It’s been a bit of an inauspicious start for AC Milan this season. The Italian giants are lying in tenth place in Serie A after four games, with their only win coming against newly promoted Venezia last weekend. But any ideas that they could build on that victory were soon dashed as they were humbled […]
Posted on September 20th, 2024 by scott
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Getting back into Italian football in the last twelve or so months, I have noticed that the Italian top flight has been embraced by a greater number of North Americans. Footballers have been making the crossing to the peninsula for a few decades now. Alexi Lalas called Padova home for a few years in the […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by scott
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People always have their favourites and football fans always love a good debate. Who is better Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? When discussing this era’s best manager some will claim it’s Jurgen Klopp, others will be adamant it’s Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte will have his backers, Zinedine Zidane will get a shout, Diego Simeone’s work […]
Posted on May 1st, 2022 by scott
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Up until Fabio Capello’s arrival in 2006, Ronaldo had enjoyed scoring successes at Real Madrid. In his four full seasons at the Bernabeu, the Brazilian hitman had ended as his club’s top scorer on each occasion. The fantastic forward had rebuilt himself and his career after devastating knee injuries had threatened to kill his career […]
Posted on March 24th, 2021 by scott
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I first became interested football back in 1990 and a big part of that was down to my older brother. In those days he was a huge fan of Marco van Basten, he had a Holland strip and we would both end up getting AC Milan jerseys. I, too, was instantly drawn to Van Basten. […]
Posted on January 8th, 2021 by scott
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After six games, AC Milan remain unbeaten and sit top of the Serie A table. It seems crazy to think that plans were in place towards the end of last term to replace current boss Stefano Pioli with German gaffer Ralf Rangnick. Yet after an impressive end to the 2019-20 campaign, which saw the Rossoneri […]
Posted on November 3rd, 2020 by scott
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As lockdown continues I am really appreciating the opportunity of looking back. It could’ve been easy to go to the early 90s and look at that wonderful AC Milan side. After Rangers, that Milan team were the ones that helped secure my love for football. But the more I started thinking about Milan’s inspirational midfield […]
Posted on April 10th, 2020 by scott
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Krzysztof Piątek arrived in Serie A last summer as an unknown. Yes he had scored goals in his two seasons with KS Cracovia in his homeland, scoring thirty-two goals in sixty-three Ekstraklasa games. But could he really do it with the step up to the top tier of Italian football? The Polish international had a simple […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2019 by scott
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Gareth Bale must believe that his time at Real Madrid is coming to an end. The Welsh star is now in his sixth season at the Bernabeu; he’s helped the club win a La Liga title, four Champions League trophies, three World Club Cups and a Copa del Rey. The forward has also managed to […]
Posted on February 16th, 2019 by scott
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According to The Telegraph, Chelsea are holding talks with Serie A giants Juventus and AC Milan in the hope of securing a deal for striker Gonzalo Higuain. The Blues have been linked with the Argentine hitman for a while but the deal looked to be dead once Gonzalo signed a loan deal to spend this […]
Posted on December 23rd, 2018 by scott
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