In the last midweek action before the holiday break there was a plethora of goals in Serie A. Napoli hit six past Genoa, Atalanta hit four against Cesena and Inter Milan also notched four this time at home to Lecce. AC Milan ended the year as winter champions after Juventus were held 0-0 away at Udinese. Tuesday 20th December There were two games on Tuesday evening; the first game was Fiorentina away trip to Siena which ended up in a [...]

As the Serie A season enters the winter break, Lazio sit firmly in fourth position on 30 points after an encouraging start to the season. They have only lost two games in the league (against Juventus and, once high-flying, Genoa) and they have qualified from the Europa League group stages. The additions made to the squad in the summer have been incredibly influential in helping carry the squad forward. From back to front most of the new signings have made [...]

Carlos Tevez The Argentinean forward has been heavily linked with a loan move to AC Milan this January. Having fallen out with Manchester City, he is currently on strike, back home in Argentina. Milan will look to secure him on a loan deal with an agreed fee to be paid in June; similar to the deal struck for Ibrahimovic in 2009. It is doubtful that Manchester City will be willing to let him go on loan. They wish to be [...]

Serie A Weekly welcomes writer Luca Cetta to our pages Udinese and Juventus played out a 0-0 draw at the Stadio Friuli in Wednesday evening’s early Serie A kick-off. The winner would go first, but in a match of few clear cut chances, Juve remains unbeaten while Udinese’s home winning streak has come to an end. Claudio Marchisio had two first half efforts which both ended wide of Samir Handanovic’s goal, while the Zebrette threatened after Giorgio Chiellini’s error required [...]

With another match day already upon us Serie A did not disappoint at the weekend and there was some cracking action. Apart from Napoli all of the top teams in Italy picked up wins i.e. AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma. Juventus returned to the top of the league. Here are the Top 5 Goals of Week 15 5. Pablo Osvaldo Napoli vs. Roma The reason I chose this goal to be in the top five was the delivery [...]

Roma relieved all pressure on their previously under-fire boss Luis Enrique with a Sunday evening victory at Napoli’s San Paolo. Lining-up without regulars Miralem Pjanic, Fernando Gago and Simon Kjaer, the Giallorossi took the lead after just three minutes. Erik Lamela’s cross deflected off Salvatore Aronica and bounced over the line after striking ‘keeper Morgan De Sanctis’ arm: a freak goal, but one that gave Roma a dream start. The first half progressed at a frenetic pace with both sides [...]

Another week and another win, as Juventus roll through Novara to keep their unbeaten streak intact. It was always going to be a tall task for Novara as they entered the Juventus stadium and the home team was unfortunate to not score more. Although the visitors did have a few chances, this match was all Juve. Juventus had a little different look to start this game, as Conte chose a few players who had not started many games this season. [...]

While the economy in Italy lurches from one crisis to another, there is an export market which shows no signs of a slump. Across Europe, it seems, there is a prized product of the peninsula which never sees demand dry up. An unerring rule of the football market appears to have been established: if you seek success and tactical acumen – go out and hire a Italian coach. The founding fathers of this global trade were the likes of Fabio [...]

Sunday night Roma won the Derby del Sole at the San Paolo beating Napoli 3-1. Inter Milan won away at Cesena, Juventus’ brilliant start to the season continues and AC Milan won at home to Siena Saturday evening, looks like the traditional top four of Italian Serie A are back as the lead pack. Saturday 17th December Three games on Saturday night; the first was Chievo with a home victory over Cagliari 2-0. Chievo goal scorers were Cyril Thereau and [...]

There is no denying that the Nerazzurri season thus far has been full of trials and tribulations, with the critics out in full force tearing into the former European and reigning World Champions at any given opportunity. Just last week, Inter were barely above the relegation zone, languishing near the bottom of the table after a defeat at home to second place Udinese.  The loss came after two consecutive wins, seemingly killing any momentum the team had hoped to garner.  [...]

Many in Italy consider former Azzurri international Roberto as the greatest Italian player of all time. He may have never won the world cup though he did come very close to doing so, nor did he ever win the Champions League or the European Cup as it was called during his time. However, a few days ago the former Inter, AC Milan and Juventus striker, who is now attaining his coaching credentials claimed that Italian football is on the rise [...]

Let’s rewind back to August, in the days leading up to the (delayed) Serie A season. If someone told you that Udinese would be tied for first place two games before the winter break, you would have probably laughed, and rightfully so, considering that the Friuli side lost two of their best players in Alexis Sanchez and Gökhan Inler to Barcelona and Napoli respectively. And yet, here we are; Udinese are currently tied for first with Juventus at 30 points, [...]