Serie A Weekly

Football Journeyman Supremo – David Beckham When In Milan

Ebrahim Sadien — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:55 +0000

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Football Journeyman Supremo – David Beckham When In Milan is a post from: Serie A Weekly David Beckham, the 38-year old icon, announced on Thursday 16 May 2013 that he will retire from football at the end of the current season after a long, illustrious and successful career. Beckham won league titles in four different countries and England’s most famous footballer said he was “thankful to PSG (his current club) for giving me the opportunity to continue, but I feel [...]

Juventus Focus: Transfers And Then There Is Gonzalo Higuain

Guest Writer — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:11:28 +0000

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Juventus Focus: Transfers And Then There Is Gonzalo Higuain is a post from: Serie A Weekly The curtains have been drawn on yet another exciting Serie A season which, of course, makes way for months of transfer talk. Indeed, transfer rumors are something that can excite and turn off people in equal measure. Some of rumors out of the rumor mill seem outlandish while a few and just a handful of them have some amount of substance. But that is [...]

Champions League Qualification Done The Milan Way

Ebrahim Sadien — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:21:44 +0000

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Champions League Qualification Done The Milan Way is a post from: Serie A Weekly It was meant to be somewhat of an easy task for Milan. Siena had reassured Fiorentina in the lead up to the game that they would not give up without a fight despite already being relegated. However with so much to play for and with the huge gulf in talent between the two squads Milan were expected to win comfortably. True to form, Milan came out [...]

Serie B Focus: History Made As Sassuolo Wins League And Promotion

Robert Hay — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:06:02 +0000

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Serie B Focus: History Made As Sassuolo Wins League And Promotion is a post from: Serie A Weekly If you were visiting Parma (for cheese undoubtedly) and decided to drive to Bologna (for some delicious meats to go with the cheese), you would take the A1 southeast, driving by smaller Italian cities like Modena. However, if you were to turn off at Via Modena and go away from that city, you would drive to the city of Sassuolo, an Italian [...]

Serie A Match Recap: Sampdoria Win Over Juventus

John O'Donnell — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:43:54 +0000

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Serie A Match Recap: Sampdoria Win Over Juventus is a post from: Serie A Weekly Sampdoria completed the double over Juventus with an incredible 3-2 win at Marassi with goals from Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi. Juventus travelled to Genoa to face Sampdoria in their final Serie A fixture of the season with seemingly little to play for on both sides with the Doria safe from relegation and the Bianconeri having successfully retained their title. However there was [...]

Player Focus: Curtain Call for Edinson Cavani?

John O'Donnell — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:21:40 +0000

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Player Focus: Curtain Call for Edinson Cavani? is a post from: Serie A Weekly For three seasons, Napoli fans have witnessed the emergence of one of football’s potentially legend strikers. Playing for a club defined by its owner’s outrageous personality and cult-like dedication to the Maradona days, Edinson Cavani has been a name but not THE NAME in Italian and world soccer. He has, however, been the subject of rampant transfer speculation for many years and this past season may [...]

A Share Of The Spoils For Milan Roma

Ebrahim Sadien — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:06:06 +0000

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A Share Of The Spoils For Milan Roma is a post from: Serie A Weekly Milan and Roma shared the spoils with a scoreless draw in a match marred by controversy on Sunday evening at the San Siro. Sunday night’s encounter will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Ninety minutes that on occasions threatened to produce a good game of football was instead overshadowed by two red cards and racial abuse aimed at Mario Balotelli by unruly Roma supporters. [...]

Luca Toni Goal Seals Relegation For Palermo

Jordan Willas — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:00:28 +0000

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Luca Toni Goal Seals Relegation For Palermo is a post from: Serie A Weekly Luca Toni’s strike just before half time allowed Fiorentina to keep up their slim hopes of a Champions League spot this season, but also condemned his former side Palermo, to relegation. The veteran Italian, keen to impress on a rare start, came close in the opening stages as a Juan Cuadrado cross was pushed away from him. However the Sicilian side had chances of their own [...]

Juventus Miss Chance To Set New Record Points Total

John O'Donnell — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:18:35 +0000

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Juventus Miss Chance To Set New Record Points Total is a post from: Serie A Weekly Juventus missed the chance to set a new record points total as a great solo goal from Victor Ibarbo held the Champions to a 1-1 draw in Turin. Juve had already clinched the Scudetto title last week with a win against Palermo but were now targeting the 91 points record set by Fabio Capello’s Juventus team in the 2005/06 season, despite this title later [...]

Rossoneri Register – Super Mario Strikes Again!

Ebrahim Sadien — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:25:38 +0000

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Rossoneri Register – Super Mario Strikes Again! is a post from: Serie A Weekly Milan comfortably overcame Pescara 4-0 away from home as they tightened their grip on third place and Champions League football next season. As expected, it was a stroll in the park for AC Milan. The Rossoneri never really got out of second gear nor did they need to. The match stats which included 60% possession for Milan and in turn not a single shot on target [...]