Despite the departure of Luciano Spalletti, Napoli have started the season from where they left off, as they played well and secured a comfortable victory against Sassuolo. Giovanni Di Lorenzo was surprisingly the star of the show, with Napoli exploiting their opponents on the right flank largely thanks to the fullback’s superb movements and combination […]

Runaway league leaders Napoli visited Sassuolo as they sought to extend their winning run. They did just that, as goals from their dynamic and deadly attacking duo sealed the win. Sassuolo seemed to have a plan to stop them initially, but it all unraveled quite quickly. Tactical analysis and match report by Neel Shelat. Having […]

Both teams had a lot of problems in this match, demonstrated by the fact neither team had a pass completion rate of over 75 per cent. It was Fiorentina that pulled in three points late, thanks to a made penalty by Nicolás González. Tactical analysis and match report by George Cannon. Fiorentina hosted one of […]

Napoli’s winning streak continues after a strong first half and outstanding performances from Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen, who produced goals and capped a collective display of fluid, attacking football. Despite the negative result, Sassuolo showed organization and ability to create chances but were quickly overwhelmed by a double goal gap, ending in a 4-0 defeat. Tactical […]

Two young Serie A managers squared off when Fiorentina faced Sassuolo on the final matchday of the first half of the 2021/22 campaign. Going into the season, both sides would have hoped to be in the race for European football at this stage, but only one could really claim to have succeeded so far as […]