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Novara Vs. Napoli, 2011 Serie A: A Halftime List Of Who Walter Mazzarri Wants To Assault

Novara and Napoli are locked in a deadly 0-0 struggle. Here is a list of who Walter Mazzarri is set to slap* at halftime:

  • Andrea Dossena. Who is he crossing to? Invisible teammates? His imaginary childhood striker friend?
  • Goran Pandev: You're given a start. You're not going to get anymore if you don't actually shoot the ball. Also, stop taking crossing lessons from Dossena.
  • Gokhan Inler: Dude, man up already. Hurting ribs? Puking up your breakfast?
  • Paolo Cannavaro: Oi, Capitano -- back-passes go to Morgan Di Sanctis, not out of bounds.
  • Attilio Tesser: What a ridiculous scarf to be wearing on the sidelines. Who do you think you are, Roberto Mancini?
  • Salvatore Aronica: Shampoo was invented for a reason.
  • Samir Ujkani: Oh, sure, now you come up with some amazing saves. Where was that against Lazio, huh?
  • Andrea De Marco: Napoli are in the Champions League. That means they're entitled to some dubious penalty awards. Never mind that they've rarely been in the Novara box.
  • Blerim Dzemaili: Don't shoot.
  • Edinson Cavani: Or the person who's pretending to be Eddy.
  • Napoli Supporters: Why are 3500 of you so dumb as to have traveled to Novara when you know the best result will be a draw?

Mazzarri will officially excuse De Sanctis from this list, but no one else on Napoli will be getting anything but coal in their Christmas stockings.

*By “slap” and “assault” I clearly mean who Mazzarri wishes to give a firm talking to while sipping a whisky and sucking down a few cigarettes.

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