Napoli's flight to Denmark for their Europa League match against FC Midtjylland was delayed by plane troubles, meaning that Napoli's bus trip to the airport was late as well. Apparently that was problematic for Allan, who quite literally got caught napping by his teammates, who appear quite amused by the situation.
Pro tip, Allan: never, ever, ever be the first one to fall asleep. He'll be lucky if this picture is the worst thing that happened to him.
Conor's ill and will have a full recap whenever he's well. Milan lineup: Lopez, Antonelli, Ely, Zapata, De Sciglio, Montolivo, Bertolacci (Cerci 57'), Kucka (Poli 84'), Bonaventura, Bacca, Adriano. Napoli lineup: Reina, Ghoulam, Koulibaly, Albiol, Hysaj, Jorginho, Allan, Hamsik (Lopez 74'), Insigne (Mertens 73'), Higuain (Gabbiadini 81'), Callejon. Goals (click to watch): Allan (13'), Insigne (48', 67'), Ely (OG 77'). (Photo credit: Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Don't let Napoli beat you, guys. Only you can beat you. It's 4-0.
First, the assist to Allan. Then, the goal of his own from inside the box. Then, this. Lorenzo Insigne has blown Milan apart.
First he played an incredible assist for Allan's opener, then Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal of his own. This put Napoli up 2-0 on Milan in the second half.
This is, simply put, dire "marking" from Maggio on the second goal scored by Sassuolo on Sunday. He's starting way too central, then only takes one half-glance over his shoulder to see where Sansone is -- and doesn't really react to Sansone's far-post run. There's no near-post pressure that he has to worry about, because Raul Albiol is right there and no other Sassuolo attackers are within 20 yards when they enter the box.
It gets worse when, once the two actually get kind of close, Maggio doesn't bother to check again and actually moves away from Sansone, clearing the way for the Sassuolo attacker to sidestep to the far post for that cross.
We're just going to ignore Maggio getting in Reina's way as he tried to come across to cover the shot, because GOD WHY.
Seriously? Setting crap on fire in a foreign country is what you're going to do when you're acting as ambassadors of the club and the fanbase? These so-called "Ultras" are doing nothing but tarnish everyone's reputation by doing crap like this. This is a disgrace.
He's also been included in Napoli's friendly squad to face Nice on Sunday, so the official announcement of his purchase should come shortly.
We'll have a post with the full schedule later, but for now it's been announced that Napoli will start the season on the road against Sassuolo. The rest of the schedule is being unveiled right now, and there should be some big fixtures getting announced soon.