Year: 2023

On Thursday, Lega Serie A announced that SSC Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was voted the EA Sports Player of the Month for March. Kvaratskhelia will be presented with the trophy prior to Napoli’s match against Milan at the Stadio Maradona on Sunday. The Georgian received the most votes by fans in a poll that included Napoli teammate Kim Min-jae, Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) and Destiny Udogie (Udinese). The five best players of the month were selected taking into account the advanced analysis of Stats Perform, created from the tracking data recorded with their Hawk-Eye system. It’s the fifth…

Five Napoli players were in action on Tuesday:  Kim Min-jae, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Leo Østigård and Amir Rrahmani. Mathias Olivera was on the bench for Uruguay but did not feature against teammate Kim. Later in the evening, Giovanni Simeone was on the bench for Argentina’s 7-0 friendly victory over Curaçao, but did not feature either.Focus on NapoliKim Min-jae played the full 90 minutes in South Korea’s 1-2 friendly defeat to Uruguay, while Mathias Olivera did not feature off the bench. Despite conceding two goal, Kim had another strong performance at the back.The Napoli defender was frustrated speaking to…

Three Napoli players were in action on Monday:  Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas.  Bartosz Bereszyński was not in the Poland squad as he continues to recover from an injury sustained in training. Back On Top Victor Osimhen played the full 90 minutes in Nigeria’s AFCON qualifier against Guinea Bissau, lined up as one of the two strikers in Jose Peseiro’s 4-4-2 formation. Nigeria won 0-1 on a goal from the penalty spot, converted by Moses Simon. Though Osimhen was kept off the score sheet for the second time in four days by Guinea Bissau, the Napoli striker was…

On Monday, Lega Serie A confirmed that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s goal against Atalanta was voted the best goal of the month of March. The Georgian’s goal on the 11th of March received more votes than Paulo Dybala’s goal against Sassuolo, Yann Karamoh’s goal against Bologna and Matias Vecino’s goal against Napoli. https://twitter.com/seriea/status/1640292581744558080?s=46&t=mgEnVWNXsOhomT8wOwZmwg

Four Napoli players were in action on Sunday: Matteo Politano, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Stanislav Lobotka and Hirving Lozano. Alex Meret was on the bench for Italy's match against Malta, backing up Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Full 90' Matteo Politano and Giovanni Di Lorenzo both started in Italy’s 2-0 victory over Malta in UEFA Euro qualifying action. The pair combined well on Italy's right wing and were the primary source of crosses in the Italy attack. At the half hour mark, Di Lorenzo did well to control Matteo Pessina’s pass before picking out Vincenzo Grifo in the area. The substitute should have…

Only two Napoli players were in action on Saturday: Amir Rrahmani and Leo Østigård. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was on the bench for Georgia’s friendly against Mongolia, but his services were not required as Georgia routed the visitors 6-1.Half-CenturyWearing the captain’s armband, Amir Rrahmani made his 50th cap for Kosovo as in their 1-1 draw against Israel. The central defender was extremely busy for nearly an hour as the home side peppered Kosovo with shots. Yet, despite being outshot 9-1 in the first half, Kosovo went into the break with a 0-1 lead.Israel should have equalized in the 40th minute, after Rrahmani…

Five Napoli players were in action on Friday: Mathias Olivera, Kim Min-jae, Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zielinski and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa. Bartosz Bereszyński did not play for Poland due to a knee injury he suffered in training.Resisting the Japanese AttackMathias Olivera played the full 90 minutes in Uruguay’s 1-1 friendly against Japan. Olivera was amongst a Uruguay back four that endured wave after wave of attack in the first half. However, the visitors opened the scoring, against the run of play, when Federico Valverde headed in the rebound after his initial effort crashed off the bar.Japan equalized in the 75th minute.…

On Tuesday, the ACLI Sports Union, in collaboration with the FIGC, announced that Luciano Spalletti would be the 12th recipient of the prestigious Enzo Bearzot National Award. President of US ACLI, Damiano Lembo, explained why Spalletti was chosen. "He manages to combine good play and victories. Virtues, these, which unite him to Enzo Bearzot, as well as the aptitude for teaching: on and off the pitch…A great coach, but above all a man of values. Luciano Spalletti fully reflects our idea of ​​sport, made up of respect and education." Spalletti was presented the award on Friday in the Sala dei…