Having scored the goals to clinch all three trophies in Inter’s historic treble campaign, Diego Milito finally achieved widespread plaudits that his goal-scoring exploits in prior seasons had deserved. By netting at Siena on the final day of the 2009/10 Serie A season, against Roma in the Coppa Italia final and with his brace in the Champions League final versus Bayern Munich, the Argentine was at the forefront of the treble success. He...More

The San Siro, January 9th, 2011. Udinese and Milan put on the game of the season with 31 shots and six second half goals. A match of brilliant drama, exhibiting the Zebrette’s devastating counter-attacks, Milan’s stubborn fortitude and the sort of chaotic defending that would have Gianni Brera typing in his grave. Two goals from Antonio Di Natale and one from Alexis Sanchez had the Bianconeri 3-1 up with 13 minutes to play, before a sup...More

A familiar ritual opened proceedings at the Olimpico on Sunday as the Lazio team to take on Atalanta was announced to the expectant crowd. As usual, the tifosi took this time to express which players were currently judged to be performing well, and who has fallen out of favour. For example Marius Stankevicius, although only a substitute, was booed mercilessly after a poor performance in last weekend’s capitulation to Siena, whereas Miro...More

Statistics are a strange thing. Sometimes they can provide you the most complex of answers and at others they fail to mean anything compelling. A comparison of Napoli’s statistics from last season to this one might lead one to believe that the Azzurri have had a better season than the previous one. But more dropped points (at home once again) will force Walter Mazzarri to take a moment to reflect on what is going wrong at the San Paolo....More

Rooted to the foot of the Serie A table, Novara are in dire straits. With no win in six games and only two all season, at first glance it seems Attilio Tesser’s men face an almost impossible task to save themselves falling back from whence they came. What ails this minnow of Serie A however, may not be as cancerous as first though and survival may not be out of the question. Following the winter break two disastrous results have seen...More

Nearly eight months ago, Palermo took the pitch in front of 40,000 adoring fans with a Coppa Italia title on the line. The team had earned success with starlets such as Javier Pastore, Salvatore Sirigu and Antonio Nocerino bolstered by a group of veterans like Mattia Cassani, Cesare Bovo, Giulio Migliaccio and Fabrizio Miccoli all led by a respected and intelligent tactician in Delio Rossi. Despite losing the final, the Rosanero had a s...More