Monthly Archives: December 2017
Benevento’s keeper has more goals than…
Benevento’s keeper has more goals than…
04 December at 14:45 With his improbable, historic stoppage-time equalizer yesterday, Benevento shot stopper Alberto Brignoli now has more league goals than: Andre Silva – AC Milan Antonio Candreva – Inter Milan Roberto Gagliardini – Inter Milan Joao Mario – Inter Milan Claudio Marchisio – Juventus Blaise Matuidi – Juventus Emanuele Giaccherini – Napoli Gregoire […]
Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
Football Italia has lost a member of its founding family following the death of Dave Taylor. Dave passed away this weekend after a long fight with cancer and will be sorely missed by Italia staff and readers. Returning to live in Middlesbrough after a spell in Naples, where he fell in love first with Diego […]
Euro Paper Talk: PSG to beat Man Utd to £225m duo; Real Madrid, Juventus in £150m swap deal talks
Euro Paper Talk: PSG to beat Man Utd to £225m duo; Real…
Manchester United face transfer frustration with PSG favourites to sign two of their top targets, while Real Madrid are in talks with Juventus over a £150million swap deal, according to Monday’s European papers. PSG’S TRANSFER DEALINGS TO HAND MAN UTD A DOUBLE BLOW Paris Saint-Germain are ready to spend big again over the next […]
Report: Insigne out of Feyenoord
Report: Insigne out of Feyenoord
Lorenzo Insigne will reportedly miss Napoli’s crunch Champions League encounter with Feyenoord on Wednesday. According to Sport Mediaset, Insigne did not train with Napoli on Sunday, leaving his chances of playing at Feyenoord “practically zero”. The forward limped off towards the end of the Partenopei’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus on Friday, with Radio Kiss Kiss […]
Benassi hails morale boosting Fiorentina win
Benassi hails morale boosting Fiorentina win
Marco Benassi was very satisfied with Fiorentina’s 3-0 win over Sassuolo, admitting the team was missing the feeling of a victory. The former Torino captain said this win will boast the Viola’s morale, and that they will try their best against Napoli in their next Serie A fixture. “We really wanted to win because we […]
Live: Watch Juventus train ahead of Olympiakos clash
Live: Watch Juventus train ahead of Olympiakos clash
04 December at 11:30 Juventus is preparing for their decisive Champions League clash with Olympiakos tomorrow. A victory will see them through to the knockout stages, while a loss will take their destiny out of their hands and provide Sporting Lisbon with an opportunity for an upset of epic proportions. Max Allegri is squarely focused […]
Napoli ‘face Vrsaljko competition’
Napoli ‘face Vrsaljko competition’
Napoli could miss out on Sime Vrsajlko as they reportedly face competition from Juventus and Roma for the Atletico Madrid full-back. According to Tuttosport, Juve are ready to offer around €20-25m for Vrsajlko in January, having already tried to sign him last year. Such a bid would eclipse the reported €14m Napoli have proposed and […]
Perotti: If Spalletti stayed at Roma…
Perotti: If Spalletti stayed at Roma…
Diego Perotti admits he ‘probably’ would have left Roma if Luciano Spalletti was still Coach and ranks Napoli as the best team in Serie A. Perotti has become one of Roma’s most important players since Eusebio Di Francesco replaced Spalletti over the summer, while Napoli are many’s tip for the Scudetto, despite their 1-0 defeat […]
City and Bayern prosper, Paris brought down to earth
City and Bayern prosper, Paris brought down to earth
Manchester City clinch record-equalling 13th straight Premier League win Paris lose at Strasbourg, first defeat in 26 matches in all competitions Sergio Ramos sent off as Real Madrid held to goalless draw at Athletic Bayern consolidate Bundesliga top spot as Dortmund draw again Beşiktaş beat Galatasaray to close gap to Turkish Super League summit MAKE […]
Lichsteiner & Höwedes To Miss Inter Clash, Mandzukic Doubtful
Lichsteiner & Höwedes To Miss Inter Clash, Mandzukic…
The problems for Juventus, and in particular, Mario Mandzukic, continues. The Croatian attacker missed the game against Napoli on Friday after sustaing calf problems and still has not recovered meaning it is very unsure if he will be 100% fit for the upcoming fixtures against Olympiakos in the Champions League followed by Inter in the […]