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Has Sarri stumbled upon perfect role for magic Mertens?

by James Horncastle at martes, dic. 20 2016 13:15
Has Sarri stumbled upon perfect role for magic Mertens? It had still yet to sink in when Dries Mertens appeared in front of the cameras early on Sunday evening. “In order to get my head around it, I’m going to have to go home, be by myself for a bit and have a think,” he said. Like Tom Hanks in Castaway, Mertens’ only company, as ...
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The Expert: Pjanic progress untimely for Roma ahead of title clash

by James Horncastle at jueves, dic. 15 2016 18:00
The Expert: Pjanic progress untimely for Roma ahead of title clash When the news broke in the summer that Miralem Pjanic had decided to leave Roma for Juventus, his good friend and teammate Radja Nainggolan joked that he would never speak to him again. Asked for his reaction to Pjanic's and Gonzalo Higuain’s moves to Turin, Roma captain Francesco Totti put it...
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Top Match Preview: Stage set for finest Turin derby in years

by James Horncastle at viernes, dic. 9 2016 12:00
Top Match Preview: Stage set for finest Turin derby in years There is an irony of sorts to be found in the fact that the Derby della Mole has become less one-sided at precisely the time when Juventus are as dominant as they have ever been in Serie A since the 1930s. Torino’s restoration and the renewed competitiveness of this grand old rivalry has been ...
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Lazio closing gap to Roma ahead of Derby Della Capitale

by James Horncastle at jueves, dic. 1 2016 12:03
Lazio closing gap to Roma ahead of Derby Della Capitale Zdenek Zeman should know better than to say the Derby della Capitale is just like any other game. After all, as with Sven-Göran Eriksson before him, the Czech coached both Roma and Lazio. Did he enjoy the experience? Apparently not. “It was hard work,” Zeman said. When I was at Lazi...
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Will Inter feel the Bern at San Siro on Monday night?

by James Horncastle at viernes, nov. 25 2016 12:00
Will Inter feel the Bern at San Siro on Monday night? Whenever a manager suggests his star player is destined for bigger and better things, it unsurprisingly does not go down well with supporters, nor with the club’s owner and directors. Ronald Koeman found this out when he told Belgian paper HLN that Romelu Lukaku will need to leave Everton in o...
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Top Match Preview: Bacca-Icardi battle set to settle Milan derby

by James Horncastle at miércoles, nov. 16 2016 17:45
Top Match Preview: Bacca-Icardi battle set to settle Milan derby Mario Balotelli was among the spectators on Tuesday night as Italy played Germany at San Siro. “Whenever I enter this ground,” he said, “it’s like I am in a dream.” Named after the great Giuseppe Meazza, you can get lost in a reverie just thinking about some of the othe...
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The Expert: The youngsters breathing new life into ageing Italy side

by James Horncastle at miércoles, nov. 9 2016 16:05
The Expert: The youngsters breathing new life into ageing Italy side Giampiero Ventura could have been wrong but as far as he could tell he wasn’t acting strangely. On something of a high after his recently promoted Bari side held champions Inter to a surprising 1-1 draw at the beginning of a year that would end with them winning the treble, the journalists wai...
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Gasperini working wonders with youth at in form Atalanta

by James Horncastle at jueves, nov. 3 2016 16:34
Gasperini working wonders with youth at in form Atalanta Maybe the colours were to blame. Blue and black do not seem to bring much luck to Gian Piero Gasperini. A career high swiftly became a new low in 2011 as Inter sacked him after just five games. At least Frank de Boer lasted until the beginning of November. Poor Gasperini didn’t make it beyond ...
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The Expert: Will Higuain's barren run end against former employers Napoli?

by James Horncastle at viernes, oct. 28 2016 17:05
The Expert: Will Higuain's barren run end against former employers Napoli? As Gonzalo Higuaín pulled out of Juventus’ training ground on Thursday, he stopped to sign a few autographs for the fans congregated outside the gates. “Go on, Gonzalo! Get a brace for us at the weekend, will you,” one demanded, high-fiving Higuaín through his open ca...
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Juventus-Milan: Spotlight on master vs apprentice as Buffon faces Donnarumma

by James Horncastle at viernes, oct. 21 2016 12:54
Juventus-Milan: Spotlight on master vs apprentice as Buffon faces Donnarumma There can perhaps be no better example of the mentality at Juventus than that given by Juan Cuadrado in the aftermath of the team’s extraordinary win in Lyon on Tuesday. “When [Mario] Lemina got sent off [in the 54th minute], Neto and I both said to each other on the bench: ‘We&rsq...
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