The Napoli Courier
Match4 Nov 2026
Dinis Rodrigues sends Napoli through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Dinis Rodrigues obliged against Carpi. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Napoli.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Both of them Dinis Rodrigues's — 8.74
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.74, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market9 Nov 2026
Scott McTominay wants more than Napoli are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
One of their own: Máximo Perrone
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market9 Nov 2026
Máximo Perrone wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Match7 Nov 2026
Napoli come up short against Genoa
Genoa left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A quiet fortnight at Napoli
With 7 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Alisson Santos in the eights
A performance of 8.24 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
A masterclass from Antonio Vergara
Marked 8.13 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- The dugout Romano Caruso: “No excuses”
- The dugout Sam Beukema gets it from the manager
- Player ratings David Neres runs at them all day