Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri will rest Edinson Cavani for the game against Cagliari in view of next week's Champions League showdown at Chelsea. The Naples outfit travel to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday holding a 3-1 advantage from the first leg of their last-16 tie. Goran Pandev will replace Cavani, who is the team's top scorer with 16 league goals, and play alongside Ezequiel Lavezzi in Napol...Full Story »

Napoli go into Sunday's Serie A clash at Parma boosted by the news manager Walter Mazzarri is set to remain at the club next season. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis announced ahead of the game that the club intend to keep Mazzarri at least for another year. Mazzarri is under contract with the Naples outfit until June 2013, but has been strongly linked with a move to Inter Milan this sum...Full Story »

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri has downplayed suggestions the Serie A outfit should be considered favourites in the UEFA Champions League against Chelsea. The Barclays Premier League outfit are struggling to find consistency under new manager Andre Villas-Boas. The Blues head to the Stadio San Paolo on Tuesday for the first leg of their round of 16 tie on the back of a lackluster 1-1 draw at h...Full Story »

Napoli's season has lost some of its lustre since the turn of the year but a win over Chievo would be a big boost in confidence for Walter Mazzarri's men. For much of the early part of the campaign, Napoli were contenders to battle for the scudetto. However, a slump in form in 2012 has seen them drop to seventh place, 16 points behind Serie A leaders AC Milan. "Against Chievo, we need a victo...Full Story »

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri goes into the match at AC Milan on Sunday lamenting the treatment of his team by referees in midweek. In Wednesday's clash against Cesena, the Naples outfit were denied three points due to a dubious offside that was called by referee Luca Banti on striker Goran Pandev deep in stoppage time and Napoli had to settle for a goalless draw. "The referee had a terrible ga...Full Story »

Napoli's poor league form continued as they were held to a goalless draw at home by Cesena. Walter Mazzarri's side have drawn three of their last four games, losing the other against Genoa at the weekend, and they now trail third-placed Udinese by 11 points, making a return to the Champions League next season look unlikely. However, they were denied victory by a controversial decision by refer...Full Story »

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri is glad to see the back of January after his side suffered a miserable first month of the year. Napoli, who host Cesena on Wednesday, have won just one of their last four Serie A games and taken just two points from their last three matches. Their last game of January also ended in defeat, a 3-2 loss at Genoa, that left the club seventh in the table, nine points be...Full Story »

Napoli have 10 points to make up on leaders Juventus and cannot afford to slip up at Siena if they are to maintain a realistic challenge for the Scudetto. The Naples side were held to a 1-1 draw by Bologna on Monday and go into the encounter in Tuscany in sixth place in Serie A. Napoli have taken just two wins in their last five league matches and coach Walter Mazzarri knows his team must do...Full Story »

Napoli's title hopes took another blow as Walter Mazzarri's team were frustrated by lowly Bologna, who held them to a 1-1 draw at the San Paolo Stadium on Monday. Despite having recorded impressive wins over AC Milan, Inter Milan and Manchester City this season, Napoli have slipped up too often against supposed minnows. And it happened again as they needed Edinson Cavani's penalty to cancel ...Full Story »

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri is not ready to hand Eduardo Vargas his Serie A debut when his side host Bologna. Vargas, who joined Napoli earlier this month from Universidad de Chile, made his first appearance for the Italian side in Thursday's 2-1 triumph over Cesena in the Coppa Italia. The Chilean forward played from the start but failed to make an impact in front of the home crowd. "I was ...Full Story »