Raff Bizzarro & Raffa Rispo host the ONLY SSC Napoli podcast from the USA. Raff N Raff review matches, Rant about hot topics and award the Beast of the Match after every matchday. Raff Bizzarro also hosts “Mind Your Bizz”: A show for the people, by the people. Raffa Rispo also hosts “Frenemies”. Friendly banter with Raffa’s non-Napoli fan friends.
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
KALIDOU KOULIBALY IS A CHAMPION!
Yes, Napoli's world's best center-back has captained his nation to it's very first AFCON win, as Senegal are Champions of Africa! Raff N Raff are back to discuss this with very special guest Mohamed Salad, who did a wonderful job covering the underrated and underappreciated tournament. Oh, and Napoli somehow managed to stay in the scudetto race, despite having the most players represented at AFCON and all the injury and covid battles. Napoli travel to Venezia and win 2-0 on Osimhen and Petagna goals. With Inter losing to Milan, we are now 1 point behind Inter as we host the Scudetto winners at the Maradona this coming Saturday.
You can find Mohamed Salad on Twitter @SaladNFL
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Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
WE HAVE RETURNED!!!
Raff N Raff are BACK on the airwaves, and we bring it BIG! In this 2 HOUR SPECIAL, Raffa and The Biz bring in former teacher and current principal Gaetano Sollazzo to grade the players, coach and team's overall performance in the 21/22 season thus far. The final grade is given by "il principale" himself, but Raff's weigh in, as well as comment on the chat's weigh in as well. We also can't avoid (as much as we tried) the HUGE news of captain Lorenzo Insigne's life changing decision to sign for Toronto FC! You'll not want to miss our comments on that!
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Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Unless you've been living under a rock, THE story in Italian football is that Napoli captain, hometown hero, "Bandiera" Lorenzo Insigne is rumored to accept the offer from MLS side Toronto FC for a massive amount of money. Toronto's very own Marco "Kubani" d'Onofrio comes in to address these rumors, as he returns for an edition of "Kubani's Korner". Marco, having had close ties to TFC and being a lifelong Napoli supporter, is without question, the best person to hear from when it comes to this topic. The passion he has for BOTH Napoli and TFC is evident here, and we'd love your feedback so get at us on our socials and tell us what you think!
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Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
NAPOLI WIN AT THE SAN SIRO AGAIN! Yes, after an Elmas 5th minute winner v Milan, Napoli have climbed back up to 2nd being tied on points with Milan and 4 behind leaders Inter.
Joining Raffa tonight on Monday Night Napoli are Ralph Bizzarro and Francesco Valenti as they help dissect the patrenopei’s big win, as well as interact with the chat, talk about what’s to come v Spezia and pick the Beast Of The Match! You’ll love the Raff N Raff reunion with one of our favorite people in Fran!
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Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Raffa and Ken are back to wrap up coverage of Napoli's tough loss to Empoli in the 17th match of the season on Sunday, and also the big win prior to that last Thursday v Leicester City. Then we talk about the big news that we learned earlier today that Napoli has drawn Barcelona in the Europa League Knockout Playoff Round. That, and we answer lots of your questions.
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Raffa @RaffaNapoli83
Ken @K_Cioffredi
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Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Napoli lose their 2nd match of the Serie A season 3-2 at home to Alatanta in a valiant effort. No doubt one of the most hard fought, see saw matches this season. There is only one person able enough to help Raffa break it all down and that is Joe Fischetti of the Forza Napoli Calcio Podcast. We then chat about the crucial upcoming UEL Matchday 6 fixture with Leicester City at the Maradona with LOTS of outcomes possible. Then next week, again in Naples, it's Napoli-Empoli in a tough, must win situation as the week after that is the match we've all been waiting for against Milan at the San Siro. We sneak in a Beast Of The Match right at the end. This is a fun one you dont want to miss!
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Raffa @RaffaNapoli83
Joe Fischetti @Joe_Fischetti5
Forza Napoli Calcio Podcast @ForzaNapoliPod
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Napoli, on the heals of the massive win v Lazio, travelled to Emilio-Romagna to face Sassuolo at the Mapei. Unfortunately, Napoli squandered a 2-0 lead late and the match ended 2-2. Milan, Inter and Atalanta win, so the lead is cut dramatically and 1-4 are now separated by 5 points. Raffa in the house to Rant all about it.
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Monday Night Napoli is back with more on the big win. Raffa in and Gaetano comes in to help host, but Ken makes it in halfway making this a fun 3-man broadcast. We talk about the Diego Tribute and we look to our Wednesday road Giornata 16 match v Sassuolo. And of course, your comments and questions!
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Ken @K_Cioffredi
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Big time statement for Napoli where we defeat Lazio 4-0 at the Maradona on a night we celebrate the life of Diego Armando Maradona one year after his untimely passing. In to give a Lazio persepctive is Shawn McIntosh of Lazio Lounge and The Laziale, as we cover Frenemies in a special duel episode. Napoli take sole possession of first place, while Sarri returns to Fuorigrotta in a forgettable night for his biancocelesti. We also talk a little Italian National team and, of course, crown this round's "Beast of the Match"
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Shawn McInstosh @shawn_mcintosh
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Raffa discusses our first run of consecutive losses in the season, second to Spartak 2-1 in the Europa League Matchday 5. This leaves Group C wide open again, and now Napoli must meet Leicester City on the final matchday at the Maradona on December 9th and needs a result to advance. We chat about the match, Spalletti's words after and we take comments from the live chat.
UEL Matchday 5 Spartak 2-1 Napoli II Goals SPA Sobolev 3' (Pen); 28' assisted by Moses NAP Elmas 64' assisted by Petagna II Group C Table (*Lei-Leg play tomorrow) SPA 7, NAP 7, LEG 6*, LEI 5* II UEL Matchday 6 Thurs. Dec 9, 2021 at 12:45pm EST Napoli-Leicester City; Legia Warsaw-Spartak Moscow II Next Match: Serie A Giornata 14 Napoli-Lazio 2:45pm EST
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Henry @drhbell
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Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Raffa's guest this week comes all the way from India. His name is Hanu and he is in charge of the Spartak Moscow English Twitter account. We talk about how he got the gig, what he does for them and how being the Twitter guy has turned him into a big fan of Spartak. Hanu's work has been revered as of late with his light hearted banter and caught the attention of a lot of people in the industry, so it's an extra pleasure for him to come on with us. Oh...we talk about the upcoming Matchday 5 encounter in Russia as well, #SpartakNapoli. Don't miss this one!
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Raffa @RaffaNapoli83
Hanu @H4nuu - @fcsm_eng - ftblhanu.wordpress.com (Hanu's podcast)
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
YOOOOOOOOO!!!! Welcome, tifosi, to our brand new show Monday Night Napoli brought to you by Far From Vesuvius. In our debut episode, Raffa Rispo and Ken Ciofreddi take on your comments and questions while they break down Napoli's first loss in Serie A this season, a 3-1 defeat at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Also, Osimhen and Anguissa will miss significant time before they go off to the AFCON. What does that mean for Spalletti? Finally, we look ahead to the very important UEFA Europa League Matchday 5 showdown in Moscow as we take on Spartak, where a win could see Napoli end up Group C Winners.
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Ken @K_Cioffredi
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Saturday Nov 20, 2021
Saturday Nov 20, 2021
As the final FIFA International break of 2021 comes to a close, we're back with an all new episode of Frenemies! This time, Raffa sits with host of Calcio Connection and lifelong Interista, the great Alex Donno! Alex and Raffa chat about the BIG match #InterNapoli at the Meazza this weekend, how Inter are faring in #SerieA this season, expectations in both league and #UCL, and Alex tells his Inter fandom story!
After you listen to Alex here, make sure you go over to his podcast Calcio Connection to get an in-depth preview with Uncle Sharma. you can find that by clicking here: https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-wgbz4-113753c
Also, Alex appeared with our great buddies Nima Tavalley and Vincenzo Bertillo on Joe Fischetti's Forza Napoli calcio Podcast to further preview. You can find that here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/14275486/0147-s3e35-inter-napoli-preview
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Alex Donno @AlexDonno
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Saturday Nov 06, 2021
Saturday Nov 06, 2021
In this episode, Raffa and Frenemies returns with our guest Rick Hough, the author of "Notes From Verona". Here, we chat up about a very in form Verona side, manager Igor Tudor's impact on their squad and red hot Giovanni Simeone, who's 8 goals (4 v Lazio and 2 v Juve in their last 3 matches) is already a team best over the last 3 seasons.
Rick is an author from Glasgow who moved to Verona. His book describes Verona during lockdown as covid-19 hit Italy extremely hard. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona-Reflections-family-locked-down-ebook/dp/B08BQ7VVXW
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Raffa @RaffaNapoli83
Rick @rick_hough
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