Napoli

A tie at home with Bayern Munich leaves Napoli in 2nd place with 5 points after 3 games. A decent display from them today. Maggio was the man of the match for me; he played a great game and was a thorn on the side for Bayern throughout the 90 minutes. De Sanctis also deserves credit for saving a penalty early on in the second half. All in all, I would say Napoli have a real chance of going through to the next round, but they can't afford a slip up at all at this point, given how close the group is. Thoughts?

Lorenzo Insigne has told Napoli that he is ready to play for the club next season – but only on one condition.

The pint-sized Italian Under-21 international is making a name for himself this term during a loan spell at Pescara.

Insigne belongs to the Azzurri though after graduating through their youth programme and there are suggestions that the stylish attacker could be back at the San Paolo for 2012-13.

“I’ll return to Napoli at the end of the season,” the 20-year-old told Radio Mana Mana.

“If I am given the chance to be a first reserve for Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani then I’ll stay. If, however, I am seen as the fifth or sixth choice then I’d prefer to go somewhere else at that stage.”

Insigne has taken some big steps forward over the past two years after spells at Foggia and now Pescara under 4-3-3 boss Zdenek Zeman.

“It would be nice to stay at Pescara for another year, perhaps even in Serie A,” continued the Frattamaggiore-native.

“I wouldn’t change anything of Zeman. He has great experience and we can do well with him.”

Insigne, banned from today’s U-21 tie against Turkey, is part of a Pescara side who are joint second in Serie B – five points behind Torino.

Too bad...wish Pescara would keep Insigne.

cyberman wrote:City are gonna crush that group

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It wont even be fair

cyberman wrote:City are gonna crush that group

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Nasri------Tevez------Silva

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It wont even be fair

Cyberman... you were saying?

Napoli is golden, i just hope they pick it up in Serie A and get closer to third spot....would be a shame if they missed out on CL next season.

I wish UEFA wakes up and makes Europa League a better place to be.

Lots of teams that will play in Europa League next year are no less than their CL counterparts.

2011-12-18 Stadio San Paolo

Napoli 1-3 Roma

checazzofai wrote:2011-12-18 Stadio San Paolo

Napoli 1-3 Roma

Is that you, man? Are the Italian Stallions back?