McBro Has Naples Under His Spell: Scott McTominay Brings Napoli Ahead In Title Race 

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McBro Has Naples Under His Spell Scott McTominay Brings Napoli Ahead In Title Race, Credits- Shutterstock

McBro, McFratm, Mcterminator might be one of the greatest revival stories in the history of football. Never considered an insider in Manchester United, The Scottish midfielder has been living life to a grand movie size ever since his departure from the ‘Theater Of Dreams’. 

McBro, McFratm, Mcterminator might be one of the greatest revival stories in the history of football

Antonio Conte and Scott Mctominay arrived in Naples around the same time, but the story that they have built in the last few months is nothing short of a miracle. Last season. 

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Napoli finished at 10th and were not able to qualify for any European championship and 11 months fast forward they are the favourites to win the league even brushing ahead of the mighty Inter Milan, who are going to face Barcelona in the Champions league semifinal match. 

He fired Napoli clear at the top of Serie A with four rounds of games left to go

He fired Napoli clear at the top of Serie A with four rounds of games left to go. His first-half strikes delivered a 2-0 win over Torino on Sunday. He had scored the only goal as Napoli won away to Monza in their previous fixture, and two out of three in a rout of Empoli before that. 

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If it is too soon to call McTominay the “Uomo Scudetto”, Player of a Title-Winning Season, It is because the prize is not Napoli’s yet. They hold a three-point lead, after Inter lost 1-0 to Roma on Sunday.

Scott McTominay the “Uomo Scudetto”

At full time on Sunday, a Dazn interviewer asked him which nickname was his favourite: “MacGyver, McTerminator, McFratm, or Apribottiglie [The Bottle Opener], because you always score the first goal?”

McBro Has Naples Under His Spell: Scott McTominay Brings Napoli Ahead In Title Race 
McTominay Brings Napoli Ahead In Title Race, Credits- Getty Images

McTominay started laughing before the question was finished. “[Napoli defender] Pasquale Mazzocchi would say McFratm!” he said, dissolving to giggles together with another teammate, Leonardo Spinazzola, stood next to him.

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This is local humour, an in-joke, referencing years-old memes about someone mispronouncing McFlurry at a drive-through. Mazzocchi was born and raised in Naples. McTominay only got here eight months ago, yet somehow he simply belongs.