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Salernitana spoil Napoli’s title party and teach noisy neighbours a lesson | Nicky Bandini

The result was seen as a formality when city officials moved Napoli’s kick-off time but it gave the visitors a point to proveYou would think the prefect of a city as superstitious as Naples might have worried a little more about tempting fate. To place a loaf of bread upside down on the dinner table is to invite bad luck on yourself in southern Italy, yet Claudio Palomba had no qualms requesting that the footballing calendar be flipped on its head so the home team could win Serie A at a more convenient time.Napoli were originally scheduled to host Salernitana on Saturday. Seventeen points clear at the top of the table, with seven games left to play, they knew a...

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Salernitana’s ghost game could be a farcical end to their Serie A journey | Nicky Bandini

A Covid-related no-show at Udinese looks the last act for Salernitana unless they can find a new owner by 31 DecemberThere were at least 16 Salernitana fans at the Dacia Arena on Tuesday. It is no small commitment to make a 1,000-mile roundtrip to support a team that sits bottom of the standings on a weeknight in December. The group came knowing they would not have a team to support at all.Salernitana had been barred from travelling after two players tested positive for Covid, together with a third member of staff. The decision was made by the local health authority in Salerno, not the Italian Football Federation, meaning that their fixture away to Udinese was not officially cancelled. Continue reading...

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