March 2011
18 posts
This Week in Numbers - 59
Number of points Napoli gained in 38 games last season… and the number of points with eight games to go this season…
Napoli 2-1 Cagliari: Ok....time to freak out!
Two weeks ago Napoli were beaten, badly beaten by AC Milan at San Siro, wrote off from the Serie A title race and largely forgotten about, 2 weeks ago saw a dissaponting 0-0 at home to Brescia which hardly boosted confidence and yet following a remarkable turnaround on Parma last week, AC Milan dropping points (Grazie Palermo) and Napoli’s ‘workman like’ performance against...
“Edinson Cavani, Marek Hamsik and Ezequiel Lavezzi are great players in an...”
– Jose Mourinho in an interview with Il Mattino, more quotes here …http://www.football-italia.net/mar19n.html
Parma 1 - 3 Napoli -*Napoli go Frusta-loopy*
Assitant coach Nicolo Frustalupi maintained his 100% record in charge of Napoli as Walter Mazzarri puffed on his cigarettes in the stands talked on his mobile following his touchside ban for pointing at the referee vs Brescia (OK he may have blasphemed)
Riccardo Bigon stands next to Frustalupi (right) with his ‘I am not...
This Week In Numbers - 4
Number of points the team has ‘earned’ while Ezequiel Lavezzi has been suspended, welcome back Pocho…
(Image - Calciomercato)
“I want to say clearly that I am happy and very proud of this group. Napoli is...”
– Aurelio De Laurentiis speaking via the club website
Lost Focus
Its is fair to say Napoli gained a point against Brescia on Sunday afternoon, but could have quite easily have been beaten. Silly defensive errors could have cost Napoli dear.
Since Napoli got knocked out of Europe the following two displays have been at best ‘languid’. The AC Milan defeat was pretty bad, not one shot on target. I am prepared to give the team a pass on this one as it...
This Week in Numbers - 0
0 - Number of shots on target by Napoli in a full 90 minutes at San Siro against AC Milan
AC Milan 3 - 0 Napoli - A Game too Far for...
Lets be honest, that was a pretty awful match for Napoli. Everything that could go wrong did so.
Coming off a somewhat unjust an no doubt demoralising defeat to Villarreal on Thursday this was always going to be a tough ask. Packed San Siro, press and fans going into hyperdrive over this potential classic and Milan having a full 8 days to...
