Why you should be watching... Napoli

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Luciano Spalletti is crafting a Napoli side with the characteristics of his recent predecessors.
Possession-based and quick in attack, like the side of Sarri. Ruthless in defensive with a cohesive press, like the sides of Ancelotti and Gattuso.
And as Alex Stewart explains, the first title since 1990 isn’t out of the question. Illustrated by Henry Cooke.
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#Napoli #SerieA #Spalletti

[@4071816]

Serie A is in a good place right now, competition is high with several good teams playing attacking entertaining football.

[@jatin2616]

As Milan fan, I am scared when we face teams like Torino,Verona,Fiorentina,Bologna and Udinese despite being at the top of the table. Who would've thought that?

[@ireplytostupidpeople4750]

Domestically, it's fun. But these Italian teams need to do well in the UCL as well. They need to win one or have multiple teams always placing high in the next few years. Truly then, people will take serie A seriously again

[@emyaqin]

@@jatin2616 And as Juventino myself, you may know how I scared to watch Juve against any team now

[@Icecubegv]

Nah im good

[@daaljones9584]

And then there are juventus 🤣

[@tobiadebiyi7490]

This video perfect for their form right now, Kvara is their star player

[@haimainjauo242]

Why is Tifo adding unnecessary... dots?

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Lies again? Balls Of Steel Lightning Thunder

[@glizzlergobby96]

This aged like fine wine

[@regrettableusername3375]

Yes but also no. At that time Napoli were serious contenders, but fell short in the 2nd half of the season, yet again proving Spalletti's and Napoli's weaknesses... now the situation is pretty much the same but with a rejuvenated team

[@ruudvandeven985]

@@regrettableusername3375 but spalletti is rotating a lot this season, especially attackers are rotated a lot

[@amoosethatrants9720]

Just like the wine he makes on that vineyard

[@lucaranieri1352]

This comment also aged like fine wine, I can't lie

[@FootballDrawn]

As a Milan fan, I wonder how we're not top of the table with 10 wins and 2 draws. The answer? A MAGNIFICENT Napoli team. Good luck to our neighbors from South, as long as it's not against us. It will be an interesting season. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@moumenrezaei1330]

Osimhen is on a WILD form

[@7bucksnutrition303]

♥️♥️

[@matthiasleggio3861]

Tank you good luck to you too💙💙🤝🏾🔴⚫

[@maximus1318able]

Respect to you and your Milan team. It's going to be a dogfight till the end. FORZA NAPOLI SEMPRE!!

[@MrGvella]

You flatter us haha, this year's Milan is dangerous too! I look forward to a great scudetto challenge from both teams 💙🤍 ❤️🖤

[@houssamtfh655]

This video aged pretty well

[@houssamtfh655]

@Ajay I’m a madridista too, but nevertheless I enjoy watching Napoli playing

[@eni1141]

Napoli has done very good in the first half of season recent years, but they always felt the fatigue and lack of depth the remaining half. Hope it's different this year.

[@dildogextrodinare]

the spurs of italy

[@eni1141]

@@dildogextrodinare nah man, Napoli wins a trophy once in a while

[@coleborsella2825]

Napoli has one of the deepest squads in Italy?

[@keepscrolling6042]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 😂😂😂😂

[@martinabdou6280]

And Napoli are almost out of the top 4

[@Nopanop]

Napoli 4-1 Liverpool

[@TheArccam]

ANDRE FRANK ZAMBO ANGUISSA IS A BALLER. No seriously Fulham's best player when they got relegated. He plays like Ndombele if you remember far back Moussa Dembele, the way he runs through midfield seamlessly. Loved it!

[@user-kh1xr4wz3s]

it’s a meme at this point and fair enough but as someone who watches fulham both seri and especially zambo are so class

[@Re-dj5mf]

That's the Fulham I know in recent years, scouting talented players to help them get promotion only to sell/loan them when they get another relegation...

[@eddysandland58]

Menigima Anguissa is like Dembele or Ndombele? I've only seen Both Nd for Spurs n An for Fulham in the PL! Dembele was some player, If he was 24 n playing like he did?! He'd gone on to A Top Club & talked about More! I always wanted him at Liverpool! Quality Player

[@TheArccam]

@@eddysandland58 both, like both, funny how Ndombele plays for spurs and Dembele played for spurs. But yeah, quality players all of them!

[@_rudds]

Zambo’s amazing

[@SachinThakur-eh5bj]

Watching this video after Napoli won the league hits different. Many congratulations to them

[@victorpinto2598]

im seeing this video in the end of 2022 and you are right

[@abhikalpshekhar]

This season they are unbeaten till October, one of the best predictions

[@mikexstad1121]

American Napoli fan here! There has never been a better time to get into Serie A. The quality, the fans, tradition, love it. The football is great

[@lordhiguain7800]

Do you know any social media accounts for Napoli fans in English? I can't find one.

[@mikexstad1121]

@@lordhiguain7800 yes I found a podcast: "The Forza Napoli Calcio Podcast" but not much else unfortunately.

[@nicholasw]

@@lordhiguain7800 my favorite one is a channel called "Napoli Talk." He does post-match livestreams (stats, player ratings, strategy, press conference) after every game and they're great. Check him out!

[@barletbeqiri1125]

@@lordhiguain7800 it's not just for Napoli fans but Seria A in general, but IFTV does terrific content. They also became official partners of Seria A this year!

[@anarwally]

One of the reasons I got ESPN+ last year was to watch Serie A. This year they dump the Italian league and picked up La Liga. What a step down.

[@abdirahmanaden3589]

Man predicted the future

[@mo5287]

Andre Franck Zambo Anguissa has to be one of the most enjoyable players to watch right now

[@THESHADOWSIEGE]

I remember the Sarri days with Pepe Reina, Koulibaly and Albiol, Jorginho, Allan and Captain Hamsik in midfield, and Mertens, Insigne and Callejon up top, not to mention their unreal full backs including Hysaj who I wished we at Chelsea signed when Sarri first came.

[@vortanoise.2625]

Ospina>Reina Di Lorenzo>>>Hysaj Anguissa>>>Allan Politano/Lozano/Ounas all three>>Callejon Napoli on paper is better than in Sarri days.

[@unclegardener]

Gonzalo Higuaín!!!

[@GK-bl4pg]

Watching this in November 2022 with Napoli dominating everything.

[@yuanshikai8029]

February 2023 now Napoli is getting more and more fantastic

[@akashdahane9136]

I love AC Milan 🤩 Serie A is more entertaining than La liga these days

[@mackeriesimbeye]

These are facts

[@aidygooner]

Messi and Ronaldo carried La Liga for a decade but now their clubs are broke so it's time for Serie A to take over and become the 2nd best league and maybe challenge the EPL soon as Italy has many big clubs.

[@jordank1489]

@@aidygooner nah, you're missing the Bundesliga there. Really good league, very competitive (just have to ignore Bayern)

[@aidygooner]

@@jordank1489 you can use the same logic with Ligue 1 but you can't ignore the winners at the end of the day which is why the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 have lost their credibility. 😬

[@patrikdolak4189]

I have to say this aged well

[@hungchoonghow5857]

The passing during the Sarri years was a joy to behold.

[@davidaguirre614]

Napoli have been playing beautiful football, as well has having some amazing players like Lozano, Elmas, and Ounas not mentioned. I can definitely see them taking it this year love it

[@fadhilideche2831]

Was kinda hoping that this was gonna be part of the "Why Should I Care About.......?" series. But then again, who DOESN'T care about Napoli? And it's also probably better to give Napoli's early challenge the full, uninterrupted, Alex Stewart treatment.

[@M..n..M]

I mean I think I was one of the first 100 subscribers of Tifo Irl, but Tifo Football still has more subscribers so I am happy they had this video here. Napoli deserves it, they are the only team still unbeaten in Europesl's top 5 league, alongside Milan!

[@mahmoudfathy2074]

Salah spoke high of Spaletti saying he developed under him. He used to stay with him after training alone to develop his finishing

[@estyperezswiftagent8413]

This aged like a fine wine 🍷

[@rohannaval1621]

Serie A and the prem seems to be the leagues to watch this year

[@Patrosap]

And la liga imo

[@JoshMarshain]

You were right

[@Luciano-dp4fw]

very happy you decided to talk about Napoli. Best wishes from a Neapolitan

[@pritapp788]

Spalletti is possibly the best Italian coach never to have won Serie A. Went close a couple of times with Roma when he actually deserved to win it... He turned Totti into a false nine, transformed Salah into a better player etc

[@eltiospike7672]

This aged quite well

[@reds20009]

omg this aged so well

[@Dante12466]

We were playing well before we just needed fresh blood in the team

[@bajolunapod]

So much has changed. Important players have left, some are underperforming... But they have new stars... and the intensity of their game is something to witness. Forza Napoli, from an Argentine 💙🤍

[@NapoliTalk]

Great video! This team has been a joy to watch this year 💙 From the tactics to the determination and concentration that the team has had, they really stepped it up.

[@claudiocardinali6778]

Napoliiiiii

[@claudiocardinali6778]

I love you my guy💙

[@makingmiracleshappen]

I absolutely love the voice over! The sound of his voice sounds so calming, makes me want to watch more video lol

[@kohchungwei]

Why does Ancelotti have pink hair? 😂

[@KarimKhalid786]

Excellent art work video and animation....Please continue making more of these types of videos

[@philippatrick1042]

Aged like fine wine

[@ShmuelMe]

Forza Napoli! No one of my friends believes how deep this squad is. In every position outside LB there are two or three world-class/good players it’s amazing

[@roccopiosaracino3681]

If ghoulam finds his form back he's going to be really good, it's a shame he's constantly injured

[@joaovictorsimianersoder7514]

Seeing a Milan and Napoli scudetto run is so refreshing after a long dull and boring decade with Juventus winning it without much effort.

[@jatin2616]

WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT?? and DULL AND BORING?? MILAN pushed them to the limit in 2012 coming down to the controversial Muntari goal which was denied vs Juventus. ROMA with the likes of Totti,Salah,Illicic,Manolas,Florenzi,Allison almost won the league. NAPOLI with the likes of Higuain,Hamshik,Mertens,Insigne, Koulibali also almost won the league a few years ago when it went to the last game of the season. INTER almost won it in Conte's first season in charge but lost by just a point.

[@joaovictorsimianersoder7514]

@@jatin2616 yeah, 3 seasons in like what, 9 years? And two of them were in the first and last season of their dominance, for 6-7 years it was so boring, Napoli sure had a good season, but you just knew Juventus was going to win

[@jatin2616]

@@joaovictorsimianersoder7514 Naah man. NO ONE knew who could win. Juventus just got away on those occasions.

[@darkdante212]

@@jatin2616 conte didn't always most win it in his first season by a point. Juve had already won the league the league with about 4/5 matches to go and took the foot of the gas

[@jatin2616]

@@darkdante212 Yeah...by cheating against Atalanta. Remember that 2-2 draw?

[@boriskaresin]

What a magnificent piece of content 🔥🔥🔥💛

[@timmycamilleri.4643]

Serie A has been through a lot recently. Many of the best players in the league left for the PL , Paris or otherwise and one can’t argue that the quality of the strongest squads in the division hasn’t taken a hit. With that being said, the quality of coach is and always will be leagues ahead of the english and maybe even european leagues. It’s what won us the Euros.

[@jordank1489]

I think you're right that Italian coaches are better than English ones, but the coaches in the Premier League are the best in the world. They're all German, but still.

[@charlasdefutbolscouting]

Napoli will be italian champion next april. Very consistent, good players also at the bench

[@lfc-europe]

Napoli were really made famous by FIFA giving them a 4.5 star rating with Cavani, Lavezzi and Hamsik.

[@AdanyKai]

Streets wont forget Cavani at Napoli

[@adityasawant5990]

@@AdanyKai streets shouldn’t forget cavani at any club let alone napoli .

[@kizzagt]

Fifa 12.

[@maximus1318able]

@@adityasawant5990 yea. Bc a certain player named Diego had nothing to do with putting Napoli soccer on the map.

[@M..n..M]

@@maximus1318able I mean, you are 1000% correct but that has also been kinda the only highlights of Napoli up until the 2010s...

[@archismanchakraborty7395]

Serie A 's resurgence

[@kohchungwei]

Who else thought that was Pep and not Luciano Spalletti in the TN? 😂

[@stone5048]

Unless

[@aarush130]

lmao most bald managers are pretty impressive tho ngl

[@dhairyashah982]

Nobody did🙄

[@curruminelbarbas123]

Congratulations...you was right ...today Napoli s a champion

[@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091]

Now with Freiburg and Liverpool's unbeaten streaks ending, Napoli is one of only two clubs yet to be beaten in their league. The other club is Milan.

[@needamap1390]

No I'm pretty sure Milan got beaten. Wasnt it by juve?

[@maximus1318able]

@@needamap1390 Milan haven't lost yet either

[@needamap1390]

@@maximus1318able ok yeah makes sense

[@M..n..M]

@@needamap1390 they have the same results: both have 10 wins and 2 ties! (Even though rn Milan has faced more of the stronger contenders, while Napoli is gonna be far more tested in the weeks to come).

[@sridharrao10]

Good video. But no video on the revival of Napoli is complete without mentioning Walter Mazzari. He's the one who brought the back 3 back into fashion to Serie A, and brought Napoli back into europe with the reputation of fun and quick football ... with a fab 3 of Lavezzi-Cavani-Hamsik !

[@i.d.4629]

Forza Napoli Sempre!! Was hoping for someone to cover napoli and i am so glad that it was you guys. You guys make my fave football vids, keep up the great content!

[@davidashmore3929]

Excellent video chaps. Hopefully Napoli have a successful season.

[@tom4md123]

can't understate how good Anguissa has been

[@coachhbosoccer]

I've been saying this for yr now. True, the top top stars aren't in Italy, but there has been some really good coaching on display

[@erikbladh7464]

I've always been a huge fan of Spalletti and was very sad when he left Roma. Napoli are looking unstoppable atm (almost, Verona are great at ruining the fun for the top teams...)

[@b.richardsalas1393]

My college dorm neighbors were from Naples and since I hada big TV they watched Serie A in the mornings in my room. I am now a Napoli fan. Forza Napoli Sempre.

[@peace6582]

Kavaratskhela analysis please

[@Sabatino88]

This video aged like a fine wine 🔥

[@wizardstudios2977]

Great and a very professional video top top video congrats!!!!

[@mostwanted2kay]

This is why i trust Tifo. Best journalism out there.

[@IllustroFootball]

For a moment I thought that was Pep in the thumbnail😂

[@andresangarita3165]

Tifo you should do why you should be watching serie a. This season is very interesting tactically and individually

[@logiic8835]

I went to the Legia match, they have such an exciting team, they beat us with their so called ‘weaker’ team.

[@randomman2138]

Damn you were ahead of the curve

[@aliadnan42]

It was obvious when you watched them play

[@randomman2138]

@@aliadnan42 I rarely watch them play but currently zamn they cooking something. But problem is if big clubs come bidding for their players they'd sell.

[@murreymathlinesfx408]

Good analysis.

[@MarsKvaratskhelia]

He has kvaradona now 🏆

[@vinayak4x]

Came back remembering to this video, after everything that happened. W❤️

[@user-ri5xq7hr4u]

el pocho, el matador, Inler in mid with Gargano, oh don&t forget Hamsik in support, that's when I fell in love with Napoli

[@fatigati24]

This video has aged well...

[@hiheyhello999]

Napoli has been fun to watch for years, they might just do it this year, the best of luck .

[@-Filip]

Can't wait for the Xavi tactics video

[@bumi6265]

Napoli 5-1juventus💀

[@Evemeister12]

Great call, tifo football.

[@vincenzobertillo]

Forza Napoli Sempre! 🤘🏼🌋

[@ActionManXVI]

One of my favourite teams

[@bilalahmedshariff5576]

Excellent video...I would also like a similar video on AC Milan

[@jacobpickard7599]

It was alluded to in this video, but I've been hoping for awhile that Tifo would do a tactical analysis video on Spalletti's 4-6-0 with Roma...

[@TobagoGas]

Please do a video on Union St Gilloise - top of the table in Belgium right now.

[@deg6788]

So true ...Napoli =Passion

[@TanGerineSound]

who's watching this after Kvara appared 😁

[@jppennypincher9051]

Ruiz is one of the best mids in the world. Fantastic player.

[@tonyponce6196]

11 months later , Napoli are playing unbelievably good 🫡🔥

[@aakaashrameshwarprasad7892]

The thumbnail of Spalleti is animation of Goodwill hunting of Matt Damon....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@appljuice9]

We are dropping results recently but for a reason. Victor osimhen fractured cheekbone out for months. Koulibaly and Fabian out with groin injury. Mario rui covid. Insigne injury

[@harrimcculloch4047]

Try Heart of Midlothian! Great story both this season & last

[@emanuelsorrentino5934]

grazie della gufata!

[@AdityaWasisPratama]

Finally my team getting mention

[@i.d.4629]

well a fellow indian supporting napoli! 🤝🤝

[@khaledabbas3770]

Seria A is really good competition , I like it

[@dagang2305michelin]

napoli 18 points clear… well done tifo👏

[@sufuskoba4491]

Forza Napoli Sempre💙

[@ifeanyiobiora-okafo7017]

Napoli are top of SERIE A

[@billal2731]

Yes.

[@mbayediop1094]

I’ve been watching them often and want them or ac Milan to win the league but I haven’t been convinced yet plus they had the same or better start a few years back going undefeated until January and still didn’t win the league so only time will tell

[@Beyondultragaming]

If i was going to back a team for the title id likely go for napoli as theyve played brillantly and at times better than milan and i think they have a better team than milan as well

[@muhdmultazam342]

fax

[@vortanoise.2625]

That's the best start of the season of Napoli's history. They have 2 draws and 10 wins just as AC Milan, but that's also AC Milan best start ever, in history of a that great football club. Not even with Ronaldinho and Thiago Silva they ever started like that.

[@mbayediop1094]

@@vortanoise.2625 well last year Milan was also undefeated till January I thought we was going to win it but we ended up in 3rd place

[@mbayediop1094]

@@vortanoise.2625 you see now Napoli are slowly falling off unfortunately

[@CC-zk4jt]

RC Lens from French Ligue1 is also a team that deserves attention.

[@MattiasConte]

..great.. but.. upgradable for this season.. !!!! Lot of changes.. and more Spalletti's free expression...

[@lebronsucks78]

Crazy this was 11 months ago

[@frankndungu5268]

Napoli are killing it this season

[@rollerblaide5103]

This guy called it early and he was right Napoli are a force to be reckoned with

[@MrWhitmen1981]

It’s on the rise for sure

[@sandeepghimirezaisee6290]

Wow...what a prediction.

[@Isaac.A.]

And on the right wing he has 2 very different players he can use both politano and lozano

[@razorlord9330]

Damn Napoli are flying now..

[@LiverpoolRules4Ever]

As a Liverpool fan you can see the quality with Spalletti and a very large squad of high quality players. It's not just Napoli's starting 11. They will win Serie A and will be one of the favourites in the Champions League. This team is better than the team in 1990. Good luck to them. I'd love Liverpool to play Napoli in the CL Final 😁👍