Juventus have filed a second appeal against the decision to force them to play Sunday’s home Serie A match with Lecce behind closed doors. The sanction was imposed by the Italian league after a section of Juve fans racially abused Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli in a 1-1 draw earlier this month. Juve lost their appeal […]
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AC Milan president and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admitted on Wednesday that coach Carlo Ancelotti’s future would be decided at the end of the season. Ancelotti’s future has been the subject of much debate over the course of the season as the 49-year-old has been linked with moves to both Real Madrid and Chelsea, […]
Marcelo Zalayeta struck 17 minutes from time to earn Napoli a shock 1-0 win over Inter Milan, their first victory under Roberto Donadoni. Inter boss Jose Mourinho saw his side’s lead over AC Milan cut to seven points with five games remaining after their earlier victory over Palermo at the San Siro. Inter dominated the first […]
Alberto Gilardino scored twice as Fiorentina defeated AS Roma 4-1 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi and moved into Serie A’s final UEFA Champions League berth. Fiorentina lost 3-1 to Udinese last week and knew they had to register a victory to keep up the pressure on Genoa, who can retake fourth place by beating Bologna […]
As Inter Milan chase a fourth straight title in Serie A, the focus has now centred on the battle for Champions League places with a weekend of intriguing fixtures on the agenda in Italy. Jose Mourinho is on the verge of winning a domestic crown in a third country after Portugal and England as Inter […]
The final of the 2009 Coppa Italia will be between Lazio and Sampdoria. After four finals in a row between Inter and Roma: the first two won by the Nerazzurri, the last two by the Giallorossi. Samp made it through to the final by holding on at San Siro against Inter, limiting the damage following […]
Lazio reached the Italian Cup final with a 2-1 win at Juventus which completed a 4-2 aggregate semi-final victory on Wednesday. Argentine forward Mauro Zarate curled a splendid right-foot shot into the corner in the 38th minute and Serb full back Aleksandar Kolarov doubled the lead with a deflected strike soon after halftime. Captain Alessandro […]
AS Roma confirmed today that they had been contacted by parties interested in buying shares in the Serie A club but denied any deals had been reached. Roma’s share price had soared almost 30% by lunchtime yesterday after reports in local media said members of the Flick family of German industrialists were part of a […]