Napoli Club Focus: The Partenopei’s Season in Review
The perfect campaign, almost. The Azzurri matched if not exceeded every expectation for the 2012/13 Serie A season finishing runners-up in the league and impressing the whole of the peninsula with an attractive style of play. The only minor blot on their copy book came in the cup competitions. They relinquished their grip on the Coppa Italia against More...
Napoli Club Focus: (What’s the story) Mazzarri fuori…?
The world of football is quite incredulous at times. Often it makes no more sense than a cheap South American imported soap opera, with bizarre story lines and larger than life characters. In a week when ex-Inter More...
Napoli Club Focus: View from the Curva Part Two
Earlier on this season you may remember that Napoli Club Focus chatted to hardcore Partenopei fan Marcello Devizio. Marcello gave us his views on all things Neapolitan and this week we talk to him once more to get More...
Napoli Club Focus: No Cavani… No Problem!
Now there is a headline you do not get to read too often in relation to a Napoli match. The Partenopei dispatched a Pescara team, which more than looked resigned to its relegation fate, in straightforward fashion More...
Napoli Club Focus: Insigne in extremis…
Officially the impact sub that has had the most ‘impact’, the diminutive Lorenzo Insigne came off the bench to score a final minute winner against a stubborn Cagliari which all but ensured Napoli’s participation More...
Napoli Club Focus: Pandev strike points way to the Champions League
Goran Pandev’s San Siro goal during Sunday evening’s late Serie A match was more than just the equaliser which ensured AC Milan failed to capitalise on their first half dominance. Not only did it deflate the More...
Napoli Club Focus: The battle of North versus South
On his personal website, Marek Hamsik summed up the significance of this weekend’s match in the most succinct way possible: “This game at the San Siro is one of the biggest of the year.” And he isn’t wrong. The More...
Napoli Club Focus: Curl it like Cavani
At last, Napoli are back! The weekend display in Turin was the archetypal Neapolitan performance – sublime moments in attack as well as incredible lapses in defence. But do we care? Of course not… After More...
Napoli Club Focus: It’s good, but it’s not right…
Sunday finally saw Walter Mazzarri’s side win in Serie A and Edinson Cavani break his long-standing goal drought with a brace against Atalanta. The home side dominated much of the game, but they did not play More...
Napoli Club Focus: Stick or twist…?
The final nail was almost certainly hammered into the Partenopei title coffin on Sunday when Edinson Cavani’s weak spot kick was easily saved by the Flying Donkey’s goalkeeper. The 2-0 defeat against Chievo More...
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