AC Milan stretched their lead at the top of Serie A to four points with a 2-0 victory over Lecce, while closest title challengers Juventus drew again, this time 0-0 with Genoa. Antonio Nocerino opened the scoring on seven minutes following a neat move with Zlatan Ibrahimović, before the Swedish international turned goalscorer, netting in […]
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The Italian presswere unanimous in their criticism of AC Milan’s performance in the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the second leg of their last 16 Champions League clash. Major Italian newspapers said the Rossoneri emerged with a tarnished image from Emirates Stadium last night, despite edging through 4-3 on aggregate. The Gazzetta dello Sport ran […]
Lazio climbed up to third after beating Roma 2-1 in their second capital derby triumph of the season, while Udinese could only manage a goalless draw with Atalanta. Roma were left facing an uphill task with just seven minutes gone as goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was sent off for tripping Miroslav Klose in the area, and […]
Champions League football resumes this week with Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen facing huge uphill tasks while Benfica and Lyon will be looking to protect slender leads. After allowing the international calendar to take centre stage for a week, the UEFA Champions League returns on Tuesday. AC Milan and FC Barcelona look odds-on to reach the […]
Udinese moved to within six points of the Serie A summit after a 3-1 victory at Bologna, on a night when Lazio secured a narrow win and Napoli sent Inter Milan to another defeat. Stefano Pioli’s Bologna were unbeaten in seven outings ahead of their meeting with Udinese, but Udiense ran out comfortable winners thanks […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss out this weekend’s potential title decider against Juventus after having his three-match suspension up-held. Ibra had been suspended for three matches for slapping an opponent against Napoli earlier this month, but Milan had appealed against the length of the suspension in Iin order to be eligible for Saturday’s meeting at the […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss out this weekend’s potential title decider against Juventus after having his three-match suspension up-held. Ibra had been suspended for three matches for slapping an opponent against Napoli earlier this month, but Milan had appealed against the length of the suspension in Iin order to be eligible for Saturday’s meeting at the […]
Roma director Franco Baldini has dismissed rumours that Roma coach Luis Enrique could soon be leaving the club to take over Barcelona. Enrique, who was in charge of Barcelona B before he took over at Roma last summer, was earlier this week tipped as one of the possible candidates for the head job at the […]