Having seen Inter Milan’s chances of retaining the Scudetto suffer a setback with defeat by AC Milan on Saturday, Leonardo is expecting an immediate response from his players when they host FC Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions Leage quarter-final first leg. The German side, winners of the UEFA Cup at San Siro in 1997 […]
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Roma and France centre-back Philippe Mexes is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after damaging cruciate ligaments in his left knee against Juventus on Sunday. Mexes was injured six minutes into the second half and the extent of the damage was discovered during tests on Monday. Roma announced that Mexes will need an operation […]
Ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League quarter-final with Schalke, Wesley Sneijder has been talking iwith uefa.com about German opposition, Mourinho and Leonardo. These are some of this comments: Inter have already met two Bundesliga teams in the Champions League this season; Werder Bremen in the group stage and Bayern Munich in the round of 16. However, […]
Pato scored twice as AC Milan increased their lead at the top of Serie A to five points with a 3-0 win against rivals Inter Milan, who played most of the second half with ten men following the 54th-minute dismissal of Cristian Chivu. Victory would have taken Inter top, but they quickly fell behind when […]
It is the biggest Milan derby in years on Saturday, a match that could potentially decide which side wins Serie A this season. Milan leads the league with 62 points, followed by Inter with 60, Napoli with 59 and Udinese with 56. AC Milan enters this weekend’s derby with a two-point lead over Inter Milan but […]
Inter Milan boss Leonardo has played down the importance of Saturday’s derby with his former club AC Milan, claiming it is not ‘crucial’ in the race for the Serie A title. Leonardo has guided Inter to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and semi-finals of the Italian Cup, but has had to play catch-up to […]
Thomas DiBenedetto, the head of a United States consortium looking to take control of Roma, has arrived in Italy to strike a deal with creditor bank Unicredit. Unicredit had taken over the defacto running of the club in order to steer the sale process and recoup losses. Earlier this month the company which controls Roma, […]
A first-half goal by Giuseppe Rossi helped 10-man Italy to a 2-0 friendly victory in Ukraine on Tuesday This was probably the best performance in an Italy shirt for Villarreal striker, and he fired Italy into the lead on the 28th minute when he scored from close range following a scramble after a swift counter […]
Thiago Motta’s second-half goal gave Italy to a 1-0 victory in Slovenia and helped them open up a six-point lead in Group C. The Brazilian-born Inter Milan midfielder, making his competitive Azzurri debut, marked the occasion by driving a low shot past Samir Handanovič from the left side of the penalty box after exchanging passes […]