Italian papers La Repubblica and La Gazzetta dello Sport have linked Pep Guardiola with manager’s position at AC Milan, with the former claiming that the ex-Barcelona managerhas been offered a four-year contract worth close to $32 million, or $7.7 million per year. According to the report, Milan legend Paolo Maldini would join Guardiola at the […]
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Pinzi's wild tackle at Liverpool is must-see TV
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Udinese midfielder Giampiero Pinzi only got a yellow card for this crazy tackle on Stuart Downingin last Thursday’s Europa League game at Anfield. On Friday, we showed youGiovanni Pasquale‘s impressive winner from this entertaining win by Udinese. Things may have turned out differently, if Referee Stefan Johannesson had seen fit […]
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Agent: Conte accuser tried to sell story
Antonio Conte, coach of Italian champion Juventus, is serving a 10-month ban for failing to report what he knew about plans to fix a Serie B match when hewas coaching at Siena in 2010-11, and a celebrity agent says Conte’s sole accuser, Filippo Carobbio, tried to sell the story to the media. In aninterview with […]
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Pasquale a smash hit in Liverpool
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Giovanni Pasquale‘s guided missile sails past Pepe Reina to rave reviews during Udinese’s 3-2 win inEuropa League play. Thursday, at Anfield, “Being Liverpool” meant scoring first, scoring last, scoring for the other team, and losing, all in entertaining fashion. The Serie A team trailed 1-0 when its captain, Antonio Di Natale, tied […]
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Many Roma players 'don't deserve to wear the shirt'
With American Michael Bradley not in the team, Roma dropped a 4-1 decision at Juventus, incurring the wrath of sporting director Walter Sabatini, who said afterward, “Many players don’t deserve to wear the shirt.”
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Miccoli puts on Maradona-like display with stunning hat trick
Italian Fabrizio Miccoli, whose admiration for Argentine great Diego Maradona has extended to paying $25,000 for anearring that Maradona once owned and naming his son Diego, put on a Maradona-like display in Sunday, scoring a hat trick — including an The diminutive Miccoli, known as the”Pocket Rocket,” scored on a curling free kick around the […]
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Blatter: 'Bravo, Miro Klose'
German national team forward Miroslav Klose‘s confession that he used his hand when scoring a goal for Lazio won praise from many quarters on Thursday. FIFA PresidentSepp Blatter tweeted, “Bravo Miro Klose for your gesture last night! Just shows that you can be both a great andfair player at the same …” Klose scored with […]
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Klose admits to handball, Lazio goal disallowed
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 […]