What a tasty evening at the San Siro for hosts Milan. They retain pole position in the scudetto by besting second place Napoli 3-0. Milan goalscorers Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin Boateng and Alex Pato all put in good performances. Napoli even at the interval (0-0), gave up an early penalty in 4th minute of the second half. The Swede Ibrahimovic stepped up to spot and converted and the rest it seems is history as our visitors, unable to turn things in [...]
Archive for February, 2011
This past weekend Foggia, coached by Zdenek Zeman, scored from a throw-in resulting from their opponents Gela putting the ball out of play so an injured Foggia player could receive treatment. The goal allowed them to snatch a 2-2 draw and unsurprising a fight that needed police intervention ensued. Enjoy!
Tonight Milan entertain Napoli in what will be a showdown between the main protagonists for this season’s Scudetto. At the start of the season few expected Napoli to be serious title contenders. Yet, as it stands, the Partenopei are the one team with the best chance of overtaking the Rossoneri and claiming an unlikely Scudetto triumph. The last time Napoli won the Serie A title was back in 1990 with a team inspired by none other than Diego Armando Maradona. [...]
Inter required a late Wesley Sneijder free kick to settle the nerves as Sampdoria battled hard throughout the match, even hitting the post in the first half thanks to Andrea Poli. However Samuel Eto’o grabbed a second to kill the tie at the death.
The Italian Football FanCast is the podcast for fans of Serie A and Calcio. On this edition of the Italian Football FanCast, we examine the news that Serie A will lose a Champions League place to the Bundesliga as of the 2012/13 season. Why has this happened? and who is to blame? The clubs, UEFA and Italian tactics are all under the spotlight. We also have a special guest on the show. The only British player plying his trade in the [...]
After rubbing your eyes and checking the date, you can be sure it is true. Amauri did indeed score two goals today to tie the match for Parma, who came from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Roma.
A masterful display from Udinese saw them run riot in Sicily, coming away from the Stadio Barbera as 7-0 winners over Palermo. Alexis Sanchez bagged four while Antonio Di Natale got the other three. It must be said that Palermo did have two players sent off, but nonetheless knives will be sharpened for Delio Rossi as his dismissal looks sure to come soon.
Juventus were stung by a resolute Bologna side at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin. The home team were kept at bay by some excellent last ditch defending by the visitors, who themselves managed two goals on the break through former Juve striker Marco Di Vaio. Check out the highlights below…
Played 14. Won 4. Drawn 6. Lost 4 An abysmal record belonging not to one of Serie A’s relegation threatened teams but to Juventus against teams currently in the bottom half of the table. It is unacceptable for a club of their stature and a situation which must be reversed should the Bianconeri be serious in their aspiration to improve upon last seasons dire seventh place finish. The latest result, Saturday evenings 0-2 loss at home to Bologna – a [...]
Reuters Pictures 7 days ago Adriano Galliani (C), chief executive of AC Milan, chats with Barbara Berlusconi (R), daughter of Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, as they arrive on the tribune for the AC Milan against Chievo Verona soccer match in Verona February 20, 2011.
Probable Formations Matchday 27 Italian Serie A Saturday 26.02.11 20:45 Juventus vs Bologna Juventus (4-4-2): Storari, Grygera, Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini, Krasic, Felipe Melo, Marchisio, Martinez, Matri. Iaquinta Bologna (4-3-1-2): Viviano, Esposito, Portanova, Britos, Rubin, Perez, Mudingayi, Della Rocca, Casarini, Di Vaio, Meggiorini Sunday 27.02.11 12:30 Catania vs Genoa Catania (4-3-1-2): Andujar, Potenza, Silvestre, Augustyn, Alvarez, Schelotto, Ledesma, Lodi, Gomez, Bergessio, Maxi Lopez Genoa (4-4-2): Eduardo, Mesto, Kaladze, Dainelli, Moretti, Rossi, Veloso, Kucka, Criscito, Floro Flores, Palacio 15:00 AS Roma vs [...]
Champion’s league hopefuls Juventus and Roma will be looking to pick up after a disappointing round last week, which saw the bianconeri fall to a shock defeat versus struggling Lecce and Claudio Ranieri sacked. Elsewhere possibly Serie A’s two most exciting teams will go head to head, whilst there’s only the small matter of the top two teams squaring off at the San Siro… Saturday 26th February (2045 CET) Juventus (7) v Bologna (12) Bologna continue to defy the odds [...]
