Arjen Robben was injured as Bayern Munich reached the German Cup quarter-finals while Inter Milan, Chievo Verona and Atalanta made the Coppa Italia last 16. German Cup Bayern Munich are on path for another treble after beating Augsburg 2-0, while Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt all booked their places in the quarter-finals. But it was a costly […]
Serie A
With the takeover of Inter Milan by D.C. United’s part owner Erick Thohir it was only a matter of time before the two clubs announced some sort of “strategic partnership” between the two clubs. What struck me reading the press release was how benign this partnership is. Here is the official release: D.C. United and […]
There were wins for the league leaders in England, France, Germany and Italy this weekend. The title race in Spain tightened as Iker Muniain scored the only goal to give Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win over Barcelona, to send Gerardo Martino to their first domestic defeat of the season. Bundesliga Bayern Munich continue to play […]
Anyone else getting a queasy feeling in the pit of their stomach about new Inter Milan owner Eric Thohir? I just get the feeling that Thohir will not/does not have, the cash necessary for Inter to compete with the big clubs in Italy and Europe. The latest quotes from Thohir that gave me pause are […]
That is a question I have been thinking about since research some stats on Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic earlier this week. The most common measurements used to compare goalkeepers are number of clean sheets and number of goal conceded. If you look at the top four leagues in Europe combined (Serie A, La Liga, […]
Inter President Erick Thohir has reportedly halted contract negotiations with all players until February or March next year. The Nerazzurri were understood to be in extension talks with both Fredy Guarin and Samir Handanovic, but the duo, and all players whose current deals expire in 2014 and 2015, are in limbo until next spring. Whilst […]
Fascinating piece in La Gazzetta dello Sport that Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has inserted a “fans’ safeguard clause” into his agreement to sell the majority share in the club to D.C. United owner Erick Thohir. As the deal currently stands, the Indonesian trio of Erick Thohir, Roslan Roeslani and Handy Soetedjo own 70% of […]
AS Roma’s perfect start in Serie A was finally ended by Torino on a weekend when Arsenal surged five points ahead in England and Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead in France. Italy Roma’s record breaking start to the season finally ended as the Giallorossi were held 1-1 by Torino, dropping their first points of the […]
Michael Bradley scored eight minutes from time as AS Roma won for the ninth consecutive time as they Udinese 1-0, while title contenders Napoli and Juventus also won. Roma’s perfect record this season was ion doubt when Maicon was sent off for a second bookable offense after 66 minutes at Undinese. Despite being a man […]