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They’ll fall short this season, but Piovani’s Sassuolo have serious title credentials
They’ll fall short this season, but Piovani’s Sassuolo…
STADIO ENZO RICCI (Sassuolo) – One game shy of Serie A Femminile‘s first round of fixtures concluding, Juventus Women‘s win at Sassuolo on Saturday has likely gone a long way to determining where this season’s title will end up. With it, the Bianconere pulled six points clear of their nearest chasers at the summit and […]
Atalanta blow title race open in Napoli thriller
Atalanta blow title race open in Napoli thriller
Atalanta snatched a 3-2 win over Napoli in Serie A[1] on Saturday, in a thrilling encounter at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The visitors raced into an early lead as Duvan Zapata ran in behind and cut back to tee up Ruslan Malinovskyi for a thunderous strike beyond David Ospina. Napoli ought to have equalised […]
Atalanta player ratings vs Napoli: Zapata instrumental to victory
Atalanta player ratings vs Napoli: Zapata instrumental to…
Atalanta came from behind to snatch a 3-2 victory[1] over Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday, keeping themselves in the race for the Serie A[2] title. The Orobici took an early lead through a Ruslan Malinovskyi thunderbolt but found themselves trailing after goals from Piotr Zielinski and Dries Mertens either side of […]
Napoli player ratings vs Atalanta: Mertens leads line well for decimated Partenopei
Napoli player ratings vs Atalanta: Mertens leads line well…
Napoli saw a chance to return to the top of the Serie A[1] table slip away from them as they fell to a 3-2 defeat[2] to Atalanta at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday. Trailing to an early Ruslan Malinovskyi goal, Luciano Spalletti’s men hit back with strikes from Piotr Zielinski and Dries Mertens […]
Inspired Inter thrash Roma as Mourinho suffers reunion to forget
Inspired Inter thrash Roma as Mourinho suffers reunion to forget
STADIO OLIMPICO (Rome) – Jose Mourinho’s reunion with former employers Inter descended into a nightmare at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday as the champions dismantled his Roma side with ease and moved into second with a commanding 3-0 victory. The Portuguese coach won an unprecedented treble with the Nerazzurri in 2010, but his Giallorossi side […]
Mertens not expected to get new Napoli deal
Mertens not expected to get new Napoli deal
Dries Mertens has a contract with Napoli that expires in June 2022 but he is unlikely to get a contract extension at this stage. The 34-year-old has scored four goals in his last three Serie A[1] appearances – including last time out at Sassuolo[2] – as he fills the void left by Victor Osimhen in […]
Inconsistency will cost Roma a Champions League place
Inconsistency will cost Roma a Champions League place
The inconsistency shown by Jose Mourinho‘s Roma side this season appears to set in place for them to harbour any real hopes of qualifying for the Champions League this season. After what had been an incredibly promising and calming week[1] for the Roma fans, they undid much of the work by turning in an abject […]
Sassuolo fight back in dramatic Napoli draw
Sassuolo fight back in dramatic Napoli draw
MAPEI STADIUM (Reggio Emilia) – Three goals in just over 11 minutes looked to have seen Sassuolo complete a remarkable late comeback to beat Napoli on Wednesday, only for VAR to rule out the third and leave the Neroverdi frustrated to take just a point off the Serie A[1] leaders in a 2-2 draw. The […]
Napoli player ratings vs Sassuolo: Zielinski pulls the strings
Napoli player ratings vs Sassuolo: Zielinski pulls the strings
MAPEI STADIUM (Reggio Emilia) – Despite cruising at 2-0 within 15 minutes of half time, Serie A[1] leaders Napoli collapsed on a freezing cold night in Emilia-Romagna as they drew 2-2 at Sassuolo[2], conceding twice late on and another that, fortunately for the Partenopei, was chalked off. Fabian Ruiz and Dries Mertens got the Partenopei’s […]
Buffon: Juventus players are not inferior to those of AC Milan, Inter or Napoli
Buffon: Juventus players are not inferior to those of AC…
Former Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon admitted that a downturn in the Bianconeri’s fortunes was inevitable, but insisted the squad was equal to those at AC Milan, Inter, and Napoli. Since coach Massimiliano Allegri returned in the summer, Juventus have struggled for form and languish in seventh place in the Serie A table, whilst a nine-year […]