Author Archives: James Grundy
Debut goal for Romelu Lukaku in Inter Milan’s 4-0 win over Lecce
Debut goal for Romelu Lukaku in Inter Milan’s 4-0 win…
Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku scored on his Inter Milan debut as new coach Antonio Conte’s reign got off to a perfect start with a 4-0 win over promoted Lecce on Monday. Lukaku – a 65 million euros (A$106m) summer signing from Manchester United – scored the third goal on the hour mark at the San […]
Roma & Toro go for Boga?
Roma & Toro go for Boga?
Roma and Torino are reportedly battling it out to sign Sassuolo winger Jeremie Boga. Roma’s first choice to replace the injured Diego Perotti had been Taison, but Shakhtar Donetsk are demanding €25m for the Brazilian. With that in mind, Il Romanista writes the Giallorossi have immediately turned to Boga, offering Sassuolo €7m for his services. […]
PODCAST: Serie A returns in emphatic fashion!
PODCAST: Serie A returns in emphatic fashion!
The new Serie A season got off to an incredible start and the Forza Italian Football Podcast was at five of the opening round fixtures. Host Conor Clancy is fresh from seeing Juventus’ win at Parma and Atalanta’s crazy comeback at SPAL, while Dov Schiavone took in three games – Fiorentina v Napoli, Sampdoria v […]
Brozovic: ‘Scudetto? Maybe yes..’
Brozovic: ‘Scudetto? Maybe yes..’
26 August at 23:15 Following Inter’s 4-0 win over Lecce in their Serie A opener, Marcelo Brozovic was asked about a possible Scudetto challenge this season. Brozovic himself was on the scoresheet as he became the first player to score under the tenure of Antonio Conte at the nerazzurri. In an interview that the Croatian […]
Conte: ‘That’s why we wanted Lukaku’
Conte: ‘That’s why we wanted Lukaku’
Antonio Conte said “Romelu Lukaku showed why we tried so hard to sign him” and referred to Mauro Icardi as a former Inter player. The Coach spoke to Sky Sport Italia after a 4-0 victory over Lecce, which saw new signing Lukaku on target on his Serie A debut after his hard-fought move from Manchester […]
Former Juventus goalkeeper: ‘The referees want to favor Napoli..’
Former Juventus goalkeeper: ‘The referees want to…
26 August at 22:35 Former Juventus goalkeeper Stefano Taccani has said that the referees in the Serie A want to favor Napoli this season. In an interview that he gave, he talked about the refereeing this season and said: “In my opinion this year with arbitrages they want to favor some team from the South. In my […]
Rocco Commisso: ‘No one is like me, Juventus always winning is bad..’
Rocco Commisso: ‘No one is like me, Juventus always…
26 August at 20:55 Fiorentina owner Rocco Commisso has said that Juventus always winning the league is bad for Italian football. Fiorentina are still pushing for some late buys in the summer transfer window after having signed Franck Ribery, Erick Pulgar, Milan Badelj, Pol Lirola and Kevin Prince-Boateng. In an interview that Rocco gave to […]
Lozano delivers message to Napoli fans ahead of Juventus clash
Lozano delivers message to Napoli fans ahead of Juventus clash
26 August at 19:20 New Napoli signing Hirving Lozano has delivered a message to the club’s fans ahead of his potential debut. Lozano was signed by Napoli earlier this summer after the club paid his release clause of 42 million euros. There was a release clause of around 130 million euros in his name- a […]
Casarin: ‘VAR not reflecting offside spirit’
Casarin: ‘VAR not reflecting offside spirit’
Former referee Paolo Casarin is “a supporter of VAR, but offside checks have become a ‘competition’ and don’t reflect the spirit of the rules.” VAR was already introduced in Serie A last season, but is now spreading to all the top five Leagues and Champions League, leading to increasing frustration from fans and players. The […]