Established as one of the best players in Europe with FC Barcelona, Lamine Yamal's biggest weakness was highlighted by an Italy World Cup winner.

Roma legend Francesco Totti has hinted that he may return to the pitch in the near future. The 48-year-old former versatile midfielder/forward last played professionally for the Italian club back in 2017. His final appearance in a Roma jersey came as a second-half substitute for current Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. The game also happened to […]

Schone Shines Ajax are going to be hard pressed to outpace either FC Barcelona or Paris St Germain. However, they look comfortable for the Europa League spot at the moment. If they do drop into that competition, I fancy them to do well. The star man for them through the first two fixtures has been […]

On a night when Manchester City looked to kick-start their European campaign following an opening day defeat to Bayern Munich, it was actually Rudi Garcia's excellently drilled AS Roma side who will leave the North West of England much the happier side. Manchester City Joe Hart – 6 Hart made a number of impressive saves […]

Cesare Prandelli has revitalized the Azzurri. He won the first two qualifiers of the European Championships of 2012, and he looks ready to win even more. While Italy only faced Estonia and the Faroe Islands, the two wins were important nonetheless. And now, as Prandelli looks to call up another set of Italians to face […]

The most anticipated match-up of the weekend is the AS Roma-AC Milan contest to decide which club can challenge Inter for the top spot in Serie A. While the loser still has an outside shot at the scudetto, an Inter victory over Genoa would make it a tough task. Rather than a traditional post rehashing […]

After this weekend's action, the eyes of Italy will be on its largest metropolitan city. The Milan derby could move AC Milan within striking distance of first or could help Inter Milan put some distance between itself and its rival. And the two clubs are approaching this game from opposite directions: Inter striking some luck […]

Totti was a star in the 3-1 win over Bari For Italian soccer fans, the international break was excruciating. The national team had two friendlies (which Arsenal fans would not consider too friendly) and watched to see who else would qualify from Europe. Thankfully, the action from this weekend was exciting enough to make up […]

Nike is a relative newcomer to the boot game. What Nike has lacked in substance they've usually made up in style. Their autumn ad campaign channels Irvine Welsh's finest prose by asking us to choose; choose control, choose speed, choose accuracy, choose touch or choose 5-a-side. I chose control, specifically Nike's CTR360 Trequartista AG. Trequartista; can a pair […]

UPDATE – Goal.com is reporting that Felipe Melo will also be out for this weekend's match against Sampdoria. Two large Italian clubs received huge injury news today as they sought to climb up the Serie A table. Juventus star and striker Vincent Iaquinta revealed today that he has a torn meniscus and will have surgery […]

Roma given a byweek with the suspended match against Sampdoria, didn't help the least as Juventus handed the Giallorossi a 0 – 2 loss yesterday. All focus now is on Champions League success for the capital side as their scudetto run is done and dusted. The club sits 17th on 7 points, one point above the relegation zone and Francesco […]

Match Day headlines Buffon Out Manninger In Totti Injury Recovery On-going Borriello To The Rescue

For information on European Golden Boot Winners see – European Golden Boot and for previous top goalscorers in Serie A, Top Scorers Season by Season don't forget the previous poll –Who will win the Scudetto? is still open until Match Day One so place your votes, AC Milan are currently leading. (picture by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

It took more than 90 minutes but the outcome was similar to their last win back in 2006, as Internazionale are winners of the first Cup of the season, walking away with Super Cup silverware yesterday evening. New signing Sulley Muntari scored first for home-side Inter in the 18th minute (what an amazing start for him as […]

The 2008-2009 season starts end of month but several big names will be missing come opening day. AC Milan especially are showing their weakened status with several poor performances in pre-season, including a 0 – 5 loss to London's Chelsea last week in Russia. Who do you think will be the most obvious missing link come match […]