Author Archives: James Grundy
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 8
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 8
Napoli top Serie A as Juventus fell home to a super Lazio and Mauro Icardi gave Inter the victory in the Milan derby. Fiorentina got back to winning ways, as Sampdoria put three past Atalanta and Torino drew with Crotone. A big win at the bottom for Hellas Verona against Benevento. Our Team of the […]
Allegri: ‘Sturaro could play right-back’
Allegri: ‘Sturaro could play right-back’
Juventus Coach Max Allegri confirms Stefano Sturaro could play right-back against Sporting tomorrow. Stephan Lichtsteiner isn’t in the Bianconeri’s squad for the Champions League, so with Mattia De Sciglio and Benedikt Howedes injured, either the midfielder or Andrea Barzagli will have to deputise at right-back. “These are the two solutions, Sturaro or Barzagli,” Allegri confirmed […]
Chelsea blow as Zola reveals Morata will skip Roma clash
Chelsea blow as Zola reveals Morata will skip Roma clash
17 October at 13:20 Former Napoli and Chelsea forward Gianfranco Zola has weighed in on this week’s Champions League matches involving those two clubs. Speaking to Tiki Taka Italy, Zola made it clear that he believes Napoli’s early-season success is not a fluke, and they have a chance to make history. “The city of […]
Allegri: ‘Juventus need balance’
Allegri: ‘Juventus need balance’
Massimiliano Allegri assures “the atmosphere is good” at Juventus, but “we have to regain the balance”. The Bianconeri lost to Lazio on Saturday, having thrown away a two goal lead against Atalanta in their previous Serie A game. “The atmosphere is good,” Allegri assured in his Press conference ahead of the Sporting CP match tomorrow […]
Breaking: Milan made contact with Juventus Coach
Breaking: Milan made contact with Juventus Coach
17 October at 13:06 Milan in shock swoop for ailing Juventus CoachAC Milan are interested in signing Max Allegri, according to La Repubblica. The former Rossoneri Coach hasn’t started the season brilliantly, his Juventus looking older, slower and desperately uncertain at the back. They are five points behind leaders Napoli after only eight games, and […]
Paper talk: Icardi better than Lukaku and Morata, Juve want €40m Liverpool target
Paper talk: Icardi better than Lukaku and Morata, Juve want…
17 October at 11:46 Mauro Icardi’s hat-trick against AC Milan has confirmed that the Argentinean is one of the best strikers in Europe. According to study of La Gazzetta dello Sport Icardi is currently the best strikers in Europe in terms of shot-to-goal ratio. There are no other strikers in Europe, in fact, that have […]
Not only Montella: Losers from initial stretch of Serie A season
Not only Montella: Losers from initial stretch of Serie A season
17 October at 12:00 Last week we covered the winners in the initial stretch of the Serie A season, and after such a fantastic weekend featuring Lazio winning in Turin against Juventus and an incredible derby between Inter and Milan, it’s very easy to find more reasons to celebrate all that is great in Italian […]
Rivere: ‘Ventura should call Balotelli’
Rivere: ‘Ventura should call Balotelli’
Nice President Jean-Pierre Rivère believes Italy CT Giampiero Ventura can call Mario Balotelli, insisting “I’ve never seen” bad behaviour from him. The striker hasn’t been capped by his country since the 2014 World Cup, but his fine form in France has led to calls for a recall. “When I first met Mario, we talked for […]
Man Utd and Chelsea alerted as Barcelona scout Napoli stars
Man Utd and Chelsea alerted as Barcelona scout Napoli stars
17 October at 10:41 Barcelona are looking for possible replacements around Europe and according to Mundo Deportivo there are three Napoli players the blaugrana have been monitoring of late. The Catalan paper states Barcelona scouts went to Rome this past week-end to watch Roma-Napoli with Dries Mertens, Kalidou Koulibaly and Lorenzo Insigne who had been […]
Napoli, Man City, Spurs, Real Madrid, Liverpool: predicted Champions League line-ups
Napoli, Man City, Spurs, Real Madrid, Liverpool: predicted…
17 October at 11:30 Group FMANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Bravo; Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph; de Bruyne, Fernandiho, David Silva; Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sanè. Coach: Guardiola.NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne. Coach: SarriFeyenoord (4-3-3): Jones; Amrabat, St.Juste, Van Beek, Haps; Toornstra, El Ahmadi, Vilhena; Berghuis, Boetius, Laesson. Coach: Van BronckhorstShakhtar (4-2-3-1): […]