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Sleeping with the Enemy: Are Football Fans Allowed to Root for their Rivals

Benedict Arnold

As the club season winds down in Europe, with tight title races in both England and Italy, I pose this question to you – Can you root for your club’s biggest rival and still respect yourself in the morning?

This is an issue that many Manchester United and Roma fans will be dealing with [...]

Milan and Arsenal Go Meekly Into the Night

They both teased us mighty this year. Two traditional powers who have not won a league title in six seasons mounted what appeared to be serious title challenges with squads that were less fancied than their rivals. Arsenal and AC Milan made us both believe at points this year that they were back among the [...]

Easter Saturday in Italy: The Serie A Roundup

Mirko Vucinic's goal gives Roma a 1-0 win over Bari.

The Easter weekend in Italy means Serie A treats football fans to a full slate of matches on the Saturday before Easter Sunday. Today’s big matches all kicked off at the same time on Saturday afternoon in Italy with Bari hosting Roma, Inter hosting [...]

Inter Milan 1, CSKA Moscow 0: Tenacious Second-Half Yields a Single Milito Goal

Diego Milito's second-half goal gives Inter the slightest of advantages in their Champions League quarterfinal against CSKA Moscow (Photo: Reuters)

Due to the many heroics of keeper Igor Akinfeev, a solitary goal from Diego Milito was all that Internazionale could muster after a second-half bombardment of CSKA Moscow in the first leg of their Champions [...]

Beckham's Season & World Cup Over After Achilles Tear

David Beckham will miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles (Photo Credit: TimesOnline)

With the World Cup nearing and AC Milan surging towards the top of Serie A table, David Beckham appeared as if he would be a part of two major teams on the world stage. That all came [...]

Inter Likely to Increase Scudetto Lead this Weekend

Jose Mourinho

Since early December, it seemed like one question had been hanging over every matchday in Serie A: “Is this the matchday where Inter will seal up the 2009-2010 Scudetto?” This weekend, as we enter Matchday 27 in Serie A, the question is becoming: “Is there a title race on in Serie A?”

Inter [...]

Napoli 2, Roma 2: Late Comeback Sparked by Substitute Denis

Germán Denis's substitute performance allowed Napoli to claw their way back for a draw

An exciting, hard-fought draw was the end result of a fine tactical battle waged at the Stadio San Paulo on Sunday afternoon between Napoli and Roma.

The match started slowly as Claudio Ranieri’s side were more than comfortable to patiently defend and [...]

Eto'o: Defying Expectations, Finding His Level

Samuel Eto'o is now struggling to hold down a spot on José Mourinho's starting XI. (Photo: Newscom)

Samuel Eto’o’s summer departure from FC Barcelona was derided by supporters who saw the mercurial Cameroonian lead their treble-winning side in goals, but there should have never been any real doubt that Barcelona was getting the [...]

Sampdoria 2, Fiorentina 0: Guberti, Pazzini Push Samp into Fourth Place

Solid play from Stefano Guberti was but one of Sampdoria's highlights on Saturday night

It was one of those matches that features clubs going in opposite directions. Sampdoria have miraculously bounced back from a dreadful two months at the end of 2009 to find themselves returning to their early season form, going into Saturday’s match [...]

Roma 4, Palermo 1: Brighi Leads as Giallorossi Continue Impeccable Form

Matteo Brighi's brace capped Roma's sixth straight league victory

A commanding performance from i Giallorossi was on display Saturday night at the Olimpico, with Roma soundly defeating Palermo—marked by the nonchalant scoring talent of Matteo Brighi.

Roma’s well-organized attack in the early going was met by a calm Palermo squad that was content to fall back [...]