While Inter’s Champions League triumph was a major boost to Serie A, the Nerazzurri’s continued domination of Calcio does nothing but hurt the Italian national team. Inter guaranteed Italy’s clubs will have four spots to fight over for the opportunity to play in the Champions League yet during their quest to achieve European glory the Nerazzurri barely had any Italian starters. Mario Balotelli was often clashing with former coach Jose Mourinho and saw his playing time limited towards the end of last season while [...]

So there we go, the waiting is over. The first round of Calcio is under our belt and it has already thrown up some interesting conundrums. AC Milan were they only member of the big four to win, the gap between teams appears to have closed leading to a host of competitive games, plus we have seen the Sebastian Giovinco let loose from his Juventus shackles. The final game of the weekend was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara where [...]

Reuters – Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic shows an AC Milan scarf to supporters after arriving from Barcelona at Linate airport in Milan August 29, 2010. AC Milan reached agreement with Barcelona on Saturday to bring former Inter Milan striker Ibrahimovic back to Italy in a move the club hope will ignite their title chances.

AC Milan welcomed Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a halftime celebration in which he received his new AC Milan jersey by team officials. AC Milan went on to defeat opponents Lecce 4-0 Sunday evening. Goalscorers Tiago Silva, Pipo Inzaghi and a double strike for the young man Pato.

Roma started their season Saturday against Cesena, wanting to send a strong message they are contenders for the Scudetto this season. However, it looked like there were some early season kinks that need to be worked out. With the Super Coppa behind them, they can focus on the season now. Here was the starting lineup Goalkeeper- Julio Sergio; Defenders- Casetti, Mexes, Juan, Riise; Midfield- Perrotta, Pizarro, De Rossi; Forwards – Menez, Totti, and Vucinic. Roma started off on the attack [...]

Check this out from Genoa midfielder Mesto, as a overhead strike kicks off the Serie A 2010-2011 season

Already into match day one and surprises from both away sides as newcomers Cesena and Genoa share in the spoils. Roma 0-0 Cesena No Party no Totti? usually the rally cry (or excuse) but it was no party Saturday in the Roman capital even with their talisman Francesco in the starting XI. Cesena keeper Francesco Antonioli made a fabulous start between the sticks for his promoted squad, as the visitors held hosts AS Roma to a scoreless draw late Saturday, [...]

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Europe’s elite gathered in Monaco over the past few days to witness the draw for football’s premier tournament and also the Continent’s top two teams battle it out for the European Super Cup. Fans travelled from Milan and Madrid to witness a special night when Internazionale took on Atletico Madrid. The venue for this classic was the Stade Louis II, the date Friday 27th August 2010; the managers Rafael Benitez and Quique Sanchez Flores. The two teams were set up [...]

Gazzetta dello Sport Milan with Ibra against Mou Achtung! Inter with Werder, Roma with Bayern The draw hands Allegri a tough group Galliani optimistic on Ibra “I’ll also invite the Inter fans to the party” Quagliarella is a Juve player, Napoli fans are furious Attack on Maroni was premeditated             Corriere dello Sport Ibra to Milan: Yes! Juve get Quagliarella Del Piero, Cavani and Hernandez score Euro goals Burdisso freezes Del Neri: “I want only [...]

“Milan can do it if we believe, because we don’t fear any team in the world, not even Manchester United. On the contrary, it’s the others who must fear us.” Silvio Berlusconi has been delivering fantastical sound bites of this ilk in the sporting and political domain for over 24 years now, however  as Milan’s subsequent 7-2 drubbing over the two legs back in April proved, his words are starting to sound more than a little empty. The Berlusconi effect [...]

Roma have set the bar pretty high for themselves after their performance last season. The capitalista came in second place overall in the league and were the Coppa Italia runners up. Before the season even started many of the Roma players are hungry for the scudetto. Although the club did not do any big spending during the summer transfer window, they did get some players that could be particularly beneficial for them in domestic league games as well as the [...]