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Fabio Quagliarella
/ 5146 days agoJuventus Replace Quagliarella With Toni
After the sad news that Fabio Quagliarella will be out for the rest of the season, Juventus got a replacement in record time. It's Luca Toni who will be replacing Quagliarella (out for 4-6 months with a torn cruciate knee ligament), the World Cup winner leaving Genoa to sign a one and a half year […]

Inter Milan
/ 5147 days agoLeonardo Revives Inter With First Win
During the winter break Serie A fans got to contemplate many things. How will Cassano do at AC Milan? What new signings will we see in the January transfer window? And how will Leonardo do at Inter Milan? The last question seems to be a little clearer after Leonardo made his debut on Inter Milan's […]
AC Milan
/ 5167 days agoTough Draw In Europe For Italian Teams
With the Champions League and Europa League draws having taken place, the rest of the season is slowly drifting into a more predictable mush. There's just one last weekend of Serie A action (this weekend), and then there's a solid two weeks and a bit of break from the Serie A. I certainly find it […]
Diego Milito
/ 5168 days agoNapoli Qualify For Europa League Knockout Stages
While in the Champions League all Italian sides made it through to the knockout stages, there was a fear that in the Europa League there would be no Serie A teams. Luckily, Napoli managed to qualify with a 1-0 win over Steaua Bucharest, thanks to a very late goal by Cavani. And there was more […]

Fiorentina
/ 5173 days agoNapoli In Second Place After Win Over Genoa
The Serie A is getting more and more exciting, especially after these recent results, and the matches which will be played this Sunday. Napoli got an important 1-0 win away against Genoa, Palermo came back to beat Parma 3-1 at the Renzo Barbera, and Udinese also completed a comeback win at home, 2-1 over Fiorentina. […]

Leagues: Europa League
/ 5182 days agoOnly Napoli Left In The Europa League
While it was a great Champions League group stage for the Italian sides, the Europa League group stages are proving to be more difficult for the Italian sides in the Europa League. In fact, all of the Italian sides have been eliminated except for Napoli, who might be able to pull off a good result […]

AC Milan
/ 5203 days agoAC Milan Top Of The Table With Derby Looming
My favorite derby is coming up this weekend, Il Derby Della Madonnina between Inter Milan and AC Milan looks to be very exciting, with a depleted Inter side facing the league-leaders AC Milan. But this isn't the only, "big match" taking place this weekend, we've also got an extremely interesting game between Juventus and Roma […]

England
/ 5210 days agoGerrard Gives Liverpool And Rooney A Welcome Boost
Steven Gerrard gave us all a timely reminder of his quality with a stunning hat-trick to help Liverpool overcome a stubborn Napoli side. Will this performance mark the general return to form of midfielder and could he be the inspiration for another England star to return to form? We all know the ability that Gerrard […]
AS Bari
/ 5223 days agoFiorentina Win Against Lifeless Bari
The Serie A this weekend started with Fiorentina vs. Bari at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. And while I expected Bari to take advantage of Fiorentina's bad form, it was the Viola who took the game to Bari. The final result was a 2-1 win for the home side which dominated the game. Here's what happened […]

AC Milan
/ 5242 days agoFive Things To Note from Serie A This Weekend
To say the truth, this weekend's Serie A fixtures weren't that exciting. There was no match this weekend with more than three goals scored in it, and there were two goalless matches. This weekend there were few memorable results, but there were five things to note, regarding the Serie A. 1. Pirlo saves AC Milan […]

AC Milan
/ 5259 days agoItalian teams stumble in Europe
The Champions League and the Europa League are now priorities, now that the Bundesliga has surpassed the Serie A, Italian teams need to pull their weight in European competition. The first matchday of the group stages of the Champions League and the Europa League didn't play out too well for the Italian clubs involved. Out […]
AC Milan
/ 5276 days agoFive things to note from Serie A this weekend; August 2010
The Serie A has begun, a nostalgic set of games which begin to show how teams will play, and what they'll get out of this new campaign. After every weekend of matches, I'll be publishing five things to note from the Serie A matches this weekend, whether it be a team in form, a player […]

General
/ 5285 days agoSerie A Preview – Can Cavani Take Napoli to the Champions League?
In 2005-2006, Napoli was looking to escape dire finances and Serie C1. In 2010-2011, Napoli can credibly claim that it is competing for a Champions League berth. The Partenopei led by their president Aurelio De Laurentiis have been slowly built up and well managed to the point where last season they qualified for their their […]

Hamburger SV
/ 5318 days agoJuventus 0-0 with Hamburg and other Serie A friendlies
I always find summer friendlies interesting, you get to see how new players interact with their new teammates as you get a sneak peak to the next season. The first “big” friendly was played out recently between Juventus and Hamburg, all of the other friendlies are against teams representing regions with the score often ending […]

Leagues: Serie A
/ 5390 days agoA look at the Golden Boot
While we're all extremely focused on the race for the scudetto and fourth place, there's another entertaining battle taking place in Italy, the race for the Golden Boot. It's interesting to break down the top scorers in the Serie A, and see the way they influence their team's table position. Here are the current top […]