After a rather disappointing week for Italian football in Europe, Serie A resumed with a bunch of exiting games where Napoli crushed Verona, Udinese and Lazio continued their fine domestic form and most importantly, Juventus extending their lead on Roma after the latter stalemate in Genoa, but who was this week’s top players? let’s find … Read more
The history of the beautiful game has been tainted by several factors over the years. Match fixing scandals were undoubtedly the ones which had made the biggest of dents on the credibility of the sport. Although, it is somewhat expected that a sport which is amongst the most popular in the world involving a huge … Read more
France have regularly had some exceptional talents coming through their youth teams. Some of them reached their potential and have gone on to become great players, where as some haven’t lived up to expectations. The most recent batch of U20 internationals – the one which won the U20 World Cup in 2012 left a huge … Read more
In a week where all anticipated Juventus vs Roma, It was referee Rocchi that made the headlines and not the players of the two teams as the “Bianconeri” broke away for the first time at the leadership this season, but who was the best this week in the “peninsula”? let’s see: Rafael (Hellas Verona): Produced … Read more
As we prepare to the big show down between Juventus and Roma next week, both teams continued their winning streak, but it was Cagliari who made the headlines this weekend, humiliating Inter at the Meazza. So who was the top of this week? Let’s find out: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus): Didn’t do much except for his … Read more
As Juventus and Roma continued their hassle at the top of the table, Serie A had a rather exciting midweek games. So who was the best in those? let’s see: Marco Sportiello (Atalanta): No goalkeeper this round did what Bardi or Perin did in the last couple of rounds, but the Atalanta goalie stand out … Read more
Just one round into the new season, the Viola fans have received the devastating news for the 3rd time in two years, Peppito Rossi is injured yet again and he’ll be sidelined for quite a lengthy time, smashing all the hopes of a promising season. But is it really over for Fiorentina? are they out of … Read more
As Serie A returned (finally!) this week, who should we set eyes on as this season’s “dark horse”? Well, for me in Italian football it’s always hard to make predictions when it comes to surprises, any away trip can turn out to be a tricky game and the labels “small teams” or “easy games” aren’t … Read more
And here we go, Serie A is back and it was quite an interesting first week especially for the debutants, some of them who made a stunning start for their new adventure like Pippo Inzaghi , while others got rather a harsh welcoming to Italian football like what Nemanja Vidic had! Let’s take a look … Read more
Since the surprising resignation of Antonio Conte, the fortunes of winning the Serie A has become the most balanced. Let’s face it, Conte’s men has frustrated all the teams that gave a shot in the last three years, Napoli included, but with Conte leaving Juventus, the “Calcio” is maybe set to enter in a new … Read more