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It takes a huge amount of bravery or madness to stand up to a man with a gun in your face, as a couple of Italian muggers recently discovered.
It takes a huge amount of bravery or madness to stand up to a man with a gun in your face, as a couple of Italian muggers recently discovered.
There are some managers I absolutely loathe. Phil Brown, when he was managing Hull, was one of those men and I'm not too fond of Mark Huhges either. Alan Pardew is very dull and we all get a bit peeved off with the amount Sir Alex Ferguson chews down on that bloody gum.
Having just been dropped by Juventus for twice turning up late for training, Paul Pogba needs to ensure his attitude does not override his potential.
It seems strange to think that Alexandre Pato is in his third season with AC Milan despite only being 23. A career that has already been blighted by numerous injuries, Pato has struggled to find fitness and form during his time in Italy. He arrived with much fanfare, then manager Carlo Ancelotti and Milan president Silvio Berlusconi (bunga bunga!) heralding him as the face of the Rossoneri's new generation, the player that will pave the way for glory for years to come.
Last month, Italian football was involved in yet another match fixing scandal. The Calciopoli of 2006 all but set the precedent for investigation by the authorities and since then, high profile trio Giuseppe Signori, Cristiano Doni and Antonio Conte, amongst others, have all been punished in one way or another.
Nicklas Bendtner is a player who seems to have been around forever. Yet, at only 24 years of age, we can expect to be hearing his name for a few more years to come.
Italian football has had a whirlwind past couple of years, the 2006 match fixing scandal that saw Juve relegated to Serie B, obscene remarks about gay footballers during the Euro's and now the 'Calcioscommesse scandal' where THIRTY THREE matches are under the microscope.
One of the most interesting aspects of the modern day game is how different managers implement different tactics and styles of play.
Following Galatasaray's impressive display during their Champions League match with Manchester United at Old Trafford this week, this article will put the manager of the Turkish giants under the spotlight.
S.S. Lazio will tonight provide Tottenham with a tough test for their dreams of securing the Europa League trophy that Villas-Boas has set his sights on to ignite his Tottenham “project”.
With the domestic European leagues now taking a break for the international period there has never been a better time to adopt a new league.
Life without Alessandro del Piero started with the Turin side wining thanks to second-half goals from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Andrea Pirlo.
Fresh from their Coppa Italia win over Juventus, and in the process denying the Old Lady a domestic double, Napoli returned to Naples and commenced their open bus celebrations at 4am Monday morning, with tens of thousands of football fans lining the streets to welcome back their returning heroes.
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It was all a bit too easy in the end, Ezequiel Lavezzi carving his way through the crumbs of resistance that were remaining in a hap-hazard Fiorentina defence that had been exploited repeatedly on the break before-hand, so much so that Lavezzi’s curling effort to mark the conclusion of a lung-busting 40 yard run had a faint air of the apologetic about it.