Archive for the ‘Italian Football’ Category

Icons: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

August 19th, 2011

Everybody knows the frequent criticisms of modern top-level football. The players earn too much and learn too little. There’s no loyalty. Aviator shades are stupid. Arrogance is unbecoming. The game is losing touch with the people that allow it…Read More

Napoli, Mazzarri and the dark side of benevolent megalomania

May 24th, 2011

Despite being contracted to the club until 2013 and leading his charges into the Champions League, reports from Sky Italia began to circulate on Monday that coach Walter Mazzarri was on the verge of being sacked by Serie A…Read More

Serie A: Juventus 0-1 AC Milan

March 6th, 2011

AC Milan demolished Napoli on Monday night and looked to cement their Scudetto hold in Saturday’s match against Juventus, watched by Chris Nee. The Rossoneri, unbeaten in the league since the middle of December, started the game five points…Read More

Serie A: Bologna’s battle to stay alive

January 28th, 2011

Bologna have hit the headlines in Italy this season for all the wrong reasons, as the rossoblu lurch from crisis to crisis. Rocco Cammisola investigates a tale of multiple owners, pigs’ heads and a club fighting for its very…Read More

Serie A: Chievo 1-1 Juventus

December 19th, 2010

In Serie A, the Flying Donkeys of Chievo scored a late but deserved equaliser to frustrate Juve’s Scudetto ambitions in a game that had everything: red cards, spectacular goals and misses, and a shaky Juventus backline, writes Gary Andrews.

Anybody…Read More

Serie A: AC Milan 0-1 Roma

December 19th, 2010

This Serie A season is red and black. Going into last night’s game against Roma, Max Allegri’s AC Milan were six points clear of Juventus, Napoli and Lazio, and a whopping 13 clear of champions Inter Milan. Roma’s recovery…Read More