Adrian Del Monte

Adrian Del Monte

Founder of Socceranchor.com, I am a devoted Serie A and Roma supporter, who fell in love with the game at the age of just five, when Roberto Baggio excelled at the ’94 World Cup. Living in Australia and initially supporting Fiorentina, all roads led to Rome when star man Gabriel Batistuta made the switch, and I have not looked back since. Have worked for Goal.com and ESPNsoccernet over the past five years, whilst I spent a few months in the UK in 2010, working as an intern for the likes of ESPN, Sky Sports and The Guardian. Also had the amazing opportunity to report from the recent World Cup in South Africa – a life changing experience. Follow me on twitter: @adriandelmonte

By Adrian Del Monte On Friday, October 19th, 2012
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Serie A Preview: Lazio v AC Milan

Lazio are turning themselves into a title contender, whilst AC Milan need to halt the slip down the table, and fast. Whatever Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic has touched has turned to gold, or so it has seemed in More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Friday, October 19th, 2012
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Serie A Preview: Juventus v Napoli

The top-of-the-table clash sees undefeated Juventus host the also-undefeated Napoli, with more than just the Scudetto at stake… Juventus’ unbeaten run has still continued into the new season, and the More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Saturday, September 1st, 2012
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Bologna v AC Milan: Match Preview

With all the hype that has surrounded Bologna over the past summer, they could not deliver a win on the opening matchday, going down 2-0 to Chievo. But there has been a wealth of positive news from the transfer More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Sunday, July 1st, 2012
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Euro 2012 Final Preview: Italy v Spain

After 24 days of goals, assists, yellow and red cards, Spain meet Italy in the EURO 2012 Final. Having met in the opening Group C match three weeks ago and ending in a 1-1 draw, we will have a winner between La More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Sunday, June 24th, 2012
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Italy v England: Match Preview

England and Italy will face off in a potentially classic quarter-final. England have won only one of their last nine meeting against Italian. The three lions topped their group after winning their last match against More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Monday, June 4th, 2012
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The history of the European Championships

All good footballing tournaments have a strong storyline behind them. The FIFA World Cup was originally called a “failure” before being transformed and embraced into the tournament we hold dearly every More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Where will Pato be playing his football next season?

The 2011/12 was a season to forget for Brazilian young gun Alexandre Pato, with injuries curtailing his season to just 17 appearances in all competitions. He still managed to score four goals, including one against More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Where will Ezequiel Lavezzi go if he is to leave Napoli?

Nearly nine years back, when Ezequiel Lavezzi started playing for Estudiantes, he was dubbed as the ‘new Maradona’. While he didn’t quite turn out to Diego Maradona (Who would?), he did sign up for the club More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Saturday, May 26th, 2012
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Giovinco is likely to leave Parma… but where will he go?

Sebastian Giovinco had yet another impressive campaign in the Italian topflight with Parma, scoring 16 goals and assisting 11 others in the Gialloblu’s memorable campaign. The club finished in eighth position, More...

By Adrian Del Monte On Saturday, May 26th, 2012
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Juventus shouldnt worry about Coppa Italia defeat to Napoli

Last Sunday, the city of Naples was filled with joy when Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik’s goals brought Napoli their first trophy since the days of Diego Maradona back in early 90s. Making things much more More...