Napoli Fans Greet Players at Airport After Win at Juventus as Historic Title Edges Closer
1 year, 8 months ago

Napoli Fans Greet Players at Airport After Win at Juventus as Historic Title Edges Closer

News 18  

Thousands of joyous Napoli supporters greeted the team early Monday as they returned from their victory over Juventus, which brought the prospect of a historic Serie A title within touching distance. IPL 2023: Orange Cap Complete List of Batters with Most Runs, Check here Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the two stars of Luciano Spalletti’s team, climbed onto the roof of the team bus to hail the fans below. To be crowned champions for the first time since 1990 this weekend, Napoli will have to beat regional rivals Salernitana on Saturday, and will need Inter Milan to avoid a home defeat by Lazio on Sunday. IPL 2023 Points Table: Check Team Standings, Team Points, Wins, Losses & Orange Cap, Purple Cap On Sunday, Spalletti warned it wasn’t yet time to start celebrating, noting that “we still have a little way to go".

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Serie A 2024-25: Napoli denied top spot after second consecutive loss to Lazio
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Serie A 2024-25: Napoli denied top spot after second consecutive loss to Lazio

The Hindu  

Lazio denied Napoli the chance to return to the top of the Serie A standings with a 1-0 away win on Sunday, its second victory this week over Napoli, following its midweek Coppa Italia success. Napoli remains second on 32 points, two behind leader Atalanta and while Lazio stays fifth, the win moved it level on 31 points with Inter …

Napoli off to slow start to Serie A title defence
1 year, 2 months ago

Napoli off to slow start to Serie A title defence

The Hindu  

There are still blue-and-white streamers hanging over alleyways and banners all over the city celebrating Napoli’s first Serie A title since the days when Diego Maradona played for the club. So it’s plain to see why new Napoli coach Rudi Garcia is already under pressure, with club president Aurelio De Laurentiis meeting several times with the coach recently amid speculation …

Serie A: Napoli set to kick off title defence at promoted Frosinone
1 year, 5 months ago

Serie A: Napoli set to kick off title defence at promoted Frosinone

The Hindu  

MILAN Napoli will kick off its Serie A title defence at promoted Frosinone after next season’s fixture list was revealed on Wednesday. FIFA WWC 2023: South Africa women’s World Cup team pay dispute resolved Previous coach Luciano Spalletti ended Napoli’s 33-year title drought last month but left shortly afterwards, and fans are hoping that Garcia won’t have stars Victor Osimhen …

Napoli set to lift Serie A trophy but bid farewell to Luciano Spalletti
1 year, 6 months ago

Napoli set to lift Serie A trophy but bid farewell to Luciano Spalletti

The Hindu  

The joy of ending a 33-year wait for the Italian league title will be tinged with melancholy for Napoli on Sunday. Napoli won the Serie A title with five matches to spare and the players will finally get their hands on the trophy after the final match of the season — against Sampdoria at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. It …

Napoli celebrates title at home in ‘City of Miracles’
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli celebrates title at home in ‘City of Miracles’

The Hindu  

Napoli players and fans chanted “It’s us, it’s us, we are the champions of Italy” as the southern team marked winning the league title with a joyous celebration lasting more than two hours at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. “We haven’t slept at all the past couple of days.” The team walked around each corner of the stadium, dancing and …

Italy’s Naples explodes in joy as Napoli finally regains Serie A crown
1 year, 7 months ago

Italy’s Naples explodes in joy as Napoli finally regains Serie A crown

The Hindu  

The southern Italian city of Naples exploded into what was shaping up to be a long night of celebrations on Thursday as local team Napoli secured its first Serie A title in more than three decades, sweeping away years of disappointment. Udinese are based in Italy’s north-east, more than 800 kilometres away from Naples, so many Napoli fans stayed home …

Ten Reasons Why Napoli's Serie A Title Win is Special
1 year, 7 months ago

Ten Reasons Why Napoli's Serie A Title Win is Special

News 18  

Napoli, a soccer team in Italy, has won its first Serie A title since 1990, led by league-scoring leader Victor Osimhen. The victory brings back memories of Diego Maradona, who led Napoli to its only previous Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990. Here are ten reasons why Napoli’s tittle win is special: It’s the first time a club south …

Photos: Napoli fans celebrate Italian football league title
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: Napoli fans celebrate Italian football league title

Al Jazeera  

Naples, Italy – A young man grabs his friend by the shoulders and shakes him, overwhelmed with joy. We beat the north!” In the second half of Thursday night’s game with Udinese, Napoli player Victor Osimhen scored the goal that secured the team’s place as the 2023 Italian Serie A champions. Both wins came from a team led by Argentine …

Napoli seal first Italian football league title in 33 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli seal first Italian football league title in 33 years

Al Jazeera  

A 1-1 draw at Udinese gave Napoli the point they needed to win first league title since 1990. Napoli finally ended their long wait to win Serie A, joining late club icon Diego Maradona in the history books by being crowned Italian champions with a record-equalling five matches to play. A 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday gave Napoli the …

Napoli wins 1st title since Maradona played for the club
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli wins 1st title since Maradona played for the club

Associated Press  

ROME — Below a giant mural of Diego Maradona, Napoli fans celebrated the Italian league soccer title as if they were at the game — singing, jumping and lighting flares. As Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti put it after the Partenopei sealed their first league title since Maradona led the club to the 1987 and 1990 championships, the late Argentina standout’s …

Napoli’s title was not expected at start of the season
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli’s title was not expected at start of the season

Associated Press  

When Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly left Napoli after several years of near misses, many thought the likelihood of a first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona went out the door with them. It’s Napoli’s first Sere A title since Maradona led the club to its only two championships in 1987 and 1990. His skills …

How Napoli finally won the Serie A title – 33 years AD (after Diego)
1 year, 7 months ago

How Napoli finally won the Serie A title – 33 years AD (after Diego)

New York Times  

When Paolo Sorrentino went on stage to collect the Oscar for Best Foreign Film nine years ago, he wanted to thank his sources of inspiration “Federico Fellini, J.R.R. “We bought jerseys from the shop on the corner, assembled a team late, and trained on the Ariston pitches in Paestum.” Napoli’s old training ground in the Soccavo neighbourhood of town, nicknamed …

Naples gears up again for huge title party at home
1 year, 7 months ago

Naples gears up again for huge title party at home

The Hindu  

Napoli will open up the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Thursday night for a live screening of its away game with Udinese when it hopes to clinch the league title, local authorities said on Tuesday. Napoli also expects as many as 10,000 fans to make the long trek to northeast Italy for a match when a point will be enough …

Napoli Serie A title celebration on hold after draw with Salernitana
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli Serie A title celebration on hold after draw with Salernitana

The Hindu  

Napoli will have to wait at least a few more days to seal the Serie A title after drawing 1-1 with regional rival Salernitana on Sunday — disappointing legions of fans of the southern club who had already started celebrating in anticipation of the championship. The Partenopei could have clinched with a record six rounds to spare if they beat …

Napoli’s title march bringing football glory back to southern Italy
1 year, 7 months ago

Napoli’s title march bringing football glory back to southern Italy

The Hindu  

Napoli fans are counting down the days until their team finally ends a three-decade Serie A title drought and takes the crown back down south after decades of dominance from the big clubs of the country’s richer north. Lucio Lamberti, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan and an expert in economic strategy, says that Napoli’s title is “an …

Naples expects an ‘earthquake of joy’ when Napoli wins Serie A after 33 years
1 year, 8 months ago

Naples expects an ‘earthquake of joy’ when Napoli wins Serie A after 33 years

The Hindu  

Before Gaetano Manfredi was elected mayor of Naples in 2021, he was a university professor specializing in seismic engineering — preparing and designing buildings to withstand earthquakes. “If we do this thing, we’ll remain on the walls of Naples forever,” Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti said — avoiding the word “scudetto.” Every neighbourhood in the city, from the steep and narrow …

From flags to tattoos, Naples turns blue as title fever grows
1 year, 8 months ago

From flags to tattoos, Naples turns blue as title fever grows

The Hindu  

Napoli hasn’t won the title yet, but Naples is already in party mode. In anticipation of the club’s first Italian football league title for three decades, the city is celebrating and decorating its streets with blue -- Napoli’s colour. “I decided to put aside my superstition and tattoo the third Scudetto,” Russo said, showing off his forearm bearing an image …

Napoli get Serie A title charge back on track with victory at Lecce
1 year, 8 months ago

Napoli get Serie A title charge back on track with victory at Lecce

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A bizarre 64th-minute own goal from Lecce defender Antonino Gallo, who chested …

Napoli faces new challenge: Responding to a heavy loss
1 year, 8 months ago

Napoli faces new challenge: Responding to a heavy loss

Associated Press  

ROME — Out of nowhere, Napoli is facing what might be its biggest challenge yet. “And now we know that from here on there are going to be very hard battles to bring home the scudetto.” Until the Milan defeat, Napoli fans had been casting aside superstitions and painting the city blue as if the team had already won the …

Serie A: League Leaders Napoli Open up 21 Point Gap at Top With 4-0 Demolition of Torino
1 year, 9 months ago

Serie A: League Leaders Napoli Open up 21 Point Gap at Top With 4-0 Demolition of Torino

News 18  

Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia were again the heroes for Napoli as Italy’s champions-elect thumped Torino 4-0 and moved a whopping 21 points clear at the Serie A summit. Nigeria striker Osimhen took his league-leading goal tally to 21 with two towering headers in each half with Kvaratskhelia’s 35th-minute penalty sandwiched in between. Kvaratskhelia then laid on Tanguy Ndombele’s first …

Serie A: Napoli Hold off Udinese Fightback to Seal 11th Successive Win
2 years, 1 month ago

Serie A: Napoli Hold off Udinese Fightback to Seal 11th Successive Win

News 18  

Napoli almost squandered the chance of setting a club record of 11 consecutive Serie A victories within a season when they let slip a three-goal advantage before securing a 3-2 home win over Udinese on Saturday. Victor Osimhen put the league leaders ahead after 15 minutes when he elegantly headed home a cross from Elif Elmas. Udinese reduced the deficit …

Napoli to be tested in visit to 2nd-place Atalanta in Italy
2 years, 1 month ago

Napoli to be tested in visit to 2nd-place Atalanta in Italy

Associated Press  

MILAN — Every time Napoli has been tested this season, it has responded admirably. A win for Napoli would send the team eight points clear at the top of the standings, albeit possibly only for a few hours before third-place Milan hosts Spezia. Milan is currently six points behind Napoli, the only unbeaten team remaining in Serie A. Napoli’s other …

Inside the Napoli juggernaut: Spalletti in full control
2 years, 2 months ago

Inside the Napoli juggernaut: Spalletti in full control

Associated Press  

ROME — It’s almost comical now looking back to mid-July when Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti told protesting fans to “shut up” as he presented the team at the opening of preseason training in the Italian Dolomites Range. The Partenopei are also three points clear of defending champion AC Milan atop Serie A, have won all four of their Champions League …

Serie A Round-Up: Napoli, Milan top of table ahead of upcoming clash
2 years, 9 months ago

Serie A Round-Up: Napoli, Milan top of table ahead of upcoming clash

The Hindu  

Departing Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne scored one goal and set up a stoppage-time winner to help his side beat Lazio 2-1 and move level on points with AC Milan at the top of Serie A on Sunday, ahead of their eagerly anticipated clash next weekend. Just as it seemed as though Pedro’s late equalizer would prevent Napoli from moving top, …

Napoli 4-0 Lazio: Luciano Spalletti's side go three points clear
3 years ago

Napoli 4-0 Lazio: Luciano Spalletti's side go three points clear

Daily Mail  

Napoli put on a dazzling display to mark the first anniversary of Diego Maradona's death when they stormed to a 4-0 win over Lazio on Sunday to move three points clear at the top of Serie A. Club great Maradona died on November 25 last year and to mark the anniversary, Napoli unveiled a statue inside the Diego Armando Maradona …

Napoli handed a 3-0 defeat, deducted one point over unplayed match
4 years, 2 months ago

Napoli handed a 3-0 defeat, deducted one point over unplayed match

The Hindu  

Napoli has been handed a 3-0 defeat and had one point deducted for failing to play its Serie A match away to Juventus earlier this month amid confusion over Italian soccer's COVID-19 rules. Napoli did not travel to Turin for the match on Oct 4., saying its local health authority had told the players to stay at home after two …

Napoli wins as spectators return to Serie A
4 years, 3 months ago

Napoli wins as spectators return to Serie A

The Hindu  

Napoli pounced on two defensive mistakes to win 2-0 at Parma in its opening match of the season on Sunday as spectators returned to Serie A for the first time since March. Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne got Napoli's campaign off to a winning start with second-half goals shortly after club record signing Victor Osimhen was brought on for his …

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