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There is more to Kwadwo Asamoah’s game than simply goals. Who says? Why he does. And it is a good job really. Because he hasn’t been finding the net for Inter Milan with any degree of regularity this season. Not that you would expect the hard-working midfielder to be leading marksman, but a few goals […]
As an AC Milan fan born and bred, the sight of the San Siro is one that fills a Milanista with inexplicable joy. Emerging from the metro station as part of a sea of red and black and seeing the near 90,000-seater stadium feels like a pilgrimage to a spiritual home. But, on the day […]
The business end to the Serie A season is drawing in and its not only the Premier League that has the potential for an exciting end in the race for the Champions League. As it stands, Roma occupy third place on 56 points and Lazio are just inside the top four on 53 points. The […]
It’s hard to remember a game more emotional than Fiorentina’s home game against Benevento. It was the first match the Viola have played since the tragic passing of their captain, Davide Astori, at just 31 years-old. With last week’s fixtures postponed due to the news, this round of fixtures was always going to be difficult […]
In the summer of 2015, Maurizio Sarri received a phone call from Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentis, at first he thought he was the victim of a practical joke. By his own admission, it took Sarri a while before he realised that it really was the cinema tycoon on the other end of the line, […]
Napoli vs Roma The league leaders will be looking for their 11th consecutive league win when they entertain 5th place Roma on Saturday night. Many, including myself felt the Partenopei would have faltered by this stage and that Juventus would have already leapfrogged Sarri’s men and been cruising towards yet another Scudetto. Although they’ve been […]
In football it appears sometimes a club can win games consecutively just to stand still. This was the case in the Premiership last season when Tottenham Hotspur were chasing Chelsea, who’s own winning streak earlier in the season left everybody else trailing in their wake. The same scenario is evident this season with Manchester City […]
Players of today that enter the dwindling years of their career often value a final bumper pay-packet at the top of the list when searching for a new club. The MLS, in particular, has offered itself as a safe haven for many a former world-beater, becoming a common export market for the likes of Kaka, […]
This week, Napoli made history. Their most recent victory proved to be record-breaking in itself and is one more step to a potentially historic season, if they can hold on to top spot and topple Juventus come May. Sunday’s 1-0 home result against SPAL was their ninth consecutive win, a new club record and further […]
Napoli vs Spal After a disappointing result in the Europa League Maurizio Sarri’s attention turns back to the race for the Serie A crown. Despite suffering defeat at the San Paolo courtesy of German side RB Leipzig I doubt the Partenopei will have lost any sleep over the result. The team selection and attitude during […]
Although it isn’t quite the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan it seems a game doesn’t go by without Juve reporting a new injury. It certainly has demonstrated the importance of a quality squad as Juve continue to seek the treble. The latest injury added to the list was Andrea Barzagli who was injured in […]
Dries Mertens is the epitome of a modern football enigma. Fact. At 30 years old, the Belgian forward is finally in his prime, scoring goals for fun at Napoli. As part of an irresistible front three alongside Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon, Mertens operates through the middle, the focal point of the most expressive and […]
Once a shining beacon of the world’s finest football, the city of Milan is fast-becoming a land cursed by the footballing gods. As if the woes provided by the red and black side of the city weren’t enough, Inter Milan have decided they want to be the number one team for getting fans’ hopes up, […]
Benevento vs Napoli The Campania derby between the league leaders and the division’s bottom club takes place on Sunday evening at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito. Napoli will be extremely confident of taking all three points back to the San Paolo and considering the Stregoni have never even scored a goal against Napoli its hard to […]
Back in December, when Benevento ‘keeper, Alberto Brignoli, scored that historic 95th minute equaliser against Milan, many thought it was already the beginning of the end for Gennaro Gattuso as manager. The header nestled in the goal, as did the all-too familiar feeling of dread and disappointment in the stomach of the rossoneri. Another legendary […]
Chievo vs Juventus Juventus travel to Chievo in a rich vein of form and will fancy themselves to come away with all three points. Chievo sit in 13th place but only six points separate themselves and the danger zone. These are worrying times for Rolando Maran’s side and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see how […]
Ottavio Bianchi and Alberto Bigon have done it. In fact, they are the only two who have done it. During Napoli’s finest era, when players like Maradona, Ciro Ferrara, Alemao, Zola, and Careca donned the sky-blue jersey, Bianchi and Bigon managed their respective Partenopei teams to Scudetto titles. Bianchi had the honour of overseeing Napoli’s […]
On a tense spring evening, the floodlights of the Stadio Olympico illuminate the semi-final of the 2017 TIM Cup. More importantly, its also the Derby della Capitale, as Roma and Lazio lock horns in Italy’s fieriest derby. 36 minutes in, the ball is delicately plucked out of the air by the brightest light on the […]
Serie ‘A’ in the 90s was a thriving dreamland for players and fans alike. It was a competition where teams were still awarded just two points for a win but coming off the back of Italia ‘90. However, Serie ‘A’ was regarded as the place to be as a big-name footballer. Reading over the player […]
As Italian football waves goodbye for the winter break, it gives us a few parting presents before leaving for two weeks. Benevento pull off another shock, Lazio and SPAL’s seven-goal thriller and Walter Mazzarri – he’s back! Friday 5 January Chievo 1-1 Udinese Fresh after dominating December’s Serie A Team of the Month, Massimo Oddo’s impressive […]
