Cesare Prandelli has insisted that tomorrow’s Euro 2012 qualifier will be about results and not experimentation and yet with five previously uncapped players called up along with the burdens of multiples injuries, the Azzurri team Coach will be forced to experiment with his new line-up that is largely composed of Juve and Sampdoria players.
On paper, this seems like an easy fixture for the Italians who will play their first competitive...More
Before Michel Platini became the hard-nosed president of UEFA, he graced Calcio with arguably the most beautiful football to have been played at the time.
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He was a visionary and one of the greatest talents to have ever been produced in France. Despite only spending five seasons at Juventus, he created and continued such an indelible mark of success at the club. He was a tradit...More
Last week Torino suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of newly-promoted minnows Varese. This 2-1 home defeat in the opening week of their Serie B campaign, sent shockwaves around the Stadio Olimpico as the fans had expected to get off to a winning start. This week saw I Granata travel to Cittadella where their season was meant to get back on track, but it was not to be as the home side ran out 2-1 winners giving Torino fans much ...More
Milan had a successful weekend on and off the pitch as the club added Zlatan Ibrahimovic to their squad, with the Swedish striker on hand to witness his new team crush the visiting Lecce 4-0. Alexandre Pato managed to score a brace setting aside any lingering doubts about his fitness, while the fourth goal was scored by none other than goal poacher Filippo Inzaghi, who continues to show his instincts in front of goal have not deserted h...More
It’s been an up-and-down few days for the Neapolitan faithful. They secured their passage into the Europa League group stages, one of their best players and hometown heroes left in a shocking transfer, only for the club to recover and earn a good result on Serie A’s opening weekend.
Fabio Quagliarella, born and bred in Napoli, and a key part of Walter Mazzarri’s team, was set to form a fearsome attacking trident with Ezequiel Lave...More
Roma got their season underway in the most uninspiring way possible. A game that many had predicted would be a walk in the park turned out to be a much sterner test. Newly promoted Cesena battled doggedly for 90 minutes to earn a famous point at the Stadio Olimpico. While not an appalling performance from i Giallorossi, Claudio Ranieri is likely to be kept awake at night by one aspect in particular – his side’s miserable failure to scor...More
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