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The Serie A is tight at the top, while Inter are back to winning ways under Leonardo, Napoli, Lazio and Roma all keep pressure on the leaders AC Milan. Italian football aficionado Richard Chambers is here to round-up the weekend’s events.
The pausa invernale is upon the Italian Serie A, and the first half of the season has exceeded all expectations. Richard Chambers reviews the first half of the season, and hands out some select mid-season awards.
Inter striker samuel Eto’o provided the biggest football news story in Italy this weekend while a moment of brilliance from Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued AC’s great run of form.
Il Tridente – Wednesday was a great night for AC Milan. Not only did the Rossoneri move clear at the top of the Serie A table ahead of Sunday’s Milan derby, but they proved once more that the attacking tridente of Pato-Ibrahimovic-Robinho is as potent a unit as can be found in Europe. Alexandre Pato […]
Richard Chambers returns to bring us up to speed on the latest round of Serie A action which included a much maligned lunch time kick off, an uncooperative mascot and an important win for the league’s bottom side.
After a disappointing international break for the Italian national team, Serie A was back in full flow this weekend as Richard Chambers writes. Roma, AC Milan and Internazionale all recorded wins, while a 2-0 win for Lazio in Bari kept them at the summit of the table.