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Serie A Player of the Week | Round 3
Serie A Player of the Week | Round 3
Sometimes there are moments that eclipse a whole 90-minute performance and this weekend in Serie A there was one moment that cast a shadow over everything else to happen on the Italian peninsula this week. That moment came courtesy of Fabio Quagliarella who gave us an early entry for goal of the season with a […]
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 3
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 3
Juventus are alone at the top of Serie A, with Napoli losing to Sampdoria, and Roma falling victim to a last gasp AC Milan goal. Inter got their first win of the season, Fiorentina won their second in a row, and Sassuolo remain unbeaten bagging five in a great win over Genoa. Our Team of […]
Roberto Mancini: “Inter Has Difficulties But Will Have A Great Serie A Campaign”
Roberto Mancini: “Inter Has Difficulties But Will Have…
The coach of the Italian national team, Roberto Mancini, was interviewed by Sky Sport about his thoughts on Inter’s 3-0 win on Saturday at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara against Bologna. The former Nerazzurri coach stated that: “It was a difficult match for Inter, the team experienced difficulties. They made a lot of changes and those […]
Napoli to renew the contracts of three stars
Napoli to renew the contracts of three stars
03 September at 10:30 As reported by Corriere dello Sport, following the contract renewel of Kalidou Koulibaly. Now Napoli are planning on extending the contracts of Arkadiusz Milik, Elseid Hysaj and Piotr Zielinski. The Polish duo are proving to be vital in the plans of new boss Carlo Ancelotti this season, while right back Hysaj […]
PODCAST: The Quag-nificent Samp
PODCAST: The Quag-nificent Samp
What a weekend of Serie A we had, such a great weekend that we lost Conor Clancy to Trenitalia and had to draft in Dov Schiavone as host. But luckily he had regulars Vito Doria and Nicholas Carroll to help him along. Sampdoria smashing Napoli, AC Milan stunning Roma, plucky Parma giving Juventus a scare […]
Chelsea star Eden Hazard sends Premier League title contenders huge warning
Chelsea star Eden Hazard sends Premier League title contenders…
The Belgian was in top form for Chelsea against Bournemouth as they continued their perfect start under their new boss. Sarri has already implemented a huge tactical change at Stamford Bridge after throwing out Antonio Conte’s three-at-the-back system. The former Napoli manager favour a more traditional back four, with three central midfielders and three forwards. […]
Fabio Quagliarella scores outrageous goal as Sampdoria stun Napoli in Serie A
Fabio Quagliarella scores outrageous goal as Sampdoria stun…
FABIO Quagliarella’s airborne backheel volley in Sampdoria’s big Italian Serie A win over Napoli is the leading candidate for goal of the season. Title hopefuls Napoli were thumped 3-0 at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris after coach Carlo Ancelotti tinkered with the team, dropping captain Marek Hamsik and forward Jose Callejon. Gregoire Defrel scored two first-half […]
Ancelotti: Napoli were too negative in the first half
Ancelotti: Napoli were too negative in the first half
Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti has blamed a negative approach to the opening 45 minutes for his team’s 3-0 defeat to Sampdoria on Sunday evening[1]. After achieving comeback victories against Lazio and AC Milan in the opening two rounds of Serie A action, the Partenopei were defeated comprehensively by Il Doria despite their efforts in the […]
Inzaghi: ‘Lazio season starts now’
Inzaghi: ‘Lazio season starts now’
Simone Inzaghi believes Lazio “can start our season now” after the first hard-fought win over Frosinone. The Aquile had been unlucky in losses to Napoli and Juventus, then continued to waste several chances at the Olimpico this evening, but Luis Alberto fired in the winner. “It’s an important victory and the lads put in a […]
Giampaolo: ‘If Ronaldo scored that…’
Giampaolo: ‘If Ronaldo scored that…’
Sampdoria humiliated Napoli 3-0 and Marco Giampaolo believes “if Cristiano Ronaldo had scored Fabio Quagliarella’s goal, everyone would talk about it.” The Blucerchiati ran riot at Marassi with a Gregoire Defrel brace and Quagliarella’s astonishing back-heel flick. “It was a wonderful evening, because to beat Napoli you need to put in a great performance and […]