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PODCAST: Fetishising Cristiano Ronaldo
PODCAST: Fetishising Cristiano Ronaldo
It’s the penultimate Forza Italian Football Podcast of the year! There’s one more Round to play before Christmas, but Conor Clancy was joined by Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria to chat through all of Round 13’s action, and there was a lot to get through. The Cristiano Ronaldo fanboys were out in full force as […]
Lazio end slump as Immobile and Alberto strike to see off Napoli
Lazio end slump as Immobile and Alberto strike to see off Napoli
Lazio[1] bounced back from a poor run of results and consigned Napoli[2] to their second consecutive defeat with a 2-0 victory at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. Ciro Immobile[3] headed the hosts in front in the first half before Luis Alberto[4] swept home a second after the break to lift the Biancocelesti into eighth place, […]
Giampaolo hopes for a revolution and gets a familiar flop
Giampaolo hopes for a revolution and gets a familiar flop
Marco Giampaolo decided it was time for change. A spark was needed, fresh impetus to lift the thick fog of gloom from what has been a catastrophic campaign so far. The former AC Milan coach made five changes to the team that fought back from two goals down against Udinese on Sunday, only to immediately […]
Giordano: Five or six teams will fight Juventus for the Serie A title
Giordano: Five or six teams will fight Juventus for the…
Former Lazio and Napoli striker Bruno Giordano has said that Juventus will have great difficulty to hold onto the Serie A title in 2020/21. The Bianconeri are in third place in the league table after 12 rounds and they are four points behind AC Milan but the former Partenopei hero believes that the Rossoneri are […]
Ibrahimovic is out for AC Milan for the remainder of 2020
Ibrahimovic is out for AC Milan for the remainder of 2020
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss the last two Serie A matches of 2020. The 39-year-old has not featured for the Rossoneri since sustaining a hamstring injury in the 3-1 away victory against Napoli in late November and he will miss the upcoming league matches with Sassuolo and Lazio. TuttoMercatoWeb report that Ibrahimovic felt […]
Sassuolo v AC Milan: Probable Line-Ups and Key Statistics
Sassuolo v AC Milan: Probable Line-Ups and Key Statistics
After a mini blip of late, AC Milan will be eager to get back to winning ways, although the games don’t get any easier as they travel to Sassuolo on Sunday (kick-off 15:00). PROBABLE LINE-UPS Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Marlon, Ferrari, Rogerio; Maxime Lopez, Obiang; Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo. Suspended: Locatelli. Unavailable: Ricci, Romagna. AC Milan […]
PODCAST: Midweek madness and draws aplenty
PODCAST: Midweek madness and draws aplenty
The Serie A matches are coming thick and fast in the buildup to Christmas, meaning the Forza Italian Football Podcast team are working overtime and we’re back again with a Round 12 pod. It’s just a two-man show for the midweek games, with Kevin Pogorzelski staying up late to keep Conor Clancy company, and not […]
Ambitious Paulo Fonseca eyes podium finish for Roma
Ambitious Paulo Fonseca eyes podium finish for Roma
Roma coach Paulo Fonseca said his ambition is to finish in the top three in Serie A this season after his side moved into the Champions League places with a 3-1 win over Torino on Thursday. The Giallorossi leapfrogged Napoli and Sassuolo in the standings with the victory and drew level on 24 points with […]
Cassano: Inter are embarrassing, only Atalanta and Roma excite me
Cassano: Inter are embarrassing, only Atalanta and Roma…
Former Italy international Antonio Cassano has blasted Antonio Conte’s Inter, labelling the Nerazzurri ’embarrassing’ for their early-season form. Conte failed to lead his side through their Champions League group, finishing bottom behind Real Madrid, Borussia Monchengladbach and Shakhtar Donetsk to crash out of Europe altogether[1]. Not even their recent domestic form could spare them from […]
Inter player ratings: Handanovic redeems himself
Inter player ratings: Handanovic redeems himself
Inter took all the three points at the end of a hard-fought match against Napoli at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza which saw the hosts score the only goal of the game, as Romelu Lukaku found the net from the spot midway through the second-half to send the Nerazzurri just one point behind Serie A leaders […]