A few years ago Inter Milan entered what can only be described as the second “grande era” in the club’s history – the latter perhaps more successful than the first. The unraveling of the infamous Calciopoli scandal left the Beneamata’s direct competition in scatters while the club walked away unscathed – crowned new champions of Italy. For half a decade the black and blue army from Milan has been the undisputed dominant force of Serie A. During that time only [...]

The last time Inter Milan tasted the sweet sensation of Champions League glory was back in 1965 during the club’s “La Grande Inter” era. 45 years have passed since then. On Saturday, May 22nd, the Nerazzurri, under the guidance of the José “The Special One” Mourinho, have the chance to lift the prestigious trophy for the third time in club history with a victory against Bavarian giants, Bayern Munich. For a long time it has been the sole obsession of [...]

As the seasons around the continent are coming to a close, speculations regarding the summer’s possible transfers are being fuelled in every thinkable way. AC Milan ace, Ronaldinho, has been linked with a move to England and the Premier League over the past couple of months after having rediscovered his form earlier this season. The 30-year old has been essential to his side this campaign and played an integral part in the Rossoneri’s late – albeit temporary – title push. [...]

Udinese’s aspiration for the season of 2009/2010 was a top six finish. Instead the north-east Italian club has spent most of the campaign in the second half of the table – hovering dangerously close to the relegation zone. Despite the team’s below par performances, one player has risen above the rest – and has with his goalscoring abilities almost single-handedly kept the side from an otherwise certain drop to Italy’s second tier. Antonio Di Natale has found the back of [...]

Inter Milan entertain CSKA Moscow at the Giuseppe Meazza for the first leg of the quarterfinals in Europe’s premier club competition tonight. Although Josè Mourinho’s men head into the clash as slight favorites, the Italians would themselves no favor by underestimating their Russian opposition in Wednesday evening’s mouth-watering fixture. The Italian champions are set to play their first quarterfinal in the Champions League in four years. Even though things rarely looked convincing in the group stages where the Nerazzurri were [...]

Inter Milan’s Champions League bliss looks to have become AC Milan’s Scudetto delight. The current champions have dropped points carelessly over the past two months, thus relinquishing their formerly iron grip on the title and allowing their cross-town rivals to move within one point. Over the weekend Leonardo’s men were given the chance to move to the top of the table and claim leadership – but failed. Why Leonardo decided field Alexandre Pato in the starting eleven so close after [...]

Tonight the self-proclaimed “Special One”, José Mourinho, returns to Stamford Bridge to take on his former side in a quest to book a spot in the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier club competition. Inter Milan came out of the blocks early against Chelsea in the first encounter at the Giuseppe Meazza a fortnight ago. However, they hardly dominated the game, instead if was pure grit, heart and determination that saw the Nerazzurri restore their lead in the first leg after Salomon [...]

Last Saturday’s showdown between AS Roma and AC Milan was dubbed the direct play-off for second place where the winner would still be in contention for the desirable Scudetto. However, as we all know, the game ended in a stalemate. With Inter Milan luckily falling to their fourth consecutive draw in Serie A, the Rossoneri are still only four points adrift. With 33 more points to play for the Scudetto could end up in either part of the fashion capital. [...]

Italy has produced its share of young prospects over the years, but in recent times, few have been as promising as the rising starlets Davide Santon, Sebastian Giovinco – and Mario Balotelli. The Italian born forward of Ghanaian parents burst on to the scene in the season of 2007/2008 under the tutelage of Roberto Mancini as he bagged a brace against Juventus to put Inter Milan through to the semi-final in the Coppa Italia. The 19-year old superstar certainly has [...]

There was little surprise when Juventus, on January 29, decided to give Ciro Ferrara his marching orders after a string of incredibly poor performances, which had seen the Old Lady fall out of the top four. Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed interim coach and it was to be his duty to drag the Turin outfit back up to the spots generating a place in next season’s Champions League. However, the expectations weren’t very high considering Juve’s new tactician had only worked [...]

The contrasts between the two football clubs of the Eternal City couldn’t have been more evident. While AS Roma has surfaced as title contenders, their city rivals, SS Lazio, are hovering close to the relegation zone. The objective ahead of the new season was a top-six finish. However, Delio Rossi left in the summer due to back room issues and the Coppa Italia triumph under the guidance of the current Palermo boss at the end of last season is a [...]

José Mourinho. Everybody has an opinion on the self-proclaimed “Special One”. Whether you love him or loath him you can’t help but getting affected by whatever comes out of his mouth – that is, if you follow the beautiful game of football. Why? Because the Portuguese mastermind plays one of the lead roles in football – and there’s no way around it. Some call Mourinho an obnoxious quoting machine while others call him a managerial mastermind. Both are obviously correct, [...]