Team Focus: Shape-Shifters Inter Not Pretty but Efficient and Improving
by James Horncastle
at Thursday, Dec 10 2015 11:17
At the end of the `70s and through the `80s, Inter’s badge featured a Biscione: the snake that has been a symbol of the city of Milan ever since the House of Visconti rose to prominence in the Middle Ages. Under Roberto Mancini, a more appropriate spirit animal would be the chameleon. In 15 ga...
Player Focus: Why Ljajic is a Better Option than Jovetic
by Martin Laurence
at Monday, Jul 8 2013 16:00
Maybe a punch in the face was just what was required where Adem Ljajic is concerned. The former Partizan prospect appeared to be stagnating somewhat at Fiorentina before former coach Delio Rossi took offence to some sarcastic applause from the young Serbian. Here is a player who was on the cusp of s...
Player Focus: WhoScored's Under 21 Team of the Season
by Martin Laurence
at Monday, Jun 3 2013 17:45
With La Liga coming to an end this weekend, WhoScored.com have taken the chance to calculate the Under 21 Team of the Season based on player ratings, though no players from the Spanish, nor the French league, make the grade. To do so players must have been 21 or under at the start of the season and ...
Player Focus: Adem Ljajić's Revenge
by James Horncastle
at Thursday, May 2 2013 13:51
It's as though Adem Ljajić were in a dark room, processing the film taken from a camera, which had been used to capture a series of snapshots of his time at Fiorentina. As the pictures begin to develop it's clear he doesn't like what he sees. It was like a photograph that had come out bad, he told L...