The Italian Job - A Napoli Journey

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Cavani cream of crop once again.
View attachment 233738Striker sends goal tally to 15 in 16 this season

Chievo 1 - 4 Napoli
(Rinaldo Cruzado)
( Nene, Cavani 2x, Marek Hamsik )

Napoli have secured top spot in the lead up to the January transfer window with Skybet having Edinson Cavani to join the premier league 4/1, Hamsik to leave Napoli 10/1 and Lavezzi to leave 3/2 being scary odds for Mr Hutchinson who commented in an interview in England with Brian Swanson;

" The window won't effect the team, I'm hoping to let players leave but wont be making any harsh decisions yet about people leaving anf joining were still in December we need to keeps our heads out and keep doing the job our fans love"


 
Napoli's first signing of the January window
View attachment 23374021 year old Canadian seals move to Sao Paolo

Napoli today announce the signing of former Blackburn winger Junior Hoilett, hoilett who can either play in all attacking midfield positions as well as the striker position who shows a variety of potential in the premier league will be able to show his talent in the champions league now and impress both team-mates and manager.


 
Napoli triumph De sole derby
View attachment 233909a Man of the match and a goal scorer

Napoli 3 - 1 Roma
( Nene, Paolo Cannavaro, Edinson Cavani )
( Francesco Totti )

Napoli continued their fine form with a 3-1 victory against rivals Roma putting their manager under pressure with numerous defeats in recent months, Paolo Cannavaro and Edinson Cavani being placed as Mr. Hutchinsons top players and hopes not to lose them in the Window.

Other News!
View attachment 233912

Marek Hamsik has officially left Napoli for a reported £17.75 million to German Champions Borussia Dortmund and reported;

"
My time at Napoli was outstanding it gave me a greater understanding of football, But I needed to move on and leave for a better challenge for a player at my age"

 
Napoli win in first round of Italian Cup
View attachment 233945Jacopo Dezi with the debut to remember

Napoli 2 - 0 Catania
( Ezequiel Lavezzi, Eduardo Vargas)

Napoli won their first game in the Italian cup with a 2-0 victory over Catania with a more surprising debut from youngster Jacopo Dezi but with the pro's come the cons with this probibly being Lavezzi's last game for the club with an interview from Man City Manager reporting they were in talks.


 
Lavezzi joins the blue moon of Manchester

Ezequiel Lavezzi has made his official move from Italy to England to join Premier league under preformers Manchester City for a reported £30 million which is the record for Napoli for their best sale in their history and although he was a key pro-former for Napoli they have their interests in young Spaniard Iker Muniain from Althetic Bilbao with a £21 million bid which meets his release clause. This follows from the signing of young dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman from PSV for £11 million

 
Napoli secure young wonder!
View attachment 233957Muniain working in the Spanish Camp

Napoli have splashed £21 million on young wonderkid Iker Muniain from Athletic Bilbao and will act as the long term replacement from the selling of Lavezzi and described the move to Napoli as a dream come true and to represent his team on champions league level would be a great oppertunity to increase his spanish profile for Del Bosque.

Also Napoli beat AC Milan to end their unbeaten run.

AC Milan 1 - 2 Napoli
(Pato)
( Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev)

 
Pandev steals the show
View attachment 234438The man of the Match

Bologna 0 - 2 Napoli
(Pandev 2x)

Goran Pandev was the one to watch today as he grabbed 2 goals to take his season tally to 6 in all competitions and has been a delight to watch at Sao Paolo.
 
Nene secures semi final
View attachment 234445Penalty seals Napoli win

Napoli 1-0 AC Milan
(Nene)

A great 119th minute penalty from Nene sealed the victory which drew them again Verona in the semi finals who beat Inter milan 2-0 and has made Napoli's chances of a cup victory more possible.
 
Napoli win delle due Sicille derby
View attachment 234602The cream of the crop for Napoli

Napoli 2-1 Palermo
(Nene, Cavani)
(Matias Aguirregaray)

Napoli keep their unbeaten hopes alive with a victory over Palermo with goals from Edinson Cavani and Nene. Cavani takes his total this season to 25 goals in 24 apperances for the club.



Other Results

Napoli 2-1 Lecce
(Inler, Cavani)
(Delvecchio)

Parma 1-1 Napoli
(Valdes)
(Cavani)

 
Napoli seal first leg victory
View attachment 234879Cavani collecting his 12th man of the match this season

Napoli 4-1 Verona
(Cavani 2x, Dossena, Cannavaro)
(D'alessandro)

Napoli made it a hard game for the seria B team with goals from Edinson Cavani, Andrea Dossena and Paolo Cannavaro which leaves Napoli in pole position for the final after Verona will have to scores 5 goals in the second leg... providing Napoli don't score.

Other Results

Catania 0-1 Napoli
(Miguel Britos)

 
Napoli win first leg against Lyon
View attachment 234885Nene goal seals victory in first leg

Napoli 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais
(Nene, Cavani)
(Lopez)

Napoli booked a headstart for the second league against Lyon with goals from Edinson Cavani and Nene who has proven to be a good buy for Mr Hutchinson with 10 goals this season and are still on the move for a first treble for Napoli but with a tough game in France could change that.

Other Results

Napoli 1-0 Cagliari
(Muniain)

Iker Muniain bagged his first goal for Napoli with the only goal against Cagliari since his £21 million move in the January window.

 
Napoli progress by Muniains goal
View attachment 234922only goal to help progress

Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Napoli
(Gonalons)
(Muniain)

An only goal from Iker Muniain secured an aggregate score of 3-2 to help the Naples club progress into the latter stages of the competition and Mr Hutchinson describes the feeling to Sky Sports as a dream come true!


other results

Novara 0-1 Napoli
(Cavani)

Napoli 3-0 Lazio
(Cannavaro, Muniain, Cavani)

 
Cavani keeps unbeaten hopes alive.
View attachment 23498223rd goal in the league heading for top scorer

Inter Milan 1-1 Napoli
(Cavani)
(Milito)

Napoli kept their unbeaten run alive a goal from the front man Edinson Cavani to make it 28 unbeaten this season with only 10 games to go with a semi final against Verona and an unknown fixture in the champions league quater final which already has signalled a great firs season with Mr.Hutchinson.

 
Napoli book a first cup final this season
View attachment 235023the sub with everything to show to fans!

Verona 0-2 Napoli
(Muniain, Hoilett)

Napoli have secured a cup final against serie A side Udinese after goals from Iker Muniain and Junior Hoilett the January signings had to shows whats they had to offer which Verona couldn't handle.

Other Results

Napoli 3-0 Cesena
(Cavani, Gargano, Britos)

 
Fernandez seals the victory!
View attachment 235036the 23 year old seals the away win for Napoli

Manchester United 0-1 Napoli
(Fernandez)

Frederico Fernandez has secured a good second leg in Naples with the only goal at Old trafford to cause an upset and Mr. Hutchinson had this to say to Sky Sports;

"Games like this are massive, I didn't know what to expect from the players personally I thought there would be a defeat on the cards but we've really shown other teams that we mean business"


 
Napoli duo seal victory
View attachment 235039the man of the match and the goalscorer

Napoli 2-0 Fiorentina
(Cavani, Muniain)

Both Cavani's great run all season and Muniain's late form has came at the perfect time for the Naples club with both players accumulating 39 goals this season with 34 coming from Cavani.

 
Cavani seals semi final!
View attachment 235047The on form striker who sealed the victory in Naples

Napoli 1-0 Manchester United
(Cavani)

Napoli secured a champions league semi final this year thanks to a goal from Edinson Cavani to seal a 2-0 victory on aggregate and now have to play Chelsea now to try and get into the final.
Other Results

Siena 1-1 Napoli
(Reginaldo)
(Dossena)


 
Napoli guaranteed champions league next season with win
View attachment 235059the ever present striker this season

Napoli 2-1 Udinese
(Hoilett, Cavani)
( Di Natale)

Napoli have safely secured champions league football for 2012/2013 with a 2-1 win over Udinese with goals from Junior Hoilett and Edinson Cavani. Also with only 9 games left of the season depending on getting into this years champions league final the Naples club have it all to play for and hoping for the treble they've worker so hard at.

 
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