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Team Focus: Juventus Still Have Pressing Need to Bolster Depleted Midfield

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Aug 20 2015 11:03
Team Focus: Juventus Still Have Pressing Need to Bolster Depleted Midfield Around 5,000 Juventus fans made the pilgrimage to Villar Perosa on Wednesday, the spiritual home of the Agnelli family to watch the A team take on the B team in the final warm up game before the championship returns this weekend. Nowhere is Juventinità stronger. Andrea Agnelli’s father ...
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Player Focus: Romagnoli Hoping to Emulate Milan Idols After Big Money Move

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Aug 11 2015 15:36
Player Focus: Romagnoli Hoping to Emulate Milan Idols After Big Money Move Alessio Romagnoli made his debut against Milan as a 17-year-old for Roma. After scoring his first goal some months later in the same game that Francesco Totti found the net for the 225th time in Serie A, matching the former Milan [and Roma] striker Gunnar Nordahl as the league’s second top sco...
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Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Aug 7 2015 14:33
Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome? After Rudi Garcia’s first season at Roma, the team was associated with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’, the Oscar winning film set in the Eternal City. A year later the focus of cultural discussion in Italy’s capital is altogether different. An article in the New ...
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Team Focus: Can New-Look Inter Pose a Threat to Juve's Dominance?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jul 30 2015 11:12
Team Focus: Can New-Look Inter Pose a Threat to Juve's Dominance? “How many new players do you think you need?” the Sky Italia pundit and former goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani asked Roberto Mancini after Inter finished the season with a 4-3 win against Empoli. “Eight or nine,” Mancini replied to roars of laughter back in the studio. Delivered ...
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Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jul 21 2015 13:45
Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri Taking the microphone before a crowd of Napoli fans eagerly awaiting the presentation of the club’s new kit, Aurelio De Laurentiis finished his announcement with a cry of “vinceremo”. We will win. He didn’t specify exactly what. Last year De Laurentiis had got carried away, d...
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Player Focus: El Shaarawy Sale to Monaco Could Come Back to Haunt Milan

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jul 14 2015 10:47
Player Focus: El Shaarawy Sale to Monaco Could Come Back to Haunt Milan Stephan El Shaarawy pulled outside the gates to Milanello and stepped out of his car. Even in casual dress, his colours were coordinated with those of club. The sides of his sunglasses were red and the frames were black. His T-shirt also matched. A group of starstruck teenage girls had gathered like...
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Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jul 9 2015 17:06
Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence Silvio Berlusconi likes the sound of his own voice. A former cruise ship singer, he finds it hard to resist putting on a show whenever there’s an audience and he stole it from Sinisa Mihajlovic at his official unveiling last Friday. Limping to his place, Berlusconi joked: “I’m Mila...
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Player Focus: Does Bertolacci Have the Bang to Warrant the Buck for Milan?

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Jul 1 2015 16:13
Player Focus: Does Bertolacci Have the Bang to Warrant the Buck for Milan? “It’s just what I always wanted,” Andrea Bertolacci smiled as he left Stazione Centrale, a red and black scarf draped around his neck. “Milan were my first choice,” he said before dipping into one of the club’s fleet of Audis, which was on hand to take him for a m...
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Player Focus: Burden on Berardi as Italy U21s' Creator & Goalscorer-in-Chief

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Jun 24 2015 10:16
Player Focus: Burden on Berardi as Italy U21s' Creator & Goalscorer-in-Chief For a couple of minutes after the full-time whistle in Uherské Hradištĕ, Domenico Berardi lay on the turf with his hands covering his face. Breathing heavily, the Italy Under-21 international had given everything against Portugal. A knock on the ankle throbbed. He had cramped up late i...
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Player Focus: Will Dybala Prove to be an Astute Acquisition for Juventus?

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, May 27 2015 17:45
Player Focus: Will Dybala Prove to be an Astute Acquisition for Juventus? After wrapping up the Scudetto with four games to spare and obliging UEFA to cut them a cheque for more than €90m upon reaching the Champions League final in Berlin, Max Allegri has delivered Juventus more time and resources to do business ahead of next season. The Old Lady has already been abl...
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