Tag: italian serie a

  • Mario Balotelli With the Most Important Goal for AC Milan This Season

    Mario Balotelli With the Most Important Goal for AC Milan This Season

    The only way up since Clarence Seedorf took over as the manager of AC Milan, but it’s more than just his managerial skills that are going to save the season for this giant club, struggling in the middle of the table up to this point. Mario Balotelli hitting what might be the best goal this season in the Serie A falls under the definition of special.

  • AC Milan – Clarence Seedorf Isn’t the Savior

    AC Milan – Clarence Seedorf Isn’t the Savior

    It wasn’t that much of a surprise to see AC Milan win with Clarence Seedorf taking the helm. A new manager usually starts out well, but when trying to see how this thing works in the long term, it has a lot more to do with the ownership and the money they spend than the presence of a certain manager.

  • Juventus FC – Building for the Future Right Now

    Juventus FC – Building for the Future Right Now

    It’s going to be very difficult for anyone to move Juventus from the top spot in the Serie A and deny them a third consecutive championship in Italy. However, the ‘Old Lady’ has bigger things in mind than just local domination, but for that to change some decisions have to be made.

  • Antonio Di Natale Retiring – Udinese Could Still Use Him

    Antonio Di Natale Retiring – Udinese Could Still Use Him

    The list of titles that Antonio Di Natale has won with club & country? Non existent. However, the small Italian striker who has announced his retirement has achieved plenty with Udinese during his time with the club, helping them achieve a certain amount of success he can still contribute to.

  • Juventus vs Roma – Tactical & Technical Superiority

    Juventus vs Roma – Tactical & Technical Superiority

    Year 3 in the Juventus revival project, and everything is working quite nicely. There’s no team in the Serie A that comes close to them in terms of players quality or their technical superiority which begins with Antonio Conte but also having players like Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Giorgio Chiellini, brushing aside the empty threat that turned out to be Roma.

  • Juventus vs Roma – Not That Important

    Juventus vs Roma – Not That Important

    Beyond the known football clichés resides the truth – big matches, even against the biggest of rivals, are only worth three points, especially when there’s more than half a season to go in the Italian Serie A. Any result in the Juventus – Roma clash, ‘Match of the Season’ in Italy, will have a big impact on the title race, but it won’t decide anything.

  • Gervinho – Another Miss of the Season for Him

    Gervinho – Another Miss of the Season for Him

    Few players are capable of producing a miss that’s worthy to be called the worst of the season and minutes manage to make a very difficult situation into a goal. AS Roma have that kind of player in Gervinho, who never ceases to amaze with his ups and downs coming in a matter of minutes.

  • Juventus FC – Fernando Llorente With a Championship Goal

    Juventus FC – Fernando Llorente With a Championship Goal

    It might be a bit too soon to crown the next Serie A champions, but there was something special about Fernando Llorente scoring a 90th minute goal for Juventus to give them the dramatic win in another lackluster display, which fit quite perfectly with the results around them, making it seem like it might once again be a Bianconeri season.

  • AC Milan – Kaka Might Flourish, Team Will Not

    AC Milan – Kaka Might Flourish, Team Will Not

    It seems that Kaka is finding life a the San Siro quite comfortable, scoring a wonderful goal for AC Milan in their 1-1 draw with Lazio, but the second most successful club in European football history is going through one of it’s worst periods in quite some time, and the emergence of the Brazilian star isn’t enough to help them get out of this rut.

  • AS Roma – The Winning Streak That Just Won’t End

    AS Roma – The Winning Streak That Just Won’t End

    Without Francesco Totti and without Maicon, sent off after 66 minutes, Roma still made it out with their perfect start to the season intact and improved, picking up a 1-0 win over Udinese through a late Michael Bradly goal, making everyone wonder when exactly will this team finally be stopped, and who can exactly do it.