Juventus the Champions

Juventus were crowned champions of Italy for the fifth consecutive season on Monday after Roma defeated Napoli.

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Simone Zaza broke Gonzalo Higuain's heart on Valentines weekend, with Juventus' 1-0 win over Napoli, Wayne Rooney also had a weekend to forget due to Manchester United's 2-1 defeat to Sunderland...

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Party like it was 1990

Higuain shows shades of Maradona as the Argentine's goals look set to drag Napoli to their first Scudetto since Diego's reign

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Lewandowski's agent has laughed off Bayern München's interest in Higuain, stating "those who have a beautiful bride should not look at other beautiful brides".

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Roma and Fiorentina out of of Coppa Italia

Roma and Fiorentina crashed out of the Coppa Italia, while Napoli and Juventus managed to avoid an emergency.

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MA-GI-CA Maradona, Giordano and Careca were a magical trio for Napoli in the late 1980s

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"I'll get him a good contract!" - Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has jokingly offered to negotiate with Real Madrid on Rafael Benitez's behalf.

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El Pipita: Gonzalo Higuain

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Christian Maggio cartoon

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Maradona Napoli days

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Serie A glory in Europe

Serie A is the toast of Europe once more as three Italian sides make the semi-finals of European competition for the first time since 2003

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Rafa Benitez was given the ultimate birthday present as Wolfsburg succumbed to a 4-1 drubbing by Napoli in the Europa League

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Cavani Napoli days tribute

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Higuain helps Napoli to win Supercoppa

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Napoli scoff at Arsenal's Insigne interest

Clubs are always looking to drive a hard bargain, but it seems Arsenal have pushed their luck already this summer.

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has scoffed at the Gunners’ supposed interest in Italy winger Lorenzo Insigne and suggested there is no chance of signing the 23-year-old for a cut-price fee.

“Arsenal offer 20 million for Insigne? This makes me laugh. I want to make Insigne rise to a value of 60-70 million,” De Laurentiis told Repubblica.

Monday, 9 June 2014 12:00

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Higuain eyes Maradona's crown

Gonzalo Higuain has set himself quite the task.

In similar fashion to Diego Maradona, the 26-year-old forward wants to help guide Argentina to the World Cup in Brazil before inspiring Napoli to the Serie A title.

"This is an important moment for me and for my career," Higuain told La Gazetta dello Sport.

"I want to do what Maradona did: first win the World Cup and then the Scudetto. He triumphed in Mexico with Argentina in 1986 and, a year later, he made Napoli go crazy.

"If I could do this it would really be the ultimate dream. I want to stay in Naples for a long time - here I'm going to be a king."

No pressure, Gonzalo.

Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:00

New version of the cartoon without Rafa

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Footballers enjoy the boom after €1.2bn bonanza

This week at Goal we've been running through the 10 biggest transfer deals of the year, and giving you the inside track on how each was completed.

After massive transfer fees, bumpers wages, taxes and agent fees are totted up the sums are truly staggering: Gareth Bale's move will cost Real Madrid €198.8m!

With so much money flying around, no wonder the players have been enjoying themselves!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 07:00

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Higuain in tears as Napoli miss out on last 16

Napoli agonisingly missed out on a place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Despite beating Arsenal 2-0 with goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon, the Italian side were eliminated after Borussia Dortmund defeated Marseille, meaning the Bundesliga outfit progressed top of Group F, with the Gunners finishing second by virtue of a superior goal difference.

And it was all too much for goal scorer Higuain, who could not hide is disappointment after the game.

"Not going through is incredible," he said. "It is an injustice, really.

"Going out with 12 points – winning four games in such an immensely difficult group with two sides as strong as Arsenal and Dortmund - when you see teams going through with only one or two wins, with six or seven points, it's disappointing.

"It cannot be anything else but bad luck because to win four games out of six and be eliminated is not something that happens often."

Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:00

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Klopp, Wenger & Benitez struggle with Group of Death permutations

The final round of group fixtures in Champions League Group F sees Arsenal, Napoli and Borussia Dortmund all still in with a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages.

Arsene Wenger’s men lead the way with 12 points following their 2-0 defeat of Marseille and travel to Italy in their final game to take on Rafael Benitez’s Napoli.

Dortmund lie second on nine points, and face Marseille, yet to score a single point, in their fixture making them heavy favourites to progress.

Yet Napoli also have nine points and know that a three-goal victory over Arsenal will also send them through with a nerve-jangling night of action in prospect.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 09:29

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Ghost buster: Wenger hopes to avoid being haunted by Napoli

Arsenal take on Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday with manager Arsene Wenger set to face Gonzalo Higuain, a man he tried, and failed, to sign in the summer transfer window.

The Argentine striker, is not the only familiar face for the Gunners as Rafael Benitez brings his Serie A side to the Emirates Stadium, including goalkeeper Pepe Reina another one-time transfer target of the Gunners.

Wenger's men go into the game in confident mood, two points clear at the top of the early Premier League table, but will be hoping the ones that got away do not return to haunt his men.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:46

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