Week 25 of the Italian Serie A did not produce any major surprises. A mild surprise was Atalanta's 1-0 road loss to Sampdoria. The Genovese side ended Atalanta's 3 game winning streak as Giampaolo Pazzini scored in his 4th straight game. Sampdoria now sits 7 points out of relegation on the strength of a 5 […]

After a midweek full of international friendlies and World Cup qualifiers, the domestic leagues in Europe were back in action over the weekend. The 24th week of the Serie A saw 7 of 10 matches end in a draw but we don't give the TOW award to teams that draw. So this week's winner of […]

Week 24 of the Serie A featured two massive top of the table matchups. The headliner of course being the Derby della Madonnina. The Milan derby was an exciting match with its share of controversy. Adriano's opening goal was clearly a handball that went past Milan keeper Christian Abbiati. Dejan Stankovic put a one-timer past […]

Week 23 of the Serie A was loaded with great drama & theater. Udinese & Juventus both got game winners in 2nd half injury time. Fiorentina got 3 points from Alberto Gilardino in the 89th minute and Chievo & Siena gave their fans heart palpitations with late goals to salvage a point. However, the Team […]

The race for European spots tightened up considerably after Week 23 of Calcio Italiano. After this week only 6 points separate 2nd & 6th place.

Another edition of Serie A Team Of The Week and 1st off may I say congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on winning their 6th Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLIII was a good game with big plays and drama right to the end. Its great when championship games have so much drama. This is however a […]

Week 22 witnessed a change near the top of the table as Juventus lost its 2nd straight match and slipped to 3rd in the standings. Cagliari took advantage of poor central defending from Juve to score 2 goals in the 2nd half to beat the Bianconeri 3-2 in Torino. 2nd half sub, Alessandro Matri […]

Italian Serie A & B players will be coming to work a bit late this weekend. This time their bosses will not mind, in fact they will support it. In a statement released by the Italian Players' Association (AIC – Associazione Italiana Calciatori), players from the Top 2 flights of Italian football will come 15 minutes late to […]

Midweek madness in the Serie A. All teams were in action with plenty of drama, surprises, and teams jockeying for a better position on the table. Fiorentina moved back into a European spot with an important 2-1 home win over Napoli. I Viola leaped over Napoli for 6th place with goals from Mario Santana & the […]

The 5-time World Champion (and official national team of the Metellus Family) Brazil announced their roster for the highly anticipated Feb. 10th friendly vs. 4-time and current World Champion, Italy. Its a roster that was surprising due to its omissions and additions. The most glaring omission is the red-hot Juventus striker, Amauri who has carried […]

It was a very eventful week in Italy with Coppa Italia fixtures and the wild happenings of Week 20 in the Serie A. There was a dramatic 2nd half comeback (Torino v. Lecce), a return of a icon in Turin (Gigi Buffon vs. Fiorentina), the goal scoring debut of a celebrity (Beckham for Milan vs. Bologna), […]

The big news coming out of Italy this weekend was football's pretty boy David Beckham (photo courtesy of AP) scoring his 1st goal for AC Milan in an impressive 4-1 road victory over Bologna. The real man of the match was Kaka who scored twice as Rossoneri tightened their hold on 3rd place after Genoa […]

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. […]

At the halfway point of the Italian Serie A, Inter's hold on a 4th consecutive scudetto seems to be slipping because of the performance by our Team Of The Week for Week 19. The team of the week made headlines and/or played games during the calendar week of January 12 – 18. The Serie A […]

Seedorf Speaks Out On Possibility of Kaka Moving To Manchester City (click on image for BBC audio feed) AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf says he would be surprised if team-mate Kaka were to move to Manchester City before the end of the January transfer window. Seedorf admits the Brazilian could leave the San Siro in the […]