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/ 182 days ago

Christian Pulisic receives another high honor as World Cup and Serie A icon Alessandro Del Piero’s stunning eight-word claim goes viral

Pulisic's sharpness in front of goal, relentless work rate, and leadership have now earned him admiration from a man who knows a thing or two about Italian greatness: Alessandro Del Piero.
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/ 187 days ago

Lionel Messi stirs fans with pre-2026 World Cup tribute featuring Xavi Hernandez, Kaka, Zinedine Zidane: Why is Cristiano Ronaldo not included?

This week, Messi lit up the internet with a striking new pre-World Cup image that instantly went viral — one featuring several legends of the game, but not his long-time rival, Ronaldo.

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/ 4964 days ago

New Markets Are Challenging MLS Appeal For Europe's Name Players

In the beginning, MLS was a little league that merited little notice internationally. On occasion an all star went overseas and their previous career was noted by pundits, but MLS itself was paid little heed by the Sky Sports of the world. For better or for worse, this changed with the Beckham Experiment when the […]

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/ 5464 days ago

Juventus throw away 2-0 lead & chance to fight for 4th

In what has become a habit for Juventus, the Bianconeri dropped two points and settled for a draw with Catania. Juve could not defend a 2-0 lead over the visitors who have yet to register their first away win of the season. The Bianconeri squad is lacking in quality and this is evident when the […]

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/ 5713 days ago

Serie A Preview – The Resurrection of Juventus

Mention the 2009-2010 season to Juventus' 170 million fans and they will shake their head in disgust. Italy's most successful and beloved soccer team was a shell of itself, missing out on a European tournament spot due to poor play and aging players. It is not a coincidence that the Italian national team also failed […]

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/ 6287 days ago

Ibra Wins Big At Italian Football Awards

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter Milan's Swedish hitman had a big night on Monday 2 days after the Nerazzurri's surprising 3-1 loss to Atalanta. Ibra won the award as the 2007-08 Serie A Footballer of the Year at The Oscars Del Calcio ceremony. Inter's goal scoring assassin beat out Juventus' icon Alessandro Del Piero for the award. […]

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/ 6326 days ago

The Final Word – Two Weeks In Italian Football

I really have to apologize to all Serie A Talk readers as there was so much to discuss in Italian football during the previous forthnight and I haven't had the time to keep up with it all. Team with the Final Word The last two weeks have seen several firsts and record setting events including, Jeremy Menez scoring his first goal for Roma. Menez would follow […]

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/ 6377 days ago

Ranieri Reprieve As Juventus Defeat Real Madrid

Champions League Group Stage Juventus 2 – 1 Real Madrid CF Italian giants Juventus currently sit 12th in Serie A and with rumblings Monday of lack of security for manager Claudio Ranieri's position, Ranieri was definitely starting to feel the heat. Both club and manager however received some breathing room the next evening as the Bianconeri won their first […]

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/ 6412 days ago

Del Piero Man Of The Match, Juventus 1 – 0 Zenit

The Old Lady of Turin has been absent from Champions League play since the calciopoli scandal of two seasons ago but you wouldn't have known it, especially once the home side took the lead in the 76th minute, from a Del Piero free kick which was simply spectacular. Juventus came close on several other chances and looked deadly […]

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/ 6440 days ago

Italy 2 – 2 Austria, Video Highlights

It took an own goal in the 67th minute by R. Özcan for the Azzurri to draw even after trailing 0-2 on Manager Lippi's return. Italy were expected to ease past Austria in Nice, but Austria hadn't read the script and Emanuel Pogatetz and Marc Janko fired goals past Azzurri keeper Buffon to make it 2-0 by the 38th […]