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Player Focus: Can Higuain Buck Scorer Trend & Lead Napoli to the Title?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jan 14 2016 09:57
Player Focus: Can Higuain Buck Scorer Trend & Lead Napoli to the Title? To get the measure of Maurizio Sarri, consider this for a moment. He turned 57 on Sunday. Until last season, he had never coached in Serie A. He never played professionally. And yet upon being confronted with Gonzalo Higuain, the striker Napoli paid €38m for a couple of years ago, the second hi...
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League Focus: Why the Headed Goal is a Dying Art in Serie A

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jan 5 2016 17:01
League Focus: Why the Headed Goal is a Dying Art in Serie A No one has scored more headed goals in the history of Serie A than Alberto Gilardino and so when Palermo sold Paulo Dybala to Juventus last summer and signed him as a replacement, it was evident that how they attacked would have to change. A little less interplay between the lines and players taking...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Dec 11 2015 10:47
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe Serie A’s evening fixtures forbids you from going out for Christmas shopping. Two of the fiercest Italian rivalries will take centre stage and this time, it won't solely focus on the history of the fixtures, as all four teams are involved in the battle for maximum points this season. Napoli vs...
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Player Focus: Jorginho the Conductor of Sarri's Napoli Orchestra

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Dec 3 2015 14:10
Player Focus: Jorginho the Conductor of Sarri's Napoli Orchestra As Christmas approaches in Serie A, Napoli are top of the tree. Unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions, it’s the first time they have been in this position at this stage of a season for quarter of a century. Not even Diego Maradona’s Scudetto-winning vintages in `86-87 and `89-90 had a...
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Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Nov 27 2015 16:25
Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit “The contract will be respected. He’ll only go if a madman offers the buy-out clause. However, Gonzalo still belongs to Napoli,” the club’s charismatic chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis said of his star striker over the summer. Gonzalo Higuain’s current release clause is s...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Nov 27 2015 12:20
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe With European competitions done and dusted for another fortnight, attention now returns to the domestic scene, where there are a series of tantalising fixtures across the continent, including top of the table clashes in Serie A and the Premier League and big matches in Germany and Spain, too.Napoli ...

WhoScored Tipster: Napoli, Derby d'Italia and Klopp Among this Week's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Oct 16 2015 12:43
WhoScored Tipster: Napoli, Derby d'Italia and Klopp Among this Week's Top Tips Old and new prestige takes centre stage in the top 5 leagues this weekend. The classic of the Derby d’Italia contrasted against the new autumn wave at the top in Spain, and not forgetting the clash between the teams playing the best football in Serie A at the moment (not Inter-Juve). However, ...
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Player Focus: Football Immortality in Impressive Insigne's Sights

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Oct 6 2015 17:30
Player Focus: Football Immortality in Impressive Insigne's Sights Even the Boston Celtics were on their feet. VIPs on Sunday night at San Siro, they had been impressed by the pick and roll and the small ball played by Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne probably reminded them of Muggsy Bogues. 15 minutes from the end, he left the field to a standing ovation, not only from the...
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WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday's Top Betting Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Oct 2 2015 13:50
WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday's Top Betting Tips The match-day to rival all match-days. Rarely has the calendar thrown together so many big clashes on the same weekend from each of Europe’s top 5 leagues. Better yet, on the same Sunday. If your spouse had plans to go out on Sunday afternoon, then we predict a riot in your relationship.Arsena...
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WhoScored Tipster: Man City, Atletico and Juve Feature in this Week's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Sep 25 2015 11:03
WhoScored Tipster: Man City, Atletico and Juve Feature in this Week's Top Tips It's a moment in the season when head-to-heads at the top of the table involve several surprises. The best example is Serie A: in a round where Napoli and Juventus face off, it's odd to see that the game will be played out between two sides closer to the relegation zone than the league’s summi...
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