It just might be Serie A’s answer to a cold night at the Britannia Stadium. An icy December day at the Stadio Friuli is the kind of test that a pundit might think would be a step too far for a star foreign player, particularly a boy from Brazil. But, back in the 1980s, there was one golden player ready to prove them wrong. This was a time when the frontiers had not long reopened to Stranieri and Italy was [...]

Youthful exuberance is sweeping through Trigoria. Gone is the wizen Ranieri, replaced by the comparatively fresh-faced Luis Enrique – and accompanying the Spaniard is an armada of talent barely free from adolescence. But while fan’s fervour is reserved for the nineteen year old Erik Lamela, along with Bojan Krcic and Loic Nego at just one year Lamela’s senior, an investment in experience may possibly be Luis Enrique’s shrewdest move of all. The recruitment of Gabriel Heinze at the ripe old [...]

Guest writer/Steve Amoia Juventus Football Club has traveled to North America for a three-game tour to participate in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge. The team has been based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has been holding daily training sessions at the NovaCare facility of the NFL franchise, the Philadelphia Eagles. Five members of the 2006 World Cup winning team (Andrea Barzagli, Gianluigi Buffon, Alessandro Del Piero, Andrea Pirlo and Luca Toni) along with many other internationals, comprise the 27-man Juventus [...]

Juventus FC have officially launched their Nike 2011/12 home and away kits today! The Bianconeri are seventh place finishers from last season but with the unveiling of their new attire, via a press conference at their new stadium, and on their website they are clearly looking to shoot for the stars this coming season with more respect! Gone is that crazy tri-colour and thunder bolt-ish stripe. In comes a sleek almost hypnotic stripe design on the home jersey and a [...]

Episode 18 welcomes guest writer Rocco Cammisola to the show and a return to the podcast analyst position of Adam Digby. Part I focus starts with banter on the success of AC Milan as scudetti number 18 arrives at the San Siro. Give the show a listen and leave your comments below also make sure to follow us at SerieAWeekly on twitter Additional topics include, Top Four place just out of reach for Lazio maybe next season Juventus and Roma [...]

Adriano Galliani, Clarence Seedorf, Mark Van Bommel and representatives from Adidas as well as team sponsors from Fly Emirates were all present for this First Live Blog Event from Milan. Internet bloggers were encouraged to login and ask questions of the panel and players during the event, hope other Serie A clubs are taking notes and plan on doing the same in the future. Watch now several highlights of the new 2011-2012 Adidas AC Milan jersey presentation below.     [...]

Just back from the live online conference so this will be in point form, the host of presenters included Adriano Galliani and AC Milan player/models Luca Antonini, Mark Van Bommel and AC Milan’s glorious elder statesman Clarence Seedof Changes to the AC Milan kit 3 white across shoulders signifying the traditional adidas logo stripes multiple thinner vertical black striping across the front and back, Galliani commented on this as a throwback to the team’s original championship victory of 1901 lega [...]

Leonardo “emotions will decide derby” Leonardo “early goal changed everything”

Bayern Munich vs Inter a smash and grab? naaa more like a monster mash a la Internazionale, with all fault of losing lying at the feet of Bayern players and perhaps the woodwork on one or two occasions. “After seeing Bayern miss so many chances, we told ourselves that qualification was not lost,” said Inter’s Lucio while Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger referring to Inter’s Marco Materazzi after match said, “I understand how Zidane felt,” with reports surfacing on war [...]

What a tasty evening at the San Siro for hosts Milan. They retain pole position in the scudetto by besting second place Napoli 3-0. Milan goalscorers Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin Boateng and Alex Pato all put in good performances. Napoli even at the interval (0-0), gave up an early penalty in 4th minute of the second half. The Swede Ibrahimovic stepped up to spot and converted and the rest it seems is history as our visitors, unable to turn things in [...]

Inter required a late Wesley Sneijder free kick to settle the nerves as Sampdoria battled hard throughout the match, even hitting the post in the first half thanks to Andrea Poli. However Samuel Eto’o grabbed a second to kill the tie at the death.

After rubbing your eyes and checking the date, you can be sure it is true. Amauri did indeed score two goals today to tie the match for Parma, who came from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Roma.