ITALIAN football probably needed this, the end of a nine-year run of titles for Juventus and the revival of Italy’s other football hub, Milan. Juve have been the only Serie A club who have come remotely close to the very … Continue reading Inter Milan’s scudetto as the kingdom falls
IT’S NOT exactly the renaissance, but Italy’s Serie A promises to deliver an exciting climax with Juventus finally losing the crown that has become their personal property since 2012. Inter Milan won the third derby della maddonina in the San Siro, deservedly … Continue reading Inter take control in Italy
INTER MILAN went back to the top of Serie A after beating SPAL 2-1 while Juventus surprisingly slipped-up against Sassuolo, relying on a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo – his first goal since the end of October – to maintain their … Continue reading Juve’s crown seriously under threat from Inter
THEY CAME, they saw, they rained on Inter’s parade – and how it frustrated the home fans in the 75,000 San Siro crowd! It was Serie A champions against pretenders to the throne and once more, Juventus, perpetual wearers of … Continue reading Inter’s benchmarking exercise shows why Juve are champions
ITALY has needed a team to seriously challenge Juventus for almost a decade and Inter Milan have started the Serie A campaign as if they mean to fill that role. Although some people are suggesting that six wins out of … Continue reading Inter’s chance to show they can end the hegemony
WAS this the most expensive set of players to contest the FA Cup final? Quite possibly it was, with the combined market value of the 22 starting players amounting to € 1.2 billion according to CIES Football Observatory. Surely, then, … Continue reading Football Media Watch: FA Cup blues and reds
CALL ME cynical, but are the first signs of the departure of Antonio Conte already visible? Football managers are very movable objects, regardless of how successful they may be at some stage of their relationship with a club. But there … Continue reading The first signs of Conte’s departure may be evident
AS CHELSEA celebrated their deserved Premier League title success, Frank Lampard was asked if coach Antonio Conte could go on to build a dynasty at the club. “I think so,” was Lampard’s reply. How many times have we heard this … Continue reading Dynasties? They don’t really exist in English football
