Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has moved to deny speculations linking coach Walter Mazzarri with Juventus.
The talented manager is reportedly being lined up by Juventus to replace Luigi Del Neri at the end of the season, but Laurentiis rules out such a possibility.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has moved to deny speculations linking coach Walter Mazzarri with Juventus.
The talented manager is reportedly being lined up by Juventus to replace Luigi Del Neri at the end of the season, but Laurentiis rules out such a possibility.
Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri believes his team did not deserve to exit the Europa League at the hands of Villarreal on Thursday.
Serie A contenders Napoli drew 0-0 at home to Villarreal in the first leg of their round-of-32 tie at the Stadio San Paolo on February 17.
They took the lead through the highly-rated Slovak Marek Hamsik and struck the woodwork four times throughout the return match at Villarreal’s El Madrigal.
But goals from Brazil forward Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi sent the Spanish hosts through to the next round 2-1 on aggregate.
“Today we were unlucky,” Mazzarri said.
“It is not easy to come to this stadium and impose your game, but I have to congratulate my players, we played a good match.”
Mazzarri also felt that his team should have been awarded a penalty by Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir.”We see that it is written that we don’t go through,” he said.
“There was a penalty our way, and we didn’t deserve to go out.”"From a general point of view, we couldn’t have done any better, we were simply unlucky.”
Fri 25 February, 2011Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri believes his team did not deserve to exit the Europa League at the hands of Villarreal on Thursday.
Serie A contenders Napoli drew 0-0 at home to Villarreal in the first leg of their round-of-32 tie at the Stadio San Paolo on February 17.
They took the lead through the highly-rated Slovak Marek Hamsik and struck the woodwork four times throughout the return match at Villarreal’s El Madrigal.
But goals from Brazil forward Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi sent the Spanish hosts through to the next round 2-1 on aggregate.
“Today we were unlucky,” Mazzarri said.
“It is not easy to come to this stadium and impose your game, but I have to congratulate my players, we played a good match.”
Mazzarri also felt that his team should have been awarded a penalty by Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir.”We see that it is written that we don’t go through,” he said.
“There was a penalty our way, and we didn’t deserve to go out.”"From a general point of view, we couldn’t have done any better, we were simply unlucky.”
Fri 25 February, 2011Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri thinks his side will be ready for the visit of Catania, despite a short break.
Mazzarri’s men hosted Villarreal in a goalless Europa League draw on Thursday but must back up for the Serie A match with just three days’ rest.
Despite the fact that Catania lie 16th in the league table, the Napoli boss is still expecting a stern test on Sunday.
“Catania is an excellent team and has the advantage of being fresh and having had a whole week to prepare the match against us,” Mazzarri said.
“We’re now one of the most valued team in Italy and they will spend all possible energies in order to play their best match, whereas we have played on Thursday and have had only a few days to recover.”
“We know what (Sunday’s) challenges are and we will do our best in order to overcome these.”
Mazzarri will be without forward Ezequiel Lavezzi due to suspension, but will be hoping that striker Edinson Cavani can add to his 20 Serie A goals he has scored so far this season.
Sun 20 February, 2011Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri thinks his side will be ready for the visit of Catania, despite a short break.
Mazzarri’s men hosted Villarreal in a goalless Europa League draw on Thursday but must back up for the Serie A match with just three days’ rest.
Despite the fact that Catania lie 16th in the league table, the Napoli boss is still expecting a stern test on Sunday.
“Catania is an excellent team and has the advantage of being fresh and having had a whole week to prepare the match against us,” Mazzarri said.
“We’re now one of the most valued team in Italy and they will spend all possible energies in order to play their best match, whereas we have played on Thursday and have had only a few days to recover.”
“We know what (Sunday’s) challenges are and we will do our best in order to overcome these.”
Mazzarri will be without forward Ezequiel Lavezzi due to suspension, but will be hoping that striker Edinson Cavani can add to his 20 Serie A goals he has scored so far this season.
Sun 20 February, 2011