Italian Serie A Megathread

* yessss. Assist with his first touches

 

Nasty there

 

Disapppinted with the result. on the other hand fair play to Del Pierro. He's an absolute gent and a legend.

 

you're right !

He's absolutely underrated.
I cannot understand Barcelona making him go away, and buy lots of useless defenders like the ukranian, G. Milito, and others...spending lots of money.

El Pelado seems also perfect to play on international stages

 

Italian football is braced for another summer of controversy after Atalanta's Andrea Masiello was arrested in connection with an on-going match-fixing probe.

The defender, who joined Atalanta last summer from Bari, has been charged with "criminal association and fraud" along with two friends, Giovanni Carella and Fabio Giacobbe.

Eight of his former Bari team-mates are also under the spotlight and officials are expecting more arrests to be made.

"This is just the first wave of arrests of an investigation that began in December 2010," Bari's prosecutor Antonio Laudati.

Probe

"We have plenty of evidence in the form of payments in which results of certain games were altered."

Reports from Italy suggest the investigation will be focusing on a match between Serie A clubs Bari and Lecce in May last year which Bari, already relegated by then, lost 2-0 with Masiello scoring an own goal in the 80th minute.

Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and ex-Lazio skipper Giuseppe Signori were among 46 people arrested last year and have been banned for three-and-a-half-years and five years respectively.

"There will be zero tolerance and swift action by the sporting justice to clean up and pinpoint all those responsible," said Italian football federation president Giancarlo Abete.

 

It has been revealed that Panathinaikos star Sotiris Ninis is joining Parma next season.

Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi has confirmed the deal with the 21 year old Greece international.

“It’s true, we have got Ninis, who is one of the best young players in Europe and we are proud he has chosen us!” Ghirardi told TVParma.

“His contract was set to expire and he could’ve joined a bigger club, but he preferred Parma. Don’t forget this lad was in the last World Cup and is considered one of the top prospects on the continent.”

 

Unfotunately, those things happen in Italy.
Justice must do its course, but...... please ... Mr. Abete, shut up!

He's the typical cowardly man of institution.
That one who is strong with weak people, and weak with power men.
He's totally submitted to milanese teams:
about Inter's interceptions he said: "we're not competent to judge"
about Inter's falsification of passport: "I don't feel to relegate a team that has spent hundreds of milions of euros"
ecc. ecc.

Now, against Masiello (just a moron, who tried to rub 50.000 €) he's saying: "we'll be unflexible"

 

Milan got beat 2-1 at home to fiorentina. Juve can go top tonight.

 

If Conte continues to line up a 5-3-2 formation it will be difficult to get victories:
same mistakes in the past away matches in Rome and Udine.

I hope he will change soon for a 4-3-3

 

Juventus going top, 2-0 up away to Palermo with around fifteen minutes left.

 

Milan look like their going to bottle it.

 

Looks like juve will be going top 2-0 against Palermo only about 10 minutes left . Hopefully juve win the league * Milan.

 

Absolute screamer. Better than Rooney's overhead kick.

 

Great penalty. Massive win for Lazio.

 

Ok, guys
Today is not a football day.....


...... HAPPY EASTER from Italy !
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That's the spirit :icon_mrgreen: !


Seriously though, I really do think Juve deserve it so far.

Milan have beaten only one team (Udinese away) from the top 5 of Serie A this season, which I found very interesting

 

Juventus have a tricky run in. Its going to get very interesting.

 

Pepeeeeeee what a finishhhh !

 

* Vidal just tried a shot from his own half. What a save it brought from the keeper !