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Napoli-Eintracht Frankfurt Match Preview

15

Mar

SSC Napoli

Napoli-Eintracht Frankfurt Match Preview

Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt will settle their Champions League Round of 16 tie on Wednesday. While the odds are stacked against the Germans, who visit the Maradona down two goals and without their top goalscorer, both sides will be eying their first ever Champions League Quarterfinal.SSC NapoliNapoli responded well to their second league defeat of the season, comfortably beating Atalanta 2-0. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored what was arguably the goal of the season, bringing his league total to 11 goals, to go along with nine assists. Victor Osimhen was frustrated to have not bagged his 20th league goal, but assisted Kvaratskhelia…

Jorge Alastuey Fires Napoli U19 to First Win Four Matches

11

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

Napoli Primavera

Jorge Alastuey Fires Napoli U19 to First Win Four Matches

Jorge Alastuey's first goal of the Primavera 1 campaign was the only goal of the match as Napoli Primavera ended their three-match winless run.LineupNicolo Frustalupi, who was suspended for this match, made one change to the squad he fielded against Roma, with Luigi D’Avino starting over the suspended Nosa Obaretin in the back three.(3-4-2-1) Boffelli; Hysaj, Barba, D’Avino; Acampa, Gioielli, Alastuey, Marchisano; Sahli, Spavone; PesceMatchCagliari created the first half-chance of the match in the 7th minute, after Michele Carboni blocked Bilel Sahli's clearance. The midfielder went for goal from the right corner of the area but the ball bounced comfortably…

11

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Napoli-Atalanta Match Preview

Napoli will be eager to get back into the win column after suffering only their second league defeat of the season. Meanwhile, Atalanta hope for a positive result to avoid falling too far behind in the race for Champions League qualification.SSC NapoliIncluding their Matchday 25 defeat to Lazio, Napoli have lost four matches in all competitions this season. All four times the Partenopei responded with a victory. One of those victories was against Atalanta, which came after Napoli's loss to Liverpool in the Group Stage of the Champions League.Once again, Luciano Spalletti has worked hard to keep his players focused on…

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Named EA Sports Player Of The Month For February

11

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Named EA Sports Player Of The Month For February

On Friday, Lega Serie A announced that SSC Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was voted the EA Sports Player of the Month for February. Kvaratskhelia will be presented with the trophy prior to Napoli’s match against Atalanta at the Stadio Maradona on Saturday. The Georgian received the most votes by fans in a poll that included Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Aleksej Miranchuk (Torino) and teammate Victor Osimhen (Napoli). 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…

Napoli Femminile and Dimitri Lipoff Mutually Agree to Terminate Contract

10

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

Napoli Femminile

Napoli Femminile and Dimitri Lipoff Mutually Agree to Terminate Contract

In a shocking turn of events, Napoli Femminile announced on its official social media pages that the club and Dimitri Lipoff have mutually agreed to terminate the coach's contract due to differences on the technical and organizational management of the team. At the same time, the club announced that former technical director Biagio Seno will take over the first team, with the help of Assistant Coach Pasquale Illiano and the entire Napoli Femminile coaching staff. General Manager Marco Zwingauer commented on the changes. "We worked with Biagio on this season's sports project, so he knows perfectly the qualities of our…

Giovanni Simeone Called Up to Argentina National Team

10

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Giovanni Simeone Called Up to Argentina National Team

On Thursday, La Albiceleste announced via their official social media channels that Giovanni Simeone has been called to the squad for Argentina’s friendlies in March. El Cholito will be in Lionel Scalloni’s squad for Argentina’s matches against Panama and Curaçao on March 23rd and March 28th, respectively. Simeone has five caps with La Albiceleste and scored a goal in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Guatemala in September of 2018. His last cap was in November of 2018, where he played 15 minutes off the bench in a friendly against Mexico.

Victor Osimhen Named AIC February Player of the Month

08

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Victor Osimhen Named AIC February Player of the Month

Only two days after being named the Foreign Athlete of the Year by the Foreign Press Association of Italy, Victor Osimhen has been named the February Player of the Month by the Associazione Italiana Calciatori (AIC or Italian Footballers Association). Osimhen scored five league goals in five matches, to go along with a goal in the first leg of Napoli's Champions League Round of 16 tie against Eintracht Frankfurt. Osimhen was selected over Juventus' Angel Di Maria, Bologna's Riccardo Orsolini and AC Milan's Malick Thiaw. The accolades have been piling up for Nigerian this season, having already won the Lega…

Lozano Does Personalized Training Due to Muscle Resentment

08

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Lozano Does Personalized Training Due to Muscle Resentment

Napoli continued preparations on Wednesday ahead of their match against Atalanta this upcoming weekend. According to the club's official training report, Hirving Lozano did differentiated work due to a resentment. The club has not commented on the severity of the injury, leaving the Mexican's availability for the Atalanta match in doubt. Meanwhile, Giacomo Raspadori, who continues to recover from a thigh strain, did personalized training on the pitch. Victor Osimhen did not participate in training with permission from the club.

Lazio Fined for Unacceptable Fan Behaviour, Napoli Fined As Well

08

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

Lazio Fined for Unacceptable Fan Behaviour, Napoli Fined As Well

On Tuesday, Lega Serie A issued Official Communication No. 162 for the 25th round of matches of the 2022/23 Serie A campaign contested between the 3rd and 6th of March. These are the words of Sports Judge Gerardo Mastandrea, assisted by Stefania Ginesio and by representative of the AIA Carlo Moretti: Fine of €15,000 to Lazio for its supporters, during the match and at the end of the match, throwing two flares and a plastic bottle into the sectors occupied by the opposing fans; also for its supporters, during the competition, throwing five flares onto the pitch level; and finally,…

After Accepting Foreign Athlete of the Year Award, Victor Osimhen Addresses Desire to Play in the EPL

07

Mar

By Joe Fischetti

SSC Napoli

After Accepting Foreign Athlete of the Year Award, Victor Osimhen Addresses Desire to Play in the EPL

On Monday, Victor Osimhen was awarded the Foreign Athlete of the Year award by the Foreign Press Association of Italy. After accepting the award; Osimhen unintentionally stirred up some controversy when he was asked about playing in the English Premier League in the future. Many media outlets and social media channels took the quote out of context by only publishing a portion of the response. Here is the full question posed by Reuters and the full response from Osimhen. Question: you have played already in three of the five major leagues. Do you have ambitions to play in Spain or…