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Sunderland – Newcastle United: Heavy-Hits, Halfspaces And Own-Goal Heroics (1-0)

December 14, 2025 England No Comments

All the activity was spent on tackles and exchanges, rather than creative final third passages and shots. However, the Newcastle United defensive arrangement matched poorly against Sunderland’s positi...

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Atalanta Bergamo – Chelsea: Has The Goddess Awaken From Her Sleep? (2-1)

December 10, 2025 Champions League No Comments

Twelfth in Serie A, ruing the days of an eternal figurehead, Raffaele Palladino entered Bergamo with no easy task at hand. Yet a convincing win against one of Europe’s elites can totally change the co...

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Napoli – Juventus: Højlund’s Ex-Red Redemption Punishes Spalletti (2-1)

December 9, 2025 Free No Comments

Upon his return to the Maradona, Luciano Spalletti entered with a Napoli tattoo on his forearm whilst sitting in the Juventus dugout. Though returning to the place where he produced his best work, Juv...

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AS Roma – Napoli: The Sun Rises For The Champions? (0-1)

December 1, 2025 Free No Comments

Three defeats in six away games, the Champions needed a result away to a fellow challenger to send a message. It was not pretty in Rome, but that is the fashion that Antonio Conte does not mind abidin...

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Napoli – Atalanta Bergamo: Conte’s Reclamation On Palladino’s Prologue (3-1)

November 23, 2025 Italy No Comments

The pressure is on for Antonio Conte and newly-appointed Rafaelle Palladino, to repair their fractured frameworks. Three goals before half-time gave Napoli a new lease of life in their 3-4-3 system, b...

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Gladiator Gasperini’s New Life At Roma

November 21, 2025 Free No Comments

After a decade in Bergamo, Gasperini joined Roma at an interesting point in his career. Two decades of coaching, still relevant. Over nine hundred Serie A points, still wanting more. They have started...

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Napoli – Como: Cesc’s Chaos Cooled Yet Conte Cannot Capitalize (0-0)

November 2, 2025 Italy No Comments

After a fast start from Como, Napoli got back into the match as a more even game state grew. Despite both teams finding advantages against one another, creativity fell far short of ever breaking the d...

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Atalanta Bergamo – AC Milan: A Goal Apiece Sets Jurić’s Journey To Invincibility (1-1)

October 29, 2025 Italy No Comments

A sixth 1-1 draw has been recorded by Atalanta Bergamo this season. In this game, they controlled the proceedings after an early AC Milan lead, but a more balanced game state was found in the second h...

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Napoli – Internazionale: Neres As The Nine, Spaces For The Ten (3-1)

October 26, 2025 Free No Comments

Acknowledgement is the first step in recovery. Another defeat could have ramped up the pressure on Antonio Conte, but a win over Internazionale has got Napoli back in pole position: amidst David Neres...

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PSV Eindhoven – Napoli: An Open Void Swallows Conte Whole (6-2)

October 22, 2025 Champions League No Comments

After defeat at the weekend, Napoli anticipated a big performance in Europe to return to form, only to be handed a brutal humiliation. In a game of heavy man-marking, the Napoli defense collapsed as P...

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Author: Joel Parker