Team Focus: How Napoli Are Replacing Edinson Cavani
by James Horncastle
at Thursday, Jul 25 2013 15:30
No club wants to lose its best player. And yet there were times during this summer when Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis gave the impression that he was enjoying the prospect of losing Edinson Cavani.Why? Because, whatever happened, he felt confident he’d be a winner. If Cavani stayed at...
Player Focus: Julio César - A Better Option for Napoli than Arsenal
by Alistair Tweedale
at Monday, Jul 15 2013 17:08
Player Focus: Why Marek Hamsik Is Napoli's Creative Lynchpin
by Ben McAleer
at Tuesday, May 7 2013 14:12
There is something quite wonderful about Napoli, most notably the scalpel-sharp attacking trident utilised by Walter Mazzarri last season for the Partenopei. The application of Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marek Hamsik and Edinson Cavani not only made the club aesthetically pleasing from a fans perspective, bu...
WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting
by Alistair Tweedale
at Friday, Apr 12 2013 14:25
Seeing the joy of teams progressing to the semi-finals of the Champions and Europa League this week can only serve to motivate others into working their way up the league and pushing for qualification for next season's tournaments. Domestic league action returns this weekend with some tasty looking ...
League Focus: The Serie A Run-In
by James Horncastle
at Friday, Apr 5 2013 11:36
The end of the season is nearly upon us in Serie A.Apart from Juventus, flush with a nine-point lead at the top of the table and poised to retain their title providing that they don't experience an unlikely post-Bayern collapse in the meantime and throw it away as controversially happened under the ...
Player Focus: Hamsik the Key to Napoli's Scudetto Challenge
by James Horncastle
at Thursday, Feb 7 2013 14:51
A place in Napoli's history books awaits Marek Hamsik. At 25, he is already in the club's top 10 goalscorers of all-time, a remarkable feat for a midfield player. Up until now, I've got 68, he said, and the objective is to get to 77, where there's [Giuseppe] Savoldi. To overtake Maradona [on 115], I...
WhoScored Tipster: Napoli vs Roma & First Goalscorers
by Alistair Tweedale
at Friday, Jan 4 2013 17:26
With fans having to satisfy their thirst for football over the Christmas period almost solely with English league football, La Liga and Serie A make a welcome return to action this weekend, with some tasty games in store. The FA Cup takes centre stage in England, so a top 6 clash between Napoli and ...
League Focus: Contrasting Styles In The Serie A Title Race
by Adam Digby
at Monday, Dec 10 2012 16:59
As referee Nicola Rizzoli blew the full time whistle at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday evening, he did so signalling not only the end of the match but also a significant shift in the season for the home side. Having struggled in recent weeks, Inter lifted themselves to the challenge of visitor...