Juventus clinched the Italian Super Cup with a 4-2 extra-time victory in an emotionally-charged encounter against Napoli in China. Last season’s Coppa Italia winners Napoli took the lead through Edinson Cavani in the 27th minute before Kwadwo Asamoah levelled and Goran Pandev restored Napoli’s advantage before the interval. Arturo Vidal levelled from the penalty spot […]

More than Matteo Bonetti on each Serie A club and what to expect from them this season: Atalanta: The side from Bergamo remains virtually untouched and figures to be a mid-table side. Losing Matteo Brighi & the potential departure of left back Peluso to Juventus won’t help the squad, but they remain out of the […]

The rumour all week was that Antonio Conte was going to get a 10-month ban from the Disciplinary Commission and those rumours were right as the FIGC hit the Juventus coach with a big suspension. It was not all bad news for Juventus though as both Leonardo Bonucci and Simone Pepe are acquitted of all […]

Matteo Bonetti, who writes for beIN Sport and Sulia,had an interesting analysis of the winners and losers in the transfer market this summer amongst Serie A clubs. This is what he had to say. Do you agree or disagree? Teams That Have Improved: Bologna: Improved. Fiorentina: Improved. Inter: Improved. Juventus: Improved. Roma: Improved. Sampdoria: Improved. […]

David Pizarro is officially a Fiorentina player after terminating his contract with Roma and passing a medical. The Chilean midfielder spent the last six months on loan at Manchester City, but was no longer part of the plans at Roma. This afternoon he agreed to rescind the contract with the Giallorossi and travelled to Florence […]

Inter almost managed to throw away a 3-0 first leg lead, but in front of a nervy San Siro crowd, Inter hung on to beat the Hajduk Split 3-2 on aggregate to stay alive in the Europa League. Inter started off well when 17-year-old Ibrahima Mbaye completed a give-and-go with Wesley Sneijder to burst to […]

AS Roma have told Manchester City that they will need to pay over £100m if they want to sign midfielder Daniele de Rossi. De Rossi has been strongly linked with a move to Man City for the last twelve months, and Roma’s sporting director Walter Sabatini has confirmed that the club would be willing to […]

I love Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis. He is outrageous, and outspoken, and never short of a quip or comment. In other words he is a bloggers dream. In his latest comments De La has taken shots at Antonio Conte, Juventus, the ‘infantile’ FIGC and Federico Balzaretti. Napoli are flying into China today ahead of […]

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has described Juventus as favourites to win the Serie A title. Juve were unbeaten in the league last season and have inevitably been tipped to retain their crown but, while Allegri acknowledges their strength, he hopes his side can thrive as underdogs. “Juventus have made some good signings and they […]