It looks like Juventus have landed the top striker that they have been searching for all summer if the media reports our to be believed. The Bianconeri need a striker to complete their squad for the Champions League campaign, but Robin Van Persie joined Manchester United and Stevan Jovetic looks set to remain at Fiorentina. […]
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Juventus patron John Elkann, the grandson of legendary Juventus President Gianni Agnelli, has issued a withering retort to Roma boss ZdenekZeman’s criticism of Juve Coach Antonio Conte. Conte is currently serving a 10 month ban for his alleged failure to report match fixing. Juve managed to win the Supercoppa without him last Saturday, defeating Napoli 4-2 in Beijing with technical director for youth development MassimoCarrera deputising for the tactician […]
Three Napoli players have been handed suspensions in the wake of Saturday’s heated Italian Super Cup against Juventus in China. Goran Pandev and Andrea Dossena have both been given two-match bans while their team-mate Juan Zuniga will serve a one-match suspension, the Italian football league (Lega Calcio) announced on Tuesday. Pandev and Zuniga were both […]
The president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has responded angrily to claims suspended Juventus coach Antonio Conte has not been treated severely enough. Last week the manager of the current Serie A champions and his assistant Angelo Alessio were handed 10-month bans for failing to report two incidents of match-fixing during their time in […]
Cesare Prandelli insisted there were “good indications” from Italy’s friendly defeat to England after giving six players their debuts. The squad had an average age of under 25 and 12 of the players called up were uncapped for today’s 2-1 loss in Switzerland. “Defeats are still defeats, even if they are friendlies, but they are useful because we are planning […]
Italy’s experimental young side lost 2-1 to England tonight in Switzerland. It’s the first time the Three Lions got the better of the Nazionale in 15 years, as they fought back from a Daniele De Rossi opener. Cesare Prandelli gave first caps to Stephan El Shaarawy and Mattia Destro from the Under-21 side, while Davide […]
From the Azzurri’s training camp in preparation for Wednesday’s friendly against England, Cesare Prandelli has been holding court and talking about his team and the hot topics in Serie A. Here are some of Prandeli’s comments: On Conte’s Suspension “I do not see why the Juve coach should not train the team. A 10-month ban […]
The Roma coach Zdenek Zeman has weighed in on the latest match fixing scandal to grip Italian football and the match day suspension of Juventus coach Antonio Conte. And this comments will not make him any friends in Turin as Zeman believes that Conte should not even be allowed to train his players as part […]
You knew that Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis would not be able to stay quiet for long in the aftermath of Saturday’s 4-2 Super Cup defeat to Juventus in extra time. Napoli were so incensed by the two red cards they received that they boycotted the trophy presentation and now ADL has unloaded to the […]