Gennaro Gattuso was frustrated by Napoli falling apart against Verona and transforming in the second half. ‘You can’t just go to the supermarket and ask for €10 of determination.’
The Partenopei had the perfect start with Chucky Lozano scoring within nine seconds, the quickest in the club’s Serie A history and third of all time, but Federico Dimarco, Antonin Barak and Mattia Zaccagni turned it around for a 3-1 Verona victory.
Gennaro Gattuso tells Lorenzo Insigne not to think Napoli lost the Supercoppa because of the penalty miss. ‘Juventus had more chances in the Coppa Italia Final.’
It was a heart-breaking evening at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia, as Lorenzo Insigne had the opportunity to equalise after Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal, but the captain fired a penalty wide of the target.
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso reportedly cancelled this morning’s training to protect his team from the cold, fatigue and stress ahead of Juventus tonight.
The Partenopei finally face the Bianconeri after the controversy at the start of the season, when Napoli were stopped by the local health authorities and initially lost 3-0 over the table and were deducted one point.
Gennaro Gattuso discusses his friendship with Andrea Pirlo ahead of the Supercoppa, warning Napoli and Juventus have ‘changed identity’ over six months and won’t be lulled into a false sense of security.
It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.
The trophy is between the Scudetto and Coppa Italia holders, to be decided after 90 minutes, extra time or even penalties.
Fabian Ruiz and Victor Osimhen are still out with COVID-19, but Andrea Petagna and Dries Mertens are available despite knocks.
Gennaro Gattuso says Napoli deserve credit for ‘making it look easy’ after the Azzurri’s 6-0 win over Fiorentina and explains why he took the team out for lunch two days before the game.
Napoli beat Fiorentina 6-0 at the Stadio Maradona on Sunday.
“It looked like an easy game, but it was not easy. [David] Ospina made a great save when we were one goal up,” Gattuso told DAZN.
Marcello Lippi explains why he sees himself in Gennaro Gattuso and believes Inter and Juve have 'just one problem.'
The 2006 Italy World Cup winner coached the likes of Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Pippo Inzaghi and Antonio Conte, just to name a few. They all won the World Cup with Lippi in charge of the Azzurri before beginning their coaching careers.
“I am proud to hear them say I was an inspiration,” Lippi told Tuttosport.
Gennaro Gattuso warns Napoli ‘need to be more balanced’ after their 3-2 Coppa Italia win over Empoli. ‘We allow too many counter-attacks.’
The Partenopei struggled to get the better of the Serie B side at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in this Round of 16 tie.
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso claims it’s fine to win ugly and warns his players 'must stop messing around on social media.'
Napoli picked up all three points away at Udinese through a late Tiemoue Bakayoko goal.
“The team is alive and kicking, but must always play at the top of its game, as we have important targets,” Gattuso told Sky Sport Italia.
Gennaro Gattuso says Napoli ‘throw too many points away’ and ‘not only because of bad luck.’
The Azzurri suffered a 2-1 home defeat at hands of Spezia.
“We create a lot, today it’s difficult to talk about the game,” Gattuso told DAZN after the final whistle.
Napoli and Gennaro Gattuso meet again to set the targets for the Partenopei, as the two parties have reportedly reached an agreement until June 2023.
Il Mattino reports the Azzurri patron Aurelio De Laurenttis and Gattuso have practically reached an agreement over the contract extension.
But the newspaper reveals the coach needs another meeting to understand the project in Naples and the plans after a devastating pandemic.
