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Winter: Inter need results away to Barcelona and Tottenham
Winter: Inter need results away to Barcelona and Tottenham
With Inter taking on both Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur, Aaron Winter believes the Nerazzurri have to take advantage of their home games if they are to have any hope of making it out of Group B. The Ajax youth coach does believe that Inter have what it takes to gain a maximum six points against […]
Champions League draw throws up tough tasks for Serie A sides
Champions League draw throws up tough tasks for Serie A sides
Juventus[1] have been drawn against Manchester United, Valencia and Young Boys in the 2018/19 Champions League[2] group stage, with Roma[3] set to face Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Of the two other Italian sides in the competition, Inter[4] take on Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur and PSV Eindhoven while Napoli[5] have been paired with Paris […]
Champions League draw brings compelling possibilities for Serie A sides
Champions League draw brings compelling possibilities for…
For the first time in nine years, players, officials, staff and fans from four separate Serie A clubs will be tuned into the Champions League draw to learn their fate. There will be representatives from four Italian clubs taking their seats in Monaco on Thursday as champions Juventus are joined by last year’s semi-finalists Roma […]
New AC Milan defender to replace Musacchio in starting line-up
New AC Milan defender to replace Musacchio in starting line-up
After seeing a two-goal advantage disappear against Napoli[1], AC Milan[2] coach Gennaro Gattuso is expected to make several changes against Roma on Friday. The Rossoneri will look to get their season back on track after falling 3-2 to the Partenopei, and it looks as though it’s the backline that will be altered the most. Mattia […]
Allan desperate to deliver silverware to Napoli this season
Allan desperate to deliver silverware to Napoli this season
Now into his fourth season as a Napoli[1] player, Allan[2] is keen to help the Partenopei win silverware this season after going close to winning the Scudetto last term. The Brazilian midfielder’s immediate focus though is on the next game against Sampdoria, and he is aware that visiting the Stadio Luigi Ferraris will not be […]
Hamsik: There is a winning mentality at Napoli
Hamsik: There is a winning mentality at Napoli
After Napoli fought back from behind twice in their opening two games to pick up wins, captain Marek Hamsik believes it is proof of the winning mentality at the club now. In their opening game of the campaign, they fell behind to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico before bouncing back to claim all three points […]
AC Milan reliant on Gonzalo Higuain overcoming Roma hoodoo to get off the mark in Serie A
AC Milan reliant on Gonzalo Higuain overcoming Roma hoodoo…
After a second-half collapse away at Napoli saw AC Milan come up empty-handed from their opening game of this Serie A season[1] the Rossoneri will be hoping that new forward Gonzalo Higuain can put his Roma hoodoo behind him and get up and running at the Stadio Meazza on Friday evening. It would be hard to […]
Serie A Player of the Week | Round 2
Serie A Player of the Week | Round 2
With two goals and an inspiring performance that helped Napoli overturn a two-goal deficit to beat AC Milan 3-2[1] on Saturday evening, Piotr Zielinski is the Forza Italian Football Player of the Week for round two of Serie A. The Pole looks as though he can be an integral part of Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli side[2], […]
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 2
Serie A Team of the Week | Round 2
Juventus and Napoli head to the top of the Serie A table, alongside minnows SPAL, as all three sides made it two wins from two. Over in Milan, both the city’s clubs held two-goal leads, but let them slip, whilst Fiorentina put six past Chievo, and Roma made a comeback of their own against Atalanta […]
Gattuso not concerned by AC Milan’s collapse at Napoli
Gattuso not concerned by AC Milan’s collapse at Napoli
Despite a disappointing outcome at the Stadio San Paolo against Napoli on Saturday night, AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso insisted there were positives to take from the defeat, ahead of Roma’s visit Friday night. The Rossoneri had taken a surprise two-goal lead against last season’s Serie A runner-up, but a Piotr Zielinski double and Dries […]