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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 [...]

Beckham's Season & World Cup Over After Achilles Tear

By Ryan Rosenblatt, on March 14th, 2010

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 [...]

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

By Andrew Skomra, on February 13th, 2010

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fiorentina 2-1 Over Bari Could Be Turning Point for Viola

By Richard Farley, on January 10th, 2010

Adrian Mutu led Fiorentina back against Bari. (Photo: Buzzi)

At the onset of the 2009-10 Serie A campaign, it became apparent that Fiorentina had the potential to again qualify for Champions League.

After a strong start to their European competition, including a dominant win at home over Liverpool, the Viola briefly showed championship potential before [...]