It is showpiece weekend in Italy for the 226th official Milan Derby, as Inter and AC Milan put their unbeaten start to Serie A on the line. Inter won the last meeting in February in an emphatic 4-2 comeback but current form suggests a different outcome. Milan have been early pace-setters in 2020/21 as they…
Italian Champions Juventus made a brilliant start to the new season with a commanding 3-nil win over Sampdoria on Andrea Pirlo’s managerial debut. The Bianconeri are rebuilding with the rookie manager after Maurizio Sarri’s sacking following their humbling Champions League exit to Lyon despite winning the Scudetto. Sarri sacking only papers over Juventus cracks Juve…
The one-year contract extension for Zlatan Ibrahimović is arguably the most-important of AC Milan’s summer, after the legendary striker’s successful six-month spell since returning in January after eight years away from Italy. The 38-year-old will now don his former number 11 shirt. Zlatan has since written more history as he became the first player to…
Maurizio Sarri has been sacked after one season in charge of Juventus after their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 elimination to Lyon last night. The ex-Chelsea and Napoli boss leaves his post despite winning the Serie A title this season, with performances and standards having dropped compared to recent years. Sarri failed to impose…
Ciro Immobile has had a memorable 2019/20 season, to say the least. For any striker, scoring goals is what makes them tick, and doing so more regularly than anyone else, over the course of a prolonged season is a life’s worth of dreams and hard work. The Italian marksman secured his third Capocannoniere award as…
Victor Osimhen has completed his move to Italian giants Napoli in one of the most anticipated moves of the summer. The Nigerian has been one of the brightest youngsters in Europe’s top five leagues in 2019/20 and joins the Serie A giants in a €50 Million deal, a record for a Nigerian Osimhen joins I…
After a prolonged season in which Italy was greatly affected by the Coronavirus crisis, the Serie A season draws to an exciting close for a campaign which promised so much. Top of that list is the crunch clash where free-scoring Atalanta host Inter Milan. It presents a final day showdown of Serie A heavyweights who…
AC Milan took massive strides towards Europa League qualification by going sixth with a rampant 5-1 win over Bologna. The thumping victory moved the San Siro side within a point of fifth-placed Roma with four games left of the season. A return to European competition will be seen as very much-needed progress for the Italian…
In the summer of 2019, AC Milan with its ever-revolving project needed a defensive midfielder to anchor freshly-hired Marco Giampaolo’s well-known 4-3-1-2 formation. The Italian tactician had his eyes set on Lucas Torreira who had performed the same job for him at Sampdoria, gaining plaudits from different corners. Torreira had moved to English side Arsenal…
To recall the happenings around AC Milan in recent times causes great grief. The upper chambers have seen far too many ins and outs. The corridors of Milan have revolved through Marco Fassone, Adriano Galliani, Leonardo, Massimiliano Mirabelli, Paolo Maldini, Ivan Gazidis, Zvonimir Boban and Paolo Scaroni. The instability at the top has seeped into…
