The Blessing in Disguise
Friday, 06 February 09, 12:00 PM · Comments(0)
Great game in Torino on Wednesday night, 1st half kind of even, 2nd half mostly Napoli. They probably should have scored in the 81st minute or the 82nd or the
83rd. they had 3 wonderful chances by Ezequiel Lavezzi who was the best player on the pitch, Marcelo Zalayeta and Walter Gargano. and Juve goalkeeper Maninger made 2 good saves on what could have
won the game for Napoli.
Nicolas Navarro, did all he could in the 1st half to keep the score even at 0-0, stopping Pavel Nedved and Alex Del Piero with Juve's only real chances of the half Del Piero
actually put the ball past Navarro but the linesman had his flag up.
In the 2nd half Napoli dominated and again Juve almost scored on a goal by Davide Trezeguet, which again in the 90th minute was called offside. so on we went to extra time.
Here comes Pope Alex again, this time puts the ball past Navarro with his hand, no goal. by this time, everyone is looking towards the ultimate resolution Penalty Kicks. But
before all that chaos, Napoli has 1 last chance to win when in the 110th minute, Lavezzi has the whole net to put it past Maninger and shoots just off the crossbar.
I blame this loss on coach Reja, why? 3 reasons.
1- WHY wait until the 100th minute to have German Denis replace Zalayeta, who up until then hadn't had all that good of a game.
2- Why is Mateo Contini taking the 5th penalty instead of Christian Maggio or Paolo Cannavaro?
3- The order of PK Takers should have been 1-HAMSIK 2-Bogliacino 3-Denis 4- Maggio 5-Lavezzi
At 3-2 up after the first 3 kicks, if Maggio is there and scores Napoli wins. and we never even get to Lavezzi or Gargano for that matter. Navarro made 2 saves on the 1st 4 kicks, Napoli should have won. but i'm glad they didn't. Why? because now they can concentrate only on league play, while 2 of those currrently top 3 teams are still occupied in both
Champions League and Coppa Italia.
Remember, Napoli's objective is to reach Europe top 7 spots make Europe, if either Inter or Juve win Coppa Italia that Opens the 8th spot in Europe. Personally, I'd like to see Napoli
reach Champions League, but in order for that to happen, the Azzurri Partenopei (neapolitan Blues) have to get the train back on track. If that doesn't Happen, I make a
personal appeal to President Aurelio De Laurentis, SACK COACH REJA, (as you wanted to do 2 years ago) and BRING IN ROBERTO MANCINI.
After the game Both Napoli and Juve departed for Sicily, Juve is in Catania, on Sunday afternoon while Napoli goes to Palermo Sunday night.
Goalkeeper Luca Bucci has joined the Napoli group Bucci has had a long career and was Parma's keeper during their glory days and then played for Torino, before returning to Parma where he played until last season. Bucci also played with the National team, he was the backup to Gianluca Pagliuca at USA 94 and recieved a silver medal. (should have been gold if not for Roberto Baggio) also on a personal level, Congratulations to President De Laurentis, on the Birth of his 1st grandson John on Tuesday. His Daughter Valentina gave Birth to the 7-lb 10-0z boy. that's right his name is John, NOT Giovanni.
By the way Napoli returns to Torino to play Juve on the 28th of February. they won't have to play 120 minutes or go to penalties then. Watch out Bianconeri.
Forza Futbol
Nicolas Navarro, did all he could in the 1st half to keep the score even at 0-0, stopping Pavel Nedved and Alex Del Piero with Juve's only real chances of the half Del Piero
actually put the ball past Navarro but the linesman had his flag up.
In the 2nd half Napoli dominated and again Juve almost scored on a goal by Davide Trezeguet, which again in the 90th minute was called offside. so on we went to extra time.
Here comes Pope Alex again, this time puts the ball past Navarro with his hand, no goal. by this time, everyone is looking towards the ultimate resolution Penalty Kicks. But
before all that chaos, Napoli has 1 last chance to win when in the 110th minute, Lavezzi has the whole net to put it past Maninger and shoots just off the crossbar.
I blame this loss on coach Reja, why? 3 reasons.
1- WHY wait until the 100th minute to have German Denis replace Zalayeta, who up until then hadn't had all that good of a game.
2- Why is Mateo Contini taking the 5th penalty instead of Christian Maggio or Paolo Cannavaro?
3- The order of PK Takers should have been 1-HAMSIK 2-Bogliacino 3-Denis 4- Maggio 5-Lavezzi
At 3-2 up after the first 3 kicks, if Maggio is there and scores Napoli wins. and we never even get to Lavezzi or Gargano for that matter. Navarro made 2 saves on the 1st 4 kicks, Napoli should have won. but i'm glad they didn't. Why? because now they can concentrate only on league play, while 2 of those currrently top 3 teams are still occupied in both
Champions League and Coppa Italia.
Remember, Napoli's objective is to reach Europe top 7 spots make Europe, if either Inter or Juve win Coppa Italia that Opens the 8th spot in Europe. Personally, I'd like to see Napoli
reach Champions League, but in order for that to happen, the Azzurri Partenopei (neapolitan Blues) have to get the train back on track. If that doesn't Happen, I make a
personal appeal to President Aurelio De Laurentis, SACK COACH REJA, (as you wanted to do 2 years ago) and BRING IN ROBERTO MANCINI.
After the game Both Napoli and Juve departed for Sicily, Juve is in Catania, on Sunday afternoon while Napoli goes to Palermo Sunday night.
Goalkeeper Luca Bucci has joined the Napoli group Bucci has had a long career and was Parma's keeper during their glory days and then played for Torino, before returning to Parma where he played until last season. Bucci also played with the National team, he was the backup to Gianluca Pagliuca at USA 94 and recieved a silver medal. (should have been gold if not for Roberto Baggio) also on a personal level, Congratulations to President De Laurentis, on the Birth of his 1st grandson John on Tuesday. His Daughter Valentina gave Birth to the 7-lb 10-0z boy. that's right his name is John, NOT Giovanni.
By the way Napoli returns to Torino to play Juve on the 28th of February. they won't have to play 120 minutes or go to penalties then. Watch out Bianconeri.
Forza Futbol
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