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On Wednesday, SSC Napoli announced that the contract of Stanislav Lobotka has been extended to 2027, with a club option for an additional year. The Slovakian midfielder has undergone a massive transformation under coach Luciano Spalletti. Lobotka played in his 100th match for the Azzurri when Napoli defeated Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the 9th of March, Eintracht Frankfurt confirmed via a Press Release that two days prior (or eight days before the return leg of their Champions League tie Napoli), they were informed by local authorities that visiting fans were prohibited from attending the match. “The prefect of the city of Naples, in coordination with the Italian Ministry of the Interior, has issued a decree prohibiting SSC Napoli from selling guest tickets for the Champions League round of 16 against Eintracht.” Contrary to popular belief, the decision was not made by SSC Napoli. The Ministry of the Interior (or what…

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…

In the first episode of the week, Lorenzo joins Joe Fischetti to review Napoli’s victory over Atalanta and quickly preview the return leg of Napoli’s Champions League tie against Eintracht Frankfurt, including:Part 1 - Match Review:  Napoli-Atalanta, including:  Another Kvaratskhelia wonder-goal, differences between Atalanta and Lazio matches; Gasperini’s questionable decisions, Gollini’s debut, Politano’s return, Rrahmani’s quiet excellence and Osimhen’s frustration when taken off (~0:49)Part 2 - Match Preview:  Napoli-Eintracht Frankfurt, including:  injury updates, predicted starting XI’s and the ridiculous, flip-flopping travel ban and potential Quarter Final opponents should Napoli advance (~39:44)

In the second episode of the week, Nigel of AtalantaBC_News joins Joe Fischetti to preview Napoli’s match on Saturday against Atalanta, including:Part 1 - Atalanta’s season thus far, including:  Top 4 aspirations, the latest on Juventus’ appeal and how that could affect Atalanta, Lookman and Hojlund as the new Muriel and Zapata and Atalanta’s struggles at the Gewiss (~0:51)Part 2 - Injury updates, predicted starting XI’s and match prediction (~17:56)

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…

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…