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Llorente: ‘Won’t celebrate against Juventus’
Llorente: ‘Won’t celebrate against Juventus’
Tottenham Hotspur striker Fernando Llorente won’t celebrate if he scores tomorrow night – “when I hear the name Juventus I still get chills”. The striker spent two seasons with the Bianconeri, and will return to Turin for the first leg of the Champions League Last 16 tie. “It was a wonderful two years, I wore […]
Juventus top 10 for squad cost
Juventus top 10 for squad cost
Juventus are in the top 10 in Europe in terms of how much their squad cost to assemble, with Milan, Roma and Inter in the top 20 and Napoli 21st. Today the CIES Football Observatory has released it’s squad recruitment cost list, updated after the January transfer window. Juventus are the only Italian side to […]
Milan surge up form table
Milan surge up form table
Milan and Torino would both be in Serie A’s top four based on the last six games, statistics from FootyStats reveal. Both sides started the season poorly and dispensed with their Coaches, with the Rossoneri dismissing Vincenzo Montella and appointing Gennaro Gattuso. Meanwhile, the Granata took the decision to replace Sinisa Mihajlovic with Walter Mazzarri […]
Serie A Team of Week 24
Serie A Team of Week 24
As Napoli and Juventus continue their two horse race towards the Scudetto, Ramez Nathan selects his best XI from Week 24. Gianluigi Buffon [Juventus] The 40-year-old veteran was lucky the shot of Gil Bastião Dias rattled his bar, yet one brilliant save from Super Gigi as he outstretched his foot denying La Viola from leveling […]
Defrel: ‘Roma goals will come’
Defrel: ‘Roma goals will come’
Gregoire Defrel believes Roma’s finishing problems are “a psychological issue, but the goals will come and there will be many of them.” They host Benevento at 19.45 GMT, click here for the line-ups and Liveblog. “It’s a shame that Inter won today, but we must win our games without looking at the other results,” Defrel […]
Monchi: ‘Roma, Inter and Lazio level’
Monchi: ‘Roma, Inter and Lazio level’
Monchi believes Roma, Inter and Lazio “have more or less the same chance” of a Champions League spot and discussed their transfer strategy. The game with Benevento kicks off at 19.45 GMT, click here for the line-ups and Liveblog. “The important thing is to follow on from what we did at Verona and continue on […]
Napoli second only to Man City
Napoli second only to Man City
Napoli have the second best record in Europe’s top five leagues this season, ahead of Barcelona and second only to Manchester City. The Partenopei are leading the Serie A standings after 20 victories, three draws and only one defeat – to second-placed Juventus. This gives them an average of 2.62 points per game domestically. As […]
Eder: ‘Inter are on track’
Eder: ‘Inter are on track’
Eder insists Inter are “united” after ending their two-month drought to beat nine-man Bologna 2-1. “We’re on track.” The Nerazzurri hadn’t won in eight matches, but avoided setting a new club record by sealing the San Siro success. “We really wanted to win today and it’s even better that the points arrived after we fought […]
Felipe Anderson still frozen out
Felipe Anderson still frozen out
Felipe Anderson is still training separately from his Lazio teammates and could be dropped for the Europa League against Steaua Bucharest. The Brazilian was dropped for last night’s trip to Napoli as punishment for a bad attitude when coming off the bench in the 2-1 defeat to Genoa. He had a row with Coach Simone […]
Maradona blasts Biglia, Icardi
Maradona blasts Biglia, Icardi
Diego Armando Maradona viciously criticised Mauro Icardi and Lucas Biglia, insisting Gonzalo Higuain is “worth 10 times more” than the Inter striker. The Argentina and Napoli legend always hits the headlines when he speaks and gave a typically fiery interview to newspaper El Popular. “If Leo Messi is in good shape, then he can hide […]