Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles. See you at the same time tomorrow for [...]

At first glance Roma and Juventus could not appear to be two more different clubs; hailing from two very different cities, one with a young former player as coach and the other with a well-travelled veteran of Calcio’s benches. A closer look however reveals each to be far more alike than either set of fans would care to admit. To explain these similarities we asked Stuart Harper and Adam Digby to give their opinion on four inescapable parallels. Under New [...]

There has been no Serie A action over the last week due to Euro 2012 qualifying and International friendlies, but it returns this weekend. For Sampdoria have a massive game on their hands away to Chievo and with this game coming up the Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone has given the new coach Alberto Cavasin a vote of confidence. The mad president came out in Wednesday press and revealed that Alberto Cavasin will remain in charge of the first team for [...]

Back to join us during  this international week of Euro 2012 qualifers is Giancarlo Rinaldi.  The panel discuss the Prandelli revolution or evolution, depending how you see things. Topics include, Born in Brazil but with roots in Rovigo What are Oriundi, Giancarlo? Midfield footing Age of the ‘destroyer’ is over New partnerships Players of interest include, Stefano Mauri, Giampaolo Pazzini, Alessandro Matri, Leonardo Bonucci, Antonio Cassano, Riccardo Montolivo, Alberto Aquilani, Gigi Buffon and Federico Balzaretti Podcast Powered By EPLWeekly Standard [...]

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles. See you at the same time tomorrow for [...]

With most of the peninsula focused on the Milan derby this weekend with the front runners taking on their second place rivals for the Scudetto, it would be easy to forget about another derby taking place that is just as important for the parties involved. The Derby della Sicilia between Palermo and Catania is second to none in terms of rivalry and passion. While most of Serie A may focus on the more glamorous matchup between Milan and Inter, an entire island’s inhabitants [...]

With the new found optimism for Italy’s goalkeeping future beyond Gigi Buffon being highlighted yesterday,  Qasa Alom takes a moment to reflect on the strange and sad tale of Federico Marchetti. As another International break draws to an end, it seems that Cesare Prandelli’s new look youthful Italian national team have answered many questions and passed scrutiny with aplomb. Prior to the qualifier against Slovenia there was a vested interest in seeing how the former Fiorentina manager would address the [...]

The obvious choices for the difference makers of theInter would be Samuel Eto’o and Wesley Sneijder, while for cross-town rivals Milan it is a question of who will step up in place of Zlatan Ibrahimovich. But the two clubs are much more than their respective superstars, it is too easy to just point out how many goals Eto’o has contributed this season or how Sneijder runs the offense.  It may well be a team game but there are always certain [...]

Much changed and much accomplished. Cesare Prandelli continues his brilliant run with the Italian National Team with a two-nil victory over Ukraine. What exactly can Italy fans take away from this? Here are six points worth noting. Cesare Prandelli is the new Tinkerman. A better one. Claudio Ranieri, the old “Tinkerman”, has become somewhat infamous for tinkering in all the wrong ways. For the former Chelsea boss, a set starting eleven is as a spider to an arachnophobe : something [...]

This time on LaMagicast, Julian welcomes Greg back from his hiatus as well as special guest, Oscar of Blogistuta fame (The link to his blog can be found here). Oscar is a well-known and highly respected Romanisti who joined the crew to discuss quite a bit on this special international break episode. Without any game to preview, instead a Juventus preview is discussed: will the game be won down the middle, Alberto Aquilani vs Daniele De Rossi style, or down [...]

Juventus striker Alessandro Matri scores on his debut v Ukraine – March 29 2011

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles. See you at the same time tomorrow for [...]