Author Archives: James Grundy
U-22 Young Players’ Team of the Week #8: Goncalo Guedes and Kai Havertz feature
U-22 Young Players’ Team of the Week #8: Goncalo Guedes…
A regular feature on our website is the Talent Radar Young Players Team of the Week with the best young players compiled into an XI from across Europe’s top seven leagues. You can read this for all details on Talent Radar, who is eligible under it and what else we publish within this feature. [1] [Max. Age Limit: […]
Tactical Analysis: Napoli 0-0 Inter Milan | Sarri’s Strong Attack And Counter-Press Against Spaletti’s Deep Block
Tactical Analysis: Napoli 0-0 Inter Milan | Sarri’s Strong…
Ryan Tank provides a tactical analysis about the Serie A match that ended Napoli 0-0 Inter Milan Inter Milan held Napoli and managed a point in San Paolo. A fairly deep block displayed by Spaletti’s boys against the aggressive home side got the job done. Napoli: Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik, Callejon, Mertens, […]
Sampdoria coach Giampaolo: “Playing against Inter will be fun”
Sampdoria coach Giampaolo: “Playing against Inter will…
Marco Giampaolo and his Sampdoria will be visiting Milano tonight to take on third place Inter at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district, with kick-off being scheduled for 20:45. It will be a matchup between two teams that are playing very well in the Serie A and two teams that have improved […]
Euro Paper Talk: Draxler in, Coutinho out at Liverpool; Reus’ United link
Euro Paper Talk: Draxler in, Coutinho out at Liverpool;…
Manchester United and Arsenal have made enquiries over a surprise January raid for a Dortmund star, while Liverpool want one of PSG’s top performers, according to Monday’s European papers. PREM DUO SCRAP IT OUT FOR DORTMUND STAR Borussia Dortmund star playmaker Marco Reus has emerged as a surprise January target for both Arsenal and Manchester United, according to reports in […]
Manchester City vs. Wolverhampton, League Cup: Predicted Lineups
Manchester City vs. Wolverhampton, League Cup: Predicted Lineups
The League Cup (IT IS NOT THE CARABAO CUP ON THIS WEBSITE) is back! The least important competition in the English calendar returns this week with the fourth round of matches taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Manchester City[1] finally have a decent draw. Pep Guardiola[2] and his men welcome Wolverhampton[3] to the Etihad […]
Gazzetta – Brozovic back against Hellas Verona or Torino
Gazzetta – Brozovic back against Hellas Verona or Torino
Marcelo Brozovic is back in training and it would have taken more than a miracle for him to have been ready for tonight’s game with Sampdoria Gazzetta dello Sport report. The Croatian midfielder is likely to return against Hellas Verona at the weekend or Torino the following weekend. The 24-year-old sustained a calf injury on […]
Fabio Capello: “Napoli vs Inter well worth watching at 2 am”
Fabio Capello: “Napoli vs Inter well worth watching at 2 am”
Jiangsu Suning manager Fabio Capello spoke on Radio Uno on a wide array of topics, including the weekend’s game between Napoli-Inter which ended goalless. “I watched a great match between Napoli and Inter, which hadn’t been seen for a long time in Italy. There was great consistency in their contrasting approaches. Napoli were great moving […]
Podcast: Step aside Gonzalo there is a new Khed in town
Podcast: Step aside Gonzalo there is a new Khed in town
On this week’s Forza Italian Football Podcast, the guys talk through another exciting round of Serie A action. As always, this podcast was recorded live over on FIFTV[1]. Juventus and Udinese scored eight goals between them in a chaotic game, while Napoli kept their hold on the top of the table as they drew with […]
How Simone Inzaghi stepped out of Pippo’s shadow to become Italy’s best young manager
How Simone Inzaghi stepped out of Pippo’s shadow to become…
IT SEEMED AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, but by the end, Lazio had made it possible. For more than two years Juventus had been undefeated in Turin, an imposing, inexorable force with six successive Serie A titles behind them. No-one really expected their imperious record to be ended so unceremoniously. In the Lazio camp, though, there was […]
Maradona: ‘Napoli’s squad is too small’
Maradona: ‘Napoli’s squad is too small’
Diego Maradona hopes Napoli can win the Scudetto this year but “I’m very worried by the thin squad”. The Argentine is the Partenopei’s greatest legend, helping them to win the only two Scudetti in their history, the last of which came in 1990. “The fact is that Napoli need to understand once and for all […]