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‘Things Aren’t Working’: AC Milan’s Title Defence Crumbling As Napoli Host Roma | Football News
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‘Things Aren’t Working’: AC Milan’s Title Defence Crumbling As Napoli Host Roma | Football News

[ad_1] With 86 minutes gone of their last Serie A home match AC Milan's title defence was very much alive, two goals to the good against Roma and set to maintain the five-point gap separating the champions and league leaders Napoli. Less than three weeks later and their hopes of retaining the Scudetto are hanging by a thread after a sudden slump which has allowed Napoli to charge 12 clear almost completely unopposed, and led to them being knocked out of the Italian Cup and losing the Super Cup to Inter Milan.Two quickfire goals from Roger Ibanez and Tammy Abraham snatched a shock draw for a dismal Roma that night at the San Siro, and since then Milan have looked a shadow of the team who last year snatched the title from neighbours Inter.The partying which exploded last Spring in celebrat...
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Cremonese Reach Italian Cup Quarters With Stunning Shootout Win At Napoli | Football News
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Cremonese Reach Italian Cup Quarters With Stunning Shootout Win At Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Felix Afena-Gyan struck the winning spot-kick under a torrential downpour in Naples.© TwitterCremonese will play Roma in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup after Serie A's bottom side battled to a stunning 5-4 penalty shootout win over league leaders Napoli on Tuesday. Felix Afena-Gyan struck the winning spot-kick under a torrential downpour in Naples to send Cremonese through after the former Roma forward had taken the match to extra time with a late looping header. Napoli had been leading 2-1 with three minutes remaining of normal time thanks to headers in three first-half minutes from Juan Jesus and Giovanni Simeone after Charles Pickel gave the away side an 18th-minute lead.But Cremonese fought back against an initially second-string Napoli and Luciano Spalletti was forced ...
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Napoli, Roma Fans Given Two-Month Away Game Ban After Motorway Brawl | Football News
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Napoli, Roma Fans Given Two-Month Away Game Ban After Motorway Brawl | Football News

[ad_1] Napoli after win over Juventus© AFPNapoli and Roma fans have been banned from travelling to away games for two months after last weekend's mass brawl which caused chaos on a major Italian motorway, Italy's Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Hardcore "ultra" supporters of both teams were involved in running battles on the A1 motorway on Sunday after they met at the Badia al Pino service station in Tuscany on their way to matches at Sampdoria and AC Milan, creating queues of up to 15 kilometres long. Nicknamed the "sunshine motorway", the A1 runs from Naples to Rome and then all the way to Milan in northern Italy and is one of Italy's most important roads.In a statement, the ministry said it had ordered "the closure for two months from today (Saturday) of away sections of stadiums ...
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Serie A: Napoli Survive Udinese Scare To Move 11 Points Clear | Football News
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Serie A: Napoli Survive Udinese Scare To Move 11 Points Clear | Football News

[ad_1] Napoli's bid for a first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona was further boosted on Saturday after surviving a late scare against Udinese to claim a 3-2 win, stretching their lead to 11 points. Luciano Spalletti's side were cruising to the win after Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas put them three ahead just before the hour mark. But quickfire strikes from Ilija Nestorovski and Lazar Samardzic left the 50,000 fans at the Stadio Maradona biting their fingernails in the final eight minutes before bellowing their joy at the final whistle."Every win comes from hard work and the last 15 minutes show that what this team has achieved so far can't be taken for granted," Spalletti told DAZN."We thought the match was over and took our foot off the pedal, but the gam...
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Liverpool End Napoli’s Unbeaten Run But Fall Short Of Top Spot | Football News
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Liverpool End Napoli’s Unbeaten Run But Fall Short Of Top Spot | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool ended Napoli's 21-game unbeaten run but a 2-0 win on Tuesday was not enough to dislodge the Italians from top spot in Champions League Group A. Both sides were already guaranteed their places in the last 16, but Jurgen Klopp's men again shrugged off their Premier League problems on a European night at Anfield. Mohamed Salah forced the ball over the line after Alex Meret just kept out Darwin Nunez's header five minutes from time. Nunez then added a second with the last kick of the game to secure a fifth consecutive Champions League win for Liverpool since losing 4-1 to Napoli in September.The comprehensive margin of that win meant Luciano Spalletti's just needed to avoid defeat by a four-goal margin to secure top spot."I had the feeling my team was kind of slowing down, k...
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AC Milan See Off Juvetus To Draw Level With Leaders Napoli | Football News
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AC Milan See Off Juvetus To Draw Level With Leaders Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] AC Milan bounced back from their midweek humbling at Chelsea by comfortably seeing off Juventus 2-0 on Saturday and moving level on points with Serie A leaders Napoli. Italian champions Milan showed no signs of a European hangover as they beat fierce rivals Juve in front of a packed San Siro thanks to goals either side of half-time from Fikayo Tomori and Brahim Diaz. Stefano Pioli's team are one of three on 20 points with Napoli and also Atalanta, who travel to fellow surprising Udinese on Sunday afternoon with the chance to claim the outright lead.Milan sit third after a dominant display which should give them some cause for optimism ahead of Tuesday night, when they try to gain revenge on Chelsea in Champions League Group E.For Juve it was yet another poor performance and result...
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Champions League: Liverpool Edge Rangers As Bayern Munich, Napoli Underline Credentials | Football News
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Champions League: Liverpool Edge Rangers As Bayern Munich, Napoli Underline Credentials | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool eased to a comfortable 2-0 win in the 'Battle of Britain' against Rangers in the Champions League group games on Tuesday while Napoli underlined their credentials with an impressive 6-1 thrashing of Ajax in Amsterdam. On a night when a minute's silence was held before every match in tribute to the 131 victims of the Indonesia stadium tragedy, Bayern Munich and Club Brugge also made it three wins from three while Inter edged Barcelona in a tight contest in Milan.Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool went into their Group A game against the Scottish champions on the back of just three wins in their first nine Premier League and Champions League games of the season.But they settled quickly when Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a sublime free-kick to put the home side ahead after just sev...
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Former Argentina Striker Gonzalo Higuain To Retire After 2022 MLS Season | Football News
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Former Argentina Striker Gonzalo Higuain To Retire After 2022 MLS Season | Football News

[ad_1] Gonzalo Higuain scored 31 goals in 75 appearances for Argentina.© AFPFormer Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain on Monday announced that he will retire from the sport after the 2022 MLS season. Gonzalo, who is currently playing for Inter Miami, has scored 12 goals in his last 14 games for the Herons. So far, Higuain has 26 goals and 14 assists in 64 appearances (54 starts) with Inter Miami. Born in France, Higuain made his professional debut for Argentinian side River Plate in 2005. 'El Pipita' then joined Real Madrid in 2007, before notching up 121 goals and 56 assists in 264 games.In 2013, Higuain joined Italian side Napoli, before joining rivals Juventus in 2016.After enjoying much success in Turin, Higuain spent the 2018-19 season on loan at AC Milan, scoring six times in 15 mat...
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Champions League: Liverpool Trounced By Napoli As Robert Lewandowski Hits Barcelona Hat-trick | Football News
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Champions League: Liverpool Trounced By Napoli As Robert Lewandowski Hits Barcelona Hat-trick | Football News

[ad_1] Last season's beaten finalists Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a disastrous start in a 4-1 defeat away to Napoli on Wednesday, while Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in a big win for Barcelona. Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich also got their campaigns underway with victories, but Rangers were crushed 4-0 by Ajax in the Netherlands on their return to the group phase of Europe's elite club competition.Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have won just two of their first six Premier League games this season and there was to be no improvement on their trip to Italy as Napoli raced into an early lead and never looked back.Piotr Zielinski converted a fifth-minute penalty, and Victor Osimhen then had a second Napoli spot-kick saved by Alisson Becker.Yet Napoli -- who had de...
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Napoli vs Liverpool, Champions League: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Football News
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Napoli vs Liverpool, Champions League: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Football News

[ad_1] Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has scored four times in five games for Napoli in Serie A.© AFPNapoli host last seasons beaten Champions League finalists Liverpool at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Napoli have started their Serie A season with three wins and two draws from their first two outings. Georgian striker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who signed for the club is summer, will be leading Napoli's lines, having scored four times and setting up another goal. On the contrary, Liverpool have struggled to hit the ground running in the Premier League, with two wins three draws and a defeat so far.When will the Napoli vs Liverpool, Champions League match be played?The Napoli vs Liverpool, Champions League will be played on Thursday, September 8.Where will the Napoli vs Liverpool, Champions Leag...
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