Atalanta’s Argentine import German Denis came back to haunt his former club, but Atalanta didn’t count on Edinson Cavani’s heart-stopping Napoli equaliser in the final moments of injury time in this one. Cavani was crucial in Napoli’s mid-week Champions League triumph over Manchester City scoring a brace. ——————————————————————————————————- All the video content found on the SerieAWeekly is not hosted on our servers nor is created or uploaded by us. SerieAWeekly simply acts as a search engine that finds videos from […]
Two title contenders will be squaring off this Saturday in Rome as Juventus travel to Lazio. The two clubs are currently sitting at the top of the table with 22 points a side, and they are arguably the two most in form clubs at the moment in Serie A. Coming into this match, Juventus are the only unbeaten side in Italy with 6 wins and 4 draws. Lazio have the same record with the inclusion of one loss, a 2-1 […]
Electronic Arts Inc. announced Thursday that EA SPORTS(TM) has signed FC Barcelona and Argentine national team player Lionel Messi, to a multi-year endorsement contract that will see him become the global face of the EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer franchise. The biggest transfer deal this season sees our FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010 winner transfer to EA SPORTS and make his debut in March, 2012 on the cover of FIFA Street… (EA Sports newsrelease) From the creators of the award-winning EA SPORTS […]
Gazzetta dello Sport Juve, you can do it! - Operation Scudetto - Assault for Montolivo Antonio, come here and let me hug you Napoli - Mazzarri against Mancini: “We need a super game” Inter - Ranieri charged up: “I’ve noticed new air. Immediately into the last 16” Denis, a saint and a diet: “That’s how I score at Atalanta” Tuttosport Del Piero: “Joy and suffering” Here comes Cassano again! Napoli want to achieve Ranieri: “Double standards with Inter” Toro chase […]
The number if Italians plying their trade abroad is steadily increasing. Yet despite this, there wasn’t a single Italian named on the Balon ‘dor short list last week. In one way this isn’t entirely surprising given the common disregard Serie A is held in nowadays. Since the hey-day of the last 80′s early 90’s, financial resources of Italian Serie A clubs have decreased significantly. The world’s top players are more likely to play in Spain’s primera for clubs like Real […]
Italy and Uruguay face off in just a few hours, and, providing the two sides don’t resort to the type of defense necessary in a match termed a “friendly”, this one promises a bit of excitement. Think about it: Mario Balotelli and Luis Suarez on the same pitch, facing off against each other. The possibilities for an epic showdown involving biting, kicking, tantrums and possibly a choreographed dance routine featuring ribbons, darts and balloon is immense. Now, if you’ve come […]
The Italian manager continues to live in London after the sack from Chelsea, and the English press continue to speculate on Ancelotti getting his foot in the door at another English Premier club, perhaps even Tottenham Hotspur.
A few words from the editor - It is with great pleasure I welcome back Stuart Harper after a recent absence to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Stuart has been one of our best received writers during the last year and his coverage of AS Roma has surely been missed, welcome back Stu! Whether other tifosi feel the same it is hard to say, but for this particular Romanista, watching Roma this year has been a surreal experience, like […]
Gazzetta dello Sport Milan dance with Binho Napoli-Juve postponed, a rainstorm of controversy All Toto, Udinese don’t stop Lazio party, Sculli goal but Klose is super Rossi for Mihajlovic? Montolivo gaffe Inter still have Eto’o idea, meeting in December Tuttosport Oh My Sunshine Stadio San Paolo, yesterday afternoon Miha KO, Rossi is ready Milan, Udinese and Lazio are thankful and fly away “Toro are only at 70 per cent” Corriere dello Sport Klose and Lazio fly Napoli-Juve to play on […]
by serieaweekly guest writer Matthew Coccoluto This Sunday will see Juventus travel to the San Paolo to take on Napoli and as always there are some interesting story lines coming into this matchup. Juventus are coming off a strong win against Inter last weekend and are hoping to remain the leagues only unbeaten team. Napoli on the other hand have hit a bit of a slump, winning only one game in their last four league matches. To add to Napoli’s […]
An interesting tie awaits at the Stadio Friuli on Saturday afternoon as Udinese play host to Novara. A quick glance at the table (Udinese are 2nd, Novara 16th) might suggest that this should be a routine victory for the home side but there are plenty of potential twists that could make the tie anything but straightforward. Few expected Udinese to match last season’s outstanding 4th-place finish this time around but they’ve made an excellent start to the season. Losing players […]
The first game of the weekend is nearly upon us in Florence where Fiorentina will take on a resurgent Catania side. After a slow start to their season southerners Catania have achieved noticeable results especially the brilliant 2-1 home victory over Inter Milan last Saturday. Obviously manager Vincenzo Montella will be looking to have his squad continue their run by shooting for another victory in Florence. In taking Inter to the sword, the former Roma manager-player relied upon goalscorers Sergio […]