Should Juventus and Zlatan Ibrahimovic get back together?

“I’m honoured by the interest of a club such as Juventus” – Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Sound familiar? That’s because Zlatan has said these words before, nine years ago when the enigmatic Swedish striker wanted out of the Netherlands and the Turin giants were his chosen suitor. Now, nearly a decade, a scandal, four clubs and More...

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By Sam Lewis On Friday, April 19th, 2013
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Andrea Stramaccioni: Is Inter’s young coach bad or simply unlucky?

Hailed as the “New Mourinho” by fans following his thrilling victory over Juventus, Andrea Stramaccioni’s name was thrust to the fore of optimistic discussion about Inter as title challengers with More...

By Sam Lewis On Sunday, March 24th, 2013
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Brazil comeback gives Italy reason to dream of World Cup glory

It was a friendly like no other, a re-affirmation that if you assemble a bunch of professional athletes together that want to win then it doesn’t really matter if they don’t have anything to play for. Italy More...

By Sam Lewis On Friday, March 22nd, 2013
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Serie A and the distant 4th Champions League spot

A decade ago, at a damp Old Trafford, AC Milan beat Juventus on penalties to lift the Champions League trophy for the 6th time in the Rossoneri’s history, re-conforming the Italian side’s extraordinary More...

By Sam Lewis On Friday, March 15th, 2013
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Five players who deserve to be at a bigger club

Every year players leave clubs for new pastures, every transfer window features footballers eager to prove themselves at a club they believe will herald further success. Forza Italian Football have put together More...

By Sam Lewis On Friday, March 8th, 2013
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Napoli vs Juventus: How the Scudetto will be won

With just over two months left in the Serie A season, the league table is beginning to take shape and the possible destinations for the Scudetto have been reduced from 20 down to just two. Napoli will battle for More...

By Sam Lewis On Friday, March 1st, 2013
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Failed Carew signing shows Inter’s lack of direction

“Inter should have tried to net Carew in silence, without all of the media attention that it grabbed,” said former Inter midfielder Benoit Cauet on Inter’s chase of John Carew, who later failed a More...

By Sam Lewis On Sunday, February 17th, 2013
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Max Allegri deserves credit for AC Milan’s resurgence

Another week goes by, Mario Balotelli scores and Milan win. The most in-form team in Serie A have gone from struggling to break into the top half of the table before Christmas to 4th, level on points with Lazio(who More...

By Sam Lewis On Friday, February 15th, 2013
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Driving force Javier Zanetti only thing keeping Inter’s season on track

When speaking about Mario Balotelli’s transfer to Milan, Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho said there should be no concern for Interisti, and that “Javier Zanetti in a Milan shirt would be a crisis, More...

By Sam Lewis On Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Juventus succeed in Scotland but questions still remain

One hundred and eighty seconds. That’s how long it took Juventus to puncture the optimistic bubble surrounding Celtic and the much hyped atmosphere at Glaswegians home  on Tuesday night. Claudio Marchisio’s More...