Benoît Badiashile

Central Defender - Napoli
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
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The Napoli Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leonardo Spinazzola breaks a bone — 33 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Vanja Milinković-Savić is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Vanja Milinković-Savić: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Napoli march on in the cup

Foggia are out and Napoli go through, 2‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match

No end in sight to Napoli's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Napoli has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

A brace, and Alisson Santos takes the afternoon — 8.24

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alisson Santos provided it, and the 8.24 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

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.

Player ratings

The game went through Costantino Favasuli — 6.93

Marked 6.93 on 10 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Looking ahead

All roads lead to AS Roma

The fixture the calendar is arranged around. Form goes out of the window, the table is not consulted, and for ninety minutes Napoli will be judged on one thing only.

Match

Napoli caught on 126 minutes

The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Foggia scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.

In brief