Player Focus: Maturing Cassano Ready For World Cup Challenge
by James Horncastle
at Tuesday, Jun 3 2014 15:42
Until recently, Antonio Cassano didn’t believe he had any realistic hope of making Italy’s squad for the World Cup. Back in the spring he gave himself a “zero percent” chance of participating. “I think about Brazil,” he joked. “It’s a beautiful country...
Team Focus: Record Breaking Parma Dream of a Return to Europe
by James Horncastle
at Wednesday, Mar 26 2014 11:41
Player Focus: Antonio Cassano - Ghirardi's Gift to Parma
by James Horncastle
at Monday, Nov 18 2013 12:04
Player Focus: Parolo Shining Among Parma Stars
by Adam Digby
at Friday, Nov 1 2013 15:15
The old idiom says you should never meet your heroes, but for a player with as unusual a career path as Marco Parolo, it is no surprise that conventional wisdom does not apply. Late last week, the midfielder gave an interview to his club's in-house television channel in which he admitted his admirat...
League Focus: Serie A Strike Rates Analysed
by Adam Digby
at Tuesday, Oct 30 2012 14:50
Euro 2012 Focus: Key Battles in the Opening Fixtures
by Alistair Tweedale
at Thursday, Jun 7 2012 16:03
The first round of group matches at Euro 2012 have thrown up a number of great prospective games and some intriguing key battles within those matches. While it is still unclear exactly who will start and what role they might play, there are some players who are all but guaranteed to face off in the ...
Serie A Goal Scoring Masters
by Cristiano Acconci
at Friday, May 13 2011 15:13
Not too long ago Serie A was typified as a league that focused and mastered defending while avoiding beautiful/attacking football. To be honest not much as changed except one major thing, defending got poorer. Nevertheless, Serie A can be proud of is its abundance of natural goal scorers. Serie A is...