Marseille sacked manager Gennaro Gattuso on Monday after the French club opened 2024 without a win. The Italian coach only arrived at Marseille on Sep. 27 as a permanent replacement for Marcelino. Despite a four-game win streak in December, Marseille failed to get a win in any competition at the turn of the calendar year. […]

After Marcelino's resignation last week, French powerhouse Marseille is reportedly set to hire Gennaro Gattuso as their next head coach on Wednesday. Following tensions between the supporters and the administration, Marseille removed Marcelino as head coach after just seven games in charge. The club's fans were unhappy with the Spanish coach’s style of play, and […]

I was looking forward to an exciting Champions League tie between perennials AC Milan and newcomers Tottenham Hotspur. The match did deliver excitement but was marred by the mindless actions of both Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso and Mathieu Flamini. UEFA is already investigating the incidents involving Gattuso and Tottenham coach Joe Jordan. On two occassions […]

In July, I wrote a post for this site asking AC Milan fans for calm.  The club had been quiet on the transfer market and Silvio Berlusconi had gone public in saying he intended to build his youth academy to help the team.  I said at the time that if the club did not acquire […]

An ESPN interview with some of the Italian national team players shows that not even the squad seems to know who will be on the pitch on Sunday when they kick off versus Paraguay.  Marcello Lippi has been tight-lipped about who will start and what formation the Azzurri will play, even noting that the formation […]

For AC Milan in Saturday's fabled Derby della Madonnina, Gennaro Gattuso's nightmare came true. If not for Inter's new-look, new-effect attack, poor Captain Rino would be carrying all responsibility for the unbalanced result (AC Milan 0:4 Inter). Inter earned three (and perhaps all four) of their strikes, yet more could not have gone wrong in […]

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Despite an early lead off a well struck ball by Di Natale into the bottom left-hand corner of the islander's goal, Cyprus with their attacking play, equalized in the 29th minute off the foot of Aloneftis. Italy have been the victim of poor defending however no blame can be given to Gigi Buffon the Italian keeper, as Cyprus kept pushing and eventually dominated […]