Milan lost the weekend event 0-1 to city rivals Inter and word on the street is Pato ain’t going anywhere soon as owner Silvio Berlusconi has sent the word down he wants two upfront and that means, for the time being, a Ibra-Pato partnership must bloom. Team vice-president Adriano Galliani was quoted on the club’s official website as saying, “We’re still five points ahead of Inter though, and only a point from the top… continuing, It was a game that [...]

Gazzetta dello Sport Inter Shout Nerazzurri beat Milan with a Milito goal are back in the scudetto race Moratti: “Ranieri is a wise guy. Now we’ll see about Tevez…” Juve are top on their own Udinese stop as Genoa celebrate Lazio re-start Fiorentina down       Tuttosport Juve Benefit Draw with Cagliari but the Inter win sends them to the top alone. Only a point for Conte’s team, which turns to gold with Milan’s defeat in derby. Juve extend [...]

Courtesy of MilanChannel Zlatan Ibrahimovic gives us a few words on the coming Milan derby against city rivals Internazionale with much praise for defender Thiago Silva

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Gazzetta dello Sport Tevez comes to the table Galliani dines with the Argentine in Rio and has a yes Then he makes an ‘original’ offer to the English But Inter try the overtake and offer more to City United think about Wes again, Leo on Maicon Ferguson is ready to offer 30 million for Sneijder. And PSG are interested in the Brazilian De Rossi, Roma’s true rival is Mancini Vazquez to Palermo, he made River cry Zaccheroni: “Conte can beat [...]

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 [...]

This week’s round of Serie A games wasn’t exactly full of outstanding team performances. Napoli scored four but still managed to concede twice to relegation-threatened Lecce, Juventus and Milan recorded routine victories against struggling opposition and Bologna took three valuable points from Siena. On paper, Fiorentina’s 3-0 win over Roma seems the weekend’s most notable performance, but there was more to this game than met the eye. Both teams were in need of a win. New Viola coach Delio Rossi [...]

Two title contenders will be squaring off this Saturday in Rome as Juventus travel to Lazio. The two clubs are currently sitting at the top of the table with 22 points a side, and they are arguably the two most in form clubs at the moment in Serie A. Coming into this match, Juventus are the only unbeaten side in Italy with 6 wins and 4 draws. Lazio have the same record with the inclusion of one loss, a 2-1 [...]

Gazzetta dello Sport Juve, you can do it! - Operation Scudetto - Assault for Montolivo Antonio, come here and let me hug you Napoli - Mazzarri against Mancini: “We need a super game” Inter - Ranieri charged up: “I’ve noticed new air. Immediately into the last 16” Denis, a saint and a diet: “That’s how I score at Atalanta” Tuttosport Del Piero: “Joy and suffering” Here comes Cassano again! Napoli want to achieve Ranieri: “Double standards with Inter” Toro chase [...]

The number if Italians plying their trade abroad is steadily increasing. Yet despite this, there wasn’t a single Italian named on the Balon ‘dor short list last week. In one way this isn’t entirely surprising given the common disregard Serie A is held in nowadays. Since the hey-day of the last 80′s early 90’s, financial resources of Italian Serie A clubs have decreased significantly. The world’s top players are more likely to play in Spain’s primera for clubs like Real [...]

Sunday’s afternoons clash at the Stadio Bentegodi was billed as the most important game of the season so far and one of the most important in the stuttering career of Domenico Di Carlo the Gialloblu Coach. Coming on the back of three straight defeats and a run of five games without a win, the pressure was mounting on the former Sampdoria Coach. On the opposite bench was a Coach with a similar problem. Sinisa Mihaljovic the Fiorentina Coach has been [...]

A few words from the editor - It is with great pleasure I welcome back Stuart Harper after a recent absence to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Stuart has been one of our best received writers during the last year and his coverage of AS Roma has surely been missed, welcome back Stu! Whether other tifosi feel the same it is hard to say, but for this particular Romanista, watching Roma this year has been a surreal experience, like [...]