The mayhem unfolded after the southern Italian city exploded in joy at the success of its soccer team.
A 1-1 draw almost 850km away was enough to secure a first championship in more than three decades for Napoli,sparking wild scenes in southern Italy’s largest city.
Vince Grella and Mark Bresciano,along with Aussie businessman Ross Pelligra,have taken on the gargantuan task of rebuilding a fallen giant of Italian football and guiding them back to Serie A.
Davide Nicola was relieved of his duties as coach of Salernitana a day after a chastening 8-2 defeat at Atalanta. Two days later,club president Danilo Iervolino took the remarkable step of recalling him to the position.
Harry Kewell has urged Socceroos coach Graham Arnold to force Roma star Cristian Volpato into a choice between Italy and Australia by picking him for the World Cup.
To cap or not to cap? It’s not a question anymore. Now that Cristian Volpato,the 18-year-old from Sydney’s inner west,has scored his first Serie A goal,it’s an imperative.
Efforts to bring the Roma teenager into the Australian youth set-up have hit another roadblock after the Serie A club refused to release him.
Five more matches have been postponed across the A-Leagues due to coronavirus cases,adding to a fixture backlog that could cut short the men’s season.
Let go from the Wanderers academy,overlooked for the Young Socceroos,Cristian Volpato is now training under Jose Mourinho and selected for Italy’s youth team.
José Mourinho,that most outspoken of managers,will take over next season at Roma,the team with some of the most outspoken fans in Italy.
Three times big changes to the game have been proposed,and three times they have fallen flat but the big clubs will come again.