Uruguayan Edinson Cavani‘s hat trick for Napoli in its 3-0 win over Lazio was overshadowed by Miroslav Klose‘sconfession to having using his hand to score for Lazio. The incident took place after just three and a half minutes when Klose used his hand to score on a corner from five yards out.Napoli players were furious […]
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Bradley's return good news for Roma and USA
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley, sidelined since the first game of the Serie A season with a groin injury, is set toreturn to Roma’s starting lineup for its game against Sampdoria on Wednesday. Bradley sustained the injury in training days after making his debut with Roma in its 2-2 tie with Catania.The injury forced him to […]
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Embattled AC Milan coach Allegri gets vote of confidence
AC Milan’s season went from bad to worse as it dropped another game, 2-1, at Udinese and had two players sent off, but Coach Massimiliano Allegri was given avote of confidence by vice president Adriano Galliani. “We played better than Udinese,” insisted Galliani on Milan Channel. “Theteam is showing signs of improvement and now we […]
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Allegri may pay price for Milan woes
AC Milan’s troubles continued when it was held to a 0-0 tie at home by Belgian champion Anderlecht in the opening game of the UEFA Champions League. The San Siro was two-thirds empty, and the fansin the crowd of 28,000 who stayed until the end jeered the Rossoneri off the field. “I think the team […]
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Anderlecht aims to end Italian jinx at troubled Milan
Anderlecht’s return to the UEFA Champions League group stage after a six-year absence could not begin with a more difficult trip. The Belgian champions, featuring American Sacha Kljestan in midfield, have never won in 14 games in Italy dating back to 1964, and they open at AC Milan, a team desperate to get on the […]
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Palermo kicks off Italian coaching carousel
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini needed only three games to fire Coach Giuseppe Sannino, making him the firstcoaching casualty of the 2012-13 Serie A season. But that’s a lot slower than last season when Zamparini fired Stefano Pioli in preseason. Palermohired Gian Piero Gasperini as its new coach. He has been out of coaching since being […]
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Roma's Zeman takes on Italian establishment
Veteran Czech coach Zdenek Zeman is stirring things up in Italy. Roma, one of 12 clubs he’s coached in a coaching career that dates back 30 years, is off toa promising start in Serie A, having won at Inter Milan, 3-1, in its second game of the season. The outspoken Zeman has made no friends […]
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Juventus turns attention to January targets
Juventus failed in its bid to land a big-time striker during the summer transfer market, but the Italian champion is not giving up all hope. “We are continuing to monitorinteresting players and we’ll decide whether to make any moves in January,” said Juve director general Beppe Marotta. Juventus failedland Robin Van Persie (signed by Manchester […]
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AC Milan needed 'generational change'
AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri says the Italian club had no choice but to make wholesale changes in its team, selling Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Paris St. Germain and letting many veterans go. “We needed a generational change,”Allegri told La Stampa. “It might not be nice, but that is how life goes. Carlo […]
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Del Piero is headed to Australian league
One of the players courted by MLS has instead opted for soccer down under. Sydney FC officials will fly to Italy to conclude the signing of the former international striker Alessandro del Piero, who left Juventus last May after 19 seasons.