The Question: Should a manager use tactics unsuitable for his players? | Jonathan Wilson
Internazionale appointed Gian Piero Gasperini who has a tactical outlook ill-suited to the squad. The result so far is three defeats out of threeThree games played; three games lost. Already Gian Piero Gasperini must be fearing that that distant tollin...
Serie A 2011-12 season preview | Paolo Bandini
Strike action will disrupt the opening weekend, but this could be a very open season in ItalyAnd so the new Serie A season is upon us. Or rather it isn't. After the league's owners and its players failed to reach an agreement, it was confirmed on Frid...
The Bandinis 2011: An utterly exhaustive review of the Serie A season
From misses to moonwalks, the best games and the worst gaffes, it's our end-of-season Italian football awards"Serie A is a tournament in which various teams compete," noted the Gazzetta dello Sport's Alessandra Bocci as Milan stood on the verge of thei...
Genoa sink Sampdoria in last minute thriller
Dramatic 97th minute goal by Mauro Boselli in the Genoa derby giving the home side a 2-1 win and sending a dagger into Sampdoria's efforts to keep from getting relegated. Genoa also played a man down with Giandomenico Mesto...
Luca Toni tastes sweet revenge as Juventus win lunchtime thriller | Serie A | Paolo Bandini
Luca Toni was dismissed as a flop by Genoa's president - but his winner against his old club kept Juve's European hopes aliveForget Calciopoli, Torino's missing championship of 1927 and Rodrigo Palacio's hair – Serie A's greatest scandal unfolded jus...
Rainieri resigns as Roma implode against Genoa
Manic depressive Roma implode again. Phillipe Mexes, Nicolas Burdisso, and Francesco Totti fire Roma into a seemingly unassailable 3-0 lead. But Genoa storm back through braces by Rodrigo Palacio and Alberto Paloschi to pull off a remarkable comeback as...
Japanese footballers in Serie A: A potted history (Part I)
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Japanese footballers in Serie A: A potted history (Part I) is a post from: Just Football Yuto Nagatomo’s transfer to European champions Internazionale caused quite the stir in Japan. Making his debut for Just Football, Adam Cobley assesses the...Sampdoria vs Genoa: The Derby Della Lanterna
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Sampdoria vs Genoa: The Derby Della Lanterna is a post from: Just Football Serie A, after several years of Inter domination, is unusually competitive this season. However, despite some big games for the main contenders, the biggest match of the week involves...UEFA Issue Verdict for Serbia and Italy (…and Northern Ireland)
Earlier this month, the Euro 2012 qualifying match between Italy and Serbia was abandoned due to to rioting among supporters. Serbian fans threw flares on to the pitch and at Italian supporters (by climbing over a fence and cutting a hole in the netting intended to prevent objects being thrown). This was after the...
Genoa 0-1 Internazionale | Serie A match report
Sulley Muntari came in from the cold and scored his first club goal in a year to give Internazionale a battling 1-0 Serie A win at Genoa tonight.The Ghana midfielder has barely featured under the new coach, Rafael Benítez, this term but, after coming ...
Weekend Six Pack, Week III – Betting Preview
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Weekend Six Pack, Week III – Betting Preview is a post from: Just Football Each week on Just Football our new betting columnist Rob Hartnett will bring you six bets from the weekend football action. Rob is the public face of...Pompey angry at Genoa’s Boateng debt
• Pompey complain to FA and Italian federation over transfer fee• 'We've been listening to excuses. We've had enough'Portsmouth have complained to the Football Association and the Italian federation over Genoa's failure to pay monies owed for the t...
