Napoli conquered Bologna to secure second place, Fiorentina won the Tuscan Derby, Juve clinched victory in Bergamo and Udinese stunned Palermo in a 3-2 thriller in Serie A action tonight.
AC Milan beat relegated Pescara 4-0 to close in on a top-three finish and that all-important Champions League spot.
I know you. You're the guy from the Aphex Twin video aren't you?
It takes a big old set of hairy swingers to rob a guy who looks like Marek Hamsik, and yet here we are.The Napoli midfielderwas held up at gunpoint as he left the Stadio San Paolo following his side's 0-0 draw against Sampdoria on Sunday afternoon.
Marek Hamsik became the latest Napoli player or family member robbed at gunpoint in Naples. Hamsik, whose agent said he wouldn't ever leave the city last week and was the subject of a mural expressing Naples' love for him, had just left Napoli's 0-0 draw against Sampdoria at the Stadio San Paolo when the armed gunman bust through his car window.
Marek Hamsik took centre stage as Napoli moved level with Juventus at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 victory over Catania.
Hamsik grabbed a 31st-minute opener, turning in Camilo Zuniga's wayward shot, before his low cross set-up a Paolo Cannavaro tap-in just before half-time.
Catania were vastly improved after the break, and had a Gonzalo Bergessio header ruled out for a foul, but the hosts held on to draw level with Juve ahead of the champions' trip to Chievo on Sunday lunchtime.
Napoli take on troubled AC Milan this weekend. The Partenopei have a chance to get real close to the top of Serie A. Currently they are 3rd with five points behind the Leader Juventus. Napoli's opponents from Milan are fighting to stay at least in the middle of the table after losing to Fiorentina last week and dropping, yet again, to 13th place only five points above relegation.
Italian Serie A Preview: Napoli-Juventus Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly Italian Serie A Preview: Napoli-Juventus Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly The latest international break has passed and Serie A will return this weekend with possibly the biggest game of the season.
Napoli's Marek Hamsik would've been the perfect addition to the cast of 'Last of the Mohicans' , a role he could consider taking up at the club's Christmas play in December. Obviously, Edinson Cavani who scored in their 3-1 win over Parma via a third minute penalty-would make a good army chief or warrior character.
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Marek Hamsik; Juan Camilo Zuniga; Christian Maggio; Lorenzo Insigne; Forwards Édinson Cavani;
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This is rather old and no one knows how it slipped betwixt the cracks, but it did. No more.
Napoli fans are some of Europe's most passionate. Which is polite code for saying, "They get
in trouble with the popo." So passionate they'd like to spend eternity basking in the blue and
Marek Hamsik fluffing his hair and stuff.
Napoli's players lifted the Coppa Italia while Juventus players and fans were left to wonder
what would have happened had coach Antonio Conte started Gianluigi Buffon, Simone Pepe and Mirko
Vucinic.
The Bianconeri were aiming to finish the season without a defeat in official matches but they
failed in the last hurdle.
This well maybe Edinson Cavani's last match for Napoli. If it is, he made sure the fans remember
him fondly. He made that penalty happen heading on a long throw into the path of the cutting
Ezeqiel Lavezzi who was upended by Marco Storari. The Uruguayan striker was on the mark with the
spot kick.
TweetGoals by Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik saw Napoli beat Juventus 2-0 to lift the Coppa Italia
in a thrilling match at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus were aiming to preserve their unbeaten
domestic record this season by lifting the Cup and thus complete a remarkable double, but were
ultimately undone by a rumbustious Napoli side.
Roberto De Matteo's first three matches in charge have produced a 100% winning rate, none bigger
or more important than the one today against Napoli who came in with every expectation of going to
the Champions League quarter-final stage after their 3-1 spanking in the first leg. They have ruled
the Serie with possibly one of the most dynamic attacks, the unstoppable Edinson Cavani, the human
dynamo Ezequiel Lavezzi, and in Gokhan Inler and Marek Hamsik, two of Europe's top rated midfield
generals.
Petr Cech has told his Chelsea teammates that their chances of progression to the Champions
League finals will increase dramatically if they manage to keep a clean sheet against Napoli
tonight.
Last month, the Italian outfit came from a goal down to score three times at home, with Ezequiel
Lavezzi, Edinson Cavani, and Marek Hamsik running rampant over the Blues defense during the key
moments of the first leg.
Chelsea host Napoli on Wednesday night in need of a couple of goals probably more to ensure this
season's bizarre Champions League journey continues. Walter Mazzarri isn't the least bit
interested in allowing this to happen. Neither is Ezequiel Lavezzi or that striker, from Uruguay
what's his name again?
Andre Villas-Boas left bitter with the result that his team, Chelsea, earned in their Champions
League against Napoli especially since he believe that the 3-1 defeat could have been avoided
should some defensive errors didn't happen.
Villas-Boas simply thought that shaky defending will always leads to defeat when fighting
against a team like the Naples based outfit as they possessed strong quality up front with quality
players such as Ezequiel Lavezzi, Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik.
A rabid atmosphere awaits Andre Villas-Boas and company (sans John Terry) in Naples tonight. I
for one cannot wait to see how this first leg plays out.
A couple of matches to save his job? At least a few people are of the opinion that that is
indeed the predicament facing Andre Villas-Boas ahead of this potentially wild Champions League tie
with Napoli. Well, with Chelsea these days, nothing is particularly wild just distressing.
Could this be the stage for the long-awaited renaissance?
Creative midfielders. We've talked about the need for one at Chelsea at length over the past
several months. Napoli's Marek Hamsik definitely fits the mold of what we should be looking at.
Plus, he's got the hair. That shit is seriously epic in either a good or hilariously bad way
depending on your take.
After starting the season with their customary 4-3-3 formation, Wigan have now lined up in a
3-4-3 system ever since their 3-3 draw with Blackburn on November 19th. Roberto Martinez trialled
the system in a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa on October 1st, but then reverted back to his familiar
4-3-3 for their following game against Bolton.
In the last midweek action before the holiday break there was a plethora of goals in Serie A.
Napoli hit six past Genoa, Atalanta hit four against Cesena and Inter Milan also notched four this
time at home to Lecce. AC Milan ended the year as winter champions after Juventus were held 0-0
away at Udinese.
Roma relieved all pressure on their previously under-fire boss Luis Enrique with a Sunday evening
victory at Napoli's San Paolo. Lining-up without regulars Miralem Pjanic, Fernando Gago and Simon
Kjaer, the Giallorossi took the lead after just three minutes. Erik Lamela's cross deflected off
Salvatore Aronica and bounced over the line after striking ‘keeper Morgan De Sanctis' arm: a
freak goal,.
Adequate Provocation in the Heat of Passion is a legal phrase, used in the American court system to
mitigate a crime from murder in the first or second degree down to voluntary manslaughter. Why
bring this up now, in the context of writing about Napoli? Well, I confess, it's because I've been
having homicidal thoughts about some who don the azzurri kit.
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Score and result:- Villarreal vs Napoli 0-2 ( Gokhan Inler, Marek Hamsik) El Madrigal, Villarreal-
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Celebrating a disallowed goal is always a bit embarrassing, but Napoli star Marek Hamsik can rarely
have been left more red-faced than after this bizarre sequence of events during last night's match
with Juventus. Hamsik stepped up to take a spot-kick for his side after Andrea Pirlo had tripped
Ezequiel Lavezzi in the box.
There are multiple story lines that could be woven into a discussion on Napoli's win over
Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday. The partenopei, an average club paying average
wages to a relatively small squad, defeated the oil-sheik's wealthy play toys. On a broader level,
the team from the inferior Serie A beat the club from the best league in the world to take second.
There are multiple story lines that could be woven into a discussion on Napoli's win over
Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday. The partenopei, an average club paying average
wages to a relatively small squad, defeated the oil-sheik's wealthy play toys. On a broader level,
the team from the inferior Serie A beat the club from the best league in the world to take second.
by serieaweekly guest writer Matthew Coccoluto This Sunday will see Juventus travel to the San
Paolo to take on Napoli and as always there are some interesting story lines coming into this
matchup. Juventus are coming off a strong win against Inter last weekend and are hoping to remain
the leagues only unbeaten team.
In December, Italian street artist Raffo transformed a wall in a province of Naples into a mural of a screaming Edinson Cavani. Now Raffo has taken this motif a terrifying step further by creating a new mural of Cavani's Napoli teammate, Marek Hamsik, preparing to swallow a human baby.
Hamsik is depicted unhinging his jaw the way he does after scoring a goal (pictured below) and brandishing teeth like prison shanks with Mount Vesuvius erupting hearts behind him.
Italian Serie A Preview: Juventus vs Napoli Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly
Italian Serie A Preview: Juventus vs Napoli Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly The latest international break has passed and Serie A will return this weekend with possibly the biggest game of the season.
Marek Hamsik, Vladimir Weiss, Karim Guede and Miroslav Stoch won't be paid for the remainder of Slovakia's World Cup qualifying campaign because they went to a disco after last Friday's match against Lithuania. Though the night at the disco came after the match, the players were still on international duty since Slovakia had another World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein four days later (Slovakia won 2-0).
Napoli beat Juventus 2-0 in the Coppa Italia final to spoil the end of Juve's undefeated season
and finish Alessandro Del Piero's Bianconeri career on a sour note. For Napoli's Marek Hamsik, who
sealed the win by scoring the second goal in the 83rd minute, it was also an end of sorts as he
lived up to a promise he made about his trademark, powerful and robust mohawk.
The Netherlands continues their warm-up to the Euro 2012 tournament with a friendly against
Slovakia. The match will take place at De Kuip Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands with kickoff
scheduled for 2:30 PM USA Eastern time.
Netherlands player Arjen Robben
"It was a special week (playing in UCL final for Bayern Munich) but I am back here on the
practice field with Holland and the Euros is the new target.
Despite facing criticism, Serie A has seen a number of established and emerging stars in recent
years. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's return to Italy after a brief spell with Barcelona shows the peninsula
can still attract top quality players. With the presence of stars such as Andrea Pirlo, Robinho and
Wesley Sneijder, Serie A can still be considered as one of the world's elite leagues.
Many thought that one Manchester side would see its Champions League dream come to an end
tonight but in the end, it ended up being the fate of both.
City and United, the two Mancunian giants battling at the Premier League summit, will now battle
together in the Europa League after failing to get the desired results tonight.
Inizia con un sofferto pari e una brutta Italia l'avventura nel girone di qualificazione a Brasile
2014. La nazionale di Cesare Prandelli esce con un pari, per 2 a 2, dal match disputato a Sofia
contro la Bulgaria, rischiando addirittura il tracollo nel finale dopo essere stata sopra, per 2 a
1, in virtù dellaContinua a leggere .
Sampdoria, Inter Milan, Napoli, Lazio, Genoa, and Chievo Verona all won in the Italian Serie A
on August 26, 2012.
AC Milan 0-1 Sampdoria
The Rossoneri had a disappointing opening match as they lost at home to Sampdoria. Andrea Costa
scored the lone goal for Sampdoria who were not expected to get anything from this match.
Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 15/08/2012, na cidade de Odense-DEN, onde jogaram as
seleções da Dinamarca (10º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Eslováquia (42º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Trnava29/03/2011 SVK1:2 (1:1)DEN
O árbitro, foi: Daniel Stalhammar-SWE
Chelsea face a mountain of a task in overturning their 3-1 deficit when Napoli come calling at
the Stamford Bridge tomorrow night. The Blues who have picked up 2 wins since Di Matteo took over
from AVB close to two weeks ago, will be hoping that home advantage works in their favour.
Of course it will be a sensational win for Chelsea if they turn around the result and make it to
the quarters.
