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Di Biagio: Toughest Euros ever
Di Biagio: Toughest Euros ever
Luigi Di Biagio feels this summer’s European Under-21 Championship will be ‘toughest ever’ but that being on Roberto Mancini’s ‘wavelength’ can guide Italy to glory. “I have the opportunity to call up all the big names in the national team. I’m on the same wavelength as Mancini,” he told Il Mattino. “At a European Championship, […]
Roma: Totti & De Rossi dream team?
Roma: Totti & De Rossi dream team?
Francesco Totti could become Roma’s new technical director – and he reportedly wants Daniele De Rossi as Coach. According to Corriere dello Sport, Totti ‘demands’ a role such as technical director, having alluded to it before Roma’s 4-1 defeat to Napoli at the weekend. The former No 10 hung up his boots at the end of […]
Confirmed: Serie A Wk34-37 fixtures
Confirmed: Serie A Wk34-37 fixtures
Serie A has announced changes to its Week 34-37 fixtures, with the Derby d’Italia between Inter and Juventus a Saturday-night showdown on April 27. The Week 34 clash falls a day before it did last year, when Gonzalo Higuain’s last-gasp goal earned Juve a 3-2 win at San Siro. Among the other notable fixtures are […]
‘Napoli, Roma & Inter like Bennacer’
‘Napoli, Roma & Inter like Bennacer’
Empoli’s President has claimed that Napoli, Roma and Inter are all interested in signing midfielder Ismael Bennacer. Speaking to Radio CRC on Monday, Fabrizio Corsi confessed all three clubs were looking at Bennacer but suggested Roma were leading the pack as Daniele De Rossi had already ‘asked’ about the one-time Arsenal youngster. “He’s a good […]
Sarri: Higuain struggling to adapt
Sarri: Higuain struggling to adapt
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has conceded that striker Gonzalo Higuain is finding English football ‘difficult’. Sarri and Higuain were reunited in January after their 2015-16 campaign together at Napoli, during which time the striker scored a record-breaking 36 goals. However, the Juventus loanee has netted just three times in 10 appearances for Chelsea, all of […]
Napoli lose Mertens too?
Napoli lose Mertens too?
Napoli could be without Dries Mertens for Wednesday’s Serie A trip to Empoli with a leg injury. Mertens was replaced an hour into Napoli’s 4-1 win at Roma on Sunday, and the club confirmed on their official website that the forward needed treatment for ‘a bruised tibia’. Consequently, he could be spared for the match […]
Serie A Week 30 referees
Serie A Week 30 referees
The referees for Serie A Week 30 have been announced, with Davide Massa in charge of the crunch clash between Roma and Fiorentina. Roma were thrashed 4-1 by Milan at the weekend and need to beat Fiorentina to keep their top-four hopes alive, although Fiorentina put seven past them in the Coppa Italia earlier in […]
Pallotta: ‘No more alibis’
Pallotta: ‘No more alibis’
Roma President James Pallotta pointed criticism at Monchi and Eusebio Di Francesco, but told the players to “stand up and show they have balls. No more alibis for anyone.” The Giallorossi suffered two consecutive Serie A defeats to SPAL and Napoli under caretaker manager Claudio Ranieri. In his brief statement on the official Twitter feed, […]
Napoli thump four past Roma
Napoli thump four past Roma
Napoli humiliated Roma at the Stadio Olimpico with a 4-1 thrashing inspired by Dries Mertens, Arkadiusz Milik and Simone Verdi. Click here for the full match report. OR Follow all the action from today’s six Serie A games as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
Mertens: ‘Should’ve had more goals’
Mertens: ‘Should’ve had more goals’
Dries Mertens was torn between celebrating a 4-1 victory away to Roma and worrying Napoli “should’ve scored more goals.” It was 1-1 at the break thanks to a Diego Perotti penalty, but the Partenopei ran riot. “We deserved the win and it’s just a pity we didn’t score more goals in the first half too,” […]