In the footsteps of Maradona – A FM11 dynasty

Northwood_DK · 12-09-2010, 10:01 AM

In the footsteps of Maradona
A FM11 dynasty

Fell over this introduction of S.S.C Napoli over at the SIgames FM11 board and decided to give it a try. I don’t think I have ever tried managing in the Italians Seria A before so this will be a first. Take a few minutes to read the first post on the SI board and the Wikipedia page to get the backstory about Napoli.

I got most of the major European leagues in the database so feel free to ask questions about Napoli or other teams/players in this FM11 universe as the story starts moving forward.
To keep things moving it will be a shorter dynasty report then what I have been writing before. I will try to keep it down to one post pr game month and then add some more information each offseason.

Enjoy

Northwood_DK · 02-19-2011, 04:38 PM

Roster
Just a short presentation of the roster.
Expected starting 11 in bold

Position Player
GK Gennaro Iezzo
GK Morgan De Sanctis
GK Matteo Gianello

DF Gianluca Grava
DF Andrea Dossena
DF Fabiano Santacroce
DF Camilo Zungia
DF Hugo Campagnaro
DF Emílson Cribari
DF Paolo Cannavaro

MF Luigi Vitale
MF Michele Pazienza
MF Christian Maggio
MF Marek Hamšík
MF Hassan Yebda (on loan from Benfica)
MF Walter Gargano
MF José Ernesto Sosa
MF Manuele Blasi

FW Edinson Cavani
FW Ezequiel Lavezzi
FW Cristiano Lucarelli (on loan from Parma

Key players:

Defends: 33 year old keeper Morgan De Sanctis is in his prime age for a keeper and is excellent when one on one with the opponent, Paolo Cannavaro and Campagnaro provides the experience in the middle of the defends.

Midfield: The just 23 years old midfielder from Slovakia Marek Hamšík looks to be one of the bight stars of the future in European football. He will be the creator with some interesting names in José Ernesto Sosa and Manuele Blasi operating on the sidelines.

Attack: Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi might not be that well known by the average football fan but they got the potential shine bright in Seria A this season.

Northwood_DK · 02-19-2011, 04:43 PM

July 2010

The new manager decided to us the pre-season matches to get a feel for the different players on the roster and at the same time try to find a formation. Most experts recommended a 3-back-line with Walter Gargano playing deep as a 4th defender. Up front it’s all a question about getting Marek Hamšík and Edinson Cavani as much involved as possible.

On the transfer marked the new manager went against the grain and looked at Scandinavian players instead of adding more South Americans. Added to the roster were Markus Henriksen from Rosenborg and Emil Larsen from Lyngby,

M/AM (C) Markus Henriksen
The just 18-year old midfielder was bought from Norwegian Rosenborg for £2.5 mil. Despite his young age he started 17 games for the Norwegians champions last season. He got the technique and creativity to become a very good player when he learns to position himself better on the field.

M/AM (RLC) Emil Larsen
Another midfielder was brought inn from he Danish top division club Lyngby. As an 18 year old he
scored 11 goals in 27 games in the second best Danish division. He might not have the same upside as Markus Henriksen but his skills with the ball and his natural flair makes him a hot prospect. Napoli paid the Danish club £750K for the young player.

Friendly games:
Napoli 0 – 0 Napoli Reserves
Napoli 4 – 1 LASK Linz
Salamanca 0 – 0 Napoli

Northwood_DK · 02-20-2011, 03:02 PM

August 2010

Friendly games:
Ternana 0 – 1 Napoli
Huesca 1 – 0 Napoli
Còrdoba 2 -2 Napoli

Not a very impressive showing by the Napoli team in the pre season games.

In a somewhat surprising deal Napoli also went out and spent £5.25mil on young defender Fernando Tobio from Vèlez. He is expected to fill the gap that will be in the central defends if/when Hugo Campagnaro and/or Paolo Cannavaro is sold in the future.

19/08/10 UEFA Europa League qualifier, 1st leg
1 APOEL
2 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (66)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (68)
After a horrible start where APOEL scores already after two minutes and Walter Gargano is sent off just after the half, Napoli struggles back and gets the all important road win.

26/08/10 UEFA Europa League qualifier, 2nd leg
3 SSC Napoli
0 APOEL
Ezequiel Lavezzi (2)
Paolo Cannavaro (19)
Edinson Cavani (71)
The return leg was a walk in the park for Napoli and the game was over after just 20 minutes. All three new players on the Napoli roster got playing time in the last game before the real season opener.

Napoli was drawn in to group G in the UEFA Europa league and will play Sheriff (Moldova), Club Brugge (Belgium) and PSV (Holland) in the group stage. PSV and Napoli looks like the early favorites to qualify from the group.

29/08/10 Serie A
3 SSC Napoli
2 AC Milan
Ezequiel Lavezzi (23, 88)
Edinson Cavani (56)
Napoli gets the season off to a fantastic start with a big home win over championship contender AC Milan. Most of the Milan stars struggles to play up to normal standard and the 55.000 in the stadium are pleased with the 3 first points of the season.

Northwood_DK · 02-21-2011, 04:24 PM

September 2010

12/09/10 Serie A
1 AS Bari
1 SSC Napoli
Cristiano Lucarelli (71)
After the great result in the opening match of the season Napoli was sent back down to earth after a disappointing 1-1 draw with Bari. With just 4 minutes remaining on the clock Napoli allowed a Bari teams playing 4-2-4 and easy goal to draw back to level and “steal” the victory away from Napoli.

16/09/10 UEFA Europa League
0 Sheriff
3 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (60)
Paolo Cannavaro (83)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (88)
It took some time for Napoli to open up the Sheriff defends. Cavani finally did it after one hour of play on a perfect deep ball from Lavezzi and after that the result was never in doubt.

19/09/10 Serie A
2 SSC Napoli
0 US Lecce
Own goal (6)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (47)
In the 3rd game in just 7 days Napoli goy off to a good start on a Lecce own goal after just 6 minutes. The second goal came just after halftime on a perfectly Napoli attack finished off by Ezequiel Lavezzi.

22/09/10 Serie A
4 Parma FC
3 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (10)
Paolo Cannavaro (83)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (65)
The tough schedule for Napoli continues. 35-year old Hernàn Crespo show a glimpse of old class when he scores a hattrick. With the last of his goals being in the final minute of the game and that was more then what Napoli managed to overcome and they record there first loss of the regular season.

26/09/10 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 US Città di Palermo
Cristiano Lucarelli (33 P)
Young defender Fernando Tobio had a nightmare day today. He started out making an own goal after just 2 minutes of play and then proceeded to get a direct red card in the second half. Still Napoli managed to get away from the game with a point mostly because of great play by Morgan De Sanctis in goal and a cheep penalty given to Christian Maggio.

30/09/10 UEFA Europa League
1 SSC Napoli
1 PSV
Marek Hamšík (72)
Marek Hamšík finally got his name on the scoresheed for Napoli in the draw with Dutch PSV. It was a close game between two equal teams.

GoldenEagle · 02-21-2011, 11:13 PM

Do you have the option to buy Cavani or is he only on loan for a year?

Northwood_DK · 02-22-2011, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

Do you have the option to buy Cavani or is he only on loan for a year?

In the game Edinson Cavani is already a Napoli player.

I need to check the game when I get back home if we still own Palermo any money for that transfer. Saw this was mentioned in the “Italian Data Issues” thread over at sigames.

Northwood_DK · 02-22-2011, 04:09 PM

October 2010

03/10/10 Serie A
0 Udinese Calcio
0 SSC Napoli
For the 3rd game in a row Napoli plays to a draw. The team is getting a problem with yellow cards. In the last three games alone the team have picked up 13 yellow cards and a red and several players is facing suspensions.

17/10/10 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 Calcio Catania
Edinson Cavani (67)
Cavani made his own copy of a great Maradona goal today when he got the ball at midfield and then on his own out ran/dribbled the Catania defends for the equalizer. Still the overall result was a disappointment for the 34.000 Napoli fans.

21/10/10 UEFA Europa League
1 Club Brugge
2 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamšík (23 P)
Fabiano Santacroce (41)
Napoli gets an all important road win in the UEFA Europa League. Fabiano Santacroce scored his first goal of the season after a corner and Hamšík scored on the penalty that was given to Emil Larsen under huge protests from the Brugge team.

24/10/10 Serie A
0 S.S. Lazio
2 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (19, 69)
Napoli rested Hamšík after the UEFA Europa League game just a few days ago but with Cavani on the team that didn’t matter much. Cavani got three chances and came away with two goals and a penalty. José Ernesto Sosa missed the penalty kick.

30/10/10 Serie A
3 SSC Napoli
3 UC Sampdoria
Marek Hamšík (4)
Edinson Cavani (24)
Cristiano Lucarelli (82)
It was a fun game to watch but Napoli would properly have hoped for another result when scoring three at home. Cavani is in a rarer form at the moment and it looks like he can score whenever he wants to.

Northwood_DK · 02-24-2011, 12:28 AM

November 2010

04/11/10 UEFA Europa League
2 SSC Napoli
0 Club Brugge
Ezequiel Lavezzi (17 P, 45+2 )
Napoli takes a chance and rest both Cavani and Hamšík for the game against league leader Inter later in the week. While Club Brugge hits the woodwork twice Ezequiel Lavezzi is deadly accurate and scores both goals for Napoli in the first half.

07/11/10 Serie A
0 FC Internazionale Milano
0 SSC Napoli
In a hard fought match (11 yellow cards) Inter takes 21 shots to Napoli’s just seven but a brilliant performance by goalie Morgan De Sanctis saves Napoli the one point.

10/11/10 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 Brescia Calcio
Napoli has to fight from behind after Brescia scores the go-ahead goal on a corner already after 4 minutes of play. It’s once again Ezequiel Lavezzi who is the savior with his goal after 13 minutes. In the second half Lavezzi manage to pick up two yellow cards in just 4 minutes and Napoli have to finish the game with just 10 men.

13/11/10 Serie A
3 AC Chievo Verona
0 SSC Napoli
A new low point in the season as Napoli losses to Chievo in embarrassing fashion. The first goal comes after a mix-up between Morgan De Sanctis and Fernando Tobio. After that it goes from bad to worse when Paolo Cannavaro is shown a direct red card.
After the game Fernando Tobio who has struggled after joining the team pay the price as he is sent to the reserve team after some less then impressive performances.

20/11/10 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
0 ACF Fiorentina
The streak without a win goes to 4 and the fans starts to worry. Its only Morgan De Sanctis saving Napoli from another defeat at home and the team have only scored a single goal in the last 4 games.

28/11/10 Serie A
0 Cesena
3 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (11,64)
Marek Hamšík (23)
Finally went away from the 3-man defensive line and the result was eminent against a weak (last place in the league) opponent.
The 3-man defends gave up way to many goals from open crosses. Instead Napoli have decided to give the 4-2-3-1 Asymmetric a try. I should stabilize the defends but it will also leave Lavezzi or Cavani on the bench.

Northwood_DK · 02-25-2011, 12:10 AM

December 2010

02/12/10 UEFA Europa League
2 SSC Napoli
0 Sheriff
Ezequiel Lavezzi (74)
Cristiano Lucarelli (93)
With the advancement to the next round already secured some of the players with little playing time in the regular lineup get a chance in this match. Still Napoli is in complete control even if they have to wait late to late in the second half for the goals.

05/12/10 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
1 Bologna FC
Another huge setback.
With both Cavani and Hamšík back in the starting lineup Napoli once again completely dominates the game. But this time they struggle to score despite the advantage in ball control. Instead Bologna claims the win on a contra in the 85th minute on there just second shot on goal all game.

12/12/10 Serie A
2 Juventus
0 SSC Napoli
Napoli played a good game but again came away with 0 points. Juventus scored an early goal and controlled the game. The second goal came in the end of the game when Napoli threw it all forward to get the equalizer. Napoli now finds themselves in 11th place but already 13 points behind league leader Inter.

16/12/10 UEFA Europa League
0 PSV
2 SSC Napoli
Paolo Cannavaro (75)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (92)
With both teams already qualified for the next round the two teams did not show much tonight. Napoli played defensively and was pleased to keep the ball within the team. Paolo Cannavaro scored his just 3rd goal of the season after a corner and Ezequiel Lavezzi scored the second of the game late in extra time. That was Lavezzis 7th goal in the Euro Cup in just 5 games.
In the draw for the first knockout round Napoli gets FC Schalke 04 from Germany.

19/12/10 Serie A
1 Cagliari Calcio
1 SSC Napoli
Christian Maggio (76)
Just three days after the Euro League win over PSV Napoli again struggled in the league. They could not hold on after Maggio gave them a late lead-goal and allowed Cagliari the late (89) equalizer.

Northwood_DK · 02-26-2011, 03:51 AM

January 2011

06/01/11 Serie A
2 SSC Napoli
1 AS Roma
Marek Hamšík (37, 65)
In the first game without Hugo Campagnaro who was sold to Hèrcules for £3.7mil when the transfer window opened after New Year, Napoli played the #2 team in the league AS Roma.
That leaves Napoli with a 4-backline of Camilo Zungia, Fabiano Santacroce, Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava. Marek Hamšík had a great day scoring twice and despite a hard Roma pressure in the last 10 minutes the team held on and came away with a much needed win.

12/01/11 Italian Cup, Round 1
1 SSC Napoli
0 Calcio Catania
Marek Hamšík (77)
In the first round of the Italian Cup Napoli get back to back wins after another late Hamšík goal. The win came with a price as both Emil Larsen (4 weeks twisted ankle) and Ezequiel Lavezzi (3 weeks knee) was lost with injuries.

16/01/11 Serie A
4 AC Milan
5 SSC Napoli
José Ernesto Sosa (4, 33)
Luigi Vitale (18)
Edinson Cavani (41)
Paolo Cannavaro (67)
In a game that saw 9 goals and 2 red cards Napoli comes away with one of the biggest win of the season. Still the fans must be slightly concerned that while being up by two men for much of the game AC Milan still made it close in the end.

19/01/11 Serie A
2 Genoa CFC
3 SSC Napoli
Christian Maggio (19)
José Ernesto Sosa (37)
Marek Hamšík (56)
Napoli continues there longest winning streak (4) of the season with a win over Genoa. With the new formation it looks like the team has finally started to score goals on a regular basis. Only problem is that the defends is still struggling to keep tight,

23/01/11 Serie A
2 SSC Napoli
0 AS Bari
Luigi Vitale (1)
Paolo Cannavaro (30)
A confident Napoli team had no problems with an uninspired Bari team today. When Vitale scored already in the first minute Napoli could easily control the game and Bari ended the game without creating a real goal chance.

Just a few days before the transfer window closes again Napoli added a new player to the roster. The player is 20 year old attacker Mads Stokkelien from Norway. The player comes from Start in the Norwegian top division where he scored 24 goals in 29 starts last season. Napoli had to pay £875K to secure the young prospect. With Lavezzi still injured he might get a place in the team traveling to play Inter this week.

26/01/11 Italian Cup, Qtr final
1 FC Internazionale Milano
0 SSC Napoli
Napoli decided to rest many of the regular starters and that gave Inter an easy game. Napoli did have a controversial penalty not called but didn’t produce much else. The game had 10 yellow cards and also gave debut to Mads Stokkelien in the second half.

Napoli decided to add a last and final player to the roster before end of the transfer window. The last man in was 27-year old Argentinean Emmanuel Culio. The M (L,C) / AM (C) have played in Romania for the last 4 seasons before joining Napoli for a fee of £1,2mil.

29/01/11 Serie A
2 US Lecce
4 SSC Napoli
Own goal (22)
José Ernesto Sosa (34 P)
Marek Hamšík (45+2 P)
Edinson Cavani (46)
Napoli picked up another easy win over the worst team in the league. A little more then halfway thru the season they now find themselves on 7th place but equal on points with the team in 3rd place Juventus. Inter at this point looks like the hot favorite to take home the title for the 5th time in a row.

Northwood_DK · 02-28-2011, 12:21 AM

February 2011

02/02/11 Serie A
4 SSC Napoli
0 Parma FC
Christian Maggio (11, 69)
Gianluca Grava (41)
Cristiano Lucarelli (77)
Last time the two teams played Hernàn Crespo beat Napoli on his own with a hat trick but Napoli was not going to let that happen again this time. It was Napoli all over the game and in one of the best performances of the season they created nine clear chances to Parma’s zero.

06/02/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
0 Udinese Calcio
After scoring 4 goals just a few days ago Napoli struggled in front of goal today. Hamšík had an off-day and nobody else stepped up and took responsibility. Emmanuel Culio got his debut in today’s game when he replaced Hamšík in the second half.
In a stunning performance surprise team Chievo beat league leaders Inter 6-0 !!

13/02/11 Serie A
0 US Città di Palermo
1 SSC Napoli
Christian Maggio (84)
José Ernesto Sosa gets the chance as the playmaker in game against Palermo where Marek Hamšík must sit out due to a yellow card suspension. He has a good game but its still Christian Maggio who steals the headlines with his later winning goal.
Morgan De Sanctis have now played three games without allowing a goal.

17/02/11 UEFA Europa League
3 Schalke 04
2 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (2,10)
Hamšík and Cavani gives Napoli the best possible start to the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa League when they combine there way thru the Schalke defends twice in the first 10 minutes of play. But after that it was all Schalke and two goals by Huntelar and a 93 minute winner by Ciprian Deac gives Napoli something to think about before the return leg.

20/02/1| Serie A
1 Calcio Catania
4 SSC Napoli
Christian Maggio (5)
Paolo Cannavaro (28)
Manuele Blasi (44)
Mads Stokkelien (56)
Napoli picks up a solid win on the road in a game where the entire team played good football and was deadly accurate in front of goal. The team had four shots on goal and all four went inn. The last goal of the match was scored by Mads Stokkelien who got his first ever goal for Napoli.

24/02/11 UEFA Europa League
2 SSC Napoli
1 Schalke 04
Christian Maggio (25)
Manuele Blasi (37)
It started out bad for Napoli when Huntelaar scored after just 15 minutes. But already before the half Napoli was back in control after great goals by Maggio and Blasi. In the second half it was Napoli playing the control game but against Huntelaar and Raul that’s a dangerous game. Schalke had several good chances but even with 4 minutes of extra time the Napoli defends held and the team squeezed thru to the second knockout round on away goals.

The opponent for Napoli in the second round will be Spanish Villarreal who beat Werder Bremen in the first round.

27/02/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 S.S. Lazio
Ezequiel Lavezzi (31)
With the 3rd game in seven days for Napoli the team shows traces of fatigue and also struggles with suspensions. That forces the team to make some hard choices in a huge game. Therefore it was positive to see newcomer Culio coming away with Man of the match. In the end Napoli will be satisfied coming away with a draw in this game.
The draw leaves Napoli 10 points behind league leader Inter with 11 games remaining.

Northwood_DK · 03-01-2011, 03:25 AM

Mars 2011

05/03/11 Serie A
1 UC Sampdoria
1 SSC Napoli
Emmanuel Culio (63)
Emmanuel Culio continues his good form and gets his first goal for Napoli in the draw with Sampdoria. But Napoli will have to start winning close games like this again if they are to hang on to a place in Europe next season.

10/03/11 UEFA Europa League
0 Villarreal
3 SSC Napoli
Ezequiel Lavezzi (51 P, 68 P, 70)
Once again Napoli struggles with suspensions. That forces the team to play very defensive and in the first half it was all about Villarreal. In the second half it all changed and turned in to the Ezequiel Lavezzi show as Napoli picks up a huge road win in Europe.

13/03/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
1 FC Internazionale Milano
Napoli had a good chance to get a result at home against league leader Inter and when Wesley Sneijder got injured already after 10 minutes of play the odds got even better. It was Napoli who hade the biggest chances but it was Inter who got the game only goal and came away with the 3 points.

17/03/11 UEFA Europa League
1 SSC Napoli
1 Villarreal
José Ernesto Sosa (11)
With a 3-0 win in the first leg Napoli rested a lot of starters and gave playing time to some of the young players. Napoli played safe with a lot of men behind the ball. Without breaking much of a sweat Napoli played for a tie and moved on to the next round. Only negative was a red card for Camilo Zungia for a professional foul.

Napoli drew Aston Villa who is currently 8th in the English Premier League in the next round. They will play at home in the first game.

20/03/11 Serie A
1 Brescia Calcio
3 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (1)
Emmanuel Culio (12)
Marek Hamšík (54)
It only took Culio and Cavani 24 seconds to combine there way thru the defends for the first goal. 11 minutes later Emmanuel Culio got a goal of his own to double the lead. Marek Hamšík joint the fun in the second half scoring his 10th goal of the season.
A good result for Napoli before the players goes away on international duties for a week.

Edinson Cavani picked up an ankle injury in Argentina’s national game against Ireland. He will be out for close to 3 weeks.

Northwood_DK · 03-02-2011, 02:01 AM

April 2011

03/04/11 Serie A
2 ACF Fiorentina
2 SSC Napoli
Ezequiel Lavezzi (5)
Emmanuel Culio (49)
With Cavani out with injury, Ezequiel Lavezzi took full advantage and scored already after 5 minutes after a huge mistake in the Fiorentina defends. The rest of the first half was dominated by Fiorentina and they scored on a penalty and then again after a corner. In the second half Napoli played a lot better and was unlucky not to win after Fiorentina was reduced to 10 men after a red card 15 minutes before full time.

07/04/11 UEFA Europa League
2 SSC Napoli
0 Aston Villa
Marek Hamšík (2)
Manuele Blasi (31)
Once again Napoli gets off to a dream start in the UEFA Europa League with a goal in the first minutes of the game. Napoli have several chances to get a second goal and it comes after 31 minutes on a blast from Blasi. In the second half its all Napoli but they are not able to score again.

10/04/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
2 AC Cesena
Ezequiel Lavezzi (58)
Emmanuel Culio (90+1)
Against the second worst team in the league Napoli try to rest a few players. It takes the team some time to find a rhythm and its take another great move by Lavezzi to put them ahead. Cesena has several chances to equalize but in the end Culio puts it out of reach with a late goal.

The Serie A is almost decided. After an Inter win today and a Roma draw. Inter finds themselves 8 points clear with just 6 games remaining.

14/04/11 UEFA Europa League
2 Aston Villa
2 SSC Napoli
José Ernesto Sosa (21)
Marek Hamšík (62)
When Aston Villa pulled one back already after 7 minutes it was game-on. The nerves settled a bit when Sosa scored after 20 minutes. In the second half there were chances both ways but the goal by Hamšík in the 62nd minute ended the game.
Napoli will play Leverkusen in the semifinal while Man City will play Porto in the other match.

17/04/11 Serie A
2 SSC Napoli
0 AC Chievo Verona
Emmanuel Culio (24)
José Ernesto Sosa (69)
It was the league #3 and #4 (both with 55 points) going up against each other in a game that could easily decided Euro play next season. Napoli played solid in the first half and got the lead on a goal by Culio in the 24th minute. The second half was mostly a question if Napoli had the stamina after a hard program the last few weeks to keep Chievo away the entire game. Chievo had more chances in the second half but the game was decided on a counterattack finished off by Sosa. The win means that Napoli stays in 3rd place while Chievo dropped all the way to 7th.
The bad new for Napoli was that the lost another striker (Lavezzi) to injury.

23/04/11 Serie A
0 Bologna FC
1 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamšík (85)
With both Cavani and Lavezzi sidelined with injury Napoli was down to there 3rd options as striker. Cristiano Lucarelli started the game on top but had a horrible game and was substituted at halftime due to bad performance and bad form. In the second half Mads Stokkelien came on and did a good job up front. He was also the creator behind the late winner by Hamšík.

28/04/11 UEFA Europa League
1 SSC Napoli
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Edinson Cavani (41)
In front of 60240 people Napoli decided to start with Edinson Cavani on top even if he was not 100% back from his injury. The gamble paid off when he scored a goal in the 41st minute. Before that Leverkusen had scored the first goal of the game on a direct free kick.
In the second half Cavani had several chances to add a second goal but was denied. Despite a hard pressure Napoli was unable to get a second goal and now have to play to win in Germany next week.

Northwood_DK · 03-03-2011, 02:17 AM

May 2011

01/05/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
0 Cagliari Calcio
Edinson Cavani (81)

Napoli had some tough choices to make as the needed a win over Cagliari but also had to rest players to have them ready for the return leg against Leverkusen later in the week. That left Cavani and Hamšík on the bench to start the game. Napoli totally dominated the first half but failed to score.
With just 15 minutes to play and still 0-0 Cavani and Hamšík was brought on and it only took Hamšík 6 minutes to find Cavani for the game winner.

Napoli needs 4 points in the last 3 games to guaranties play in the Champions league next season but the brutal schedule continues.

05/05/11 UEFA Europa League
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
3 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamšík (4)
Edinson Cavani (61, 79)
Napoli gets off to a flying start in BayArena when Hamšík scores after just 3 minutes. The lead only held for 4 minutes when Leverkusen scored on a fantastic longshot and the two team was back to equal. Leverkusen then takes the lead after 34 minutes after another great long shot but one more goal will still send Napoli to the final. When the Germans went up 3-1 after 58 minutes on a penalty kick it started to look really bad for Napoli. But hope was restored just a few minutes later when Cavani pulled one back. With just 12 minutes left to play Napoli got the break they needed when Cavani got away from the defends and he made no mistakes.
The last 10 minutes is all about Leverkusen when they throw everything forward but the Napoli defends bend but don’t break and after 3 minutes of painful overtime it’s all over.

NAPOLI is in the UEFA Europa League final…..

In the final that is to be played in Aviva Stadium in Dublin on the 18 May Napoli will go up against Man City who beat Porto 2-1. Man City has been a huge disappointment in the English Premier League where they are currently in 9th place.

08/05/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
2 Juventus
Edinson Cavani (14)
Napoli plays with confidence against Juventus and Cavani once again gives them the lead after 14 minutes. Juventus draws back after a corner goal. After the goal Juventus takes control of the game and they take the lead on a huge mistake by keeper Morgan De Sanctis just before the half.
In the second half Juventus continues to dominate and the few chances Napoli creates is taken care of by a brilliant Buffon in the Juve goal and just like that Napoli’s 11 game streak without a loss comes to an end.

With an easy 4-0 home win FC Internazionale Milano secure the 6th national title in a row, with two games left to play in the season. Romas is locked in at second and Napoli has a 3 points advantage in 3rd place.

14/05/11 Serie A
2 AS Roma
0 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (14)
The 250th league appearance for Emílson Cribari was hugely important to Napoli but meaningless to Roma. Still it was Roma who took the lead after just 4 minutes of play. In the 42nd minute Roma had defender Cicinho set off with a direct red card. Napoli took control of the second half but instead of getting a goal they gave up an easy goal after a corner.
Napoli then decided to give up and pulled Cavani and Hamšík and rest the for the Euro League final next week.

18/05/11 UEFA Europa League Final
2 Manchester City
1 SSC Napoli
Paolo Cannavaro (31)
Man City opened the game best and dominated the first half hour of play with several good chances. Still it was Napoli who took the lead after 31 minutes of play when Paolo Cannavaro beat the English defense on a corner and headed in his 8th goal of the season to give Napoli the lead.
In the second half it was more the same and the constant Man City pressure paid of in the 64th minute when Adebayor scored the equalizer. In the 81st minute Cavani had the chance to decide the game when he got a free run at the goal, but for once his lost his cool and City keeper Hart won the duel. And on the very next possession Man City decided the game when Farfàn scored on a curling long shot.
Napoli threw everything but the kitchen sink at Man City in the last 10 minutes without much effect and new Manager Tom Northwood had to see his first chance of a thropyh with Napoli come up just short.

22/05/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
2 Genoa CFC
Edinson Cavani (1)
Michele Pazienza (14)
Christian Maggio (25, 56)
Coming of the major letdown of loosing the UEFA Europa League Final, Napoli had to get back up for the last regular season game of the season that could secure Champions League player next year.
Cavani showed no letdown and scored after just 33 second of play. After 8 minutes Genoa had the chance to draw level but the put the penalty kick went to the side of the net. Michele Pazienza then got his first goal of the season. Christian Maggio then scored from 30yds out and the 45000 Napoli fans could start to celebrate a 3rd place finish in the league.
Maggio adds a second goal in the second half where Napoli just tries to run out the clock.

Northwood_DK · 03-04-2011, 08:10 AM

I cannot figure out how to format this board so this is the links to the Roll of Honour for the 2010/11 season.

Roll of Honour – Leagues

Roll of Honour – Cups

Roll of Honour – Players

Northwood_DK · 03-05-2011, 02:29 PM

June 2011

05/06/11 Manager News
The manager carousel in England went crazy just days after the season was over. Liverpool sacked manager Roy Hodgson after the team finished the season in 5th place. He was replaced by Roberto Mancini who was out in Man City. Harry Redknapp was the new man in Man City after being sacked from Tottenham. Tottenham will this season be managed by Sam Allardyce.
Aston Villa also sacks there manager Gerard Houllier and replaced him with David Moyes.

10/06/11 Manager News
Michael Laudrup has agreed to terms with Everton to take over as manager. The former Danish super star was sacked by Mallorca earlier this year.

13/06/11 Transfer News
32-year old Napoli player Salvatore Aronica was today sold to Everton for £450.000. Aronica was with Napoli for 3 years but played the entire 2010/11 season in Tottenham on a loan deal.

15/06/11 World news
The European club ranking was announced today. While Napoli was only ranked 57th overall the club was still thrilled to see that they we ranked as the 6th best team in Europe for the 2010/11 season.
On top of the list was Man Utd in front of Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

19/06/11 Transfer News
Napoli today made the first transfer move of the new season. Napoli picked up another Lyngby player. This time DC Frederik Sørensen. The player is not unknown to Italian football as he spend all last season on a loan deal with Juventus. Adding another Danish player will hopefully also be a positive move for Emil Larsen who struggled with Napoli last season.
Napoli will pay Lyngby £1.3mil for the 19 year old Dane who will join the team when the transfer window opens in the start of July.

29/06/11 Finance News
Napoli today announced a profit for the 2010/11 season of £14.25 mil. That is before the money TV rights for the upcoming season is announced. Napoli is expected to receive close to £40mil on that account.

Northwood_DK · 03-06-2011, 01:40 PM

July 2011

01/07/11 Transfer News
With a transfer budget close to £20mil Napoli starts the hunt to improve the team before the upcoming season. Napoli have decided to let Paolo Cannavaro go to Inter so the biggest need will be to find a new central defender.
Cannavaro is 30-years old and the Napoli front office decided it was time to go younger instead of paying big money to renew his contract.

02/07/11 Transfer News
Napoli made a few minor trades on the first day of free trading.
Left midfielder Frantisek Kubik was brought inn from ADO Den Haag and 19-year old Jacopo Dezi was picked up from Serie 1B club Giulianova. Both of them will start out in the youth or reserve team.

04/07/11 Contract News
Napoli today offered manager Tom Northwood a new four year contract worth £15250 pr week

With an offer of £7.5mil Napoli hoped they had a chance to get a trade done for Rasmus Elm from AZ. But that was before Benfica put £11.25mil on the table for the 23-year old Swedish midfielder. If the trade is confirmed it will be the 3rd biggest trade this fare this season.

05/07/11 Transfer News
In the Italian newspapers the latest story about Napoli is that the team has agreed with Shakhtar on a deal for 20-year old defender Sergiy Kryvtsov and that the team has started talks with the player/agent on a personal contract.
The deal was confirmed later in the day and Napoli will pay Shakhtar £4.5mil for the young player.

06/07/11 Transfer News
Napoli today confirmed that Fabio Quagliarella has been transfer listed by the club. Quagliarella played last season for Juventus on a loan deal and it’s rumored that Fulham, Birmingham and Man City might be willing to pay upward to £9mil for the 28-year old striker.

08/07/11 Transfer News
Fabio Quagliarella was today lost for Napoli when he was sold for a Napoli record £10mil. The buyer was “of cause” Man City. Napoli manager now suddenly got £20mil to use in the transfer marked.

13/07/11 Manager News
Brazil is looking for a new manager for the national team after they today finished last in there group at the Copa America and failed to make the quarterfinal.

15/07/11 Transfer News
Napoli today made an interesting move when the paid Danish side FC Nordsjælland £750K for 20-year old Andreas Laudrup. Andreas is perhaps best known as being the younger son of former Danish international super star Michael Laudrup.

17/07/11 Friendly
2 SSC Napoli
1 Napoli Reserves
José Ernesto Sosa (59, 86)
Just like last season a very slow start for the Napoli players. 20 players got playing time in the first team in today’s game.

18/07/11 Transfer News
After a crazy bidding war Rasmus Elm ends up with Man City. They pay AZ £10mil for the young Swede and he will earn a healthy £56000 pr week in Manchester. The owners of Man City have now used and astonishing £198mil on new player in the last two seasons.

23/07/11 Friendly
1 River Plate (URU)
1 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamšík (15)
Napoli decided to travel all the way to South America to play a single warm-up game.

Argentina today won the Copa America with a 1-0 win over Uruguay. The single goal was scored by Carlos Tevez.
Japan finished in 3rd place.

24/07/11 Transfer News
Napoli today used about a 3rd of there remaining transfer budget when the paid £7.5 mil for Bulgarian midfielder Ivelin Popov. The 23-year old player can play all over the midfield but will likely battle with José Ernesto Sosa for the place as AMR.

25/07/11 Transfer News
The credit card is getting hot in Napoli as the team today spends another £4.1 mil on 22-year old Belgian striker Jelle Vossen. He was beloved by the fans in Gent last season but is thrilled to join the Italian club.

29/07/11 Friendly
0 Sant Andreu (Spanish Second Division 2B)
6 SSC Napoli
Ivelin Popov (5)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (10)
Sergiy Kryvtsov (13)
Marek Hamšík (47)
Andreas Laudrup (63)
Edinson Cavani (89)
Napoli is slowly playing themselves in to form. Several of the new and young players had impressive performances today.

Northwood_DK · 03-07-2011, 03:49 PM

August 2011

02/08/11 Transfer news
Napoli manager Tom Northwood today told the press that he had made the last deal before the start of the regular season. The latest new player in Napoli is 26-year old Dutch Nigel De Jong. He will join Napoli on a loan deal from Man City where he has started 63 games over the last two seasons. This year he was out of the first team and was glad for the move to Italy and a possibility for first team football.

06/08/11 Friendly
3 Blackburn (UK)
0 SSC Napoli
Napoli had an absolutely horrible day today. The team was down 3-0 before the half hour mark and the team completely failed to produce any real chances.

08/08/11 Transfer news
Liverpool who have already spend £27mil in the transfer marked this season decided to use another million to bring in 38-year old !! left back Roberto Carlos.

10/08/11 Transfer news
Napoli today decided to loan out Markus Henriksen to CFR Cluj in Romania. Henriksen was getting unsettled in Napoli and was complaining about lack of first team football.

14/08/11 Friendly
0 Castellòn (Spanish Second Division 3B)
6 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (20)
Fabiano Santacroce (28)
Nigel De Jong (37, 55)
Andreas Laudrup (47)
Ivelin Popov (79)
In the last game before the start of the regular season Napoli gets back on track with a solid road win over a weak Spanish team.

20/08/11 Serie A
1 AS Bari
2 SSC Napoli
Ivelin Popov (25)
Edinson Cavani (81)
The season opened great for Napoli when Popov scored in his debut. But the rest of the first half was dominated by Bari and it was all square at halftime. Bari continued to dominate in the second half but without scoring again and instead the game was decided by Cavani who slided in the cross from Sosa less then 10 minutes before full time.
Popov get injured during the game and will be out between 4-6 weeks.

25/08/11 UEFA Champions League news
Napoli today got the first payoff for making this years champions league when they received £6.2mil for playing in the group stage. Napoli was in the 3rd level in the draw and ended up in group F with defending champions Bayern Munich, France champions OM and Levski from Bulgaria.
Napoli also today announced that they have sold 26099 seasons tickets this season. That’s up from 23000 last season.

28/08/11 Serie A
1 AS Livorno Calcio
1 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (3)
In the second game of the season against newly promoted Livorno Napoli struggled. They got off to a great start with a Cavani goal after just 3 minutes but after that Livorno took control and Napoli never got back in to the game.

Northwood_DK · 03-09-2011, 02:02 AM

September 2011

10/09/11 Serie A
2 SSC Napoli
0 Atalanta BC
Luca Cigarini (61)
José Sosa (77)
After a long layoff due to international football Napoli struggled again against a newly promoted team. Atalanta had a man sent off already after 8 minutes after a professional foul. Still Napoli had to wait an hour for the first goal. That was scored by Luca Cigarini who earlier in the week had asked to be put on the transfer list due to little playing time since his return from a loan to Seville. The game also saw a debut for Frantisek Kubikk.

14/09/11 UEFA Champions League
1 Levski (BUL)
3 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamsik (20)
José Sosa (60, 74)
For the second game in a row Napoli’s opponent gets a man send off within the first 20 minutes of play but this time it only takes Napoli a few minutes to take advantage. In the second half it turns in to a José Sosa show when he scored twice in fifteen minutes and continues his great run of form. Levski gets a late consolation goal but Napoli gets the important road win in the Champions League.

17/09/11 Serie A
4 SSC Napoli
0 Palermo
Christian Maggio (25, 76)
Sergiy Kryvtsov (32)
Fabiano Santacroce (49)
Napoli rested a tired Sosa but it didn’t make a difference as his replacement Christian Maggio came in and scored two goals for Napoli in today’s win. Just 6 minutes after the first Maggio goal Sergiy Kryvtsov scored his first ever goal for Napoli after a corner. In the second half Fabiano Santacroce got on the scoresheet with his first ever goal for Napoli after playing 68 games for over 5 seasons for the team.

21/09/11 Serie A
0 AC Chievo Verona
2 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (19, 39)
Before the game it looked like Napoli was having a luxury problem with several players showing excellent form. Napoli did start out best by Chievo had some dangerous counterattacks. Still it turned out to be an easy Napoli win when Cavani turned on his show.

24/09/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
3 S.S Lazio
On just 3 days of rest Napoli takes on Lazio. It started bad for Napoli when the ball hit Sergiy Kryvtsov and went in to his own goal after 16 minutes and before the half they added another. In the second half Napoli had the ball a lot more but it was still Lazio scoring the only goal when they were rewarded a penalty on a counterattack.
This was a loss the Napoli fans did not like very much.

27/09/11 UEFA Champions League
0 SSC Napoli
0 Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
This was very possible the key game in the Champions league for Napoli and they came out with an intensity to match it. The first half was Napoli’s but in the second OM took over. It didn’t help Napoli that they had De Jong sent off with a red card.
OM had the chance to win the game when they were given a penalty just 5 minutes before full time but a great save by Morgan De Sanctis saved Napoli the 1 point.
The tough program is also starting to show as Christian Maggio is out for 2-4 months with a hip injury.

Northwood_DK · 03-09-2011, 08:28 AM

October 2011

02/10/11 Serie A
0 UC Sampdoria
1 SSC Napoli
Ezequiel Lavezzi (87)
Sampdoria dominated early but Napoli slowly worked there way in to the match. Napoli created several clear chances but had to wait until 3 minutes before full time before they finally got the goal. Ezequiel Lavezzi outran the defends and made no mistakes.
Lavezzi had replaced Cavani who was injured during the game.
Also Andreas Laudrup and Fabiano Santacroce were injured during the game. Luckily for Napoli the team now got almost two weeks before the next game.

07/10/11 Manager news
England today sacked there manager Fabio Capello. The sack came as a result of an England loss to Montenegro in the qualifying stage to the European Championship. The loss also meant that England will not qualifying for the 2012 European Championship.
Other teams that will not be in next years European Championship is Holland and Denmark who also fired there managers today.

08/10/11 World news
The four teams that will play in the FIFA U20 World Cup Semi Final have been found. Brazil will play Italy and in the other semi final the two surprise teams Denmark and Algeria will fight for a place in the final.

10/10/11 Manager news
It only took England three days to find a new manager for the national team. And the name is a familiar one as they have chosen Roy Hodgson to take over the Three Lions. Hodgson had an unsuccessful period with Liverpool last season.
Now unemployed Fabio Capello is at this point the favorite to take over Juventus who is struggling in 15th place in the Italian league.

15/10/11 Serie A
3 SSC Napoli
1 AC Milan
Sergiy Kryvtsov (45+1)
Edinson Cavani (71)
Marek Hamsik (81)
Like last time the two teams played Milan have a man sent off early. This time its Gatusso after a stupid two foot tackle. After the card Napoli dominated but failed to create big chances. That was until one minute in to stoppage time in the first half when Sergiy Kryvtsov got highest on a corner.
In the second half Napoli was satisfied with waiting for the counterattack and that worked to perfection.
Over 55000 was in the stadium for today’s win and also saw Jelle Vossen and Frederik Sørensen get debut for Napoli.

Brazil won the FIFA U20 World Cup final played in Colombia with an extra time win over Denmark in the final. Italy came 3rd.

18/10/11 UEFA Champions League
1 SSC Napoli
2 FC Bayern Munich (GER)
Luigi Vitale (87)
Against the defending champions Napoli decided to start out slow applying the same counter attack style they had so much success with against Milan just a few days ago. Bayern started out hard but Napoli recovered well and it was 0-0 at the half.
The game was decided in the 54th minute when Napoli failed to clear a corner and that gave Bayern a cheep goal. The added another in the 84th minute and the conciliations goal by Vitale in the 88th meant little.

22/10/11 Serie A
0 Bologna FC
1 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamsik (81)
Hamsiks goal afte just 4 minutes was all there was between Napoli and Bologna today. It was Napoli’s 3rd straight win in the Seria A and they suddenly find themselves in first place in the division.

26/10/11 Serie A
4 SSC Napoli
2 Juventus
Edinson Cavani (6, 22)
Marek Hamsik (31)
Sergiy Kryvtsov (78)
Napoli and a struggling Juventus combined for 5 goals in the first half alone with Cavain being the mastermind behind the 3 scored by Napoli. In the second half Kryvtsov got the only goal and Napoli took home a huge win.

Even before the Juventus charter flight touched down in Turin-Caselle Airport in Torino it was all over the news that manager Luigi Del Neri was fired. He has been under hard pressure all season and this loss was the final straw. The former Greece coach Otto Rehhagel is according to the newspapers the favorite to take over the “Old lady”.

29/10/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
2 Parma FC
Ezequeil Lavezzi (66)
Just days after the huge win over Juventus the teams lays a real stinker at home against Parma. In the first half Kryvtsov make an unnecessary penalty. Lavezzi gets Napoli back to even only to see Parma score the goal winner of with a few minutes left on the clock.
A bad loss for Napoli considering that Inter is currently on a 8-game winning streak.

Northwood_DK · 03-12-2011, 09:23 AM

November 2011

01/11/11 Manager news
Juventus surprised everyone today when they announced Arsène Wenger as the team’s new manager. Wenger surprisingly left Arsenal after 15 seasons with the Gunners currently being in 5th place in the English EPL.

02/11/11 UEFA Champions League
1 FC Bayern Munich (GER)
1 SSC Napoli
Own goal (77)
This was a very strange game. Bayern completely dominated the game and easily went ahead after 30 minutes. Until the 70th minute Napoli showed nothing. Then Bayern managed to make an own goal on a corner and the game completely changed. In the final 10 minutes Napoli completely dominated and had several huge chances and in the end was unlucky not to win.

06/11/11 Serie A
1 Udinese Calcio
1 SSC Napoli
Edinson Cavani (2)
In a somewhat surprising move Napoli manager Tom Northwood suddenly decided to move to a new formation with both Lavezzi and Cavani on top. After 2 minutes it looked like a brilliant move when Cavani scored the first game of the game. Udinese recovered brilliantly and Napoli was a bit lucky to come away with a point.

09/11/11 Serie A
3 SSC Napoli
0 US Sassuolo Calcio
Marek Hamsik (57)
Own goal (80)
Andreas Laudrup (84)
The record book might show a convincing win for Napoli but it was not pretty. Sassuolo had a man sent off just before halftime but Napoli still struggled to produce real chances even with two strikers up front.

19/11/11 Serie A
0 ACF Fiorentina
2 SSC Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (83)
Marek Hamsik (89)
In his 400th career league appearance Morgan De Sanctis kept a clean sheet and a win over rival Fiorentina. On the road Napoli was back to the old formation with just one striker. Both team struggled to produce chances and once again Napoli had to wait to late in the game for the winning goal.

20/11/11 Manager News
Real Madrid has been struggling in the start of the Spanish league this season and finds themselves in 6th place 11 points behind Barcelona after just 12 rounds. That today cost Josè Mourinho his job when he was sacked by Real Madrid Chairman Florention Pèrez.

22/11/11 UEFA Champions League
3 SSC Napoli
0 Levski (BUL)
José Sosa (16)
Emil Larsen (60)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (75)
At home against winless Levski, Napoli took a chance and gave some of the young players some playing time. Tobio, Kubik, Laudrup and Emil Larsen and played central roles in the easy win. Larsen even got to scores his first ever goal in the Napoli uniform.
With the Napoli win and OM loss to Bayern today, the final game in the group between OM and Napoli is now suddenly a winner-takes-all game.

25/11/11 Manager News
In a surprise move Real Madrid today promoted there youth coach Russian Dmitry Cheryshev to the role as manager for the first team.
It was expected that the Madrid club would go after a big name but instead went with the unknown Cheryshev.

26/11/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 AS Roma
Marek Hamsik (43)
Hamsik scored just before the half and Roma scored just after the half. Beside the two goals it will be Roma that will fell they should have done more.
This was the first of a stretch of tough games Napoli will play in the weeks to come. Next up is division leaders Inter before the team will player for the live in the Champions League against OM later the same week.

Northwood_DK · 03-13-2011, 04:01 PM

December 2011

03/12/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
0 FC Internazionale Milano
58400 fans came to San Paolo stadium to watch Napoli take on division leaders Inter. Napoli came out defensive and hoped for counter chances. They managed to keep Inter away from any big chances and were closest to the win when Cavani had a goal wrongly canceled for offside.
Napoli will be without Nigel De Jong in the next league game as he was sent off 10 minutes before full time after picking up two yellow cards.

06/12/11 UEFA Champions League news
The fiasco for Chelsea in this year Champions League was complete today when they lost to Roma in the last game of the group stage and ended in last place with just 1 point in group A.

07/12/11 UEFA Champions League
2 Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
2 SSC Napoli
José Sosa (79)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (88)
A draw would be enough to take Napoli to the next stage in the Champions League so it was no surprise that they came out and played defensive. The first half finished without any of the team creating much. Disaster hit for Napoli in the start of the second half when young Fredrik Sørensen made an own goal after a corner and when OM added a second goal just a few minutes later it looked bad for Napoli.
The team then switched to a 4-2-4 formation and gambled everything and it paid off. First a goal by Jose Sosa and 2 minutes before the clock showed 90 minutes Lavezzi scored the so important equalise.

09/12/11 UEFA Transfer news
Napoli today added some depth at keeper when the signed 29-year old Brazilian keeper Rubinho from Palermo. He will join Napoli when the transfer window reopens after New Year and the price was £1mil.

10/12/11 Serie A
1 Genoa CFC
2 SSC Napoli
Marek Hamsik (33)
Edinson Cavani (65)
A Napoli team with high moral had no problems outplaying Genoa in the first half and Hamšík gave Napoli the lead after 33 minutes on a perfect counter attack. In the second half Cavani added a second goal when he scored his first in almost a month. But just when the game looked to be over Gargano gave away a penalty. Genoa never came closer and Napoli can add another 3 points to there total.

16/12/11 UEFA Champions League news
Napoli got the worst possible outcome when the draw for the first round of the Champions League knockout stage was held today. When Napoli plays the first game at home on the 15 February they will have the mighty Barcelona on the opposite side of the field.

18/12/11 Serie A
0 Calcio Catania
1 SSC Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (21)
In the last game before the Christmas break Napoli played Catania on the road. It was the home team with the biggest chances to start the game but it was Napoli who opened the scoring when Sergiy Kryvtsov got the ball over the line after a corner. It got a little easier for Napoli just before the half when Catania had there best player Maxi Lopez sent off with a direct red card after a two footed tackle.
In the second half Catania still had the ball the most even with a man down but it was still Napoli with the most dangerous chances. The game finished without any more goals.
Napoli also took in on Inter who once again struggled to score. They have only scored a single goal in there last four games.

26/12/11 Player News
Napoli gets a nice chrismas present when the clubs physio today announced that Ivelin Popov today is completely healed from his torn hamstring injury and will be ready to rejoin the team when they return from the Christmas break.

30/12/11 Manager News
Napoli manager Tom Northwood was today named Seria A manager of the year.

Northwood_DK · 03-14-2011, 05:32 PM

January 2012

01/01/12 Transfer News
For the second time this season the Napoli board decided to make extra money available to manager Tom Northwood to buy new players.
When Northwood was willing to change his season expectations to title contenders the board decided to put up an astonishing £37mil. That will be in addition to the £19mil the team have already used on new players before this season.
The Napoli camp has not been willing to mention any names on possible transfer targets at this point.

07/01/11 Serie A
1 SSC Napoli
1 Cagliari Calcio
Edinson Cavani (65)
Napoli had two balls bouncing off the woodwork before Cavani finally managed to put it in the net just minutes before halftime. In the second half Cagliari got an easy goal on what looked like a keeper mistake and despite a Napoli pressure for the rest of the game they were unable to produce the game winner.
Not a good start to Napoli’s title run.
The game saw a return of Popov after his long injury break.

10/01/12 Transfer News
Napoli today spends a huge chunk on the transfer money made available by the board. Napoli paid out £12.5mil for 22-year old defensive midfielder Andrea Poli from rivals Sampdoria.
Napoli also used £2.5mil on another midfielder, Abdi Ibrahim from Man City.

12/01/11 Coppa Italia
2 SSC Napoli
1 AS Bari
Edinson Cavani (65)
Sergiy Kryvtsov (81)
Napoli had a horrible first half in a game where a lot of young players got to play. Newly bought GK Rubinho held Napoli in the game by only allowing Bari a single goal and then “veteran” Cavani made it 1-1 just before the half.
In the second half Napoli played a lot better but Bari held on all the way to the 81st minute when Kryvtsov headed inn a free kick.

15/01/11 Serie A
3 SSC Napoli
0 AS Livorno Calcio
Ezequiel Lavezzi (17)
Luigi Vitale (26)
Edinson Cavani (29)
The 3rd home game in a row for Napoli and against the worst team in the league they once again tried out the 4-4-2 formation. This time it worked to perfection as the game was decided before 30 minutes was played.
The second half gave debut to Abdi Ibrahim.
Later in the day Napoli got more good news when Inter again played to a draw (3rd game in a row) and suddenly the two teams are tied on points.

19/01/11 Serie A
1 Atalanta BC
3 SSC Napoli
Andrea Poli (23)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (45)
Edinson Cavani (90+2p)
It started bad for Napoli when Popov again had to be helped off the field after just 10 minutes with a new injury. But it got a lot better after 25 minutes when newly acquired Andrea Poli scored in his Napoli debut. Just before the half Napoli got a second but just second later also allowed Atalanta a goal.
5 minutes in to the second half Atalanta had a player sent off and after that the result was given. Napoli held on to the ball and added a 3rd goal on a penalty in stoppage time.

22/01/11 Serie A
0 SSC Napoli
0 AS Bari
This time it only took 8 minutes before Napoli was a man up. But even with a 17-3 in the shots statistic Napoli never managed to get the ball in the net. Luckily for Napoli it looks like Inter have finally gotten the form crises they were hoping for when the defending champions played to there 6th draw in the last 7 Seria A games.

25/01/11 Coppa Italia
2 SSC Napoli
1 ACF Fiorentina
Ezequiel Lavezzi (35)
Christian Maggio (49)
Frantisek Kubikk (69 p)
Napoli played the cup game with almost a B-team. Still the produced a lot of chances in the first half and deservingly took the lead. In the second half Napoli doubled the lead after a corner and the both team scored on a penalty.
The big surprise today was Andreas Laudrup who completely dominated on the midfield with Hamsik sitting out.

29/01/11 Serie A
1 Palermo
2 SSC Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (84)
Edinson Cavani (41)
Napoli was lucky to get 3 points home from Sicily today. Palermo was for much of the game the better team and for a long time it looked like a draw. But another corner goal by Kryvtsov and a little bit of magic by Cavani changed that. Then it didn’t matter that Kryvtsov made an own goal late in stoppage time.

30/01/12 Transfer News
Just before the transfer window was closing down for the rest of the season Napoli decided to spend another £8mil. This time the target was 23-year old Argentinean Emiliano Insùa from Aston Villa.
Insùa was back in English football after a season in Turkey. The former Liverpool player has 105 league appearances in his career and a single cap for Argentina.

Northwood_DK · 03-16-2011, 04:40 PM

February 2012

01/02/11 Coppa Italia, Semi Final Leg 1
3 S.S.C Napoli
2 UC Sampdoria
Edinson Cavani (41)
Sergiy Kryvtsov (51, 60)
Napoli won the first leg of the semi final in the Italian Cup in a great game for the fans. Sampdoria took the lead but Napoli then came back with three unanswered goals. Sampdoria scored a second goal in overtime and everything is open before the return leg.

05/02/11 Serie A
0 S.S.C Napoli
1 AC Chievo Verona
Napoli made a huge mistake home against a Chievo team fighting in the bottom of the league. Several players had an off day and even if Chievo needed a penalty to score it was hardly unfair that they won the game. This was Napoli’s first loss since 29/10/11 when they lost to Parma. That’s 18 games ago.

11/02/11 Serie A
2 S.S.C Napoli
1 ACF Fiorentina
Marek Hamsik (6)
Edinson Cavani (49)
After last weeks embarrassing loss, it was a completely different Napoli team playing today. It took only Hamsik 6 minutes to score the first goal. Just after the break Cavani added a second and Napoli then started to substitute to rest some key players the rest them before the Champions League game against Barcelona coming up in just four days.

12/02/12 World News
Ghana today won the African Nations Cup with after a penalty shootout with Morocco in the final. The regular game finished 1-1.

15/02/11 UEFA Champions League
0 S.S.C Napoli
2 F.C Barcelona
More then 60.000 was in attendance to see Napoli have a shot on the upright within 10 minutes of play. The rest of the first half was uneventful with no clear chances for either team.
In the second half the game was decided by two goals by the Lionel Messi. First he scored on a long shot he curled in behind the keeper and the second came after a typical Barcelona attack.

18/02/11 Serie A
1 SS Lazio
0 S.S.C Napoli
Napoli was looking for revenge from the bad 0-3 home defeat from last time the two teams played. But once again Napoli came away empty handed. This time they were done in by a late goal of a corner kick.
Napoli has now lost 3 of there last four games and looks like a team in crises. That not a good thing for a manager who just spend £25mil of the owners money to upgrade the team.
It will not help any that the next game is a road game against form strong AC Milan

26/02/11 Serie A
2 AC Milan
2 S.S.C Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (36)
Marek Hamsik (57)
Napoli had huge problems keeping up with Milan in the first half but they still managed to take the lead after 26 minutes when Kryvtsov scored his 10th goal of the season. It was still even at the half when Napoli gave up a penalty just before the half.
The picture was the same in the second half. Napoli scores an early goal and Milan scores just before the referee gets ready to end the game.

Northwood_DK · 03-20-2011, 09:50 AM

Mars 2012

03/03/11 Serie A
3 S.S.C Napoli
0 Bologna FC
Andreas Laudrup (38)
Ivelin Popov (43, 66p)
Napoli finally got an easy game and took full advantage while still resting some regular starters. Popov had a chance for a hat trick but put a second penalty kick wide. Both were committed against Stokkelien.
Only bad news is that Sergiy Kryvtsov will be out for the Barcelona game as he picked up an injury that will keep him sidelined for up to 3 weeks.

07/03/11 UEFA Champions League
3 F.C Barcelona
0 S.S.C Napoli
The result was a given from the second the game started and Napoli looked like a team who had already given up. Several of the young Napoli players got a chance to play Champions League football and they gave a good performance.
Biggest surprise of the first knockout round was that Man Utd was sent out by a loss to O Lyonnais.

11/03/11 Serie A
4 Juventus
1 S.S.C Napoli
Fabiano Santacroce (50)
It’s getting ugly in Napoli. This was not only an ugly loss that gave the team moral a big hit but it also allowed the teams behind to now almost have caught up. The final of this years Serie A looks to extremely close as very interesting to follow.

18/03/11 Serie A
0 Parma FC
2 S.S.C Napoli
Frederik Sørensen (49)
Marek Hamsik (59)
If there was ever a game Napoli needed to win this was it. In the rain on the road Napoli completely dominated the first half without scoring.
In the second half it only took Napoli 5 minutes to finally get a goal when Frederik Sørensen got his first goal for Napoli. That settled everything down and Hamsik later added a second for the easy win Napoli was looking for.

25/03/11 Serie A
0 S.S.C Napoli
1 Udinese Calcio
Just when Napoli thought they had found something they take another step back. This time with a home loss to Udinese. Napoli suddenly finds themselves 5 points behind Inter and the chance for the first championship since 1990 is quickly slipping away.

Northwood_DK · 03-21-2011, 12:47 AM

April 2012

01/04/11 Serie A
0 US Sassuolo Calcio
2 S.S.C Napoli
Edinson Cavani (6, 48)
In his 100th game as manager for Napoli Tom Northwood gets a much needed win. Cavani and Hamsik both have excellent games and then Napoli is hard to beat.

05/04/11 UEFA Champions League news
The four teams for the Semi finals have been found. Defending champions Bayern Munich is still in the tournament and will go up against Inter. In the other Semi its O Lyonnais against Arsenal.

07/04/11 Serie A
4 S.S.C Napoli
0 Genoa CFC
Marek Hamsik (6p, 9p, 44)
Edinson Cavani (36)
At home against Genoa they went on the attack from the first minute and were rewarded with a penalty after just 6 minutes and Marek Hamsik made no mistakes with it. Napoli got second penalty just minutes later and again Hamsik was accurate. Cavani added a 3rd goal for Napoli before the half hour mark and when Hamsik completed his hat trick in the 44th minute on of the best 45 minutes of football by Napoli was over.

11/04/11 Coppa Italia, Semi Final Leg 2
1 UC Sampdoria
2 S.S.C Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (24)
Marek Hamsik (54)
Napoli will get the chance in another final after the road win over Sampdoria. Sergiy Kryvtsov gave Napoli the lead with a good header from just inside the six-yard box in the 24th minute. The second goal was scored by Hamsik just after the break and that was the end of the game.
In the final Napoli will play the Genoa team they convincingly beat last week and who they are 4-0 against since Tom Northwood took over as manager. Genoa made the final after a surprise win over AC Milan.

14/04/11 Serie A
0 Fiorentina
2 S.S.C Napoli
Ezequiel Lavezzi (88)
Andrea Poli (77)
After 371 minutes without a goal for Napoli Lavezzi finally scored on a long shot and gave his team the lead. In the second half Poli doubled the lead for Napoli and when the news came in after the game that Inter had lost 2-1 to AC Milan, a good day suddenly became great for the Napoli team and there fans.

22/04/11 Serie A
2 AS Roma
1 S.S.C Napoli
Edinson Cavani (16)
Napoli needed a win to keep up with Palermo and Inter who both won there early games. Cavani scored on a curling long shot but Roma pulled back to level before the half.
In the second half Roma got the early goal and Napoli didn’t manage to respond.

29/04/11 Serie A
3 FC Internazionale Milano
0 S.S.C Napoli
Against an Inter team who just days before qualified for the Champions League final Napoli got a horrible start when they allowed Milito to score a goal after just 7 minutes.
In the second half the task ahead didn’t get any easier when Cavani was sent off after an hours play. After that the game quickly got out of hand.

Northwood_DK · 03-23-2011, 03:00 AM

May 2012

02/05/11 Coppa Italia, Final
1 Genoa CFC
6 S.S.C Napoli
Edinson Cavani (2, 51, 77)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (29)
Frantisek Kubik (40)
Mads Stokkelien (55)
In a firework of offensive football Napoli took home there first title under new manager Tom Northwood and the first Italian cup since the Maradona era back in 1987.

06/05/11 Serie A
3 S.S.C Napoli
1 Calcio Catania
Frantisek Kubik (40)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (35p)
Own goal (45)
After the fantastic result earlier in the week the Napoli team continued to attack at home against Catania. They got a break after just 12 minutes when Kubik got the ball over the line after a freekick ended up in inside the keeper arrear.
Ezequiel Lavezzi doubled the lead on a penalty and Kubik then did most of the work in what will be marked down as an own goal in the history books.
The win guaranties Napoli a place in next year Champions League but it also became clear that Napoli will have to wait another year for the title as Palermo won again to keep the 4 points advantage with just one game left to play.

07/05/11 Manager News
Chelsea today sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti after the team for the second year in a row finished “just” second in the English Premier Division. Tottenham is also looking for a new manager after a disappointing season.

13/05/11 Serie A
0 Cagliari Calcio
0 S.S.C Napoli
With the results around the league starting to come inn it quickly became clear that this game was meaningless for both teams.
Napoli was stuck in 3rd place while Palermo took home there first title ever and finally ended Inters winning streak.

15/05/11 Napoli News
The loan deal for Nigel de Jong has ended and he will return to Man City. Napoli will not seek to prolong the deal or buy the player who finished the season with a 6.93 average rating.

19/05/11 Napoli News
On the day that Inter won the UEFA Champions League, Napoli also had reason to celebrate as they were rewarded close to £22mil in television revenue from the biggest club tournament in the world.
For the second year in a row Napoli finished the year making a lot of money and making both shareholders and fans happy.

20/05/11 Napoli News
Most of the Napoli players today broke for summer holiday and will not be back before 09 July. But for 11 of the players the holiday will have to wait as they are selected to play football for there country in the upcoming days. For two players, Erwin Hoffer (Austria) and Sergiy Kryvtsov (Ukraine) there will not be any summer holiday this year as they are going to represent there country in the European Championship. The Italian players in Napoli will be a bit disappointed that not a single Napoli player was selected in the national team for the upcoming tournament that will be played in Poland/ Ukraine.

Northwood_DK · 03-27-2011, 09:00 AM

Northwood_DK · 03-28-2011, 01:01 AM

June 2012

All eyes were on Poland/Ukraine this month where the European Championship was played. In the early group stage some of the big teams struggled and France, Italy and Spain failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Also both host nations, Poland and Ukraine failed to make it thru to the second round.
In the end it was Germany who came out on top with a final 2-0 win over Sweden. It was Germanys first European Championship since 1996.
Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok surprisingly won both the golden boot award with 5 goals and the best player award.

Northwood_DK · 03-28-2011, 01:01 AM

July 2012

05/07/12 Napoli News
With Napoli manager Tom Northwood promising that the team will contend for the title again this season the board has made a historic high £44mil available for new players.
Still Napoli has no clear target in the transfer marked that just opened up again a few days ago.
Napoli did have talks with Real Madrid and Kaka but completely outrage salary demands quickly stopped those talks.

07/07/12 Manager News
Carlo Ancelotti was today named the new manager for Italy just a month after he was fired from Chelsea.
He will be the man to take an Italy team that didn’t make it out of the group play in the European Championship to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014

09/07/12 Manager News
Josep Guardiola today resigned as the manager of FC Barcelona. Later in the day on a press conference he was introduced as the new manager for Spain. He will replace Del Bosque who was fired after a weak performance by Spain in the European Championship.
Who will take over in Barcelona is still unclear.

10/07/12 Friendly
1 Napoli Reserves
1 S.S.C Napoli
Ivelin Popov (16)
Everybody got to play in the first of seven friendly’s Napoli will play before the start of this year’s regular season.

16/07/12 Manager News
FC Barcelona today introduced there new manager. The Spanish club has decided on Roberto Mancini. They will have to pay Liverpool £2mil in compensation but that will not be enough to satisfy the Liverpool fans.

17/07/12 Transfer News
Napoli has still not had much luck in the transfer marked. The talks with Chelsea about right back Ramires broke down when the English team asked for £26mil. Napoli also had to give up on signing keeper Akinfeev away from CSKA Moscow.

19/07/12 Transfer News
Napoli once again came up short in transfer talks. This time it was Danish defender Simon Kjær who could not come to an agreement with the Italian team on his personal deal. The request for a weekly salary over £125.000 was more then what the team was willing to pay.

22/07/12 Friendly
1 Brescia
1 S.S.C Napoli
Jacopo Galimberti (51)
Napoli still struggles to get the 4-4-2 formation to work properly.

23/07/12 Transfer News
Napoli finally made the first new signing before the upcoming season. Napoli paid Ajax £7.5mil for the 22-year old Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen.
Its speculated that Eriksen is the future replacement for the day Marek Hamsik decided to leave for a bigger European club as he has talked about doing several times already.

24/07/12 Friendly
0 RKC (Holland)
1 S.S.C Napoli
Mads Stokkelien (53)
Christian Eriksen was in the starting lineup just hours after signing with Napoli and he was part of the teams first win this season in a game where the young players got chance to prove why they belong on the team this season.

25/07/12 Transfer News
Arsenal today made the biggest move in this year transfer marked when they paid Inter £22mil for 30-year old Maicon.

26/07/12 Manager News
Napoli manager Tom Northwood was today approached by Argentinean club Boca Juniors about the vacant manager job.
Northwood decided to turn down the offer straight away as he feels his job in Napoli is still not done.

27/07/12 Friendly
2 Middlesbrough (England)
1 S.S.C Napoli
Sergiy Kryvtsov (44)
The play was better then the result against an English Premier league team.

30/07/12 Friendly
0 Castellòn (Spain)
2 S.S.C Napoli
Emil Larsen (66, 80)
The team has now given up on the 4-4-2 and has gone back to playing with just a single striker.

Northwood_DK · 03-30-2011, 01:06 AM

August 2012

06/08/12 Transfer News
Napoli today decided to send Fernando Tobio back to South America. Tobio was the first player manager Tom Northwood bought when he arrived in Napoli but the young player had a hard time breaking in to the first team and in the few chances he got he made to many costly mistakes.
He will move back to play for Estudiantes for a £1.3mil transfer fee. Napoli paid over €5mil for the player back in 2010.

07/08/12 Friendly
3 Salamanca (Spain)
2 S.S.C Napoli
Edinson Cavani (47)
Josè Sosa (72)
The team played a horrible first half being down 0-3 at the break but almost came all the way back in the second half.
It’s not just the results that concerns Napoli fans. An injury to Cavani that will keep him out for 7-10 days is also bad news.

08/08/12 Transfer News
Napoli today confirmed that Luigi Vitale will be loaned out to Lille in the France first division for the season. Vitale played 19 games for Napoli last season but the club got several good options at left midfield so this might be a good move for Vitals’ career.

It was also today confirmed that Man City has paid £23mil for Danish defender Simon Kjær.

09/08/12 Transfer News
The Napoli board has been looking in to adding a feeder club and today came up with a list of possible clubs. The list was made up by 2 clubs in Japan and 3 in USA. Manager Tom Northwood picked Columbus Crew as his preferred club.

10/08/12 World News
It today became clear that Brazil has been knocked out of the Olympic tournament already in the group stage. Also host nation England will not make it to the quarter finals.

11/08/12 Transfer News
Napoli today added some depth at right defender when the brought inn France player Abdoulay Konko from Sevilla on a loan deal. The 28-year old have played the last fours seasons in Spain but started his career in Italy before that.

15/08/12 Friendly
9 S.S.C Napoli
0 Santa Lucia (Italy)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (1, 4, 27)
Marek Hamsik (7, 36)
Christian Maggio (40)
Josè Sosa (47, 65)
Jelle Vossen (85)
Napoli needed a confidence builder in the last game before the start of the regular season in just 10 days and they got just that against a weak Santa Lucia team.

25/08/12 Italian Super Cup
2 S.S.C Napoli
2p US Città di Palermo
Edinson Cavani (2, 42)
Napoli and Edinson Cavani got the new season off to a great start when he scored after just 1 minute of play. And just like he started the half he also finished the first half with a goal.
Palermo pulled one back after one hour of play and scored again after 75minutes.
The game then went all the way to penalties where Napoli was horrible.

Today was also the day the final of the Olympic was played. A Danish U-23 team with both Emil Larsen and Christian Eriksen in the starting lineup surprised Germany and took home the gold medal with a 3-1 win.

30/08/12 UEFA Champions League News
Napoli was for the second year in a row in the 3rd level in the Champions League draw. They were this year drawn in group H together with Barcelona, Porto and Metalist from Ukraine.

Northwood_DK · 03-30-2011, 11:31 PM

September 2012

02/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM
2 S.S.C Napoli
0 US Lecce
Edinson Cavani (25)
Christian Maggio (37)
Napoli got off to an excellent start to the new season. In a home game with more then 51000 in the stands the team completely dominated and the victory could easily have been with a lot more then two goals.
Its was Christian Maggio’s game number 100 for Napoli and he got both a goal and won Man of the match.

15/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM
0 Cagliari Calcio
4 S.S.C Napoli
Edinson Cavani (6)
Andrea Poli (14)
Christian Maggio (54)
Frantisek Kubikk (69)
After a sloppy pre-season everything has clicked in the two first games of the regular season. Maggio have been fantastic and also Christian Eriksen has impressed al lot being the creator behind most of Napoli’s goals.

19/09/12 UEFA Champions League
4 FC Barcelona (Spain)
0 S.S.C Napoli
Its not easy beating Barcelona at Camp No and when you give them a cheep penalty within the first 5 minutes it gets almost impossible. And when the center defends (Kryvtsov and Sørensen) is having a bad day the numbers can quickly get out of hand.

23/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM
2 S.S.C Napoli
1 US Città di Palermo
Frantisek Kubikk (55)
Edinson Cavani (58)
It was Napoli dominating the first half in the delle Due Sicilie Derby but Palermo taking the lead on what looked like a keeper mistake by Morgan De Sanctis just before the half.
In the second half the game changed in 4 minutes when Kubik and Cavani scored goals in the 55th and 58th minute.

26/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM
4 ACF Fiorentina
0 S.S.C Napoli
Fiorentina dominated the first half and Napoli was lucky only to be down by two goals at the half. In the second half it didn’t get any better and Napoli is handed there first loss of the season.
The fans are getting worried about a 4-back-line that once again had a horrible day.

29/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM
3 S.S.C Napoli
1 AC Chievo Verona
Edinson Cavani (21, 28)
Andrea Poli (62)
The team that could not put a foot right just three days ago bounced back nicely today. With two goals in the first half Cavani reached his 50th for Napoli.

Northwood_DK · 04-01-2011, 12:01 AM

October 2012

02/10/12 UEFA Champions League
3 S.S.C Napoli
1 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Edinson Cavani (23)
Frederik Sørensen (45+3)
Fabiano Santacroce (85)
Napoli completely dominated the start of the game only to be caught out on a counter attack. Still it was only a question of time before Napoli would score. Cavani scored the equalizer and Frederik Sørensen scored his first goal of the season just before the half.
After an hours play Metalist had a player sent off and Napoli had few problems controlling the rest of the game.

07/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM
0 Genoa CFC
0 S.S.C Napoli
A horrible game by both teams where they failed to produce a single chance. Only positive news was that Fredrik Sørensen finally found something and was selected man of the match.

13/10/12 Manager News
Brazil is again looking for a new manager after they sacked Felipao after just 14 months in control. They will be looking for a manager who can save a team that have only won 3 of there last 12 games and who has fallen to 56th in the world ranking.

20/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM
1 S.S.C Napoli
0 S.S Lazio
Christian Maggio (12)
Napoli was extremely lucky getting all three points against Lazio. Napoli took the early lead but then Lazio took over. They had the ball in the net twice but both goals were called back due to off sides with the second being highly questionable.

23/10/12 UEFA Champions League
1 FC Porto (Portugal)
0 S.S.C Napoli
Napoli didn’t have a single shot at goal and the future in the Champions League suddenly looks bleak. Hulk was the big man for Porto and more then Napoli could handle.
But what was even worse is the injury to Cavani. He had to leave the field after just 17 minutes and the first reports are a torn hamstring. If that’s true he will be out between 2-3 months.

24/10/12 Napoli News
After a visit to a specialist Napoli and Edinson Cavanis worst fears was today confirmed. Cavani will have to undergo surgery and will miss the next 2 to 3 months of the season with a torn hamstring in his right leg.

28/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM
2 Torino FC
2 S.S.C Napoli
Christian Maggio (12)
Fabiano Santacroce (76)
In the game where Ezequiel Lavezzi was suppose to stand up and show that he could take over for the injured Cavani, he had an absolute stinker. He not just missed a penalty but also blew several other clear chances that could have given Napoli the win.

Northwood_DK · 04-04-2011, 02:00 AM

November 2012

03/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM
2 S.S.C Napoli
2 FC Internazionale Milano
Frantisek Kubik (12, 58)
58000 people in the stands were treated to 4 goals, two missed penalties and a red card in a great game. Despite being a man down the last 10 minutes Napoli had some huge chances to win the game late. Frantisek Kubikk was the big hero with two goals while Ezequiel Lavezzi once again was the villain with another missed penalty.

09/11/12 UEFA Champions League news
It’s not everyday that Man United is humiliated but that’s what happened today when they lost 4-0 to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Man U has now lost three of there last four games.

07/11/12 UEFA Champions League
3 S.S.C Napoli
1 FC Porto (Portugal)
Marek Hamsik
Sergiy Kryvtsov
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Napoli plays some really good football in the first half but still only comes away with a draw. In the second half Napoli kept up the pressure and it finally paid off. Kryvtsov scored after a corner and after 410 minutes of football without a goal Lavezzi finally got paid for his hard work.
Napoli will still need some help to take the second place in the grouped but with the win today there is still a real chance.

10/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM
1 Atalanta BC
4 S.S.C Napoli
Own goal (7)
Jelle Vossen (45+1)
Christian Maggio (67)
Frantisek Kubik (78)
It was a tired Napoli team who took the field for the 3rd time in just seven days. With Hamsik, Lavezzi and Kubik starting on the bench it was a positive surprise that the team still managed to dominate. Jelle Vossen got his first ever goal for Napoli but Napoli also lost Popov to injury (again).

11/11/12 Manager News
It was a surprise when Juventus signed Arsene Wenger away from Arsenal last season but the surprise was perhaps even bigger today when the club decided to sack the very same Wenger after just ten games of the season. Juventus is of to a bad start again being in 10th place but 13 points behind league leader Inter but who will they get that can do a better job with this team?

14/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM
3 S.S.C Napoli
0 US Sassuolo Calcio
Christian Eriksen (42)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (50)
Fabiano Santacroce (69)
Napoli took 15 shots in the first half to Sassuolos zero but only one really counted. That was the shot just minutes before the break from Christian Eriksen that went in for his first goal for Napoli. In the second half Napoli kept up the pressure and also managed to give some backups some valuable minutes.

15/11/12 Manager News
The big teams keep sacking managers. Today it was Redknapp who was sent packing in by the Man City owner. They are 8th after 12 games and that was not enough for the sheik in charge.

17/11/12 Manager News
Juventus today announced that there new manager will be Antonio Conte. This will be the first major job for the former Juventus player.

18/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM
1 AC Siena
2 S.S.C Napoli
Christian Maggio (45+1)
Marek Hamsik (58)
It’s getting pretty empty up front for Napoli. Today it was Ezequiel Lavezzi who went down already after 3 minutes. Luckily it’s just a twisted knee and he will be back in about 2 weeks.
Napoli was fortuned to win today as Siena missed a penalty just 5 minutes before full time.
The win came on the same day that Siena announced that they have signed Napoli legend Gianfranco Zola as there new manager.

19/11/12 Manager News
It was a match made in h___ when Man City and Josè Mourinho came together once again. He will take over a team that has already spend £71mil on players this season.

24/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM
0 Calcio Catania
2 S.S.C Napoli
Frederik Sørensen (14)
Jelle Vossen (48)
A Napoli team with Hamsik, Cavani, Eriksen and Lavezzi being sidelined turned to the stars of the future for a road win over Catania. Sørensen scored after a free kick and Vossen scored a real forwards goal when he snapped up a loss ball inside the 16-meter.

27/11/12 UEFA Champions League
0 S.S.C Napoli
0 FC Barcelona (Spain)
Napoli picked up a hugely important draw against Barcelona today. Napoli was without a real striker in the starting lineup and had to start unknown Germàn Denis up front. Still they managed to hang with a Barcelona team that has been struggling the last month.
With today’s result Napoli still have a chance to advantage to the knockout round.

Northwood_DK · 04-08-2011, 05:54 AM

December 2012

02/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM
4 S.S.C Napoli
1 AS Bari
Jelle Vossen (14)
Christian Maggio (18)
Frantisek Kubikk (81)
Ivelin Popov (90+2)
Jelle Vossen suddenly looks like a real striker and when the team scores four goals against Bari the injury to Cavani and Lavezzi don’t hurt that much.
Napoli now got 10 Serie A games without a loss but the team is still 2 points behind Inter.

08/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM
3 Udinese Calcio
1 S.S.C Napoli
Marek Hamsik (82)
And just like that the streak comes to an end. Napoli thought they had secured a draw when Hamsik scored late but two later Udinese goals decided the game.

09/12/12 Manager News
It’s close to a month ago that Juventus sacked Wenger after a slow start to the season. The team have now lost four games in a row and dropped to 12th in the standing just 3 points clear of the relegation line.

12/12/12 UEFA Champions League
3 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
4 S.S.C Napoli
Ezequiel Lavezzi (11, 40, 50)
Christian Maggio (23)
On a snowy field in Ukraine Napoli did the best they could to sneak in to the knockout stage of the Champions League. And for 6 minutes late in the game Napoli was inn. Unluckily Porto and Barcelona played to a draw in a game where Barca had a man sent off after just 18 minutes and that result sends Porto and Barcelona to the next round.

15/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM
2 S.S.C Napoli
3 UC Sampdoria
Sergiy Kryvtsov (7)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (46)
The horrible week continues for Napoli. At home against this years surprise team Sampdoria, Napoli had the lead at both 1-0 and 2-1. Still the team came away with 0 points when 90 minutes was played and even managed to get both Frantisek Kubikk and Lavezzi injured in the process.

21/12/12 UEFA Europa League News
As the 3rd team in there Champions League group Napoli was today entered in to the draw for the Europa Leagues first knockout stage. Napoli will not be too unhappy about being drawn against Portuguese Braga in the round of 32.
The winner of that game will play against Shakhtar or Leverkusen.

22/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM
0 AC Milan
3 S.S.C Napoli
Christian Maggio (4, 10)
Jelle Vossen (74)
The team is so inconsistent. Last week they blew the home game only to go on the road and play a flawless game against Milan.

29/12/12 Injury news
When it rain, it pours.
In a light training today Marek Hamsik limped off the field with a back stress fracture. After a check by the team physios he was ruled out for 7-8 weeks.

02-21-2011, 04:24 PM	#5
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	September 2010 12/09/10 Serie A 1 AS Bari 1 SSC Napoli Cristiano Lucarelli (71) After the great result in the opening match of the season Napoli was sent back down to earth after a disappointing 1-1 draw with Bari. With just 4 minutes remaining on the clock Napoli allowed a Bari teams playing 4-2-4 and easy goal to draw back to level and “steal” the victory away from Napoli. 16/09/10 UEFA Europa League 0 Sheriff 3 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (60) Paolo Cannavaro (83) Ezequiel Lavezzi (88) It took some time for Napoli to open up the Sheriff defends. Cavani finally did it after one hour of play on a perfect deep ball from Lavezzi and after that the result was never in doubt. 19/09/10 Serie A 2 SSC Napoli 0 US Lecce Own goal (6) Ezequiel Lavezzi (47) In the 3rd game in just 7 days Napoli goy off to a good start on a Lecce own goal after just 6 minutes. The second goal came just after halftime on a perfectly Napoli attack finished off by Ezequiel Lavezzi. 22/09/10 Serie A 4 Parma FC 3 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (10) Paolo Cannavaro (83) Ezequiel Lavezzi (65) The tough schedule for Napoli continues. 35-year old Hernàn Crespo show a glimpse of old class when he scores a hattrick. With the last of his goals being in the final minute of the game and that was more then what Napoli managed to overcome and they record there first loss of the regular season. 26/09/10 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 US Città di Palermo Cristiano Lucarelli (33 P) Young defender Fernando Tobio had a nightmare day today. He started out making an own goal after just 2 minutes of play and then proceeded to get a direct red card in the second half. Still Napoli managed to get away from the game with a point mostly because of great play by Morgan De Sanctis in goal and a cheep penalty given to Christian Maggio. 30/09/10 UEFA Europa League 1 SSC Napoli 1 PSV Marek Hamšík (72) Marek Hamšík finally got his name on the scoresheed for Napoli in the draw with Dutch PSV. It was a close game between two equal teams. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-22-2011 at 04:11 PM.

02-21-2011, 11:13 PM	#6
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02-22-2011, 04:09 PM	#8
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	October 2010 03/10/10 Serie A 0 Udinese Calcio 0 SSC Napoli For the 3rd game in a row Napoli plays to a draw. The team is getting a problem with yellow cards. In the last three games alone the team have picked up 13 yellow cards and a red and several players is facing suspensions. 17/10/10 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 Calcio Catania Edinson Cavani (67) Cavani made his own copy of a great Maradona goal today when he got the ball at midfield and then on his own out ran/dribbled the Catania defends for the equalizer. Still the overall result was a disappointment for the 34.000 Napoli fans. 21/10/10 UEFA Europa League 1 Club Brugge 2 SSC Napoli Marek Hamšík (23 P) Fabiano Santacroce (41) Napoli gets an all important road win in the UEFA Europa League. Fabiano Santacroce scored his first goal of the season after a corner and Hamšík scored on the penalty that was given to Emil Larsen under huge protests from the Brugge team. 24/10/10 Serie A 0 S.S. Lazio 2 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (19, 69) Napoli rested Hamšík after the UEFA Europa League game just a few days ago but with Cavani on the team that didn’t matter much. Cavani got three chances and came away with two goals and a penalty. José Ernesto Sosa missed the penalty kick. 30/10/10 Serie A 3 SSC Napoli 3 UC Sampdoria Marek Hamšík (4) Edinson Cavani (24) Cristiano Lucarelli (82) It was a fun game to watch but Napoli would properly have hoped for another result when scoring three at home. Cavani is in a rarer form at the moment and it looks like he can score whenever he wants to. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-22-2011 at 04:10 PM.

02-24-2011, 12:28 AM	#9
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	November 2010 04/11/10 UEFA Europa League 2 SSC Napoli 0 Club Brugge Ezequiel Lavezzi (17 P, 45+2 ) Napoli takes a chance and rest both Cavani and Hamšík for the game against league leader Inter later in the week. While Club Brugge hits the woodwork twice Ezequiel Lavezzi is deadly accurate and scores both goals for Napoli in the first half. 07/11/10 Serie A 0 FC Internazionale Milano 0 SSC Napoli In a hard fought match (11 yellow cards) Inter takes 21 shots to Napoli’s just seven but a brilliant performance by goalie Morgan De Sanctis saves Napoli the one point. 10/11/10 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 Brescia Calcio Napoli has to fight from behind after Brescia scores the go-ahead goal on a corner already after 4 minutes of play. It’s once again Ezequiel Lavezzi who is the savior with his goal after 13 minutes. In the second half Lavezzi manage to pick up two yellow cards in just 4 minutes and Napoli have to finish the game with just 10 men. 13/11/10 Serie A 3 AC Chievo Verona 0 SSC Napoli A new low point in the season as Napoli losses to Chievo in embarrassing fashion. The first goal comes after a mix-up between Morgan De Sanctis and Fernando Tobio. After that it goes from bad to worse when Paolo Cannavaro is shown a direct red card. After the game Fernando Tobio who has struggled after joining the team pay the price as he is sent to the reserve team after some less then impressive performances. 20/11/10 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 0 ACF Fiorentina The streak without a win goes to 4 and the fans starts to worry. Its only Morgan De Sanctis saving Napoli from another defeat at home and the team have only scored a single goal in the last 4 games. 28/11/10 Serie A 0 Cesena 3 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (11,64) Marek Hamšík (23) Finally went away from the 3-man defensive line and the result was eminent against a weak (last place in the league) opponent. The 3-man defends gave up way to many goals from open crosses. Instead Napoli have decided to give the 4-2-3-1 Asymmetric a try. I should stabilize the defends but it will also leave Lavezzi or Cavani on the bench. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-26-2011 at 03:34 AM.

02-25-2011, 12:10 AM	#10
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	December 2010 02/12/10 UEFA Europa League 2 SSC Napoli 0 Sheriff Ezequiel Lavezzi (74) Cristiano Lucarelli (93) With the advancement to the next round already secured some of the players with little playing time in the regular lineup get a chance in this match. Still Napoli is in complete control even if they have to wait late to late in the second half for the goals. 05/12/10 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 1 Bologna FC Another huge setback. With both Cavani and Hamšík back in the starting lineup Napoli once again completely dominates the game. But this time they struggle to score despite the advantage in ball control. Instead Bologna claims the win on a contra in the 85th minute on there just second shot on goal all game. 12/12/10 Serie A 2 Juventus 0 SSC Napoli Napoli played a good game but again came away with 0 points. Juventus scored an early goal and controlled the game. The second goal came in the end of the game when Napoli threw it all forward to get the equalizer. Napoli now finds themselves in 11th place but already 13 points behind league leader Inter. 16/12/10 UEFA Europa League 0 PSV 2 SSC Napoli Paolo Cannavaro (75) Ezequiel Lavezzi (92) With both teams already qualified for the next round the two teams did not show much tonight. Napoli played defensively and was pleased to keep the ball within the team. Paolo Cannavaro scored his just 3rd goal of the season after a corner and Ezequiel Lavezzi scored the second of the game late in extra time. That was Lavezzis 7th goal in the Euro Cup in just 5 games. In the draw for the first knockout round Napoli gets FC Schalke 04 from Germany. 19/12/10 Serie A 1 Cagliari Calcio 1 SSC Napoli Christian Maggio (76) Just three days after the Euro League win over PSV Napoli again struggled in the league. They could not hold on after Maggio gave them a late lead-goal and allowed Cagliari the late (89) equalizer. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-27-2011 at 03:30 AM.

02-19-2011, 04:38 PM	#2
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	Roster Just a short presentation of the roster. Expected starting 11 in bold Position Player GK Gennaro Iezzo GK Morgan De Sanctis GK Matteo Gianello DF Gianluca Grava DF Andrea Dossena DF Fabiano Santacroce DF Camilo Zungia DF Hugo Campagnaro DF Emílson Cribari DF Paolo Cannavaro MF Luigi Vitale MF Michele Pazienza MF Christian Maggio MF Marek Hamšík MF Hassan Yebda (on loan from Benfica) MF Walter Gargano MF José Ernesto Sosa MF Manuele Blasi FW Edinson Cavani FW Ezequiel Lavezzi FW Cristiano Lucarelli (on loan from Parma Key players: Defends: 33 year old keeper Morgan De Sanctis is in his prime age for a keeper and is excellent when one on one with the opponent, Paolo Cannavaro and Campagnaro provides the experience in the middle of the defends. Midfield: The just 23 years old midfielder from Slovakia Marek Hamšík looks to be one of the bight stars of the future in European football. He will be the creator with some interesting names in José Ernesto Sosa and Manuele Blasi operating on the sidelines. Attack: Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi might not be that well known by the average football fan but they got the potential shine bright in Seria A this season.

02-19-2011, 04:43 PM	#3
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	July 2010 The new manager decided to us the pre-season matches to get a feel for the different players on the roster and at the same time try to find a formation. Most experts recommended a 3-back-line with Walter Gargano playing deep as a 4th defender. Up front it’s all a question about getting Marek Hamšík and Edinson Cavani as much involved as possible. On the transfer marked the new manager went against the grain and looked at Scandinavian players instead of adding more South Americans. Added to the roster were Markus Henriksen from Rosenborg and Emil Larsen from Lyngby, M/AM (C) Markus Henriksen The just 18-year old midfielder was bought from Norwegian Rosenborg for £2.5 mil. Despite his young age he started 17 games for the Norwegians champions last season. He got the technique and creativity to become a very good player when he learns to position himself better on the field. M/AM (RLC) Emil Larsen Another midfielder was brought inn from he Danish top division club Lyngby. As an 18 year old he scored 11 goals in 27 games in the second best Danish division. He might not have the same upside as Markus Henriksen but his skills with the ball and his natural flair makes him a hot prospect. Napoli paid the Danish club £750K for the young player. Friendly games: Napoli 0 – 0 Napoli Reserves Napoli 4 – 1 LASK Linz Salamanca 0 – 0 Napoli Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-23-2011 at 10:12 AM.

02-20-2011, 03:02 PM	#4
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	August 2010 Friendly games: Ternana 0 – 1 Napoli Huesca 1 – 0 Napoli Còrdoba 2 -2 Napoli Not a very impressive showing by the Napoli team in the pre season games. In a somewhat surprising deal Napoli also went out and spent £5.25mil on young defender Fernando Tobio from Vèlez. He is expected to fill the gap that will be in the central defends if/when Hugo Campagnaro and/or Paolo Cannavaro is sold in the future. 19/08/10 UEFA Europa League qualifier, 1st leg 1 APOEL 2 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (66) Ezequiel Lavezzi (68) After a horrible start where APOEL scores already after two minutes and Walter Gargano is sent off just after the half, Napoli struggles back and gets the all important road win. 26/08/10 UEFA Europa League qualifier, 2nd leg 3 SSC Napoli 0 APOEL Ezequiel Lavezzi (2) Paolo Cannavaro (19) Edinson Cavani (71) The return leg was a walk in the park for Napoli and the game was over after just 20 minutes. All three new players on the Napoli roster got playing time in the last game before the real season opener. Napoli was drawn in to group G in the UEFA Europa league and will play Sheriff (Moldova), Club Brugge (Belgium) and PSV (Holland) in the group stage. PSV and Napoli looks like the early favorites to qualify from the group. 29/08/10 Serie A 3 SSC Napoli 2 AC Milan Ezequiel Lavezzi (23, 88) Edinson Cavani (56) Napoli gets the season off to a fantastic start with a big home win over championship contender AC Milan. Most of the Milan stars struggles to play up to normal standard and the 55.000 in the stadium are pleased with the 3 first points of the season. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-21-2011 at 04:22 PM.

02-26-2011, 03:51 AM	#11
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	January 2011 06/01/11 Serie A 2 SSC Napoli 1 AS Roma Marek Hamšík (37, 65) In the first game without Hugo Campagnaro who was sold to Hèrcules for £3.7mil when the transfer window opened after New Year, Napoli played the #2 team in the league AS Roma. That leaves Napoli with a 4-backline of Camilo Zungia, Fabiano Santacroce, Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava. Marek Hamšík had a great day scoring twice and despite a hard Roma pressure in the last 10 minutes the team held on and came away with a much needed win. 12/01/11 Italian Cup, Round 1 1 SSC Napoli 0 Calcio Catania Marek Hamšík (77) In the first round of the Italian Cup Napoli get back to back wins after another late Hamšík goal. The win came with a price as both Emil Larsen (4 weeks twisted ankle) and Ezequiel Lavezzi (3 weeks knee) was lost with injuries. 16/01/11 Serie A 4 AC Milan 5 SSC Napoli José Ernesto Sosa (4, 33) Luigi Vitale (18) Edinson Cavani (41) Paolo Cannavaro (67) In a game that saw 9 goals and 2 red cards Napoli comes away with one of the biggest win of the season. Still the fans must be slightly concerned that while being up by two men for much of the game AC Milan still made it close in the end. 19/01/11 Serie A 2 Genoa CFC 3 SSC Napoli Christian Maggio (19) José Ernesto Sosa (37) Marek Hamšík (56) Napoli continues there longest winning streak (4) of the season with a win over Genoa. With the new formation it looks like the team has finally started to score goals on a regular basis. Only problem is that the defends is still struggling to keep tight, 23/01/11 Serie A 2 SSC Napoli 0 AS Bari Luigi Vitale (1) Paolo Cannavaro (30) A confident Napoli team had no problems with an uninspired Bari team today. When Vitale scored already in the first minute Napoli could easily control the game and Bari ended the game without creating a real goal chance. Just a few days before the transfer window closes again Napoli added a new player to the roster. The player is 20 year old attacker Mads Stokkelien from Norway. The player comes from Start in the Norwegian top division where he scored 24 goals in 29 starts last season. Napoli had to pay £875K to secure the young prospect. With Lavezzi still injured he might get a place in the team traveling to play Inter this week. 26/01/11 Italian Cup, Qtr final 1 FC Internazionale Milano 0 SSC Napoli Napoli decided to rest many of the regular starters and that gave Inter an easy game. Napoli did have a controversial penalty not called but didn’t produce much else. The game had 10 yellow cards and also gave debut to Mads Stokkelien in the second half. Napoli decided to add a last and final player to the roster before end of the transfer window. The last man in was 27-year old Argentinean Emmanuel Culio. The M (L,C) / AM (C) have played in Romania for the last 4 seasons before joining Napoli for a fee of £1,2mil. 29/01/11 Serie A 2 US Lecce 4 SSC Napoli Own goal (22) José Ernesto Sosa (34 P) Marek Hamšík (45+2 P) Edinson Cavani (46) Napoli picked up another easy win over the worst team in the league. A little more then halfway thru the season they now find themselves on 7th place but equal on points with the team in 3rd place Juventus. Inter at this point looks like the hot favorite to take home the title for the 5th time in a row. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 02-28-2011 at 12:21 AM.

02-28-2011, 12:21 AM	#12
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	February 2011 02/02/11 Serie A 4 SSC Napoli 0 Parma FC Christian Maggio (11, 69) Gianluca Grava (41) Cristiano Lucarelli (77) Last time the two teams played Hernàn Crespo beat Napoli on his own with a hat trick but Napoli was not going to let that happen again this time. It was Napoli all over the game and in one of the best performances of the season they created nine clear chances to Parma’s zero. 06/02/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 0 Udinese Calcio After scoring 4 goals just a few days ago Napoli struggled in front of goal today. Hamšík had an off-day and nobody else stepped up and took responsibility. Emmanuel Culio got his debut in today’s game when he replaced Hamšík in the second half. In a stunning performance surprise team Chievo beat league leaders Inter 6-0 !! 13/02/11 Serie A 0 US Città di Palermo 1 SSC Napoli Christian Maggio (84) José Ernesto Sosa gets the chance as the playmaker in game against Palermo where Marek Hamšík must sit out due to a yellow card suspension. He has a good game but its still Christian Maggio who steals the headlines with his later winning goal. Morgan De Sanctis have now played three games without allowing a goal. 17/02/11 UEFA Europa League 3 Schalke 04 2 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (2,10) Hamšík and Cavani gives Napoli the best possible start to the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa League when they combine there way thru the Schalke defends twice in the first 10 minutes of play. But after that it was all Schalke and two goals by Huntelar and a 93 minute winner by Ciprian Deac gives Napoli something to think about before the return leg. 20/02/1\| Serie A 1 Calcio Catania 4 SSC Napoli Christian Maggio (5) Paolo Cannavaro (28) Manuele Blasi (44) Mads Stokkelien (56) Napoli picks up a solid win on the road in a game where the entire team played good football and was deadly accurate in front of goal. The team had four shots on goal and all four went inn. The last goal of the match was scored by Mads Stokkelien who got his first ever goal for Napoli. 24/02/11 UEFA Europa League 2 SSC Napoli 1 Schalke 04 Christian Maggio (25) Manuele Blasi (37) It started out bad for Napoli when Huntelaar scored after just 15 minutes. But already before the half Napoli was back in control after great goals by Maggio and Blasi. In the second half it was Napoli playing the control game but against Huntelaar and Raul that’s a dangerous game. Schalke had several good chances but even with 4 minutes of extra time the Napoli defends held and the team squeezed thru to the second knockout round on away goals. The opponent for Napoli in the second round will be Spanish Villarreal who beat Werder Bremen in the first round. 27/02/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 S.S. Lazio Ezequiel Lavezzi (31) With the 3rd game in seven days for Napoli the team shows traces of fatigue and also struggles with suspensions. That forces the team to make some hard choices in a huge game. Therefore it was positive to see newcomer Culio coming away with Man of the match. In the end Napoli will be satisfied coming away with a draw in this game. The draw leaves Napoli 10 points behind league leader Inter with 11 games remaining. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-01-2011 at 03:31 AM.

03-01-2011, 03:25 AM	#13
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	Mars 2011 05/03/11 Serie A 1 UC Sampdoria 1 SSC Napoli Emmanuel Culio (63) Emmanuel Culio continues his good form and gets his first goal for Napoli in the draw with Sampdoria. But Napoli will have to start winning close games like this again if they are to hang on to a place in Europe next season. 10/03/11 UEFA Europa League 0 Villarreal 3 SSC Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi (51 P, 68 P, 70) Once again Napoli struggles with suspensions. That forces the team to play very defensive and in the first half it was all about Villarreal. In the second half it all changed and turned in to the Ezequiel Lavezzi show as Napoli picks up a huge road win in Europe. 13/03/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 1 FC Internazionale Milano Napoli had a good chance to get a result at home against league leader Inter and when Wesley Sneijder got injured already after 10 minutes of play the odds got even better. It was Napoli who hade the biggest chances but it was Inter who got the game only goal and came away with the 3 points. 17/03/11 UEFA Europa League 1 SSC Napoli 1 Villarreal José Ernesto Sosa (11) With a 3-0 win in the first leg Napoli rested a lot of starters and gave playing time to some of the young players. Napoli played safe with a lot of men behind the ball. Without breaking much of a sweat Napoli played for a tie and moved on to the next round. Only negative was a red card for Camilo Zungia for a professional foul. Napoli drew Aston Villa who is currently 8th in the English Premier League in the next round. They will play at home in the first game. 20/03/11 Serie A 1 Brescia Calcio 3 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (1) Emmanuel Culio (12) Marek Hamšík (54) It only took Culio and Cavani 24 seconds to combine there way thru the defends for the first goal. 11 minutes later Emmanuel Culio got a goal of his own to double the lead. Marek Hamšík joint the fun in the second half scoring his 10th goal of the season. A good result for Napoli before the players goes away on international duties for a week. Edinson Cavani picked up an ankle injury in Argentina’s national game against Ireland. He will be out for close to 3 weeks. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-02-2011 at 01:14 AM.

03-02-2011, 02:01 AM	#14
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	April 2011 03/04/11 Serie A 2 ACF Fiorentina 2 SSC Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi (5) Emmanuel Culio (49) With Cavani out with injury, Ezequiel Lavezzi took full advantage and scored already after 5 minutes after a huge mistake in the Fiorentina defends. The rest of the first half was dominated by Fiorentina and they scored on a penalty and then again after a corner. In the second half Napoli played a lot better and was unlucky not to win after Fiorentina was reduced to 10 men after a red card 15 minutes before full time. 07/04/11 UEFA Europa League 2 SSC Napoli 0 Aston Villa Marek Hamšík (2) Manuele Blasi (31) Once again Napoli gets off to a dream start in the UEFA Europa League with a goal in the first minutes of the game. Napoli have several chances to get a second goal and it comes after 31 minutes on a blast from Blasi. In the second half its all Napoli but they are not able to score again. 10/04/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 2 AC Cesena Ezequiel Lavezzi (58) Emmanuel Culio (90+1) Against the second worst team in the league Napoli try to rest a few players. It takes the team some time to find a rhythm and its take another great move by Lavezzi to put them ahead. Cesena has several chances to equalize but in the end Culio puts it out of reach with a late goal. The Serie A is almost decided. After an Inter win today and a Roma draw. Inter finds themselves 8 points clear with just 6 games remaining. 14/04/11 UEFA Europa League 2 Aston Villa 2 SSC Napoli José Ernesto Sosa (21) Marek Hamšík (62) When Aston Villa pulled one back already after 7 minutes it was game-on. The nerves settled a bit when Sosa scored after 20 minutes. In the second half there were chances both ways but the goal by Hamšík in the 62nd minute ended the game. Napoli will play Leverkusen in the semifinal while Man City will play Porto in the other match. 17/04/11 Serie A 2 SSC Napoli 0 AC Chievo Verona Emmanuel Culio (24) José Ernesto Sosa (69) It was the league #3 and #4 (both with 55 points) going up against each other in a game that could easily decided Euro play next season. Napoli played solid in the first half and got the lead on a goal by Culio in the 24th minute. The second half was mostly a question if Napoli had the stamina after a hard program the last few weeks to keep Chievo away the entire game. Chievo had more chances in the second half but the game was decided on a counterattack finished off by Sosa. The win means that Napoli stays in 3rd place while Chievo dropped all the way to 7th. The bad new for Napoli was that the lost another striker (Lavezzi) to injury. 23/04/11 Serie A 0 Bologna FC 1 SSC Napoli Marek Hamšík (85) With both Cavani and Lavezzi sidelined with injury Napoli was down to there 3rd options as striker. Cristiano Lucarelli started the game on top but had a horrible game and was substituted at halftime due to bad performance and bad form. In the second half Mads Stokkelien came on and did a good job up front. He was also the creator behind the late winner by Hamšík. 28/04/11 UEFA Europa League 1 SSC Napoli 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Edinson Cavani (41) In front of 60240 people Napoli decided to start with Edinson Cavani on top even if he was not 100% back from his injury. The gamble paid off when he scored a goal in the 41st minute. Before that Leverkusen had scored the first goal of the game on a direct free kick. In the second half Cavani had several chances to add a second goal but was denied. Despite a hard pressure Napoli was unable to get a second goal and now have to play to win in Germany next week. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-03-2011 at 02:02 AM.

03-03-2011, 02:17 AM	#15
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	May 2011 01/05/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 0 Cagliari Calcio Edinson Cavani (81) Napoli had some tough choices to make as the needed a win over Cagliari but also had to rest players to have them ready for the return leg against Leverkusen later in the week. That left Cavani and Hamšík on the bench to start the game. Napoli totally dominated the first half but failed to score. With just 15 minutes to play and still 0-0 Cavani and Hamšík was brought on and it only took Hamšík 6 minutes to find Cavani for the game winner. Napoli needs 4 points in the last 3 games to guaranties play in the Champions league next season but the brutal schedule continues. 05/05/11 UEFA Europa League 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 SSC Napoli Marek Hamšík (4) Edinson Cavani (61, 79) Napoli gets off to a flying start in BayArena when Hamšík scores after just 3 minutes. The lead only held for 4 minutes when Leverkusen scored on a fantastic longshot and the two team was back to equal. Leverkusen then takes the lead after 34 minutes after another great long shot but one more goal will still send Napoli to the final. When the Germans went up 3-1 after 58 minutes on a penalty kick it started to look really bad for Napoli. But hope was restored just a few minutes later when Cavani pulled one back. With just 12 minutes left to play Napoli got the break they needed when Cavani got away from the defends and he made no mistakes. The last 10 minutes is all about Leverkusen when they throw everything forward but the Napoli defends bend but don’t break and after 3 minutes of painful overtime it’s all over. NAPOLI is in the UEFA Europa League final….. In the final that is to be played in Aviva Stadium in Dublin on the 18 May Napoli will go up against Man City who beat Porto 2-1. Man City has been a huge disappointment in the English Premier League where they are currently in 9th place. 08/05/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 2 Juventus Edinson Cavani (14) Napoli plays with confidence against Juventus and Cavani once again gives them the lead after 14 minutes. Juventus draws back after a corner goal. After the goal Juventus takes control of the game and they take the lead on a huge mistake by keeper Morgan De Sanctis just before the half. In the second half Juventus continues to dominate and the few chances Napoli creates is taken care of by a brilliant Buffon in the Juve goal and just like that Napoli’s 11 game streak without a loss comes to an end. With an easy 4-0 home win FC Internazionale Milano secure the 6th national title in a row, with two games left to play in the season. Romas is locked in at second and Napoli has a 3 points advantage in 3rd place. 14/05/11 Serie A 2 AS Roma 0 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (14) The 250th league appearance for Emílson Cribari was hugely important to Napoli but meaningless to Roma. Still it was Roma who took the lead after just 4 minutes of play. In the 42nd minute Roma had defender Cicinho set off with a direct red card. Napoli took control of the second half but instead of getting a goal they gave up an easy goal after a corner. Napoli then decided to give up and pulled Cavani and Hamšík and rest the for the Euro League final next week. 18/05/11 UEFA Europa League Final 2 Manchester City 1 SSC Napoli Paolo Cannavaro (31) Man City opened the game best and dominated the first half hour of play with several good chances. Still it was Napoli who took the lead after 31 minutes of play when Paolo Cannavaro beat the English defense on a corner and headed in his 8th goal of the season to give Napoli the lead. In the second half it was more the same and the constant Man City pressure paid of in the 64th minute when Adebayor scored the equalizer. In the 81st minute Cavani had the chance to decide the game when he got a free run at the goal, but for once his lost his cool and City keeper Hart won the duel. And on the very next possession Man City decided the game when Farfàn scored on a curling long shot. Napoli threw everything but the kitchen sink at Man City in the last 10 minutes without much effect and new Manager Tom Northwood had to see his first chance of a thropyh with Napoli come up just short. 22/05/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 2 Genoa CFC Edinson Cavani (1) Michele Pazienza (14) Christian Maggio (25, 56) Coming of the major letdown of loosing the UEFA Europa League Final, Napoli had to get back up for the last regular season game of the season that could secure Champions League player next year. Cavani showed no letdown and scored after just 33 second of play. After 8 minutes Genoa had the chance to draw level but the put the penalty kick went to the side of the net. Michele Pazienza then got his first goal of the season. Christian Maggio then scored from 30yds out and the 45000 Napoli fans could start to celebrate a 3rd place finish in the league. Maggio adds a second goal in the second half where Napoli just tries to run out the clock. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-04-2011 at 01:43 AM.

03-04-2011, 08:10 AM	#16
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	I cannot figure out how to format this board so this is the links to the Roll of Honour for the 2010/11 season. Roll of Honour – Leagues Roll of Honour – Cups Roll of Honour – Players

03-05-2011, 02:29 PM	#17
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	June 2011 05/06/11 Manager News The manager carousel in England went crazy just days after the season was over. Liverpool sacked manager Roy Hodgson after the team finished the season in 5th place. He was replaced by Roberto Mancini who was out in Man City. Harry Redknapp was the new man in Man City after being sacked from Tottenham. Tottenham will this season be managed by Sam Allardyce. Aston Villa also sacks there manager Gerard Houllier and replaced him with David Moyes. 10/06/11 Manager News Michael Laudrup has agreed to terms with Everton to take over as manager. The former Danish super star was sacked by Mallorca earlier this year. 13/06/11 Transfer News 32-year old Napoli player Salvatore Aronica was today sold to Everton for £450.000. Aronica was with Napoli for 3 years but played the entire 2010/11 season in Tottenham on a loan deal. 15/06/11 World news The European club ranking was announced today. While Napoli was only ranked 57th overall the club was still thrilled to see that they we ranked as the 6th best team in Europe for the 2010/11 season. On top of the list was Man Utd in front of Barcelona and Bayern Munich. 19/06/11 Transfer News Napoli today made the first transfer move of the new season. Napoli picked up another Lyngby player. This time DC Frederik Sørensen. The player is not unknown to Italian football as he spend all last season on a loan deal with Juventus. Adding another Danish player will hopefully also be a positive move for Emil Larsen who struggled with Napoli last season. Napoli will pay Lyngby £1.3mil for the 19 year old Dane who will join the team when the transfer window opens in the start of July. 29/06/11 Finance News Napoli today announced a profit for the 2010/11 season of £14.25 mil. That is before the money TV rights for the upcoming season is announced. Napoli is expected to receive close to £40mil on that account. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-05-2011 at 02:29 PM.

03-06-2011, 01:40 PM	#18
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	July 2011 01/07/11 Transfer News With a transfer budget close to £20mil Napoli starts the hunt to improve the team before the upcoming season. Napoli have decided to let Paolo Cannavaro go to Inter so the biggest need will be to find a new central defender. Cannavaro is 30-years old and the Napoli front office decided it was time to go younger instead of paying big money to renew his contract. 02/07/11 Transfer News Napoli made a few minor trades on the first day of free trading. Left midfielder Frantisek Kubik was brought inn from ADO Den Haag and 19-year old Jacopo Dezi was picked up from Serie 1B club Giulianova. Both of them will start out in the youth or reserve team. 04/07/11 Contract News Napoli today offered manager Tom Northwood a new four year contract worth £15250 pr week With an offer of £7.5mil Napoli hoped they had a chance to get a trade done for Rasmus Elm from AZ. But that was before Benfica put £11.25mil on the table for the 23-year old Swedish midfielder. If the trade is confirmed it will be the 3rd biggest trade this fare this season. 05/07/11 Transfer News In the Italian newspapers the latest story about Napoli is that the team has agreed with Shakhtar on a deal for 20-year old defender Sergiy Kryvtsov and that the team has started talks with the player/agent on a personal contract. The deal was confirmed later in the day and Napoli will pay Shakhtar £4.5mil for the young player. 06/07/11 Transfer News Napoli today confirmed that Fabio Quagliarella has been transfer listed by the club. Quagliarella played last season for Juventus on a loan deal and it’s rumored that Fulham, Birmingham and Man City might be willing to pay upward to £9mil for the 28-year old striker. 08/07/11 Transfer News Fabio Quagliarella was today lost for Napoli when he was sold for a Napoli record £10mil. The buyer was “of cause” Man City. Napoli manager now suddenly got £20mil to use in the transfer marked. 13/07/11 Manager News Brazil is looking for a new manager for the national team after they today finished last in there group at the Copa America and failed to make the quarterfinal. 15/07/11 Transfer News Napoli today made an interesting move when the paid Danish side FC Nordsjælland £750K for 20-year old Andreas Laudrup. Andreas is perhaps best known as being the younger son of former Danish international super star Michael Laudrup. 17/07/11 Friendly 2 SSC Napoli 1 Napoli Reserves José Ernesto Sosa (59, 86) Just like last season a very slow start for the Napoli players. 20 players got playing time in the first team in today’s game. 18/07/11 Transfer News After a crazy bidding war Rasmus Elm ends up with Man City. They pay AZ £10mil for the young Swede and he will earn a healthy £56000 pr week in Manchester. The owners of Man City have now used and astonishing £198mil on new player in the last two seasons. 23/07/11 Friendly 1 River Plate (URU) 1 SSC Napoli Marek Hamšík (15) Napoli decided to travel all the way to South America to play a single warm-up game. Argentina today won the Copa America with a 1-0 win over Uruguay. The single goal was scored by Carlos Tevez. Japan finished in 3rd place. 24/07/11 Transfer News Napoli today used about a 3rd of there remaining transfer budget when the paid £7.5 mil for Bulgarian midfielder Ivelin Popov. The 23-year old player can play all over the midfield but will likely battle with José Ernesto Sosa for the place as AMR. 25/07/11 Transfer News The credit card is getting hot in Napoli as the team today spends another £4.1 mil on 22-year old Belgian striker Jelle Vossen. He was beloved by the fans in Gent last season but is thrilled to join the Italian club. 29/07/11 Friendly 0 Sant Andreu (Spanish Second Division 2B) 6 SSC Napoli Ivelin Popov (5) Ezequiel Lavezzi (10) Sergiy Kryvtsov (13) Marek Hamšík (47) Andreas Laudrup (63) Edinson Cavani (89) Napoli is slowly playing themselves in to form. Several of the new and young players had impressive performances today. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-07-2011 at 01:01 AM.

03-07-2011, 03:49 PM	#19
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	August 2011 02/08/11 Transfer news Napoli manager Tom Northwood today told the press that he had made the last deal before the start of the regular season. The latest new player in Napoli is 26-year old Dutch Nigel De Jong. He will join Napoli on a loan deal from Man City where he has started 63 games over the last two seasons. This year he was out of the first team and was glad for the move to Italy and a possibility for first team football. 06/08/11 Friendly 3 Blackburn (UK) 0 SSC Napoli Napoli had an absolutely horrible day today. The team was down 3-0 before the half hour mark and the team completely failed to produce any real chances. 08/08/11 Transfer news Liverpool who have already spend £27mil in the transfer marked this season decided to use another million to bring in 38-year old !! left back Roberto Carlos. 10/08/11 Transfer news Napoli today decided to loan out Markus Henriksen to CFR Cluj in Romania. Henriksen was getting unsettled in Napoli and was complaining about lack of first team football. 14/08/11 Friendly 0 Castellòn (Spanish Second Division 3B) 6 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (20) Fabiano Santacroce (28) Nigel De Jong (37, 55) Andreas Laudrup (47) Ivelin Popov (79) In the last game before the start of the regular season Napoli gets back on track with a solid road win over a weak Spanish team. 20/08/11 Serie A 1 AS Bari 2 SSC Napoli Ivelin Popov (25) Edinson Cavani (81) The season opened great for Napoli when Popov scored in his debut. But the rest of the first half was dominated by Bari and it was all square at halftime. Bari continued to dominate in the second half but without scoring again and instead the game was decided by Cavani who slided in the cross from Sosa less then 10 minutes before full time. Popov get injured during the game and will be out between 4-6 weeks. 25/08/11 UEFA Champions League news Napoli today got the first payoff for making this years champions league when they received £6.2mil for playing in the group stage. Napoli was in the 3rd level in the draw and ended up in group F with defending champions Bayern Munich, France champions OM and Levski from Bulgaria. Napoli also today announced that they have sold 26099 seasons tickets this season. That’s up from 23000 last season. 28/08/11 Serie A 1 AS Livorno Calcio 1 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (3) In the second game of the season against newly promoted Livorno Napoli struggled. They got off to a great start with a Cavani goal after just 3 minutes but after that Livorno took control and Napoli never got back in to the game. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-08-2011 at 02:08 AM.

03-09-2011, 02:02 AM	#20
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	September 2011 10/09/11 Serie A 2 SSC Napoli 0 Atalanta BC Luca Cigarini (61) José Sosa (77) After a long layoff due to international football Napoli struggled again against a newly promoted team. Atalanta had a man sent off already after 8 minutes after a professional foul. Still Napoli had to wait an hour for the first goal. That was scored by Luca Cigarini who earlier in the week had asked to be put on the transfer list due to little playing time since his return from a loan to Seville. The game also saw a debut for Frantisek Kubikk. 14/09/11 UEFA Champions League 1 Levski (BUL) 3 SSC Napoli Marek Hamsik (20) José Sosa (60, 74) For the second game in a row Napoli’s opponent gets a man send off within the first 20 minutes of play but this time it only takes Napoli a few minutes to take advantage. In the second half it turns in to a José Sosa show when he scored twice in fifteen minutes and continues his great run of form. Levski gets a late consolation goal but Napoli gets the important road win in the Champions League. 17/09/11 Serie A 4 SSC Napoli 0 Palermo Christian Maggio (25, 76) Sergiy Kryvtsov (32) Fabiano Santacroce (49) Napoli rested a tired Sosa but it didn’t make a difference as his replacement Christian Maggio came in and scored two goals for Napoli in today’s win. Just 6 minutes after the first Maggio goal Sergiy Kryvtsov scored his first ever goal for Napoli after a corner. In the second half Fabiano Santacroce got on the scoresheet with his first ever goal for Napoli after playing 68 games for over 5 seasons for the team. 21/09/11 Serie A 0 AC Chievo Verona 2 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (19, 39) Before the game it looked like Napoli was having a luxury problem with several players showing excellent form. Napoli did start out best by Chievo had some dangerous counterattacks. Still it turned out to be an easy Napoli win when Cavani turned on his show. 24/09/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 3 S.S Lazio On just 3 days of rest Napoli takes on Lazio. It started bad for Napoli when the ball hit Sergiy Kryvtsov and went in to his own goal after 16 minutes and before the half they added another. In the second half Napoli had the ball a lot more but it was still Lazio scoring the only goal when they were rewarded a penalty on a counterattack. This was a loss the Napoli fans did not like very much. 27/09/11 UEFA Champions League 0 SSC Napoli 0 Olympique de Marseille (FRA) This was very possible the key game in the Champions league for Napoli and they came out with an intensity to match it. The first half was Napoli’s but in the second OM took over. It didn’t help Napoli that they had De Jong sent off with a red card. OM had the chance to win the game when they were given a penalty just 5 minutes before full time but a great save by Morgan De Sanctis saved Napoli the 1 point. The tough program is also starting to show as Christian Maggio is out for 2-4 months with a hip injury. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-09-2011 at 02:09 AM.

03-09-2011, 08:28 AM	#21
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	October 2011 02/10/11 Serie A 0 UC Sampdoria 1 SSC Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi (87) Sampdoria dominated early but Napoli slowly worked there way in to the match. Napoli created several clear chances but had to wait until 3 minutes before full time before they finally got the goal. Ezequiel Lavezzi outran the defends and made no mistakes. Lavezzi had replaced Cavani who was injured during the game. Also Andreas Laudrup and Fabiano Santacroce were injured during the game. Luckily for Napoli the team now got almost two weeks before the next game. 07/10/11 Manager news England today sacked there manager Fabio Capello. The sack came as a result of an England loss to Montenegro in the qualifying stage to the European Championship. The loss also meant that England will not qualifying for the 2012 European Championship. Other teams that will not be in next years European Championship is Holland and Denmark who also fired there managers today. 08/10/11 World news The four teams that will play in the FIFA U20 World Cup Semi Final have been found. Brazil will play Italy and in the other semi final the two surprise teams Denmark and Algeria will fight for a place in the final. 10/10/11 Manager news It only took England three days to find a new manager for the national team. And the name is a familiar one as they have chosen Roy Hodgson to take over the Three Lions. Hodgson had an unsuccessful period with Liverpool last season. Now unemployed Fabio Capello is at this point the favorite to take over Juventus who is struggling in 15th place in the Italian league. 15/10/11 Serie A 3 SSC Napoli 1 AC Milan Sergiy Kryvtsov (45+1) Edinson Cavani (71) Marek Hamsik (81) Like last time the two teams played Milan have a man sent off early. This time its Gatusso after a stupid two foot tackle. After the card Napoli dominated but failed to create big chances. That was until one minute in to stoppage time in the first half when Sergiy Kryvtsov got highest on a corner. In the second half Napoli was satisfied with waiting for the counterattack and that worked to perfection. Over 55000 was in the stadium for today’s win and also saw Jelle Vossen and Frederik Sørensen get debut for Napoli. Brazil won the FIFA U20 World Cup final played in Colombia with an extra time win over Denmark in the final. Italy came 3rd. 18/10/11 UEFA Champions League 1 SSC Napoli 2 FC Bayern Munich (GER) Luigi Vitale (87) Against the defending champions Napoli decided to start out slow applying the same counter attack style they had so much success with against Milan just a few days ago. Bayern started out hard but Napoli recovered well and it was 0-0 at the half. The game was decided in the 54th minute when Napoli failed to clear a corner and that gave Bayern a cheep goal. The added another in the 84th minute and the conciliations goal by Vitale in the 88th meant little. 22/10/11 Serie A 0 Bologna FC 1 SSC Napoli Marek Hamsik (81) Hamsiks goal afte just 4 minutes was all there was between Napoli and Bologna today. It was Napoli’s 3rd straight win in the Seria A and they suddenly find themselves in first place in the division. 26/10/11 Serie A 4 SSC Napoli 2 Juventus Edinson Cavani (6, 22) Marek Hamsik (31) Sergiy Kryvtsov (78) Napoli and a struggling Juventus combined for 5 goals in the first half alone with Cavain being the mastermind behind the 3 scored by Napoli. In the second half Kryvtsov got the only goal and Napoli took home a huge win. Even before the Juventus charter flight touched down in Turin-Caselle Airport in Torino it was all over the news that manager Luigi Del Neri was fired. He has been under hard pressure all season and this loss was the final straw. The former Greece coach Otto Rehhagel is according to the newspapers the favorite to take over the “Old lady”. 29/10/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 2 Parma FC Ezequeil Lavezzi (66) Just days after the huge win over Juventus the teams lays a real stinker at home against Parma. In the first half Kryvtsov make an unnecessary penalty. Lavezzi gets Napoli back to even only to see Parma score the goal winner of with a few minutes left on the clock. A bad loss for Napoli considering that Inter is currently on a 8-game winning streak. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-11-2011 at 12:57 AM.

03-12-2011, 09:23 AM	#22
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	November 2011 01/11/11 Manager news Juventus surprised everyone today when they announced Arsène Wenger as the team’s new manager. Wenger surprisingly left Arsenal after 15 seasons with the Gunners currently being in 5th place in the English EPL. 02/11/11 UEFA Champions League 1 FC Bayern Munich (GER) 1 SSC Napoli Own goal (77) This was a very strange game. Bayern completely dominated the game and easily went ahead after 30 minutes. Until the 70th minute Napoli showed nothing. Then Bayern managed to make an own goal on a corner and the game completely changed. In the final 10 minutes Napoli completely dominated and had several huge chances and in the end was unlucky not to win. 06/11/11 Serie A 1 Udinese Calcio 1 SSC Napoli Edinson Cavani (2) In a somewhat surprising move Napoli manager Tom Northwood suddenly decided to move to a new formation with both Lavezzi and Cavani on top. After 2 minutes it looked like a brilliant move when Cavani scored the first game of the game. Udinese recovered brilliantly and Napoli was a bit lucky to come away with a point. 09/11/11 Serie A 3 SSC Napoli 0 US Sassuolo Calcio Marek Hamsik (57) Own goal (80) Andreas Laudrup (84) The record book might show a convincing win for Napoli but it was not pretty. Sassuolo had a man sent off just before halftime but Napoli still struggled to produce real chances even with two strikers up front. 19/11/11 Serie A 0 ACF Fiorentina 2 SSC Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (83) Marek Hamsik (89) In his 400th career league appearance Morgan De Sanctis kept a clean sheet and a win over rival Fiorentina. On the road Napoli was back to the old formation with just one striker. Both team struggled to produce chances and once again Napoli had to wait to late in the game for the winning goal. 20/11/11 Manager News Real Madrid has been struggling in the start of the Spanish league this season and finds themselves in 6th place 11 points behind Barcelona after just 12 rounds. That today cost Josè Mourinho his job when he was sacked by Real Madrid Chairman Florention Pèrez. 22/11/11 UEFA Champions League 3 SSC Napoli 0 Levski (BUL) José Sosa (16) Emil Larsen (60) Ezequiel Lavezzi (75) At home against winless Levski, Napoli took a chance and gave some of the young players some playing time. Tobio, Kubik, Laudrup and Emil Larsen and played central roles in the easy win. Larsen even got to scores his first ever goal in the Napoli uniform. With the Napoli win and OM loss to Bayern today, the final game in the group between OM and Napoli is now suddenly a winner-takes-all game. 25/11/11 Manager News In a surprise move Real Madrid today promoted there youth coach Russian Dmitry Cheryshev to the role as manager for the first team. It was expected that the Madrid club would go after a big name but instead went with the unknown Cheryshev. 26/11/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 AS Roma Marek Hamsik (43) Hamsik scored just before the half and Roma scored just after the half. Beside the two goals it will be Roma that will fell they should have done more. This was the first of a stretch of tough games Napoli will play in the weeks to come. Next up is division leaders Inter before the team will player for the live in the Champions League against OM later the same week. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-12-2011 at 09:26 AM.

03-13-2011, 04:01 PM	#23
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	December 2011 03/12/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 0 FC Internazionale Milano 58400 fans came to San Paolo stadium to watch Napoli take on division leaders Inter. Napoli came out defensive and hoped for counter chances. They managed to keep Inter away from any big chances and were closest to the win when Cavani had a goal wrongly canceled for offside. Napoli will be without Nigel De Jong in the next league game as he was sent off 10 minutes before full time after picking up two yellow cards. 06/12/11 UEFA Champions League news The fiasco for Chelsea in this year Champions League was complete today when they lost to Roma in the last game of the group stage and ended in last place with just 1 point in group A. 07/12/11 UEFA Champions League 2 Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 2 SSC Napoli José Sosa (79) Ezequiel Lavezzi (88) A draw would be enough to take Napoli to the next stage in the Champions League so it was no surprise that they came out and played defensive. The first half finished without any of the team creating much. Disaster hit for Napoli in the start of the second half when young Fredrik Sørensen made an own goal after a corner and when OM added a second goal just a few minutes later it looked bad for Napoli. The team then switched to a 4-2-4 formation and gambled everything and it paid off. First a goal by Jose Sosa and 2 minutes before the clock showed 90 minutes Lavezzi scored the so important equalise. 09/12/11 UEFA Transfer news Napoli today added some depth at keeper when the signed 29-year old Brazilian keeper Rubinho from Palermo. He will join Napoli when the transfer window reopens after New Year and the price was £1mil. 10/12/11 Serie A 1 Genoa CFC 2 SSC Napoli Marek Hamsik (33) Edinson Cavani (65) A Napoli team with high moral had no problems outplaying Genoa in the first half and Hamšík gave Napoli the lead after 33 minutes on a perfect counter attack. In the second half Cavani added a second goal when he scored his first in almost a month. But just when the game looked to be over Gargano gave away a penalty. Genoa never came closer and Napoli can add another 3 points to there total. 16/12/11 UEFA Champions League news Napoli got the worst possible outcome when the draw for the first round of the Champions League knockout stage was held today. When Napoli plays the first game at home on the 15 February they will have the mighty Barcelona on the opposite side of the field. 18/12/11 Serie A 0 Calcio Catania 1 SSC Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (21) In the last game before the Christmas break Napoli played Catania on the road. It was the home team with the biggest chances to start the game but it was Napoli who opened the scoring when Sergiy Kryvtsov got the ball over the line after a corner. It got a little easier for Napoli just before the half when Catania had there best player Maxi Lopez sent off with a direct red card after a two footed tackle. In the second half Catania still had the ball the most even with a man down but it was still Napoli with the most dangerous chances. The game finished without any more goals. Napoli also took in on Inter who once again struggled to score. They have only scored a single goal in there last four games. 26/12/11 Player News Napoli gets a nice chrismas present when the clubs physio today announced that Ivelin Popov today is completely healed from his torn hamstring injury and will be ready to rejoin the team when they return from the Christmas break. 30/12/11 Manager News Napoli manager Tom Northwood was today named Seria A manager of the year. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-13-2011 at 04:04 PM.

03-14-2011, 05:32 PM	#24
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	January 2012 01/01/12 Transfer News For the second time this season the Napoli board decided to make extra money available to manager Tom Northwood to buy new players. When Northwood was willing to change his season expectations to title contenders the board decided to put up an astonishing £37mil. That will be in addition to the £19mil the team have already used on new players before this season. The Napoli camp has not been willing to mention any names on possible transfer targets at this point. 07/01/11 Serie A 1 SSC Napoli 1 Cagliari Calcio Edinson Cavani (65) Napoli had two balls bouncing off the woodwork before Cavani finally managed to put it in the net just minutes before halftime. In the second half Cagliari got an easy goal on what looked like a keeper mistake and despite a Napoli pressure for the rest of the game they were unable to produce the game winner. Not a good start to Napoli’s title run. The game saw a return of Popov after his long injury break. 10/01/12 Transfer News Napoli today spends a huge chunk on the transfer money made available by the board. Napoli paid out £12.5mil for 22-year old defensive midfielder Andrea Poli from rivals Sampdoria. Napoli also used £2.5mil on another midfielder, Abdi Ibrahim from Man City. 12/01/11 Coppa Italia 2 SSC Napoli 1 AS Bari Edinson Cavani (65) Sergiy Kryvtsov (81) Napoli had a horrible first half in a game where a lot of young players got to play. Newly bought GK Rubinho held Napoli in the game by only allowing Bari a single goal and then “veteran” Cavani made it 1-1 just before the half. In the second half Napoli played a lot better but Bari held on all the way to the 81st minute when Kryvtsov headed inn a free kick. 15/01/11 Serie A 3 SSC Napoli 0 AS Livorno Calcio Ezequiel Lavezzi (17) Luigi Vitale (26) Edinson Cavani (29) The 3rd home game in a row for Napoli and against the worst team in the league they once again tried out the 4-4-2 formation. This time it worked to perfection as the game was decided before 30 minutes was played. The second half gave debut to Abdi Ibrahim. Later in the day Napoli got more good news when Inter again played to a draw (3rd game in a row) and suddenly the two teams are tied on points. 19/01/11 Serie A 1 Atalanta BC 3 SSC Napoli Andrea Poli (23) Ezequiel Lavezzi (45) Edinson Cavani (90+2p) It started bad for Napoli when Popov again had to be helped off the field after just 10 minutes with a new injury. But it got a lot better after 25 minutes when newly acquired Andrea Poli scored in his Napoli debut. Just before the half Napoli got a second but just second later also allowed Atalanta a goal. 5 minutes in to the second half Atalanta had a player sent off and after that the result was given. Napoli held on to the ball and added a 3rd goal on a penalty in stoppage time. 22/01/11 Serie A 0 SSC Napoli 0 AS Bari This time it only took 8 minutes before Napoli was a man up. But even with a 17-3 in the shots statistic Napoli never managed to get the ball in the net. Luckily for Napoli it looks like Inter have finally gotten the form crises they were hoping for when the defending champions played to there 6th draw in the last 7 Seria A games. 25/01/11 Coppa Italia 2 SSC Napoli 1 ACF Fiorentina Ezequiel Lavezzi (35) Christian Maggio (49) Frantisek Kubikk (69 p) Napoli played the cup game with almost a B-team. Still the produced a lot of chances in the first half and deservingly took the lead. In the second half Napoli doubled the lead after a corner and the both team scored on a penalty. The big surprise today was Andreas Laudrup who completely dominated on the midfield with Hamsik sitting out. 29/01/11 Serie A 1 Palermo 2 SSC Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (84) Edinson Cavani (41) Napoli was lucky to get 3 points home from Sicily today. Palermo was for much of the game the better team and for a long time it looked like a draw. But another corner goal by Kryvtsov and a little bit of magic by Cavani changed that. Then it didn’t matter that Kryvtsov made an own goal late in stoppage time. 30/01/12 Transfer News Just before the transfer window was closing down for the rest of the season Napoli decided to spend another £8mil. This time the target was 23-year old Argentinean Emiliano Insùa from Aston Villa. Insùa was back in English football after a season in Turkey. The former Liverpool player has 105 league appearances in his career and a single cap for Argentina.

03-16-2011, 04:40 PM	#25
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	February 2012 01/02/11 Coppa Italia, Semi Final Leg 1 3 S.S.C Napoli 2 UC Sampdoria Edinson Cavani (41) Sergiy Kryvtsov (51, 60) Napoli won the first leg of the semi final in the Italian Cup in a great game for the fans. Sampdoria took the lead but Napoli then came back with three unanswered goals. Sampdoria scored a second goal in overtime and everything is open before the return leg. 05/02/11 Serie A 0 S.S.C Napoli 1 AC Chievo Verona Napoli made a huge mistake home against a Chievo team fighting in the bottom of the league. Several players had an off day and even if Chievo needed a penalty to score it was hardly unfair that they won the game. This was Napoli’s first loss since 29/10/11 when they lost to Parma. That’s 18 games ago. 11/02/11 Serie A 2 S.S.C Napoli 1 ACF Fiorentina Marek Hamsik (6) Edinson Cavani (49) After last weeks embarrassing loss, it was a completely different Napoli team playing today. It took only Hamsik 6 minutes to score the first goal. Just after the break Cavani added a second and Napoli then started to substitute to rest some key players the rest them before the Champions League game against Barcelona coming up in just four days. 12/02/12 World News Ghana today won the African Nations Cup with after a penalty shootout with Morocco in the final. The regular game finished 1-1. 15/02/11 UEFA Champions League 0 S.S.C Napoli 2 F.C Barcelona More then 60.000 was in attendance to see Napoli have a shot on the upright within 10 minutes of play. The rest of the first half was uneventful with no clear chances for either team. In the second half the game was decided by two goals by the Lionel Messi. First he scored on a long shot he curled in behind the keeper and the second came after a typical Barcelona attack. 18/02/11 Serie A 1 SS Lazio 0 S.S.C Napoli Napoli was looking for revenge from the bad 0-3 home defeat from last time the two teams played. But once again Napoli came away empty handed. This time they were done in by a late goal of a corner kick. Napoli has now lost 3 of there last four games and looks like a team in crises. That not a good thing for a manager who just spend £25mil of the owners money to upgrade the team. It will not help any that the next game is a road game against form strong AC Milan 26/02/11 Serie A 2 AC Milan 2 S.S.C Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (36) Marek Hamsik (57) Napoli had huge problems keeping up with Milan in the first half but they still managed to take the lead after 26 minutes when Kryvtsov scored his 10th goal of the season. It was still even at the half when Napoli gave up a penalty just before the half. The picture was the same in the second half. Napoli scores an early goal and Milan scores just before the referee gets ready to end the game. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-16-2011 at 04:45 PM.

03-20-2011, 09:50 AM	#26
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	Mars 2012 03/03/11 Serie A 3 S.S.C Napoli 0 Bologna FC Andreas Laudrup (38) Ivelin Popov (43, 66p) Napoli finally got an easy game and took full advantage while still resting some regular starters. Popov had a chance for a hat trick but put a second penalty kick wide. Both were committed against Stokkelien. Only bad news is that Sergiy Kryvtsov will be out for the Barcelona game as he picked up an injury that will keep him sidelined for up to 3 weeks. 07/03/11 UEFA Champions League 3 F.C Barcelona 0 S.S.C Napoli The result was a given from the second the game started and Napoli looked like a team who had already given up. Several of the young Napoli players got a chance to play Champions League football and they gave a good performance. Biggest surprise of the first knockout round was that Man Utd was sent out by a loss to O Lyonnais. 11/03/11 Serie A 4 Juventus 1 S.S.C Napoli Fabiano Santacroce (50) It’s getting ugly in Napoli. This was not only an ugly loss that gave the team moral a big hit but it also allowed the teams behind to now almost have caught up. The final of this years Serie A looks to extremely close as very interesting to follow. 18/03/11 Serie A 0 Parma FC 2 S.S.C Napoli Frederik Sørensen (49) Marek Hamsik (59) If there was ever a game Napoli needed to win this was it. In the rain on the road Napoli completely dominated the first half without scoring. In the second half it only took Napoli 5 minutes to finally get a goal when Frederik Sørensen got his first goal for Napoli. That settled everything down and Hamsik later added a second for the easy win Napoli was looking for. 25/03/11 Serie A 0 S.S.C Napoli 1 Udinese Calcio Just when Napoli thought they had found something they take another step back. This time with a home loss to Udinese. Napoli suddenly finds themselves 5 points behind Inter and the chance for the first championship since 1990 is quickly slipping away. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-20-2011 at 09:50 AM.

03-21-2011, 12:47 AM	#27
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	April 2012 01/04/11 Serie A 0 US Sassuolo Calcio 2 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (6, 48) In his 100th game as manager for Napoli Tom Northwood gets a much needed win. Cavani and Hamsik both have excellent games and then Napoli is hard to beat. 05/04/11 UEFA Champions League news The four teams for the Semi finals have been found. Defending champions Bayern Munich is still in the tournament and will go up against Inter. In the other Semi its O Lyonnais against Arsenal. 07/04/11 Serie A 4 S.S.C Napoli 0 Genoa CFC Marek Hamsik (6p, 9p, 44) Edinson Cavani (36) At home against Genoa they went on the attack from the first minute and were rewarded with a penalty after just 6 minutes and Marek Hamsik made no mistakes with it. Napoli got second penalty just minutes later and again Hamsik was accurate. Cavani added a 3rd goal for Napoli before the half hour mark and when Hamsik completed his hat trick in the 44th minute on of the best 45 minutes of football by Napoli was over. 11/04/11 Coppa Italia, Semi Final Leg 2 1 UC Sampdoria 2 S.S.C Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (24) Marek Hamsik (54) Napoli will get the chance in another final after the road win over Sampdoria. Sergiy Kryvtsov gave Napoli the lead with a good header from just inside the six-yard box in the 24th minute. The second goal was scored by Hamsik just after the break and that was the end of the game. In the final Napoli will play the Genoa team they convincingly beat last week and who they are 4-0 against since Tom Northwood took over as manager. Genoa made the final after a surprise win over AC Milan. 14/04/11 Serie A 0 Fiorentina 2 S.S.C Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi (88) Andrea Poli (77) After 371 minutes without a goal for Napoli Lavezzi finally scored on a long shot and gave his team the lead. In the second half Poli doubled the lead for Napoli and when the news came in after the game that Inter had lost 2-1 to AC Milan, a good day suddenly became great for the Napoli team and there fans. 22/04/11 Serie A 2 AS Roma 1 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (16) Napoli needed a win to keep up with Palermo and Inter who both won there early games. Cavani scored on a curling long shot but Roma pulled back to level before the half. In the second half Roma got the early goal and Napoli didn’t manage to respond. 29/04/11 Serie A 3 FC Internazionale Milano 0 S.S.C Napoli Against an Inter team who just days before qualified for the Champions League final Napoli got a horrible start when they allowed Milito to score a goal after just 7 minutes. In the second half the task ahead didn’t get any easier when Cavani was sent off after an hours play. After that the game quickly got out of hand.

03-23-2011, 03:00 AM	#28
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	May 2012 02/05/11 Coppa Italia, Final 1 Genoa CFC 6 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (2, 51, 77) Ezequiel Lavezzi (29) Frantisek Kubik (40) Mads Stokkelien (55) In a firework of offensive football Napoli took home there first title under new manager Tom Northwood and the first Italian cup since the Maradona era back in 1987. 06/05/11 Serie A 3 S.S.C Napoli 1 Calcio Catania Frantisek Kubik (40) Ezequiel Lavezzi (35p) Own goal (45) After the fantastic result earlier in the week the Napoli team continued to attack at home against Catania. They got a break after just 12 minutes when Kubik got the ball over the line after a freekick ended up in inside the keeper arrear. Ezequiel Lavezzi doubled the lead on a penalty and Kubik then did most of the work in what will be marked down as an own goal in the history books. The win guaranties Napoli a place in next year Champions League but it also became clear that Napoli will have to wait another year for the title as Palermo won again to keep the 4 points advantage with just one game left to play. 07/05/11 Manager News Chelsea today sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti after the team for the second year in a row finished “just” second in the English Premier Division. Tottenham is also looking for a new manager after a disappointing season. 13/05/11 Serie A 0 Cagliari Calcio 0 S.S.C Napoli With the results around the league starting to come inn it quickly became clear that this game was meaningless for both teams. Napoli was stuck in 3rd place while Palermo took home there first title ever and finally ended Inters winning streak. 15/05/11 Napoli News The loan deal for Nigel de Jong has ended and he will return to Man City. Napoli will not seek to prolong the deal or buy the player who finished the season with a 6.93 average rating. 19/05/11 Napoli News On the day that Inter won the UEFA Champions League, Napoli also had reason to celebrate as they were rewarded close to £22mil in television revenue from the biggest club tournament in the world. For the second year in a row Napoli finished the year making a lot of money and making both shareholders and fans happy. 20/05/11 Napoli News Most of the Napoli players today broke for summer holiday and will not be back before 09 July. But for 11 of the players the holiday will have to wait as they are selected to play football for there country in the upcoming days. For two players, Erwin Hoffer (Austria) and Sergiy Kryvtsov (Ukraine) there will not be any summer holiday this year as they are going to represent there country in the European Championship. The Italian players in Napoli will be a bit disappointed that not a single Napoli player was selected in the national team for the upcoming tournament that will be played in Poland/ Ukraine.

03-27-2011, 09:00 AM	#29
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03-28-2011, 01:01 AM	#30
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	June 2012 All eyes were on Poland/Ukraine this month where the European Championship was played. In the early group stage some of the big teams struggled and France, Italy and Spain failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Also both host nations, Poland and Ukraine failed to make it thru to the second round. In the end it was Germany who came out on top with a final 2-0 win over Sweden. It was Germanys first European Championship since 1996. Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok surprisingly won both the golden boot award with 5 goals and the best player award.

03-30-2011, 01:06 AM	#32
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	August 2012 06/08/12 Transfer News Napoli today decided to send Fernando Tobio back to South America. Tobio was the first player manager Tom Northwood bought when he arrived in Napoli but the young player had a hard time breaking in to the first team and in the few chances he got he made to many costly mistakes. He will move back to play for Estudiantes for a £1.3mil transfer fee. Napoli paid over €5mil for the player back in 2010. 07/08/12 Friendly 3 Salamanca (Spain) 2 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (47) Josè Sosa (72) The team played a horrible first half being down 0-3 at the break but almost came all the way back in the second half. It’s not just the results that concerns Napoli fans. An injury to Cavani that will keep him out for 7-10 days is also bad news. 08/08/12 Transfer News Napoli today confirmed that Luigi Vitale will be loaned out to Lille in the France first division for the season. Vitale played 19 games for Napoli last season but the club got several good options at left midfield so this might be a good move for Vitals’ career. It was also today confirmed that Man City has paid £23mil for Danish defender Simon Kjær. 09/08/12 Transfer News The Napoli board has been looking in to adding a feeder club and today came up with a list of possible clubs. The list was made up by 2 clubs in Japan and 3 in USA. Manager Tom Northwood picked Columbus Crew as his preferred club. 10/08/12 World News It today became clear that Brazil has been knocked out of the Olympic tournament already in the group stage. Also host nation England will not make it to the quarter finals. 11/08/12 Transfer News Napoli today added some depth at right defender when the brought inn France player Abdoulay Konko from Sevilla on a loan deal. The 28-year old have played the last fours seasons in Spain but started his career in Italy before that. 15/08/12 Friendly 9 S.S.C Napoli 0 Santa Lucia (Italy) Ezequiel Lavezzi (1, 4, 27) Marek Hamsik (7, 36) Christian Maggio (40) Josè Sosa (47, 65) Jelle Vossen (85) Napoli needed a confidence builder in the last game before the start of the regular season in just 10 days and they got just that against a weak Santa Lucia team. 25/08/12 Italian Super Cup 2 S.S.C Napoli 2p US Città di Palermo Edinson Cavani (2, 42) Napoli and Edinson Cavani got the new season off to a great start when he scored after just 1 minute of play. And just like he started the half he also finished the first half with a goal. Palermo pulled one back after one hour of play and scored again after 75minutes. The game then went all the way to penalties where Napoli was horrible. Today was also the day the final of the Olympic was played. A Danish U-23 team with both Emil Larsen and Christian Eriksen in the starting lineup surprised Germany and took home the gold medal with a 3-1 win. 30/08/12 UEFA Champions League News Napoli was for the second year in a row in the 3rd level in the Champions League draw. They were this year drawn in group H together with Barcelona, Porto and Metalist from Ukraine.

03-30-2011, 11:31 PM	#33
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	September 2012 02/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 0 US Lecce Edinson Cavani (25) Christian Maggio (37) Napoli got off to an excellent start to the new season. In a home game with more then 51000 in the stands the team completely dominated and the victory could easily have been with a lot more then two goals. Its was Christian Maggio’s game number 100 for Napoli and he got both a goal and won Man of the match. 15/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM 0 Cagliari Calcio 4 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (6) Andrea Poli (14) Christian Maggio (54) Frantisek Kubikk (69) After a sloppy pre-season everything has clicked in the two first games of the regular season. Maggio have been fantastic and also Christian Eriksen has impressed al lot being the creator behind most of Napoli’s goals. 19/09/12 UEFA Champions League 4 FC Barcelona (Spain) 0 S.S.C Napoli Its not easy beating Barcelona at Camp No and when you give them a cheep penalty within the first 5 minutes it gets almost impossible. And when the center defends (Kryvtsov and Sørensen) is having a bad day the numbers can quickly get out of hand. 23/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 1 US Città di Palermo Frantisek Kubikk (55) Edinson Cavani (58) It was Napoli dominating the first half in the delle Due Sicilie Derby but Palermo taking the lead on what looked like a keeper mistake by Morgan De Sanctis just before the half. In the second half the game changed in 4 minutes when Kubik and Cavani scored goals in the 55th and 58th minute. 26/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM 4 ACF Fiorentina 0 S.S.C Napoli Fiorentina dominated the first half and Napoli was lucky only to be down by two goals at the half. In the second half it didn’t get any better and Napoli is handed there first loss of the season. The fans are getting worried about a 4-back-line that once again had a horrible day. 29/09/12 Italian Serie A TIM 3 S.S.C Napoli 1 AC Chievo Verona Edinson Cavani (21, 28) Andrea Poli (62) The team that could not put a foot right just three days ago bounced back nicely today. With two goals in the first half Cavani reached his 50th for Napoli. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 03-30-2011 at 11:34 PM.

04-01-2011, 12:01 AM	#34
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	October 2012 02/10/12 UEFA Champions League 3 S.S.C Napoli 1 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) Edinson Cavani (23) Frederik Sørensen (45+3) Fabiano Santacroce (85) Napoli completely dominated the start of the game only to be caught out on a counter attack. Still it was only a question of time before Napoli would score. Cavani scored the equalizer and Frederik Sørensen scored his first goal of the season just before the half. After an hours play Metalist had a player sent off and Napoli had few problems controlling the rest of the game. 07/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM 0 Genoa CFC 0 S.S.C Napoli A horrible game by both teams where they failed to produce a single chance. Only positive news was that Fredrik Sørensen finally found something and was selected man of the match. 13/10/12 Manager News Brazil is again looking for a new manager after they sacked Felipao after just 14 months in control. They will be looking for a manager who can save a team that have only won 3 of there last 12 games and who has fallen to 56th in the world ranking. 20/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM 1 S.S.C Napoli 0 S.S Lazio Christian Maggio (12) Napoli was extremely lucky getting all three points against Lazio. Napoli took the early lead but then Lazio took over. They had the ball in the net twice but both goals were called back due to off sides with the second being highly questionable. 23/10/12 UEFA Champions League 1 FC Porto (Portugal) 0 S.S.C Napoli Napoli didn’t have a single shot at goal and the future in the Champions League suddenly looks bleak. Hulk was the big man for Porto and more then Napoli could handle. But what was even worse is the injury to Cavani. He had to leave the field after just 17 minutes and the first reports are a torn hamstring. If that’s true he will be out between 2-3 months. 24/10/12 Napoli News After a visit to a specialist Napoli and Edinson Cavanis worst fears was today confirmed. Cavani will have to undergo surgery and will miss the next 2 to 3 months of the season with a torn hamstring in his right leg. 28/10/12 Italian Serie A TIM 2 Torino FC 2 S.S.C Napoli Christian Maggio (12) Fabiano Santacroce (76) In the game where Ezequiel Lavezzi was suppose to stand up and show that he could take over for the injured Cavani, he had an absolute stinker. He not just missed a penalty but also blew several other clear chances that could have given Napoli the win.

04-04-2011, 02:00 AM	#35
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	November 2012 03/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 2 FC Internazionale Milano Frantisek Kubik (12, 58) 58000 people in the stands were treated to 4 goals, two missed penalties and a red card in a great game. Despite being a man down the last 10 minutes Napoli had some huge chances to win the game late. Frantisek Kubikk was the big hero with two goals while Ezequiel Lavezzi once again was the villain with another missed penalty. 09/11/12 UEFA Champions League news It’s not everyday that Man United is humiliated but that’s what happened today when they lost 4-0 to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Man U has now lost three of there last four games. 07/11/12 UEFA Champions League 3 S.S.C Napoli 1 FC Porto (Portugal) Marek Hamsik Sergiy Kryvtsov Ezequiel Lavezzi Napoli plays some really good football in the first half but still only comes away with a draw. In the second half Napoli kept up the pressure and it finally paid off. Kryvtsov scored after a corner and after 410 minutes of football without a goal Lavezzi finally got paid for his hard work. Napoli will still need some help to take the second place in the grouped but with the win today there is still a real chance. 10/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM 1 Atalanta BC 4 S.S.C Napoli Own goal (7) Jelle Vossen (45+1) Christian Maggio (67) Frantisek Kubik (78) It was a tired Napoli team who took the field for the 3rd time in just seven days. With Hamsik, Lavezzi and Kubik starting on the bench it was a positive surprise that the team still managed to dominate. Jelle Vossen got his first ever goal for Napoli but Napoli also lost Popov to injury (again). 11/11/12 Manager News It was a surprise when Juventus signed Arsene Wenger away from Arsenal last season but the surprise was perhaps even bigger today when the club decided to sack the very same Wenger after just ten games of the season. Juventus is of to a bad start again being in 10th place but 13 points behind league leader Inter but who will they get that can do a better job with this team? 14/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM 3 S.S.C Napoli 0 US Sassuolo Calcio Christian Eriksen (42) Ezequiel Lavezzi (50) Fabiano Santacroce (69) Napoli took 15 shots in the first half to Sassuolos zero but only one really counted. That was the shot just minutes before the break from Christian Eriksen that went in for his first goal for Napoli. In the second half Napoli kept up the pressure and also managed to give some backups some valuable minutes. 15/11/12 Manager News The big teams keep sacking managers. Today it was Redknapp who was sent packing in by the Man City owner. They are 8th after 12 games and that was not enough for the sheik in charge. 17/11/12 Manager News Juventus today announced that there new manager will be Antonio Conte. This will be the first major job for the former Juventus player. 18/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM 1 AC Siena 2 S.S.C Napoli Christian Maggio (45+1) Marek Hamsik (58) It’s getting pretty empty up front for Napoli. Today it was Ezequiel Lavezzi who went down already after 3 minutes. Luckily it’s just a twisted knee and he will be back in about 2 weeks. Napoli was fortuned to win today as Siena missed a penalty just 5 minutes before full time. The win came on the same day that Siena announced that they have signed Napoli legend Gianfranco Zola as there new manager. 19/11/12 Manager News It was a match made in h___ when Man City and Josè Mourinho came together once again. He will take over a team that has already spend £71mil on players this season. 24/11/12 Italian Serie A TIM 0 Calcio Catania 2 S.S.C Napoli Frederik Sørensen (14) Jelle Vossen (48) A Napoli team with Hamsik, Cavani, Eriksen and Lavezzi being sidelined turned to the stars of the future for a road win over Catania. Sørensen scored after a free kick and Vossen scored a real forwards goal when he snapped up a loss ball inside the 16-meter. 27/11/12 UEFA Champions League 0 S.S.C Napoli 0 FC Barcelona (Spain) Napoli picked up a hugely important draw against Barcelona today. Napoli was without a real striker in the starting lineup and had to start unknown Germàn Denis up front. Still they managed to hang with a Barcelona team that has been struggling the last month. With today’s result Napoli still have a chance to advantage to the knockout round. Last edited by Northwood_DK : 04-04-2011 at 02:00 AM.

04-08-2011, 05:54 AM	#36
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	December 2012 02/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM 4 S.S.C Napoli 1 AS Bari Jelle Vossen (14) Christian Maggio (18) Frantisek Kubikk (81) Ivelin Popov (90+2) Jelle Vossen suddenly looks like a real striker and when the team scores four goals against Bari the injury to Cavani and Lavezzi don’t hurt that much. Napoli now got 10 Serie A games without a loss but the team is still 2 points behind Inter. 08/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM 3 Udinese Calcio 1 S.S.C Napoli Marek Hamsik (82) And just like that the streak comes to an end. Napoli thought they had secured a draw when Hamsik scored late but two later Udinese goals decided the game. 09/12/12 Manager News It’s close to a month ago that Juventus sacked Wenger after a slow start to the season. The team have now lost four games in a row and dropped to 12th in the standing just 3 points clear of the relegation line. 12/12/12 UEFA Champions League 3 FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 4 S.S.C Napoli Ezequiel Lavezzi (11, 40, 50) Christian Maggio (23) On a snowy field in Ukraine Napoli did the best they could to sneak in to the knockout stage of the Champions League. And for 6 minutes late in the game Napoli was inn. Unluckily Porto and Barcelona played to a draw in a game where Barca had a man sent off after just 18 minutes and that result sends Porto and Barcelona to the next round. 15/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 3 UC Sampdoria Sergiy Kryvtsov (7) Ezequiel Lavezzi (46) The horrible week continues for Napoli. At home against this years surprise team Sampdoria, Napoli had the lead at both 1-0 and 2-1. Still the team came away with 0 points when 90 minutes was played and even managed to get both Frantisek Kubikk and Lavezzi injured in the process. 21/12/12 UEFA Europa League News As the 3rd team in there Champions League group Napoli was today entered in to the draw for the Europa Leagues first knockout stage. Napoli will not be too unhappy about being drawn against Portuguese Braga in the round of 32. The winner of that game will play against Shakhtar or Leverkusen. 22/12/12 Italian Serie A TIM 0 AC Milan 3 S.S.C Napoli Christian Maggio (4, 10) Jelle Vossen (74) The team is so inconsistent. Last week they blew the home game only to go on the road and play a flawless game against Milan. 29/12/12 Injury news When it rain, it pours. In a light training today Marek Hamsik limped off the field with a back stress fracture. After a check by the team physios he was ruled out for 7-8 weeks.

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