Juventus’s Champions League hopes took a hit last night as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in front of a quiet and empty Turin crowd. Juventus have now drawn their last eight European matches, dating back to the 2010-11 Europa League campaign under Gigi Delneri and the result leaves […]
Serie A
It’s panic time at Chievo, as the Serie A club have sacked manager Chievo Domenico Di Carlo just six games into the season and replaced him with Eugenio Corini. A statement from Chievo read: “The club offer our heartfelt gratitude to the coach and his staff, not only for the excellent results achieved during his […]
Napoli are joint top of Serie A with Juventus thanks to an Edinson Cavani-inspired victory against Lazio on a night while both Milan teams won for the first time this season. Cavani scored a hat-trick as Napoli continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-0 win over Lazio. Napoli knew victory would move them level Juventus at the top […]
AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri has been given a vote of confidence despite the club’s woeful start to the season which sees them languishing in 15th place in Serie A. I Rossoneri have won just one of their first four games of the season and yesterday went down 2-1 to Udinese, increasing the pressure on […]
Roma have been awarded a 3-0 win at Cagliari after Sunday’s game was postponed because of safety concerns. The match was set to take place at the Is Arenas in Sardinia, but behind closed doors as the stadium had yet to receive its safety certificates. However, Cagliari released a statement on their website, from President MassimoCellino, who invited season […]
It was another disappointing Sunday for AC Milan and Inter Milan as they both suffered defeats, while Lazio, Napoli and Sampdoria all lost their 100% records. Away against Udinese, Massimiliano Allegri’s Rossoneri suffered their third defeat in their four league games. Mathias Ranégie put Udinese ahead before Stephan El Shaarawy equalized before half-time. Milan then lost Cristián Zapata to a 66th-minute […]
Two second-half goals from Fabio Quagliarella helped Juventus beat Chievo Verona 2-0, a victory that sent the Bianconeri three points clear at the top of Serie A. The win also extended Juventus’s unbeaten streak in Serie A to 43 games. This was a tricky gamegame for Juventus as it came in-between their 2-2 draw with […]
The wheels are coming off the AC Milan season after Massimiliano Allegri and Pippo Inzaghi are reported to have engaged in a screaming match at Milan’s training ground on Thursday and had to be physically separated. Italian CNN correspondent Tancredi Palmeri was the one to break the story via his twitter account (@tancredipalmeri and this […]
It was a mixed night for Serie A clubs as the Europa League got underway. Both Inter and Udinese needed last-gaps equalizers to grab ties against Rubin and Azhi respectively, while Lazio managed a draw in London despite Tottenham Hotspur having three goals disallowed by the officials. The best performance by an Italian side was […]