Serie A Weekly guest writer Michael Moruzzi with a few words on an Inter turnaround in the making Inter didn’t lend themselves to stability during the past two decades. The dogmatic approach to accumulating silverware – epitomised by Milan and Juventus in the late 1980’s and 90’s – was not for them. They followed their own path and for a long time there were few in Europe that could rival Inter’s spending, but as numerous immensely talented players came and [...]

Milan recorded their first win in the Champions League this season after they defeated Czech side Viktoria Plzen 2-0 at the San Siro on Wednesday night. It was not a vintage display by any stretch from the seven time European champions but it was enough to gain all three points and keep pace with Barcelona in Group H. In the post-match press conference Plzen coach Pavel Vrba said, “Ibrahimovic was the best player on the pitch.” He was right. Zlatan [...]

We have a mouth watering prospect of a game on Saturday night as Inter Milan take on Napoli at the San Siro. Both teams are coming off an almighty high in the Champions league as Inter Milan won away in Russia at CSKA Moscow and Napoli comfortably won 2-0 at home against Spanish side Villarreal. This is going to be Claudio Ranieri first home game as tenure as Inter Milan and he is hoping for a third win in a [...]

On Sunday Juventus host Milan in the first big competitive match at their shiny new stadium. In lieu of writing a traditional preview, I’ve decided to take a look at some points to watch out for during the course of the match. 1) Which lineup will Antonio Conte deploy? During the first three games, Conte used his favored attacking 4-4-2 against teams that played similar formations in Parma, Siena, and Bologna. During last weekend’s match against Catania, however, Conte used [...]

Gazzetta dello Sport Ibra-force Milan Swede is super in the Champions League to beat Viktoria 2-0 He converts a penalty and sets up Cassano, whose goal is the 2,000th in the Berlusconi era This is how the Ranieri ‘cure’ works Four-man defence, new trequartista and front line. Stankovic ready for Saturday, Pazzini in doubt Cavani injured, so Pandev is ready Matador won’t be at San Siro Udinese rotate squad in Glasgow Lazio, watch out for Sporting Juve, Conte rediscovers Vucinic [...]

History was made in Serie-B this weekend. Juve Stabia, the minnows from Castellammare di Stabia hadn’t won in the division since beating Reggiani 2-1 at home on the 20th April 1952. That was one of only three wins in the second half of the season as they tumbled into ignominy for the best part of six decades. On Saturday the sun rose for the 21,707th time and that wait finally came to an end with a 3-2 win over Pescara. [...]

The post Bayern Munich interview with Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini bears bad fruit as the Italian describes the bench scene at Allianz Arena with Carlos Tevez’s refusal to play for the Blues. The visitors are already down by two goal when Mancini motioned for the Argentine forward to sub on for the final 30 minutes. You can watch the entire interview with Roberto Mancini HERE To counter the claims of the last 12 hours the player has release a [...]

Thursday evening sees Lazio continue their Europa League campaign in Portugal against Sporting Lisbon. The Rome side will be anxious to get their European campaign back on track after a disappointing draw at home to Romanian side FC Vaslui in their first outing, but will also be incredibly wary of Sporting – who are clearly the other big club in the group. The sides have never faced each other before – in fact it is Lazio’s competitive game in the [...]

What a difference a week makes. Two fixtures into the Serie A campaign and Siena were down at the wrong end of the table with a single point and no goals from games against Catania and Juventus. Fast-forward seven days and the Robur are ninth after two inspired performances saw them take four points from six, starting with a draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Many expected Luis Enrique’s new-look side to click into gear against Siena on Thursday night but [...]

Guest Writer Anthony Lopopolo – AC Milan will attempt to re-establish a winning record at home in the Champions League as it hosts newcomer Viktoria Plzen at the San Siro on Wednesday. A litany of injuries has limited the first-team choices of coach Massimiliano Allegri as of late, with as many as 10 potential starters on the treatment table. Against Plzen, Zlatan Ibrahimovic could make only his third competitive appearance of the year for Milan since injuring his groin in [...]

This was Napoli’s first ever Champions League match at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples. Last time the Partenopei competed in Europe’s premier competition was in 1990, when they lost on penalties to Spartak Moscow in round two of the European Cup. third party link: Napoli 2-0 Villarreal DISCLAIMER: SERIEAWEEKLY.COM DOES NOT HOST ANY VIDEO CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE, PLEASE CONTACT THE AGENCIES TRANSMITTING THE AUDIO-VISUAL STREAMS IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMPLAINT. serieaweekly.com provides links to other web [...]

What a rollercoaster week it has been for the Nerazzurri faithful…yet again. As expected, last Wednesday brought about the official end to Gian Piero Gasperini’s reign as Inter head coach, with the damning 3-1 loss to Novara solidifying his fate. After zero wins in the first five competitive matches, a stop plug was needed to halt any more of Inter’s season running down the drain. The stop plug’s name?  Claudio Ranieri. Many have questioned the hiring of Ranieri and his [...]