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/ 5626 days agoFive Things To Note From Serie A This Weekend; October 31, 2010
Serie A is becoming more and more interesting, and with Lazio continuing their winning streak, could we see a surprise winner for the scudetto? Lazio are currently first in the table with a four point lead on second placed Inter Milan. While we're just nine games into the season, maybe Lazio can manage second place? […]
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/ 5701 days agoSerie A preview – Will Inter's run end?
How can you follow up a season which finished with a treble? After 5 years of dominance in Italy, Inter Milan finally dominated in Europe, and now Rafa Benitez is left with a tough job on his hands. Benitez wants to change a lot of things with Inter, starting with the playing syle. The Spanish […]
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/ 5716 days agoPrandelli's Italy to face Ivory Coast
Prandelli is the future: a coach with an attacking style and a mindset which understands the need of youth in a team. Now, with Prandelli's first match as Italy coach coming up August 10th, against the Ivory Coast, the ex-Fiorentina coach has called up a provisional squad of 30 players. In the squad there are […]
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/ 5716 days agoInter Dismantle Manchester City 3-0 in Baltimore
While this was a mere friendly and many of the starters from both teams were not on hand, the manner with which Inter overcame Manchester City serves as a warning for those aiming to dethrone the Serie A champions and Champions League winners. The Nerazzurri were missing the likes of Diego Milito, Lucio and Wesley […]
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/ 5736 days agoRonaldinho and Balotelli to leave Serie A?
Two massive stars in the Serie A could leave Italy this summer, Ronaldinho and Balotelli may not be the best players in the world, but they're important for the league and it's status. While Ronaldinho is 30 years old, he's still got the magic, he still creates wonderful assists and is slowly scoring more goals […]
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/ 5743 days agoInter's plan – keep Maicon, sell Balotelli, buy Cavani
Inter Milan have begun to turn in different directions this transfer market, while at first the nerazzurri were bargaining with Real Madrid about Maicon, now it seems like Balotelli could leave for Manchester City. The European champions would have to sell either the Brazilian or the Italian in order to begin to balance the books […]
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/ 5750 days agoNo Eye-catching Italian players?
As the World Cup is attracting all headlines related to soccer, there's always a small echo of transfer market news which now, after Italy's elimination from the World Cup, becomes much more than an echo for Italy fans. And as you read about transfer rumors and deals, you hear the names like Di Maria, Maicon, […]
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/ 5753 days agoRating Italy's players in South Africa 2010
The Azzurri performed poorly throughout the World Cup and waited till the 80th minute of the match against Slovakia to start playing when it was too late to make a reaction to compensate for the failures in the previous 260 minutes of football. What is most troubling is the fact the Italian reaction was not […]
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/ 5804 days agoInter Milan win Coppa Italia to start treble run
Inter Milan have won the Coppa Italia at the Stadio Olimpico against Roma in the final. While the 1-0 score-line might suggest a boring and defensive game, the match was full of excitement even after the 90 minutes. The first few minutes of the match were characterized by Sneijder coming off injured after a heavy […]
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/ 5807 days agoMarcello Lippi Picks Initial Azzurri Squad for South Africa 2010
Italy coach Marcello Lippi has picked 29 players for training this week but did not include any players from Roma or Inter who will be contesting the Coppa Italia final. Serie A leaders Inter will probably not have any member in the Azzurri squad headed to South Africa 2010 considering Davide Santon is injured while […]
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/ 5886 days agoIs Karim Benzema Joining Serie A?
The latest reports are indicating Frenchman Karim Benzema could be headed to Italy after just a season in Spain. The striker has failed to impress up to this stage in the season record signing Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentine Gonzalo Higuain handling most of the scoring load. Despite scoring a respectable seven times in 19 league […]
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/ 6322 days agoJanuary Transfer Headlines for Serie A
Last Friday's Gazzetta dello Sport frontpage reads, Tevez, Aguero and Drogba: Signings for January meanwhile Corriere dello Sport mentioned Drogba's call to Inter: "I am having the worst time of my career at Chelsea" and how about these headlines from across the net, AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Flamengo's talented shot stopper as they […]