Palermo are through to the final of the Coppa Italia after beating AC Milan 4-3 on aggregate thanks to a 2-1 second-leg win on an eventful night in Sicily. Second-half goals by Giulio Migliaccio and a Cesare Bovo penalty gave Palermo a two-goal cushion, which was halved in added time by substitute Zlatan Ibrahimović. Palermo, […]
Serie A
Juventus’s hopes of playing Europa League football next season suffered a huge setback when they were held to a 2-2 at home with Chievo Verona. Everything seem to be going so well for Juve when Alessandro Del Piero opened the scoring with a 13th-minute penalty. Del Piero then turned provided for Alessandro Matri to to […]
Having just booked their place in the UEFA Champions League final, Manchester United and FC Barcelona rounded off a triumphant week with league successes that have taken them to within a point of their respective domestic titles. In Italy and Ukraine, meanwhile, the destination of the championship has already been decided, with AC Milan ending […]
Juventus have signed midfielder Alessandro Del Piero to a one-year contract extension with the club on Thursday. Even at 36 years of age, Del Piero said he shared a similar passion for the game as he did when he was first starting at Juventus. “The sensations are excellent, beautiful, just like they were in 1993,” […]
The Italian football federation (FIGC) has rejected a request from five big Serie A clubs to reconsider the method chosen to assign funds from television rights. AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Napoli and Roma had asked that part of the funds are distributed according to the number of fans who support a single team. The […]
Interesting comments from Silvio Berlusconi about Alexandre Pato and what his best position is. Speaking on Milan Channel, Italy’s prime minister said he felt the Brazilian was more suited to a position through the middle rather than on the wing. The combination of Pato and Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a talking point for […]
Niko Kranjcar’s agent claims Lazio, Roma and Juventus are all interested in signing the Tottenham midfielder and expects his future to be decided within the next 10 days. Kranjcar has struggled to get playing time at Spurs this season and has expressed his dissatisfaction about his lack of playing time. Kranjcar turned down the chance […]
All four Champions League semi-finalists lost over the weekend, with Tuesday’s opponents FC Barcelona and Real Madrid beaten in the same round of matches for the first time in two years and Manchester United following up a setback for rivals Schalke with their own loss at Arsenal. The celebrations were able to begin for Borussia […]
Substitute Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice in stoppage time as Inter downed Cesena 2-1 to keep their faint hopes of the Serie A title alive. Igor Budan gave the hosts the lead when he side-footed home from Luca Ceccarelli’s cross on 56 minutes, but in the second minute of stoppage time Pazzini flicked in Samuel Eto’o’s […]