Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund have had dominated their respective leagues this season, but both were surprised this weekend as Barca saw their record run of victories brought to a halt while Dortmund were held to a draw in the Bundesliga. Elsewhere, AC Milan and Manchester United both recorded morale-boosting results. Spain Real Madrid were able […]
Serie A
AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri says that his striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is as good as Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Since signing for Milan this summer, Ibra has scored 17 times in 26 games and has assisted on 10 other goals. Allegri is convinced that Ibra has played a huge role in Milan’s rise to the summit […]
The Manchester derby in England and the Derby d’Italia in Italy headline the weekend action across Europe. Here are some of the key games happening this weekend: England: Manchester United v Manchester City ( Darren Fletcher says United “can play better” despite the leaders having lost just once in the Premier League this campaign. That […]
In a move that smacks of desperation, Bari have fired veteran coach Bortolo Mutti to succeed Giampiero Ventura in a last-ditch bid to avoid relegation. In gaining promotion two years ago to Serie A, Bari was known for its exciting attacking brand of football. But they have really struggled in their second season in Serie […]
A new Deloitte report showed that the combined revenues of Europe’s top 20 clubs exceeded 4bn euros (£3.8bn) for the first time in the 2009-10 season, and that four Serie A clubs made its Top 20 list. AC Milan claimed the the top Serie A spot with revenues of 235.8m euros, passing Inter, even though […]
Miroslav Klose continued his fine form for Germany with an early goal before Italy fought back to claim a friendly draw in Dortmund. Klose, the second top scorer in EURO 2012 qualifying with six goals, found the target after 16 minutes to put his team ahead. It was not to prove the winning effort, though, […]
Rafa Benitez says that the reason’s for Inter’s poor start to the season was because of injuries to key players and a lack of support from Inter’s bosses and not because of him. In an interview with with Spanish daily Marca, Benitez complained about the lack of new signings to reinforce Inter’s injury-ravaged squad, and […]
Rafa Benitez says that the reason’s for Inter’s poor start to the season was because of injuries to key players and a lack of support from Inter’s bosses and not because of him. In an interview with with Spanish daily Marca, Benitez complained about the lack of new signings to reinforce Inter’s injury-ravaged squad, and […]
Andrea Pirlo could make his return for AC Milan in next week’s Champions League showdown with Tottenham at San Siro. The Italian had been expected to miss the tie having suffering from injury in recent weeks, but will be rested against Parma on Saturday so he can be fully fit to feature against Harry Redknapp’s […]