Northwood_dk Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Oh, your so close - just keep morale up, and play sensible and you should stay there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Oh, your so close - just keep morale up, and play sensible and you should stay there That all sounds like a nice plan. Now do you also have a breakdown on how to make Inter loss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 That all sounds like a nice plan.Now do you also have a breakdown on how to make Inter loss? Sadly no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 At least you're still up there - just need Inter to slip up now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 At least you're the still there, just keep winning your games and hope Inter mess up. Good luck against FC Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 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. 07/01/12 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. 12/01/12 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. 15/01/12 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. 19/01/12 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. 22/01/12 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. 25/01/12 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. 29/01/12 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Very happy about my first 1000 reads. The acquisition Emiliano Insúa was only because of what he did for me back in my FM10 dynasty where he was solid as a rock for my Liverpool defends. Should properly have been looking more for a player who could also play in the centre defends, then the strictly DL Insúa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Top at last! The league is yours to lose now, Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Top at last! The league is yours to lose now, Good luck That’s a lot easier said then done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 February 2012 01/02/12 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. 05/02/12 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. 11/02/12 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. 15/02/12 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. 18/02/12 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 26/02/12 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Mars 2012 03/03/12 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. 07/03/12 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. 11/03/12 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. 18/03/12 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. 25/03/12 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 April 2012 01/04/12 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. 05/04/12 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. 07/04/12 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. 11/04/12 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. 14/04/12 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. 22/04/12 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. 29/04/12 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnivore Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Looks like you're knocking on the doorstep? Hope your guys can get it done down the stretch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 May 2012 02/05/12 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. 06/05/12 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. 07/05/12 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. 13/05/12 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. 15/05/12 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. 19/05/12 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. 20/05/12 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JimmyWangYang Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 The 4-2-3-1 asymmetric + Andrea Poli = win Keep up the good work, Napoli friend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 The 4-2-3-1 asymmetric + Andrea Poli = win Keep up the good work, Napoli friend. Thanks Jimmy I would love to play with two up front but the 4-2-3-1 asymmetric seam to be the only way I can get a win at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Editors note: My lack of experience from coaching in the Italian league has just shined thru. Last season we made a deal for this year for a Brazilian youngster that looked like a nice young talent with some upside without thinking much about it. The problem now is that this minor trade is now preventing signing a major contract with Chelsea’s Ramires due to the “one non-EU player from aboard pr season” rule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 That's the one rule I hate in Italy . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 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. 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 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 an outside chance to advantage to the knockout round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 January 2013 02/01/13 Transfer News Ezequiel Lavezzi today renewed his contract with Napoli for another 3 years. 06/01/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 AS Roma 0 S.S.C Napoli Napoli was chanceless on the road against Roma in a game where Marco Borriello was the main attraction. The loss drops Napoli to 5th place in the standing but still only 7 points behind the league leader. 07/01/13 Transfer News Bad news and some good news. It was today confirmed that Frantisek Kubikk is lost for Napoli. The player who has played brilliantly for Napoli over the last two seasons refused to renew his contract with the team and instead decided to move to Spanish football and Villarreal. Napoli now got a few months to find his replacement in-house or go out and by a new AMR. On the positive side it was confirmed that Napoli had signed DC Marco Rossi from Parma for £7.5mil. The 25-year old player will add some experience to a very young Napoli defends. 10/01/13 Transfer News Napoli added another player from Parma in a trade for striker Alberto Paloschi. Before joining Napoli he had scored 8 goals in 19 games with a 7.01 overall rating for Parma. 13/01/13 Italian Serie A TIM 0 S.S.C Napoli 0 Juventus Napoli should properly have done more against a Juventus team that played almost an hour with a man less but with two new players in the starting lineup the team was glad just to get a point. 17/01/13 Coppa Italia 4 S.S.C Napoli 2 ACF Torino Alberto Paloschi (32, 46) Andrea Poli (42) Marco Rossi (45+2) Paloschis Napoli career got off to a great start with two goals in the Cup. Napoli had 9 backups or new players in the starting lineup. 20/01/13 Italian Serie A TIM 0 US Lecce 1 S.S.C Napoli Alberto Paloschi (72) It was play to one goal the entire match. Paloschi scores his first league goal in the game where Cavani finally make his return to the field after his injury break. 25/01/13 Injury news The season is over for 23-year old Jelle Vossen. He broke is foot in a game for the Napoli second team and will be out for 4 months. He scored 4 goals this season and finished the season with a 7.1 overall rating. 27/01/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 S.S.C Napoli 0 Cagliari Calcio Marco Rossi (72) Today Marco Rossi opened his goal-account for Napoli when he was the last man on the ball after a corner kick. Cagliari didn’t have a shot on goal in the entire game. 30/01/13 Coppa Italia 2 S.S.C Napoli 1 AC Milan Alberto Paloschi (4, 74) With a mix of young up and coming players and some experience Napoli once again managed to get away with a win over AC Milan. Napoli is now 5-1-0 against AC Milan with Tom Northwood as manager. The win might not be well deserved this time but the 57000 fans in the stands won’t complain about another Cup Semifinal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 February 2013 02/02/13 Manager News Napoli manager Tom Northwood was today approached by Cameroon after the team was eliminated from the African Nations Cup already in the group stage. They are currently ranked 42nd in the world. The Napoli manager has still not decided if he is interested in the manager job in Africa. 03/02/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 US Città di Palermo 1 S.S.C Napoli Alberto Paloschi (90+2) Napoli totally dominated the first half against defending champions Palermo. Still it was the home team who took the lead one minute before the half. In the second half the picture was the same. Napoli hit the woodwork twice but had to wait until two minutes in to stopagetime to get the equalizer. The game saw debut to the just 19-year old talent Jacopo Galimberti. 06/02/13 Italian Serie A TIM 4 S.S.C Napoli 1 ACF Fiorentina Alberto Paloschi (17, 61) Jose Sosa (48) Markus Henriksen (55) In a hugely important game against a hot Fiorentina team Paloschi completely dominated and was the last or second-to-last on all four goals. Napoli remains in 5th place but the win takes them right back in the fight for the title. 07/02/13 Injury news Another Napoli player was ruled out for the season today. This time it was Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen that suffered a torn calf muscle in yesterday’s game against Fiorentina. He will not be able to play football for the next 3-4 months. 10/02/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 0 AC Chievo Verona Alberto Paloschi (1) Imiliano Insua (40 p) Napoli picks up the early goal and was never in trouble. 12/02/13 Player news The great month continues for Jacopo Galimberti. He not only got his debut in the Napoli first team earlier this month but today he also got his debut on the Italian U21 team in a game against Russia. 17/02/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 Lazio 2 S.S.C Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (26) Christian Maggio (90+3) In a game where Napoli finally had both Cavani and Hamsik on the field at the same time again, it looked like a draw for a long time. But some last second magic by Maggio gave Napoli all 3 points today. Christian Maggio is surprisingly Napoli’s top goal scorer in the league this season with 10 goals. 21/02/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 1 1 SC Braga (Portugal) 4 S.S.C Napoli Sergiy Kryvtsov (26) Jose Sosa (27, 41, 70) Frantisek Kubik (50) A fantastic performance on the road that almost guaranties Napoli advancement to the next round. Sosa was outstanding in the win and scored what was possible his first hattrick in his Napoli career 24/02/13 Italian Serie A TIM 5 S.S.C Napoli 1 Genoa CFC Edinson Cavani (8, 23) Sergiy Kryvtsov (30) Jose Sosa (36) Andrea Poli (44) Napoli completely dominated again and scored all there 5 goals in the first half. 28/02/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 2 4 S.S.C Napoli 2 SC Braga (Portugal) Ezequiel Lavezzi (3, 9, 79) Fabiano Santacroce (83) Even with the “second” team on the field Napoli continues to produces chances and score goals. Just 18-year old Paolo Ferrari got his Napoli debut this game but have to leave the field after just 15 minutes with an injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Mars 2013 03/03/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 0 Torino Edinson Cavani (45+1) Marek Hamsik (86) Just like old days. Cavani and Hamsik dominate a game where the result is never in doubt. 09/03/13 Italian Serie A TIM 3 Inter 3 S.S.C Napoli Alberto Paloschi (44) Sergiy Kryvtsov (70) Ezequiel Lavezzi (82) A Napoli team withtout Cavani up front managed to come back three times against Inter on the road. 14/03/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 1 3 Shakhtar (Ukraine) 3 S.S.C Napoli Edinson Cavani (9, 22, 30) Another 3-3 game. It only took Cavani 30 minutes to score a real hattrick. Napoli then turned around and gave away the win by allowing three easy goals in the second half. But overall Napoli still has a great chance to advance to the next round. 17/03/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 1 Atalanta Marek Hamsik (45) Markus Henriksen (56) Suddenly Napoli finds themselves just one point away from first place. 21/03/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 2 1 S.S.C Napoli 1 Shakhtar (Ukraine) Josè Sosa (31) Napoli did just enough to move on to the next round. When Shakhtar had two players sent off in the second half the result was a given. 30/03/13 Italian Serie A TIM 0 Sassuolo 1 S.S.C Napoli Josè Sosa (66) Only 6000 watched Napoli take home a narrow win over Sassuolo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 April 2013 07/04/13 Italian Serie A TIM 4 S.S.C Napoli 1 Siena S Kryvtsov (26) E Cavani (30) C Maggio (39) F Sørensen (82) Siena with Zola as there manager were chanceless against a Napoli team on the attack. The victory was never in doubt and the unbeaten streak now stands at a franchise high 19 games. 11/04/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 1 2 Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraina) 0 S.S.C Napoli It was a bad day all around for Napoli. The unbeaten streak was broken and what early on looked like a good result on the road in a matter of minutes turned in to a huge hurdle to overcome in the return leg. 16/04/13 Coppa Italia Semi Final Leg 1 4 S.S.C Napoli 0 Sampdoria M Hamsik (6) S Kryvtsov (27) Own goal (62) E Cavani (79) Napoli absolutely hammered league leader Sampdoria in the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinal. 19/04/13 UEFA Europa League, Knockout stage Leg 1 5 S.S.C Napoli 5 Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) E Cavani (29, 50, 68) F Sørensen (45+2) A Poli (75) Down by two goals Napoli had nothing to loss and came out guns blazing. It became a fun game to watch for the fans with 10 goals but Napoli was never close to qualify for the next round and allowed Bogdan Stancu to score four goals. Napoli’s run in Europe is over for this season and the team can now concentrate on the domestic league. 24/04/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 0 Catania E Cavani (17, 74) Catania didn’t have a chance all game and with Cavani playing on a very high level Napoli took home an easy home victory. 28/04/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 0 Udinese E Cavani (20, 56) Cavani scores for the 4th game in a row and have now scored 8 goals in the last four games. He now got a career high 24 goals (overall) for the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmcain Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Really well presented thread. Just playing a month every 6 months or so these days? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Really well presented thread. Just playing a month every 6 months or so these days? Thanks for reading David. IRL I’m getting ready to start the 2016/17 season and got the dynasty back for that season. Just needs to find a nice way to present the three seasons were I didn’t take notes. Got around 10.000 words written already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 May 2013 04/05/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 Bari 0 S.S.C Napoli With just three days of rest Napoli blows an opportunity to take over the league lead in an ugly loss to Bari. When S Kryvtsov is sent off with two yellow cards after 52 minutes of play the score is still 0-0. But with one man less on the field and tired after three games in the last week they finally breaks down. It’s the first time since 13 January (0-0 against Juventus) that Napoli fails to score in a league game. 04/05/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 Sampdoria 2 S.S.C Napoli E Cavani (11) J Sosa (68) Today’s win over Sampdoria not only moved Napoli in to first place in the standing for the first time since week 3 and also secured another season of international football for Napoli. 11/05/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 S.S.C Napoli 1 AS Roma Andrea Poli (52) Napoli gave away two costly points and the league lead just 5 minutes before full time in a game they dominated for 85 minutes. 14/05/13 Coppa Italia 2 Sampdoria 0 S.S.C Napoli After the 4-0 win in the home-leg Napoli rested all the regular starters and still advanced to the final without much trouble. 19/05/13 Italian Serie A TIM 1 Juventus 2 S.S.C Napoli M Rossi (22) M Hamsik (73p) Napoli dominates a Juventus team with nothing to play for on the road. With just one game left to play in the league Napoli is just 1 point behind Palermo who will play Inter on the road in the final game of the year. 26/05/13 Italian Serie A TIM 2 S.S.C Napoli 1 A.C. Milan E Cavani (20) C Eriksen (22) It was a Napoli team without Hamsik in the decisive game of the season against AC Milan. But with Christian Eriksen back in the starting lineup and in front of 60.000 people at home at San Paolo Napoli still had enough to get the win over a tame AC Milan team (who fired there manager after the game). And when Palermo also lost to Inter, the Partenopei could finally celebrate there first league title since the Maradona days back in 1990. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 It's been a great read so far, looking forward to see how you do in the Champions League next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 It's been a great read so far, looking forward to see how you do in the Champions League next season Thanks for following along HotChocolate The format will be a bit different for the next three seasons but hope you will enjoy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 June 2013 01/06/13 Champions League News In a game between two English teams, Arsenal took home the biggest trophy in European football with a late goal by Theo Walcott. Chelsea didn’t make it easy for themselves when John Obi Mikel was sent off after just 22 minutes. With Aston Villa winning the Europa League a few weeks earlier both the big European trophies are now back in England. 02/06/13 Coppa Italia Final 0 Fiorentina 1 S.S.C Napoli E Lavezzi (90+3) A week after Napoli won there first league title in more then 20 years they won there second trophy of the year with a win in the cup final. Several of the regular starters were not ready to go and some backups got a chance to shine. The deciding goal came 3 minutes in to overtime when E Lavezzi scored on a fast break. And with that news the 2012/13 season comes to an end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Authors note. For the 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 season the format will change a bit as I have already played those seasons but don’t have the notes to do the detailed write-up. Instead I will document the history of all the players that have been thru Napoli in that timeframe and what have happened to there careers. There will also be footnotes (1) on a lot of the teams and players that have made and impact during this period. Feel free to ask questions on specific teams, tournaments or players of interest. 1) Impossible to write without footnotes after reading “The book of basketball” by the Sportsguy Bill Simmons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 GK Morgan De Sanctis (Italy) Winning the 2012/13 season and the Italian Cup is the last thing De Sanctis does for Napoli. Before the 2013/14 season the now 36-year old keeper losses his job in the starting lineup. He spent his last year with Napoli on the bench only getting one start in a single Cup game. His contract is not renewed and instead he joins up with Zola (2)in Siena. He concedes 92 goals in 37 games and the team finish last in Serie A and is relegated. After the 2015/16 season De Sanctis decided to retire form professional football. 2) Gianfranco Zola was in Siena between 2012 and 2014 as the team’s manager. In that time span he was relegated from the Seria A but also won the Serie B the year after. He joined Bolton in December 2014 and has kept the club around mid table in the EPL since his arrival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 GK Rubinho (Brazil) The replacement for Morgan De Sanctis in the Napoli goal is unknown Brazilian keeper Rubinho. He came to the club before the 2011/12 season from Torino on a £1mil transfer. The two first years with the team he is the backup for De Sanctis and only gets six starts in the first team. Before the 2013/14 season he is handed the starting job. He does a decent job behind a somewhat shaky defensive line and allows 1.25 Con/90. He is excellent one-on-one but struggles with crosses and to get the play started. To start the 2014/15 season he struggles again, allowing 24 goals in just 15 games. When Napoli finally decides to spend money on a quality keeper Rubinho is pushed to the sideline and is quickly forgotten. After the season Napoli has no interest in renewing his contract and he travels home to Brazil and joins Bahia (3). 3) Bahia has dominated the Bahia State Championship but has struggled in the first division. The Brazilian league has the last few years been dominated by Sao Paulo and Corinthians who have won 5 of the last 6 titles. The only title won by another team was the 2013 season who had Palmira’s winning there 5th title in franchise history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 GK Viktor Noring (Sweden) At the same time as De Sanctis is benched, Napoli pays Motherwell £2mil for a 22-year old Viktor Noring. 10 days after he joins his new club he debuts on the Swedish national team against Cyprus. With Napoli he doesn’t get the playing time he got in Scotland and instead turns in to a solid backup. He gets regular playing time in the Swedish (4) national team (11 caps) but never gets a real chance in Napoli. He is vocal about his displeasure about lack of playing time and agrees with the club to be transfer listed during the 2015/16 season. With an asking price just around £4mil no team shows interest in the Swedish player during the season and just a few weeks before the 2016/17 season is ready to kick off Noring still find himself on the Napoli bench. 4) Sweden finished second in the European Championship in 2012 when they lost the final 0-2 to Germany. After that it went downhill. In the last game of the 2014 World Cup qualifier they lost 0-6 to Croatia and missed the World Cup. Erik Hamren was fired and Sven Göran Eriksson hired. Still the team didn’t manage to win a single game in 2014 and the dropped to 45th in the world. In 2015 the team was back on track and qualified for the 2016 European Championship coming up in France. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 GK (France) Since manager Tom Northwood took over Napoli in 2010 they had never allowed less then 30 goals in a single season and despite winning the title in 2013 they allowed the second most goals of the top-8 teams in the league (4) . To take the next step it was clear that they needed to stiffen up the defends and a top caliber keeper was high on Napoli’s wish list. When the teams started to look around the big names were not interested in moving to Napoli and the few players interested had salary demands way outside of what Napoli was willing/capable to offer . Napoli then tried hard to sign Igor Akinfeev from CSKA Moscow but problems with work permit stopped that deal from going thru. The solution for Napoli was to spend £7.5mil on Stèphane Ruffier from AS Monaco in the French league. He joined the team when the transfer window opened in the start of January 2015 and took over the starting job right away. He finishes his first half season with nine clean sheets in 20 starts and a 6.98 overall rating. The year after he allows one goal pr game and records 14 clean sheets in the 37 league games he starts. Ruffier is perhaps not the world class player Napoli was looking for but he is a solid last man. He got a good command of the arrear and great reflexes. On 10/10/15 at age 29 he finally gets his international debut for France in a 2-0 win over USA. Before the start of the 2016/17 season the Frenchman is the clear number one in the Napoli goal with no real competition behind him. 4) Napoli allowed 36 goals in 38 games. Only Roma with 41 goals allowed more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmcain Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nice way to bridge the gap. Lot of writing for you coming up ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 Nice way to bridge the gap. Lot of writing for you coming up ! Most of the writing is done and I enjoy just browsing around in the game to find interesting storylines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 GK Andrea Olivieri (Italy) The last of the Napoli keepers is a young (20 years old) Italian keeper who have come up thru the teams youth system and been part of the Napoli U20 team who have won the Group 1 in both 2014 and 2015. He is still very raw and not anywhere near being a lock for the future, but at the moment he is the only Italian keeper on the roster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 DR Camillo Zúñiga (Colombia) In front of the Napoli keepers the team has always played with a 4-back-line. The Napoli defense has never been the team’s strongpoint since GM Thomas Northwood took over the club and several different combinations have been tried. Zúñiga was one of the few constants and played solid but unspectacular every year from 2012 to 2015. In his 120 games over four season he only earned just 4 ”Man of the match” and have never scored a goal for Napoli but he has also made very few mistakes. Before the 2015/16 season the now 30-year old Camillo Zúñiga was moved to the sideline and was used as a backup instead but every time he was sent on the pitch he still preformed. He is one of the few Napoli players with 5 medals and is a solid contributor for the Colombian national team where he got over 60 games in his career. His Napoli contract is up after the 2016/17 season but with Napoli’s current movement towards Italian youth and his already reduced role it’s unlikely that he will get an extension. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwood_dk Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 DL Emiliano Insúa (Argentina) On the left side Napoli played defender Emiliano Insúa for the better part of three seasons. He was signed from Aston Villa (5) in the January 2012 transfer window as the first major (£8mil) new purchase by GM Tom Northwood. He played very good when healthy, but without any depth at the position Napoli had to bring inn another left defender and Insúa didn’t care for the competition. Near the end of the 2014/15 season Insúa almost got in to fight with his manager. Insúa had not played very well (6.72) during the first part of the season and was sidelined for a big game. After the game he stormed in to the manager’s office and other players had to step between the two. The next day he was put on the transfer listed and sent to the reserve team. Just a few days later a new DL was presented in a press conference and at the same time the sale of Insúa to Fulham for £3.3mil was announced. Back in England he had a very good season (7.29) for a Fulham team qualifying for Europe after winning the FA Cup for the first time in club history. 5) Aston Villa have done very well in the last few years lead by Alan Shearer as there manager. In the domestic league they have qualified for Europe every year since 2011 even if they have never finished better then 4th (2014/15). In 2012 the team won the Euro League with a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in the final and also won the Super Cup over Arsenal. They have also won the English League Cup twice (2014 and 2015). Alan Shearer left the club in December 2014 to take over Man City (more on that later) and Mexican Hugo Sanchez was appointed the new manager. Under Sanchez the team struggled. Still Sanchez was hired by Chelsea in the start of 2016 (also more on that later) and Aston Villa selected Southampton manager Nigel Adkins as the new man in charge. The team’s top player has been Yohan Cabaye who the club picked up in the 2011/12 season on a £11.25mil transfer from LOSC Lill. Another top player for Aston Villa was Gabriel Torje who was sold to Real Madrid for £22mil just before the 2016/17 season was ready to kick off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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