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  • Kobe Bryant on Lionel Messi & Italian Football

    The Dream Team are in Barcelona for yet another preparation match heading into the 2012 Olympic tournament, as Team USA will face Spain in what might be the game for gold in a couple of weeks as well. Reporters still care more about finding out Kobe Bryant’s thoughts on football, Barcelona and Lionel Messi than actual basketball.

  • Edinson Cavani – The Most Expensive Player in the World According to Napoli

    Every once in a while a team president will come out with some outrageous price tag for one of his star players. Edinson Cavani is that player this time, as Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis valued the Uruguayan striker at a whopping €100 million, theoretically making him the most expensive player in the world.

  • Juventus in Match Fixing Problem Again?

    After the latest investigation into match fixing by prosecutors in Cremona has mostly dealt with Serie B club, Juventus head coach Antonio Conte has been called into questioning by the police among a number of people in connection with a match-fixing probe in Italy.

  • 2011-2012 Top Scorers in Europe’s Top Leagues

    All the major leagues in Europe have concluded their business, so we decided to check if there was anyone alive good enough to tickle the scoring heroics of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, racing through the record books for another season. These are the best the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1 had to offer.

  • Alessandro Del Piero’s Final Juventus Moments?

    The last 58 minutes of Alessandro Del Piero’s career at Juventus weren’t in the famous Bianconeri colors, but in pink. The club’s original colors which seems so out of place on Del Piero, one of the few ‘living legends’ in today’s football. A 37 year old player who spent pretty much his entire career, through the ups and down, with the same club.

  • Juventus Take the Next Step in Glory Restoration With Serie A Title

    Juventus won the Serie A title for the first time since 2006, and one that actually counts in the history books for the first time since 2003. The biggest club in Italy had to six years after being relegated to get back on top, but eventually, finally, they found the right formula to win their 28th title.

  • Delio Rossi’s Insanity and Gianluigi Buffon’s Costly Mistake

    Delio Rossi and Fiorentina don’t usually make the headlines, especially with Juventus and AC Milan in action at the same time, but the ex-Fiorentina head coach choking his own player, Adem Ljalic, made its way to the top of the news column despite Milan moving to only one point behind Juventus in the title race.

  • Genoa Ultras Stop Match; Demand Players to Take Off Their Shirts

    Genoa fans showed us once again the close and often problematic relations between Ultras groups in Italy and the clubs they support. During their humiliating 1-4 home defeat against Siena, which crucially hurts their relegation battle chances, play was halted midway through the second half as the fans demanded the players take off their shirts.

  • Alessandro Del Piero With a Championship Like Goal (Juventus vs Lazio)

    Alessandro Del Piero scored a free kick goal on his 700th appearance for Juventus, a winning goal in their dramatic 2-1 victory over Lazio, giving them a one point lead of Milan in the Serie A title race in what will probably be his last season with the Bianconeri.

  • Xherdan Shaqiri & Stefano Mauri With Two Brilliant Scissor Kick Goals

    Xherdan Shaqiri might just be Bayern Munich’s next big star, but he’s still scoring big goals for FC Basel en route to another league title in Switzerland. Stefano Mauri won’t be winning any league titles this season, but his goal for Lazio in their 3-1 win over Napoli was equally impressive.