Sunday’s night battle between Milan and Cagliari is a must win for the home side. The last fixture of January comes before a mammoth run of fixtures in February that will define their entire season and possibly determine the fate of their Coach Massimiliano Allegri. TotoCalcio is an enterprise similar to the British ‘Pools’ system, in which the player must predict the outcome in a certain amounts of games by simply choosing 1 for a h...More

It’s August 2010. There is a collective feeling of disillusionment amongst Lazio fans after a dreadful season in which Davide Ballardini almost oversaw relegation before Edy Reja stepped in to carry the side to a mediocre twelfth placed finish. The Biancoceleste’s first attempt in two years at forming a European challenge had resulted in embarrassment, as they limped out of the Europa League at the group stage. Just as fans were con...More

The Claudio Ranieri led revolution continues as Inter resumed their ascension up the Serie A standings with a 2-1 win over Lazio. Like all revolutionary leaders, the Tinkerman has a knack for responding well to adverse situation. As such, the pressure of playing after all other title contenders had secured victories to then going a goal down was no match for the Coach who was responsible for resurrecting the Nerazzurri's title challenge...More

For Italians, football is considered to be an art form and one that is worthy of profound thought and intelligent debate. Each detail is studied and discussed meticulously as Coaches revel in the complexities of the sport, hoping to offer a new way of thinking, an altered formation or a progressive thought that would lead their respective club to victory. As such, calcio naturally finds itself in a perpetual state of development with ne...More

The president of the Italian coaches association Renzo Ulivieri recently spoke of his disgust at the lack of patience with Italian coaches, stating that ‘By the 11th round, six coaches had gone. Italian football is over-heated with no time for patience, especially with debut coaches.’ Does his statement hold water, or are there holes within his words? First of all, the ‘one club per-season’ rule for coaches needs some explaining. If ...More

When Gloria Pitzer, cookery heroine for American housewives wrote, “About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age,” she obviously hadn’t seen Antonio Di Natale in action. In a strangely lethargic performance yesterday at the Stadio Firuli, Toto’s strike was a rare moment of brilliance, blasting in a volley eight minutes into the second half. Vincenzo Montella, the Catania coach and former clubmate of Di Natale at ...More