the day his client signed for Chelsea. Whether his client is a first team regular or struggling for minutes, Jorge Santos keeps lines of communications with the peninsula wide open. At the moment, the midfielder is playing an important part under Thomas Tuchel, and looks […]
Highlights: Spezia 2-0 Milan
Highlights: Spezia 2-0 Milan
Spezia put on a tactical and pressing masterclass to dominate Serie A leaders Milan, with two really well-worked goals. This isn’t the first upset caused by Vincenzo Italiano’s men, who already defeated Napoli and Sassuolo in recent weeks. Gianluigi Donnarumma made a sensational save on Riccardo Saponara, but could do nothing when Spezia completed the […]