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Patient Rugani Making Late Push for Euro 2016 Call-up

by James Horncastle at Thursday, May 5 2016 17:20
Patient Rugani Making Late Push for Euro 2016 Call-up Daniele Rugani appreciates the value of patience more than most. His father Ubaldo, a former goalkeeper who played for Atletico Lucca back in the `70s, now fishes competitively. Countless hours have been spent sat on the riverbank or by the lake waiting for a bite. If there is a better metaphor for ...
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Ever-improving Sassuolo Continuing European Push Under Di Francesco

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Apr 6 2016 16:15
Ever-improving Sassuolo Continuing European Push Under Di Francesco At a charity tournament back in his playing days, Eusebio di Francesco spotted an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. His namesake, the great Portugal and Benfica striker, was also taking part and the ex-Roma midfielder absolutely couldn’t let him go without getting a picture taken with him...
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Lazio Season in Tatters Ahead of Rome Derby

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Mar 30 2016 14:40
Lazio Season in Tatters Ahead of Rome Derby Stefano Pioli was the runner up at Italy’s Manager of the Year awards in Florence earlier this month. Max Allegri, the winner, revealed that his vote had gone to him. The case was obvious. Pioli’s first season at Lazio had been a great success. He guided a team that had finished in mid-t...
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Perisic Spearheading Resurgent Inter's Charge for Europe

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Mar 17 2016 14:30
Perisic Spearheading Resurgent Inter's Charge for Europe ‘SprINTER’ was La Gazzetta dello Sport’s front-page headline on Sunday morning. After making a stumbling start to 2016, the Nerazzurri are beginning to pick up the pace again. The weekend’s win against Bologna was their fourth in a row at San Siro. Inter haven’t been ab...
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Allegri Making the Most of Juventus' Golden Bench

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Mar 9 2016 10:35
Allegri Making the Most of Juventus' Golden Bench On Monday Max Allegri was in Florence for Italy’s Coach of the Year awards. “I voted for Stefano Pioli,” he revealed. “But I was undecided. I thought about voting for Roberto Donadoni too.” Once the ballots were closed, however, Allegri was declared the winner. He recei...
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Team Focus: Resurgent Milan Beginning to Bubble to the Surface

by James Horncastle at Friday, Feb 5 2016 11:20
Team Focus: Resurgent Milan Beginning to Bubble to the Surface Milan are yet to play champagne football, but Sinisa Mihajlovic believes they have the making of a “fine sparkling wine” after a flat start to the season. “We took six points from our first four games and suffered a lot.” There is a fizz about Milan. “We’ve taken ...
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Player Focus: Morata's Goalscoring Return a Timely Reminder of his Quality

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Feb 3 2016 16:20
Player Focus: Morata's Goalscoring Return a Timely Reminder of his Quality What a difference patience can make. Juventus’ sloppy start to the season saw many turn on Max Allegri, with the experienced Italian under significant pressure as the Old Lady failed to keep on the coat tails of the early pace setters. Of course, any team losing three key players - in Juventus...
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Player Focus: Saponara Keeping the Traditional Number 10 Role Alive

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jan 26 2016 17:30
Player Focus: Saponara Keeping the Traditional Number 10 Role Alive All Riccardo Saponara ever dreamed of was to play in the red and black of AC Milan. For that, his father Luciano is to blame. A passionate fan of the club, he’s the one who passed it onto his son. As a boy, Saponara’s first football memory was of Milan winning the Scudetto in 1999. Only ...
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Player Focus: Prolific Pavoletti Flourishing Away From Serie A's Spotlight

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jan 21 2016 11:40
Player Focus: Prolific Pavoletti Flourishing Away From Serie A's Spotlight Funny thing destiny, isn’t it? Leonardo Pavoletti will openly admit he became a footballer almost by accident. His father, Paolo, is a tennis instructor and it wouldn’t have been at all surprising if he had followed in his footsteps and tried to go pro. He apparently had a formidable two...
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Player Focus: Can Higuain Buck Scorer Trend & Lead Napoli to the Title?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jan 14 2016 09:57
Player Focus: Can Higuain Buck Scorer Trend & Lead Napoli to the Title? To get the measure of Maurizio Sarri, consider this for a moment. He turned 57 on Sunday. Until last season, he had never coached in Serie A. He never played professionally. And yet upon being confronted with Gonzalo Higuain, the striker Napoli paid €38m for a couple of years ago, the second hi...
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