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The Expert: Has Dzeko really turned a corner at Roma?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Oct 13 2016 16:00
The Expert: Has Dzeko really turned a corner at Roma? I don't know what you're talking about, Daniele De Rossi insisted. The fiery manner in which he celebrated Edin Dzeko's goal against Inter, pointing at the name on the back of the striker's shirt and shouting at the crowd at the Olimpico, had left fans with the impression he was having a go at them....
Categories: The Expert

Giovanni hoping to make the Simeone name his own with Genoa

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Oct 5 2016 16:15
Giovanni hoping to make the Simeone name his own with Genoa Paolo Maldini knows exactly what Giovanni Simeone is going through in following in the footsteps of a famous father. “Hearing people refer to me as ‘Cesare’s boy’ followed me right up to the first team. My opponents and even my teammates’ parents used to say: ‘You...
Categories: Player Focus

Can cold blooded Belotti carry hot streak forward for the Azzurri?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Sep 30 2016 11:30
Can cold blooded Belotti carry hot streak forward for the Azzurri? If Abel Hernandez hadn’t been so reluctant to give up his Premier League contract a year ago, Torino would perhaps never have signed Andrea Belotti. In the end, he fit seamlessly with the club’s strategy of investing in the best Italian talent and followed a number of his teammates from ...
Categories: Player Focus

How Napoli are coping just fine without hitman Higuain

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Sep 21 2016 10:48
How Napoli are coping just fine without hitman Higuain It was a Freudian slip. Nothing more. But an amusing one nonetheless. Every time Gianluca Vialli discussed Maurizio Sarri on Sky Italia at the weekend, he accidentally called him Maurizio Sacchi. His colleague, the commentator, Fabio Caressa did the same. Napoli had impressed again on Saturday night...
Categories: Team Focus

Totti Still Proving His Worth to Roma Despite Diminishing Role

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Sep 15 2016 16:45
Totti Still Proving His Worth to Roma Despite Diminishing Role Radja Nainggolan put his foot in it again. Only this time, he did so off the pitch. On Tuesday, the Roma midfielder was the special guest at an event put on by the club to announce a new commercial partner. Mobbed by fans who sang his name as he made his way to the venue on Via del Corso, the adulat...
Categories: Player Focus

The Start Behind Kessie's Early Billing as Next Yaya Toure

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Sep 7 2016 10:24
The Start Behind Kessie's Early Billing as Next Yaya Toure It’s early days. Too early to be putting two and two together - which, in this case equates to promising teenage Ivorian and powerful midfield player - and getting the next Yaya Toure. Reductive to a fault, the papers in Italy should really know better although the knee-jerk eagerness to hail ...
Categories: Player Focus

Joe Hart the Ideal Fit for Impassioned Torino

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Sep 1 2016 13:50
Joe Hart the Ideal Fit for Impassioned Torino He didn’t seek an autograph. He wasn’t interested in a selfie. The old man instead caught Sinisa Mihajlovic’s attention with a season ticket. It was from the `40s, the days of the Grande Torino. Fans like these, the ones that have been coming back week-in, week-out for decades, the...
Categories: Team Focus

Berardi Starting With a Point to Prove Following Disappointing Season

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Aug 24 2016 11:00
Berardi Starting With a Point to Prove Following Disappointing Season Giampiero Ventura will name his first Italy squad at the weekend. The expectation is he will pick up where Antonio Conte left off and call up many of the players that represented the Azzurri at the Euros over the summer. Ventura doesn’t have a lot of time. There is a friendly against France in...
Categories: Player Focus

Super Mario's Arrival Would Aid Inter's Quest to be Best of the Rest

by James Horncastle at Friday, Aug 19 2016 15:00
Super Mario's Arrival Would Aid Inter's Quest to be Best of the Rest A year ago, Geoffrey Kondogbia walked out on the same hotel balcony and was greeted by a crowd of Inter fans just as Ronaldo was when he joined Inter in 1997. The French midfielder, a €31m signing from Monaco, cost the club more than O Fenômeno. In fact, he is the third most expensive buy...
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Juventus Business Far From Done with Midfield the Priority

by James Horncastle at Friday, Aug 12 2016 12:00
Juventus Business Far From Done with Midfield the Priority As Manchester United welcomes Pogback, Juventus say Pogbye. His successor in the No.10 shirt has already been sourced in-house. The idea is to give it to Paulo Dybala. Just as Pogba followed in the footsteps of his fellow countryman Michel Platini, the Argentine should step into the shoes previously...
Categories: Team Focus