Siena’s fourth goal against Genoa proved too much for the Rossoblu ultras. Flares soon rained down onto the pitch, before a group climbed onto the tunnel ‘forbidding’ the players to leave the pitch. The game was held up for 45 minutes before the match re-started. But what led to these extra-ordinary events unfolding? Heading into Sunday’s battle with Siena, Genoa were on a run of 11 games without a win, onto their ‘third’ coach of th...More

Change was in the air at both Vinovo and Trigoria last summer. Seeking a return to pre-Calciopoli heights, Juventus turned to former captain Antonio Conte, meanwhile some 500kms south and following years of financial uncertainty, American businessman Thomas Di Benedetto led the Roman revolution. As 2011-12 nears completion, two of Italian football’s most interesting constructions have straddled different paths but appear to be headed fo...More

‘Only the good die young’ is a oft coined phrase, perhaps even an over-used cliché. Yet as the life of Piermario Morosini unravels, it is clear that Calcio and indeed the world has lost a respected man, someone who put others before himself, both on and off the field. On Saturday, Morosini died aged 25 playing for Livorno away in Pescara. Morosini’s life was one marked by tragedy. He lost both parents by the age of 17, his disabled b...More

“Donkeys will fly before Chievo are in A,” Hellas fans used to mock, when their Veronese counterparts Chievo toiled in the lower divisions. But, their fortunes turned with the millennium, and the donkeys finally had top-flight lift-off in 2001. After emerging through a bout of mid-flight turbulence, under the stewardship of Captain Di Carlo, they’re seemingly soaring once more. Domenico Di Carlo had a dismal last campaign, guiding Sa...More

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored goal number 23 for the season last Saturday, it appeared to be business as usual for Milan against Fiorentina. Facing a side with just one away win all season it looked as if their Champions League disappointment would be alleviated by three vitals points in their quest to win back-to-back Scudetti. Yet somebody forgot to tell Fiorentina. Stevan Jovetic and then incredibly Amauri – on loan from Juventus – ...More

With public finances a mess and so many proposed stadiums rejected, it is no wonder that many believe Italy are incapable of regenerating her football arenas. However, after the recent success of the Juventus Arena and the new Stadium Law, the new projects may soon become a reality. Juventus have been the trail-blazers in the Peninsula, building a superb state of the art stadium without breaking the bank. This also was off the back o...More