Author: Davide Fernandez

Stadio San Paolo Tonight, kickoff at 20:45 Napoli hosts Benfica in the Group B second day of the Champions League. After the debut victory against Dynamo Kiev, thanks to another 3 points, it could seriously believe to the next round. Benfica is a difficult team. In its championship, it always won the last 15 matches far from Lisbona. After a disappointing home draw in the Champions League against Besiktas, the…

Manolo Gabbiadini Who is Manolo Gabbiadini? “Position: centre striker; other roles: right wing or second striker”. This is what it writes about Manolo Gabbiadini, a well-known specialist website. Who is right? The various coaches who have trained him the last years, or this site? Manolo played with them very often as right wing, sometimes as second striker, rarely as centre striker. But where does the footballer prefer playing? He is…

MAREK HAMSIK He was a boy when he was in Brescia, misty city. Pier Paolo Marino told him about the sea and the sun of Napoli city, and the major project of a club, which three years before, was born from the ashes of a team that, after the happy seasons of Maradona, was experiencing sad years, those ones of Naldi and Corbelli. Very important north teams also had thought…

Manolo Gabbiadini Reasoned turnover for Napoli, no debutantes. However, according to Sarri, the “guys on the bench” are growing and they will soon be able to give their help. Against an organized Chievo, but which does not worry in attack, the Sarri’s team won without overdoing. It allows very little, some wrong offside, and some confused play far enough from the goal. Napoli already closes the match in the first…

De Laurentiis – Damato – Sarri It is already referees alarm for Napoli. If in Pescara was a comedy, in Genova we have seen a horror movie. Someone thought that it was a volleyball match, so, he touched the ball with the bagher, someone confused the football pitch for a tatami, where to practice judo. Damato’s opinion, is that referees have to judge according their own opinion, and not according…

Pepe Reina and PEPE REINA Until three years ago, about Pepe Reina, if someone had just thought a thing like that, he would be accused of being a nutter. Well, after 3 years, the question became relevant. We remember the first year almost perfect, by the Spanish goalkeeper. Then, the year of his return, after the experience in Monaco of Bavaria, and we remember some indecision. Finally, the current season…

Manolo Gabbiadini – Duvan Zapata This situation could occur only if Manolo could not get through the actual difficult period. We do not wish it at all. For the respect that we all have towards the man Gabbiadini, but above all towards the player, because it is the footballer that we watch on television or at the stadium, and that we know. Great left foot and good physique, perhaps no…

Pepe Reina It is what they think people who say that “this year, Juventus will win everything”. Despite what we have seen the past week, the Juventus team is yet the leading candidate for winning the championship. And it is also a serious candidate to victory in the Champions League. But perhaps, it is not the unbeatable team told by a lot of people. Maybe its roster does not express…

Marek Hamsik – Maurizio Sarri This is the turnover idea, never three consecutive matches. This idea you do not apply to the goalkeeper and currently, to the footballers who do not have a ready, valid alternative. Or to who is considered essential. It is for this reason that against Bologna, Strinic could replace Ghoulam. Zielinski could do it with Hamsik, and Gabbiadini with Milik. Actually, the footballers who played against…

Milik – Higuain These things would think an extraterrestrial fallen over the earth after having listened to the comments, and after having read about the two matches of Napoli and Juventus. Clearly without having followed the matches. Television and national press seem to tell about a great but unfortunate Juventus, instead Napoli the judgment about it appears critical. The reason? Little play and no personality, excessive suffering, despite the numerical…