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

By Brian Zygo, on May 1st, 2010

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 [...]

Easter Saturday in Italy: The Serie A Roundup

By Brian Zygo, on April 3rd, 2010

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

By Andrew Skomra, on March 31st, 2010

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 [...]

Inter Likely to Increase Scudetto Lead this Weekend

By Brian Zygo, on March 4th, 2010

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 [...]

Eto'o: Defying Expectations, Finding His Level

By Richard Farley, on February 21st, 2010

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 [...]

Inter Comes Back for 2-2 Draw at Bari

By Richard Farley, on January 17th, 2010

From the outside, Internazionale dropping points at Bari would be a surprise, but it has been a long time since Bari played like the newly promoted side they technically are. Particularly at home, where Bari had only dropped points in three of nine matches before Inter’s Saturday visit, Bari has show itself to be [...]

Two Late Goals Salvage Inter Win Over Siena

By Richard Farley, on January 9th, 2010

Wesley Sneijder's two goals and an assist helped lead Inter to a 4-3, comeback victory over Siena (Photo: Flickr/ScROs)

Walter Samuel, forced into action at left back, scored in the 93rd minute to give Internazionale Milano a dramatic 4-3 victory over Siena.

Samuel’s goal came minutes after Wesley Sneijder had pulled the Nerazzurri even with [...]

Vieira Move About Leadership

By Kartik Krishnaiyer, on January 8th, 2010

From Getty Images

Patrick Vieira who was the undisputed leader of Arsenal’s invincibles six seasons ago has returned to England to join aspiring Champions League qualifier, Manchester City.

Vierra made his move based on three considerations:

Rejoining Robero Mancini his former manager at Inter
A last ditch attempt to work his way back into the France [...]

Roberto Mancini Faces Challenge at Manchester City

By Kartik Krishnaiyer, on December 20th, 2009

Roberto Mancini has an outstanding record in Serie A. However that record has been questioned, because of his failures in Europe with Inter, as well as the Calcipoli scandal which crippled rivals Juventus, and also affected several other big clubs. Mancini has never defeated an English side a manager in European competitions. Despite the criticisms, [...]