Manchester United secured the services of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana. In a $56.6 million move, the Cameroonian replaces the outgoing David de Gea between the stick at Old Trafford. The 27-year-old Onana established himself as one of the top goalkeepers in the world over recent years. Before moving to Inter Milan in the summer […]

Since police arrested Mason Greenwood in January 2022, his future at Manchester United has been in doubt. Greenwood faced three counts of attempted rape, along with one count each of controlling and coercive behavior and assault leading to bodily injury. Court officials dropped the charges and allegations in February. Since then, Greenwood's future at United […]

Atalanta defeated Roma to create a logjam of teams vying for European spots in Serie A. The 3-1 win over Jose Mourinho's Roma kept Atalanta's bid of getting back into European competition alive. La Dea entered the game in seventh, five points behind Inter Milan. Roma, on the other hand, was level with Milan but […]

Napoli beat Atalanta 2-0 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Saturday evening to regain their 18-point lead at the summit of the Serie A standings. The Partenopei came into this game after a shock home defeat to Lazio last week that stopped their unbeaten run, but Luciano Spalletti's side brushed aside their opponents comfortably […]

If the 2022/23 Serie A prediction follows this past season, fans can start preparing for a dogfight at the top. With roughly 30 games played, there was reason to believe any of the top four could win the title last season. Juventus, Inter Milan, Milan and Napoli all put together strong domestic seasons. In the […]

A recurring trend of European soccer is to look for games impacting the top-four and title races. However, this season, the major European leagues lack some of their prior vigor in terms of title races. The same cannot be said about fighting for Champions League qualification, but major leagues look all but secured. In the […]

The World Cup is one week away, and if you are a soccer fan, it is hard not to be anxious for the tournament to begin.  In anticipation of the first Group F match on June 14 (Italy v. Paraguay) I will post of preview of the other three teams in Group F, to help […]

On the pitch, an official has the authority to add time to a match to make up for injury or ensure that both clubs actually play 45 minutes in the half.  In the Serie A standings, there is no added time, and for the three clubs at the bottom the ticking clock is a doomsday […]

As Serie A takes a quick breather for a World Cup friendly this week versus Cameroon, this past weekend once again saw changes in the standings as well as a tightening championship race.  Before we look ahead and begin debating which players deserve to make the national team, let's take a look back at a […]

After this weekend's action, the eyes of Italy will be on its largest metropolitan city.  The Milan derby could move AC Milan within striking distance of first or could help Inter Milan put some distance between itself and its rival.  And the two clubs are approaching this game from opposite directions: Inter striking some luck […]

Like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day, Italian soccer has returned to our airwaves, and this week's matches saw the return of David Beckham, the goal of the year, and some good calcio as well.  As reports roll in of players leaving Italy in transfers, the question is what moves will the contenders […]

The best way to sum up the action this past weekend is more of the same.  The top 4 remain the top 4 (with one switch) and those looking in danger of relegation still look in danger of relegation.  However, a few major lessons were learned this week on (and off) the pitch. Racism is […]

Olof Melberg (pictured/Reuters) comes up big for Juventus scoring his first goal at the club, and rescuing a point after the Bianconeri fell behind to Lazio in the first 25 mins off an exquisitely taken free kick by Cristian Ledesma. Earlier in the day scudetto leaders Inter lost 1 – 3 away to Atalanta. Surely […]

LIVE Coverage of Atalanta vs. Napoli Napoli currently sit third on 23 points tied with AC Milan. A win today could lift the Southerners into second place if the Rossoneri fail to take all 3 points against Chievo at the San Siro.  I would think AC Milan should win comfortably also Chievo have recently entered […]

The BBC, goal.com, The Guardian and other news sources are reporting that five players have been charged over alleged match-fixing of last season's Serie A fixtures between Atalanta and relegated Livorno. Atalanta's Gian Paolo Bellini and Livorno's former captain David Balleri have been charged with match-fixing. Brothers Emanuele and Antonio Filippini and team-mate Alessandro Grandoni […]