Arsenal recorded a famous 2-1 win over Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium while Shaktar Donetsk defeated AS Roma 3-2 in a shock result at the Stadio Olimpico as the Champions League Round of 16 continued to shine following Wednesday night’s action writes Ger McCarthy.
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.
A resounding win over Juventus at the weekend sees Napoli occupy second spot in Serie A, and Jonathan O’Shea poses the simple question – can they claim lo scudetto?
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.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the hero as AC downed Inter in the Milan derby at the San Siro, while Lazio slumped to their second defeat in as many games to relinquish top spot.