From Inter–Juventus to social media abuse, via referees and assistants: when the ball fades into the background and the system shows all its cracks. Inter–Juventus was played on Saturday night at San Siro and Inter won. That should be enough […]
VAR, diving and the technology alibi: this is how football stopped deciding games Read More »
Spalletti decided not to speak, sending Locatelli to the press conference instead. Chivu’s response was subtly polemical… That Inter–Juventus is not a match like any other was already well known: the Derby d’Italia has always set fans’ emotions alight, and
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Five of the seven Serie A matches were decided by goals scored deep into stoppage time Matchday 24 of Serie A confirmed a trend that was already evident, amplifying it to the point of hyperbole: in Serie A, games are
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The revelation of the ownership’s openness to Totti’s return came from Claudio Ranieri, and it already carries the feel of something close to official. In Rome, since yesterday, there has been talk of nothing else. It all started with a
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Matchday 23 felt like it would never end: it kicked off on Friday and only wrapped up last night… I don’t know about you readers, but personally I found Matchday 23 of Serie A unbearable, finally concluded last night with
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Three Italian teams move on in the Champions League, but none avoid the playoffs: Antonio Conte’s Napoli are out In the end, three Italian teams go through, and the one left out is the most representative of Italian football itself:
Read in Italian on ilNewyorkese After 22 matchdays, the Nerazzurri already look clear favorites for the title, with no real challengers in sight. Serie A seems to have definitively found its dominant force: Chivu’s Inter, who over the past two
Inter is already in the lead Read More »
Today’s Inter are the exact snapshot of Italian football: the values expressed in Serie A are relative rather than absolute. There was a time when Serie A was able to express absolute values, because the best players in the world
The litmus test of Italian football Read More »
This is a Serie A season in which anything can happen, every single matchday. The only real certainty seems to be Inter’s breakaway. There’s a phrase that has become iconic, spoken years ago by popular Sky Sport Italia commentator Fabio
Allegri’s Milan win away at Como in Thursday night’s rescheduled fixture widens the philosophical gap between “result-first” football and “play-first” football. Last night delivered a very entertaining match between Fabregas’ Como and Allegri’s Milan. In the first half, Como dictated
