Player Focus: Saponara Keeping the Traditional Number 10 Role Alive
by James Horncastle
at Tuesday, Jan 26 2016 17:30
All Riccardo Saponara ever dreamed of was to play in the red and black of AC Milan. For that, his father Luciano is to blame. A passionate fan of the club, he’s the one who passed it onto his son. As a boy, Saponara’s first football memory was of Milan winning the Scudetto in 1999. Only ...
Team Focus: Empoli Proving A Little Paradise for Maccarone & Co.
by James Horncastle
at Tuesday, Dec 29 2015 12:05
As a teenager, Empoli striker Massimo Maccarone was a little like you and me. He got a part-time job to bring in some pocket money to make ends meet. The trouble in the summer of `94 was that the World Cup was on and he desperately wanted to watch the games. So one day Maccarone picked up a crate fu...