Serie A
Half of everything is luck; the other half, fate.
Last minute goals, dodgy penalties and winning with 10 men has defined why Inter have had the golden touch.
They say you need luck to win titles. Who’s ‘they’? Everyone really. Managers, players, commentators, pundits, coaches. Luck can come in many forms. You can be lucky and have a referee who’s slightly off the pace and [...]
Youth and experience cancel each other out at the Emirates
It was billed as the clash between young and old, the grand masters of European football versus the new pretenders.
But after 90 exhausting yet goalless minutes at the Emirates, we are still no nearer to knowing just who will be taking their place in the last eight.
AC Milan will be the happier side with the [...]
Wounded Liverpool keep up their Champions League love affair
If you’d believed all you’d read in the past couple of days, it wasn’t worth Liverpool showing up to face Internazionale tonight.
After all, having seen their Premiership challenge fail to last the winter (again), and then their FA Cup ambitions go up in smoke at the hands of Barnsley at the weekend, a game against [...]
The Special No.3
One of the world’s best will be leaving the game soon. A striker’s nightmare, a defensive coach’s dream, Ravin Sampat commemorates the real ‘Italian Stallion’: Paolo Maldini.
His father is famous, and his son is already on the Rossonerri’s books, but AC Milan’s draw with Parma saw Paolo Maldini himself take the acclaim as he reached [...]
Captivating Cassano stakes his Euro claim
Antonio Cassano is an enigma in the mould of compatriot Francesco Totti.
He can act like a spoilt brat and make a coach tear his remaining hairs out with his impetuousness - ultimate Cassanata attributes - or alternatively, when in the mood, Cassano looks as if he could be Italy’s stand-out player, and playmaker, at this [...]
Tearful Ronaldo may have kicked the last ball of an illustrious career
A three-time Fifa World Player of the Year and the record World Cup Finals goalscorer, Ronaldo has enjoyed a sparkling career but it may have come to a premature end on Wednesday evening after rupturing a tendon in his knee during the 1-1 draw with Livorno.
He was left in tears and the early prognosis [...]
Inter’s title? Not just yet
Ravin Sampat believes Inter will be rivalled by Roma in the Scudetto race
The Serie A race will almost certainly end in a frenzy of excitement judging by the weekend’s results. With Juve getting their first win of 2008 courtesy of a Trézéguet brace against Livorno, Milan and Roma were continuing to pursue their own objectives [...]
Introito Inter fantastico il derby
Season’s greetings arrive early for Moratti as Inter take a 25-point lead over rivals Milan
As the weekend drew to a close and Christmas lights lit all over Italy, Serie A entered the winter break in a position many would have predicted. Juve and Roma both win, and continue to chase. Milan stutter and Inter continue [...]
