Rafa Watch

[RedReet]

Aye, could have thought of better ways to spend a Sunday night, but ahh well.

League has been over for a while and they'll probably finish up in the order they are now.

[Cormack74]

Aye, could have thought of better ways to spend a Sunday night, but ahh well.

League has been over for a while and they'll probably finish up in the order they are now.

Yup it's boringly predictable (except for the fact the Milan clubs are nowhere).

[Fosterbloke]

Part of me hopes Rafa doesn't qualify for the CL as he's excellent in cup contests!

[Zapater]

Watching Napoli play Torino. See Torino have Padelli in goal. I know he was young and only played for us the once, but on the basis of that I find it difficult to believe he plays at this level.

[RedReet]

Napoil are **** every time I watch and Pandev plays.

[Kenneth]

Good goal and nice play by Pandev.

[Shaggy]

Napoli fans are ****in amazing ....what a noise.

Napoli playing really well.

[Shaggy]

Napoli going out, 2-1 down on the night to two sucker punches. Missed loads of chances, mainly Higuain.

[baitman]

zapata finishes with a plum [nicked from the commentator earlier, re; the 2nd porto goal] to make it 2-2.

[nineteen]

zapata finishes with a plum [nicked from the commentator earlier, re; the 2nd porto goal] to make it 2-2.

Did he mean a ...



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[baitman]

in my onion it was jenkinsque misuse of aplomb by me, not the common tater

[Shaggy]

Haha I heard Clarke Carlisle say "finished with a plum". I used to use exactly that for Jenkins

[Fredo]

[Gibbo]

Do you reckon if we win the league the goatee will go?

[Cormack74]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/29/uk-soccer-italy-benitez-idUKBREA2S0CY20140329

Napoli manager Rafael Benitez hit back at Jose Mourinho on Saturday after the Chelsea boss claimed his predecessor had presided over a poor season for the Premier League leaders.

"Mourinho speaks a lot about a lot of people, but I prefer to talk about the facts. At Liverpool we eliminated his Chelsea from the Champions League with a team that cost half as much as his side," Benitez told reporters ahead of Sunday's clash with table topping Juventus (1845 GMT).

"He had an extremely strong Real Madrid and never did anything in Europe. Maybe if they sell (Eden) Hazard and Oscar for hundreds of millions he will succeed in winning something," added the Spaniard, whose Chelsea side won the Europa League in 2013.

As well as playing down Chelsea's efforts under Benitez, former Inter Milan and Real Madrid manager Mourinho also upset Juventus fans by saying a Europa League triumph by the Turin side would mean nothing.

"Chelsea last year didn't have a good season. They had problems qualifying for the Champions League and found themselves playing in the Europa with a team built for other objectives," Mourinho had told reporters on Friday.

"If Juventus win the Europa League it will mean nothing, as they were built for the Champions League."

Mourinho's perceived attack on Juve caused Turin-based sport daily Tuttosport to tell Mourinho to "shut up" on their front page.

The Portuguese also felt the wrath of Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, another former Chelsea manager, after criticising third-placed Madrid for not being higher in the La Liga table after a season in which Barcelona have looked more vulnerable than in recent years.

"It's his opinion but I believe Madrid are fighting for the title and that is something they were not able to do last season," said Ancelotti, who took over from Mourinho at Real.