Andrew Bishara

It's true Lyon have finally been knocked from their pedestal, and Bordeaux win 5 – 4 on penalties, the first Cup of the season and the first Girondins' Super Cup victory since 1987. Lyon having won the Super Cup 6 years running makes this a huge change of scenery for French Football. Bordeaux started the […]

Rumours of Tiago Mendes leaving Juventus are circulating, after vacating his home in Turin. The talented Portuguese midfielder was previously linked to both Tottenham and West Ham United of the English Premier League in January of this year. Tiago, who is a regular in the national team, spent one season at Chelsea after Jose Mourinho took him from Benfica and […]

The annual Trofeo TIM pre-season tournament is today in Turin between Italy's top three clubs. For more on this event see my article, Trofeo TIM In Turin

Lazio have revealed their new third kit ahead of the 2008/09 campaign. The club had a terrible start last season attempting to balance additional Champions League commitments with domestic play. The team finished the 07-08 season in 12th on 46 points. In my opinion this squad lacked the depth required to go head-to-head against the best in […]

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After weeks of anticipation, Serie A’s clubs finally know who they will be facing on the opening day – the weekend of August 31. For the entire schedule see Serie A TIM Championship Several great first day matches are in the cards including, Fiorentina vs. Juventus, Roma vs. Napoli, and Milan vs. Bologna

Clarence Seedorf, Kaka and Alessandro Nesta are all smiles for the camera as they pose in their new Rossoneri kit. The first choice shirt has 5 red bands and 4 black ones in the front, wider compared to last season, which also continue on the thighs; the sleeves are black with 3 red stripes. On the […]

No Frank Lampard but Inter do have their new kit and doesn't Javier Zanetti look stunning in his blue with white SWOOSH socks. Captain Zanetti contributed to a mini exhibition, providing ten shirts from his private collection, one for each year from 1998 at this morning's presentation. Right off it looks like the biggest change is the […]

The home shirt is of course their historical black and white strip but with slightly bigger bands than last season. Detailing such as player name, number, and the nike logo are all in yellow. The shorts are white with yellow profiles, with the SWOOSH and the number in black on the left side and […]

Inter's new coach José Mourinho was unveiled to the press on Tuesday in a press conference at the training ground. This is what he had to say: Mr Mourinho, you described yourself as 'special' when you became coach of Chelsea in 2004, and they called you 'The Special One'. What do you want to be called […]

Telegraph UK – With only days to go until a nail-biting end to this year's Serie A, Inter Milan found itself caught up in a Mafia scandal. Read more on this breaking story here – Telegraph sports

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The big win today by AC Milan over cross-town rivals Inter, delays any celebrations as Scudetto winners by the Nerazzurri.

Several articles back I covered relegation targets so perhaps it's time to talk on promotion, how it works in Italy and who in Serie B is positioned to make it happen. Basically this is how it will play out, the top two teams from Serie B are automatically promoted. If the difference between third and […]

Born Nov. 9, 1974, in Conegliano, I left home at the age of 16 to start my pro career with Pavoda of the Italian Serie B, in 1993 was traded to Juventus and have been there ever since. During my career, the team has won 7 Italian championships, 4 Italian Super cups and one European […]