The older I get the more and more I’m sure that Italy is my footballing home. My history with the sport started as a six year old watching Italia 90′ and falling in love with Calcio. Working in retail means it’s never easy getting the time to get to a game in Scotland never mind […]
Posted on November 14th, 2024 by scott
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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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We all know that Italian clubs have been actively scouting the Scottish Premiership for the past few years. They know that there’s talent to be had in Scotland and that our market represents good value for money. With that in mind, I wondered who could be currently catching the eye of Italian scouts within Scottish […]
Posted on August 14th, 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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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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It always looked like it was going to be a huge summer in Italy when it was announced that both Inter Milan and Serie A champions Juventus were on the lookout for new head coaches. In a bit of a Shakespearean twist Inter swooped for the man that started the glorious revival at Juve, Antonio […]
Posted on October 30th, 2019 by scott
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Not for the first time in recent years a black footballer heard monkey chants being directed at them during a Serie A fixture. Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku smashed home a penalty and that was met with disgusting chants from Cagliari supporters. After the game, in which Inter won, Lukaku made it clear on Twitter […]
Posted on September 5th, 2019 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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Matteo Politano is one of those footballers that just seem to get better with age. The more experience the forward gets, the better he gets. As a youngster he was sent out on loan to Lega Pro side Perugia and he looked good in the Italian lower leagues. Matteo was then signed up by Pescara and […]
Posted on September 30th, 2018 by scott
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