SERIE A 2014/15 Season Preview
The Serie A season gets under way on the 31st August 2014 with two of the fixtures of the weekend, Milan v Lazio and Roma v Fiorentina, stand out games. […]
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The Miracle of Sassuolo – Serie A’s Minnows Miracle Season
In 1998, I read a fascinating book by the author Joe McGinnis entitled “The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro”. In it the American author followed the fortunes of a tiny […]
Can Anybody Close The Gap On Juventus Next Season?
Once again, Juventus look odds on certainties to claim their third title in a row even despite suffering their second defeat of the season last weekend away at Napoli. La […]
What is Strangling Serie A? Part 5 – The Calciopoli Effect and a Brighter Future?
Over the last few weeks we have looked at several different factors that have led to the decline of Serie A from the foremost football league in the world. Yet […]
Serie A: Soccer Stadia And Those That Fill It
There is no doubt that one of the biggest reasons for the decline of Serie A in recent years is tied to the economic climate in Italy. With unemployment rife […]
The Decline of Serie A teams in Europe
In the ten years from 1988-89, when AC Milan defeated Steaua Bucharest 4-0, through to the 1997-1998 final when Real Madrid defeated Juventus 1-0, Serie A had at least one […]
The Perceived “Quality” of Italian Football and The Player Drain
The Perceived “Quality” of Italian Football and The Player Drain Following on from last week’s opening article in our detailed look at the issues facing Serie A, this week we turn […]
What is Strangling Serie A?
A look at the causes of the current decline of Italian Football – Part One by Ben Holmes. From the mid 70s until the early 1990s, there was only one […]
Balotelli brillance leads Milan to victory, Week 24 round-up
Friday 14th and Saturday 15th February The brilliance of Mario Balotelli broke Bologna hearts on St. Valentine’s Day, as AC Milan bounced back from their 3-1 defeat at Napoli to […]
Juve press on as Roma held in derby, Week 23 round-up
Saturday February 8th In Saturday’s trio of games in Serie A, Fiorentina were quick off the mark in their game with Atalanta at the Stadio Artemio Franchi when after 16 […]
Barca Rule out Messi sale as Xavi Dismisses Exit talk
New Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has quashed speculation linking star Lionel Messi with a move away from the club, and suggested contract talks are imminent. Messi penned a new […]
Can Clarence Seedorf be a success at AC Milan?
When players usually retire, there is usually a sort of honeymoon period. Some golf, a nice holiday, family time. Rarely does a player retire and immediately throw himself back into […]
ITALY: Serie A – Week 3 Round-up
SERIE A – WEEK 3 INTER 1 – 1 JUVENTUS Inter and Juventus shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, at the Giuseppe Meazza. In the 73rd minute Inter went […]
ITALY: Serie A – Week 1 Round-up
SERIE A – WEEK 1 HELLAS VERONA 2 – 1 AC MILAN Arguably the most surprising result of the opening weekend saw Hellas Verona take all three points from AC […]
ITALY: Serie A 2013/14 Season Preview
The inception later this month of the Italian top flight vows to be packed with excitement, intrigue, enjoyment and incidents as usual. And I for one am looking forward to […]
ITALY: The Serie A revival…
Italy is a well cultured nation, especially when it comes to football. However, it has seen some hard times which have affected the view of the beautiful game amongst its […]
ITALY: The future of Napoli
Not too long ago, Walter Mazzarri left the Napoli manager’s role in order to replace Andrea Stramaccioni at Inter, who had failed to qualify for Europe for the first time […]
ITALY: Serie A transfer round-up
This year the Serie A clubs are trying to make the most they can out of this window, with teams such as AC Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus, Inter and Lazio all […]
ITALY: Benitez is new Napoli boss
President of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentis has announced via Twitter that Rafa Benitez has been appointed the club’s new head coach. Benitez, 53, had been looking for a new job with […]
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