Player Focus: Antonio Di Natale

Player Focus: Antonio Di Natale

Italy head to South Africa looking to defend their World Cup title, and David Roberts looks at one of the men that could be leading the line for the Azzurri. In a season of surprises where some of the biggest names in Italian football are absent from the top scorers list, it is instead Udinese’s […]

Serie A – Week 24 Review

Serie A – Week 24 Review

Chris Mann is back to give BackPageFootball the lowdown on the latest round of Serie A matches as leaders Inter stumble against Napoli. Have things just got interesting again on the peninsula? With Napoli holding Inter to a draw and Milan, Roma and Juventus all registering important wins, a small dent has was made in […]

Serie A - Week 24 Preview

Serie A – Week 24 Preview

The dust has settled after last weekend’s events and, in the aftermath of another unpredictable round of games, it is now clear that the Scudetto is Inter’s to lose. Jose Mourinho’s side are nine points clear of their nearest challengers Roma and are very much odds-on to secure a fifth league title in succession. Only […]

Serie A - Week 16 Preview

Serie A – Week 16 Preview

After Juventus blew the Serie A title race wide open with their win over Inter in last week’s Derby d’Italia, this weekend sees the top three all desperate not to slip up in what should be a relatively straightforward set of fixtures for the clubs at the top of the table. There are also relegation […]

Serie A - Week 15 Review

Serie A – Week 15 Review

Round fifteen of the Serie A season promised to be one of the most exciting of the campaign so far and it most definitely didn’t disappoint. The fixtures, which featured the Derby d’Italia and Derby della Capitale, both produced good football, a number of talking points and results which have re-opened the title race going […]