Thursday 09 October 2008, 10:00
It is not only English clubs that could be feeling the pinch as the worldwide credit crunch starts to bite. AS Roma are reportedly heading for financial ruin unless they can start paying back some of the massive debt owned to the Unicredit Bank, which...
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Wednesday 08 October 2008, 10:00
So it’s a dream come true for Portsmouth and probably Braga, Wolfsburg and Heerenveen as well. If AC Milan have their way it will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for their UEFA Cup opponents because another season away from the Champions League and...
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Monday 06 October 2008, 09:00
Jose Mourinho has saved his job for another couple of weeks. Well, it isn’t that dire of course, but the pressure has been on the Portuguese. The honeymoon period is long gone and the reality of daily life married to the demanding Italian press seems...
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Friday 03 October 2008, 13:00
Whisper it but whisper it anyway, Andriy Shevchenko can score. He did it on Thursday when the Ukrainian finally found the net again for the only goal of the game in AC Milan’s UEFA Cup win at FC Zurich. Maybe now we can start to lay off with the jokes...
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Thursday 02 October 2008, 12:00
Italian football has always had a strong relationship with Argentines. Some have delighted, some disappointed and then, of course, there was Diego Maradona. But most have got on with their jobs in a professional manner give or take the odd dodgy passport...
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Wednesday 01 October 2008, 11:30
There was once a thing you could always rely on with Juventus, and that was a mean old defence. Never one to give the opposition as much as a sniff at goal in the past, the Old Lady is now looking decidedly shaking at the back. Those defensive frailties...
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Monday 29 September 2008, 11:00
Plenty of indigestion this morning. What with all that humble-pie to be eaten last night. Ronaldinho answered all his critics with a man-of-the-match performance in the Milan derby although it has to be said that Ricky Kaka ran him close. A good night...
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Friday 26 September 2008, 12:30
October 18 1908: baggy shorts, square goal-posts, handlebar ‘taches, ball like a piece of cement, pitch full of English and Swiss gents. September 28 2008: baggy shorts, plenty of facial hair, ball like a balloon, pitch full of South Americans. Yes, the...
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Wednesday 24 September 2008, 13:00
It’s derby week and fashion week all rolled into one in Milan so there has been plenty of preening around the city. Willowy models and braying fashion designers have all been giving their views on La Derby della Madonnina. Of course, the Jose Mourinho...
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Monday 22 September 2008, 11:00
Crisis? What crisis? While Italy’s state-run airline Alitalia plummets towards a financial crash-landing, at least the country’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi can stop worrying about AC Milan. The perma-tanned man of the nation was in the stands to...
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Friday 19 September 2008, 10:28
The cappuccini are tasting a lot sweeter this morning after all four Italian clubs produced fine wins in the UEFA Cup on Thursday evening. In fact, apart from AS Roma leaving a bitter taste in the mouth, it was a European week to savour for Serie A and...
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Wednesday 17 September 2008, 10:00
Clued in to the clueless. That seems a neat summing up of Inter and AS Roma’s first foray into the Champions League or “the Champions” as the Italians call it. Well, certainly the two sides were a league apart in terms of their approach to their European...
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Monday 15 September 2008, 11:00
Well, we didn’t expect to see this after the first two games of the season: Lazio and Atalanta on top of the table on maximum points, with Torino in third. Only the sight of Inter and Juventus, level on four points with Toro, gives the Serie A table a...
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Friday 12 September 2008, 11:00
What better way than to spend a Wednesday evening than with a relaxing visit to Lugano? Nestling on the shores of Lake Lugano, just across the border from Italy and known as the ‘Monte Carlo of Switzerland, it’s the perfect spot for the well-paid footballer...
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Wednesday 10 September 2008, 11:00
Out with brawn, in with flair. Italy may not be able to defend any more but who cares, let’s get all Brazilian and go on all-out attack. “A swashbuckling Azzurri,” trumpeted La Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of Wednesday evening’s World Cup qualifier with...
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