The Napoli Rant w/Raff N Raff

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 8: Addo’ sta’ ’a cazzimma?

In The Shadow Of Vesuvio explores all things SSC Napoli in English and direct from the city itself.

 

We explore the disaster of #EmpoliNapoli from the perspective of Michele watching it with his girlfriend’s dad. It was the first time they had watched a game together!

 

We try to cheer ourselves up by also exploring Napoli taking up another sport and go deep on how this team can find more cazzimma like the best SSC Napoli teams from the recent past.

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 23 - Empoli 3-2 Napoli: ’O bbuon, ’O brutt, ’O cattiv

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UHHH...WTF HAPPENED?!?!?

Raff N Raff go through all the motions of trying to figure out why Napoli, up 2-0 to Empoli, a team who hasn't won a single match in 16 weeks (last beating us at the Maradona) with 10 minutes left and signaled the unofficial end of Napoli's scudetto run.  What went wrong? Who is to blame? What we did RIGHT in the match? Can we really say top 4 is even secure? Where do we go from here? There is more work to do, but there is definitely a sense of defeat in the studio this week.  Tune in and TRY to enjoy!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 7 - Una Pareggio a Pasquetta

Ciao! Henry and Michele explore a wide range of Calcio, cultural and culinary issues in Napoli following the disappointing result against Roma.

 

#7 on the tombola.

Easter in Napoli.

Zia Tina’s pastiera - Twitter photo here...be jealous: https://twitter.com/farfromvesuvius/status/1516990009160736769?s=21&t=_m8ODSWdHn03lcxSKvVqdA

Watching Napoli with 80 year olds.

Luis Vinicio’s Napoli.

Ruud Krol.

Pasquetta or Calcio?

The best place to have pasquetta in Naples. 

Napoli Roma from the stadium. Surprisingly good crowd. Lively atmosphere pre game. Different feeling to Fiorentina. Get to the stadium early tifosi! 

The penalty from Curva B perspective.

Disappointment infecting the crowd. Scoring too early?

The history behind this feeling.

Higuain leaving, a transformative betrayal? 

Second half blues. A silent stadium at full time.

Napoli: the greatest support group in the world?

Leaving the stadium and decompressing.

Jose Mourinho in Naples - respect.

Do we care about Empoli?

Champions League: a spiritual and financial necessity. 

What our listeners love about Naples that isn’t football.

The importance of Neapolitan language to loving Naples. 

Neapolitan phrase of the week.

And… all Napoli fans welcome!

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 22 - Napoli 1-1 Roma: Top 4 Good Enough? Tri-State Napoli Club Panel w/ Gianni Delli Coli of The Calcio Guys

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TOP 4 GOOD ENOUGH?

Is it bye bye Scudetto for Napoli?  Raff Biz hosts a panel with fellow Tri-State Napoli Club members Gaetano, Peter and Francesco. Also, Gianni Delli Coli, The Calcio Guys' resident Romano-Napoletano and West Virginia's biggest Napoli fan, Michele Scottodiluzzio joins the guys too! Raffa, on vacation, is still deciding whether or not Napoli are out of this scudetto race, but the panel weigh in with their thoughts on this Stadio Maradona 91st minute heartbreaking 1-1 vs Roma. 

 

The panel on Twitter:

Tri-State Napoli Club @tri_napoliclub

Gianni Delli Coli @Giannirulz27

Geatano Sollazzo @Sollazzo_1310

Francesco Valenti @PartenoPesce

Peter Scala @pscala11

Michele Scottodiluzzio @SonoMontese

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 6: No Matter What

In The Shadow of Vesuvio gives you the experience of SSC Napoli in English and direct from Naples!

 

In episode 6, Michele and Henry explore:

 

The Napoli Tombola!

Poor home form - a problem with pressure?

How being in the stadium helps explain the issues with the team.

Rampaging centre backs - no thanks.

Zanoli and his walking boots

Michu: the worst signing in Napoli history

Pre-game optimism

Ultra chanting

Mario Rui - a warm up Pele?

Sticking with team no matter what.

Feeling free to not stick with the team no matter what.

Players that take a bow no matter what.

Roma game

Ticket pricing

Clashing with Easter

And…of course... Neapolitan phrase of the week!!!

 

 

Henry's Twitter is @HenryBellCalcio

Michele's Twitter is @NapoliTickets

 

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Enjoy & #ForzaNapoliSempre

 

 

 

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 21 - Napoli 2-3 Fiorentina: Trouble at Home || Guest Vincenzo Bertillo

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Napoli lose a big match to Fiorentina late in the season AGAIN and Vincenzo Italiano AGAIN.  Thankfully, a Milan draw to Torino saves our Scudetto hopes for now, but Vincenzo Bertillo joins Raffa & the Biz to unpack what went wrong at The Maradona on Sunday, discuss who may or may not be at fault and our realistic chances at a possible Scudetto push!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 5: To Believe Or Not To Believe

This week, Henry (@HenryBellCalcio) and Michele (@NapoliTickets) welcome one of Far From Vesuvius' founding fathers, Ken Cioffredi (@K_Cioffredi). Michele and Ken are long time buds, so here we get to find out the story of how they know each other. 

 

Also on the docket in running order:

What’s the non football news in Naples?

That Scudetto Feeling: still there?

Henry’s Sardinian mother in law’s verdict!

Michele doesn’t believe!

Atalanta game!

Where did we watch it?

 

INTERVIEW WITH DAN BOWEN

 

Zanoli - what a first start

Carpi - the town that no one knows anything about

Pressures of being a Primavera product at Napoli & why so

Do the fans in the città like a homegrown player?

Gaetano e Zanoili to fill this gap next season?

 

Other thoughts about the game

Love for Juan Jesus

Fiorentina game

Could it be a sell out?

Can we see this fixture without 2018 PTSD

Michele still doesn’t believe!

Neapolitan phrase of the week

Does Michele actually believe?

Tales from Napoli night clubs!

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 20 - Atalanta 1-3 Napoli: Battle In Bergamo As Scudetto Hopes Stay Alive || Insigne Good? || END RACISM || Guest Carmine Guadagno Of Napoli Club Toronto

Raffa & The Biz welcome Figli Del Vesuvio and Napoli Club Toronto's Carmine Guadagno as a guest this episode. They come to you as Napoli grab a third straight victory by beating Atalanta 2-1 at the Gewiss in an extremely important victory, but not without more racism toward captain elect Kalidou Koulibaly from the Atalanta crowd. Things get HEAVY as we end the show with Biz giving an emotional Rant about that subject, but we do discuss the win, give our Beast Of The Match, chat about our scudetto chances getting better and better (Milan drop points) and Raffa goes on a Rant about Lorenzo Insigne and his performance over the last 12 months! All this, plus the chat goes off the rails about Carm's plant behind him...very interesting. We urge you to check his plant out on our YouTube page The Napoli Rant w/ Raff & Raff - YouTube

 

Raffa Rispo @RaffaNapoli83

Raff Bizzarro @raff_bizz

Carmine Guadagno @tdot_tifoso - @napoliclubTO - @FDVpodast

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 4: Benvenuto Ciro Romeo Mertens

This week Henry and Michele reflect on a weird week of International Football and look forward to the Atalanta game. More importantly, we take time to celebrate the birth of Ciro Mertens and so much more. Here's our running order:

 

News from Napoli

Auguri Ciro

Ciro’s house

Why Mertens is so loved

Meeting Mertens

How good is Hamsik at dancing in Napoli clubs?

How to talk to famous people

Napoli v Italian national team debate

What’s the point of international football?

Impact of international success on Napoli players

Team news v Atalanta

Why we don’t like Gasperini

Another sold out allocation for Napoli

Bergamo as a città

Neapolitan phrase of the week

Fiorentina game - a sell out?

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 19 - Napoli 2-1 Udinese: The ”Scudetto Pact” Is Still Intact

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Raffa, solo this week as Biz is on vacation, is joined by Tri-State Napoli Club President, "Il Principale" Gaetano Sollazzo (@Sollazzo_1310) and Vice-President Peter "Baby Squid" Scala (@pscala11).  We cover Napoli-Udinese at the weekend, as the quest for 25 of our last 27 points commences with 3 points.  We talk about Victor's 2 more goals, our Beast Of The Match, the injuries & suspensions and Ciro & Lore and what they mean moving forward.  Peter and Gaetano then take it amogst themselves to chat a little about transfers, as Raffa's connection was atrocious this episode and he gets lost in cyberspace. We also talk about the upcoming Italy International BIG match for a ticket to Qatar! Plus, our guests open up about the new club (@tri_napoliclub) and how and why it all got started.

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvius - Episode 3: This Spring Comes With ”A Scudetto Feeling”

In Episode 3, the spring weather (and a few other things) has Henry and Michele in a great mood.  Their topics of discussion this week?

 

What’s being talked about in Naples.

The best place to live in Naples.

Is Procida Naples? (No).

A spontaneous tribute to Massimo Troisi.

Pre game atmosphere.

Curva B experience of the first half.

Ciro Mertens, man of the people.

Spalletti tactical bravery.

Curva atmosphere for the goals.

Mario Rui - cult hero.

The ‘Scudetto Feeling’ in the stadium and city.

Listener questions.

Neapolitan Phrase of the Week.

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 2: Henry & Michele Welcome Daniel Bowen

Dr. Bell (@HenryBellCalcio) and Michele (@NapoliTickets) return to give you the Naples angle on all things SSC Napoli. They’re joined by Daniel Bowen (@AzzurroBowen) this week who was in the Away End for the Verona game.

 

This week:-

 

- Watching the game in Naples but not in the stadium. A family affair?

- Osimhen, the name on everyone’s lips in the city.

- Interview with Daniel Bowen to give you the in stadium perspective of Verona v Napoli

- How it feels to hear those chants if you’re from Naples

- What can we do to stop this thing from happening 

- 433 - thanks for listening Luciano!

- The Udinese game, selection thoughts and the importance of atmosphere at the Maradona

- Neapolitan word of the week

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 18 - Verona-Napoli 1-2: FORZA 40°50’N 14°15’E SEMPRE w/ Vincenzo Bertillo & Francesco Valenti

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03/14/2022

BACK TO WINNING WAYS!

Lorenzo Insigne and Piotr ZIelinski sit as Luciano Spalletti changes it up! Prince Victor strikes twice. Classless Verona fans, Hellas themselves lose their cool and WE FINALLY HAVE ANOTHER BEAST OF THE MATCH! Our great friends Vincezo Bertillo (@VinBertillo) and Francesco Valenti (@PartenoPesce) are together at Vin's house in Toronto and they join us together. This is a fun one!

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Special - Tempo Di Recupero: Verona-Napoli Match Commentator Patrick Kendrick

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03/14/2022

Raffa & The Biz are joined by Patrick Kendrick (@patrickendrick), the play-by-play commentator for our win vs Verona at the Bentegodi this past Sunday. We chat about the infamous coordinates banner, Napoli's new formation, and the realistic Scudetto outcome. All this and more on our TDR quicky!

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 17 - Napoli-Milan 0-1 w/ Guests Richard Kharman of Serie A Sitdown & Adreano Di Nardo of The Calcio Guys

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03/07/2022

WHAT HAPPENED TO MENTALITY?

One week after the big win vs Lazio, Napoli drop this big one at the Maradona and MIlan are the new League Leaders! The Raffs were joined by Richard Kharman (@R_Kharman, @SerieASitdown) and Adreano Di Nardo (@adreano_calcio, @thecalcioguys) to discuss the aftermath of this Matchday 28 showdown in Naples!

 

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