The Italian Football FanCast is the podcast for fans of Serie A and Calcio. On this edition of the Italian Football FanCast, we look at Milan’s charge for the Scudetto as they steamrollered Napoli at the San Siro thanks to a wonderful performance from Alexandre Pato. Our roving reported Paolo Rusmini fill us in on all the action. Unfortunately for Kris Voakes, Palermo’s match with Udinese was full of goals, but the seven that were scored were all for the Zebrete [...]
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 [...]
Champion’s league hopefuls Juventus and Roma will be looking to pick up after a disappointing round last week, which saw the bianconeri fall to a shock defeat versus struggling Lecce and Claudio Ranieri sacked. Elsewhere possibly Serie A’s two most exciting teams will go head to head, whilst there’s only the small matter of the top two teams squaring off at the San Siro… Saturday 26th February (2045 CET) Juventus (7) v Bologna (12) Bologna continue to defy the odds [...]
The Italian Football FanCast is the podcast for fans of Serie A and Calcio. On this edition of the Italian Football FanCast, we look back at another eventful weekend in the peninsula, especially in Genoa where Roma threw away a three goal lead to eventually lose the game, and we have our new roving reporter on the case to tell us exactly how such a tragedy could occur. As a result of the defeat, Roma boss Claudio Ranieri handed in his [...]
Gazzetta dello Sport Roma, what a folly The Coach [Ranieri] resigns A super Genoa comes back from 3-0 down to win 4-3 Montella close to Roma job Napoli soar, the party continues Juve suffer awful knock out, Buffon sent off and Lecce explode Stankovic: ‘The beautiful arrives now’ Robinho’s opener should have been disallowed for handball Milan pepper Chievo Pato subbed on and scores winner Corriere dello Sport Referees: Gift to Milan as well Robinho’s goal [...]
Number 10 for the match day starts with that cheeky little pass from Zlatan Ibranimovic to Pato of Milan which nutmegs the Genoa defender in the process. This of course was the only goal for Milan on the day and the match result ended as a 1-1 draw against their hosts. Milan would drop 2 points to trailing clubs Napoli, Udinese and Inter. Make sure to listen to this week’s Serie A Weekly podcast as we cover all the scores [...]
Gazzetta dello Sport Five star Inter Leo’s side are now five points behind Milan Editorial: Scudetto signal Pato’s wasteful Rossoneri are stopped Napoli are on go with a Super Cavani The dream continues Thiago Motta called up to the Italy squad with Matri and Giovinco Miccoli with a heartbreaking goal against Lecce Corriere dello Sport Napoli are in Milan’s zone Cavani leads the Azzurri to victory in Cesena Inter fly high Leo’s side tremble a little [...]
Milan have a fantastic array of attacking talent but a huge dearth of depth in both midfield and defence. While an injured forward simply means another world class star takes off his tracksuit and enters the fray, a knock to either Alessandro Nesta or Thiago Silva leaves most Rossoneri fans with palpitations akin to those club President’s have when discovering player has Mino Raiola is his agent. With a number of large contracts due to expire this coming summer it [...]
For the second consecutive week Milan failed to claim all three points. An absolute wonder strike by Zlatan Ibrahimovic that was deserving of a match winner was cancelled out late in the game by a Ruben Olivera equaliser. In truth, Max Allegri’s side did not deserve victory. The Rossoneri lacked imagination in the final third and only recorded three strikes on goal in the whole match. Milan dominated possession but this came as little surprise with a midfield comprised of [...]
Gazzetta dello Sport A Wasted Ibra Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s most spectacular career goals was not enough for Milan, who were pegged back 1-1 at Lecce Good thing there is Del Piero After two losses a shot in the arm for the Bianconeri still in emergency mode (2-1). A moment of magic from Alexandro and Aquilani punish Bari. Barca make a break for it, Mourinho flops The Catalans are Winter Champions. Kaka burned out, as Real Madrid draw against last place Almeria. [...]
When Milan signed Antonio Cassano his arrival was met with much scepticism. Given Cassano’s turbulent past that has seen him in trouble with managers, players and presidents alike, this scepticism was justifiable. The former Bari prodigy is an incredible talent but is also an equally volatile character. It is early days, indeed, and Cassano has only made one appearance for the Rossoneri and it was as a substitute. Nonetheless, the former Sampdoria talisman proved to be a crucial figure in [...]
It may have been a while but it finally came, a Milan performance characterised by grit and determination that almost translated into an unlikely win. In the lead up to this match, given Milan’s recent poor form and their humiliating loss to Real Madrid two weeks ago, many pundits, including myself, wrote off Milan’s chances in this game. Yet, Milan were only one minute away from claiming a momentous victory. Had it not been for the dagger placed into the [...]
