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Lega Serie A confirm fixture changes for rounds 4-16
Lega Serie A confirm fixture changes for rounds 4-16
With the European fate of Serie A’s representatives now known, Lega Serie A have finalised and confirmed the schedule for matches to be played between round four and 16. Now that the international break has arrived, all of the games from after the break up until Monday, December 18, have been set. All of the […]
Allegri tops list of Serie A’s best paid coaches
Allegri tops list of Serie A’s best paid coaches
Although his colleagues have closed the gap this season, Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri remains the highest paid coach in Serie A for the 2018/19 campaign. The Bianconeri tactician has led his side to the last four consecutive Scudetti and that is reflected in his value and contract, which sees the Tuscan earn €7.5 million net […]
Serie A’s highest paid players for 2018/19
Serie A’s highest paid players for 2018/19
The salaries of the best paid players plying their trade in Serie A for the 2018/19 campaign have been published in a financial report on Tuesday. This season, it is unsurprising that the summer’s biggest arrival to the division, Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid, takes home the highest pay ever for a player in Italian […]
Napoli hoping international break will ease defensive issues
Napoli hoping international break will ease defensive issues
As Serie A campaign pauses for the international break, Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping to use the lack of match action to rectify some of his new sides defence deficiencies. The Partenopei conceded three times without reply against Sampdoria on Sunday night, doubling the number of goals that have been scored against them […]
Quagliarella: As soon as I touched the ball I knew I had scored
Quagliarella: As soon as I touched the ball I knew I had scored
Fabio Quagliarella submitted an early contender for goal of the season as he helped Sampdoria brush Napoli aside with a comfortable 3-0 win at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris[1] on Sunday evening and he says he knew from the second he flicked the ball that it was on its way into the net. What was a […]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s September scoring record suggests goals are coming
Cristiano Ronaldo’s September scoring record suggests…
Despite failing to score in his opening three Serie A appearances, Juventus[1] forward Cristiano Ronaldo[2] can take solace in his scoring record in the month of September. The Bianconeri have won their first three league fixtures so far and scored seven times in that time but the 33-year-old Portuguese superstar did not score any of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]