Italian Football

Serie A Week 25 Round-Up (Powered by @MatthewDoyle95)

• February 16, 2016
• by: Yogesh Joshee
• in: Italian Football

Juventus 1-0 Napoli: Juventus went top of the table on Saturday night after a hard fought 1-0 victory over Napoli. Napoli had the better of the first half and could have gone into half time leading but for a world class interception from Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci to stop Higuain heading in his 25th of the campaign. In the second half the best chance of the game fell to Juventus Striker Paulo Dybala who shot over from 15 yards in the 60th minute. Then just as the game looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw substitute Simone Zaza unleashed a shot from 20 yards which took a deflection of a Napoli defender and looped over goalkeeper Pepe Reina. The victory stretches Juventus winning streak to 15 while Napoli suffer their first loss since December. Fiorentina 2-1 Inter Milan: Inter Milan’s poor run of form continued on Sunday night as […]

Serie A Week 25 Preview (Powered by @matthewdoyle95)

• February 12, 2016
• by: Yogesh Joshee
• in: Italian Football

Juventus vs Napoli: On Saturday night one of the biggest games in Serie A this season takes place at the Juventus stadium when 2nd place Juventus take on 1st place Napoli. Napoli won the reverse fixture in September 2-1 and a win on Saturday would take the Partenopei 5 points clear at the top of Serie A. Juventus have been on a remarkable run recently winning their last 14 Serie A games in a row. Napoli will have to be wary of Juventus’s young Argentinean forward Paulo Dybala who has scored 13 goals and has 8 assists in Serie A this season, the forward came to Juventus with a big future ahead of him after securing a move from Palermo in the summer. Napoli have won their last 4 away games and the form of their Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain has been nothing short of sensational, the striker has scored […]