Inter President Massimo Moratti has confirmed that Andrea Stramaccioni will remain as Coach for the 2012-13 season.
The 36-year-old Stramaccioni was supposed to be only stay in charge for the remainder of the season after replacing Ranieri, but he has brought a breath of fresh air to Inter and Moratti seems to have been convinced by that Stramaccioni is the right person to lead Inter forward:
<blockquote>“I will confirm Stramaccioni,” he told Sky Sport Italia outside of his offices in Milan this morning. “He proved his experience in a derby that really delighted me.”</blockquote> Read more... (158 words, 1 image, estimated 38 secs reading time)
Juventus are champions of Italy for the first time since the Calciopoli scandal. They beat Cagliari 2-0 in Trieste with a Vucinic strike and an own-goal by Canini to get the party started a week before the end of the season. It is Juventus’s 28th league title, (30th according to some of their fans who still count the two Scudettos struck off for the Caciopoli scandal).
Juve are unbeaten in the league this season and with one more league game to go plus the Coppa Italia final, they have a chance at a record-breaking season. Read more... (348 words, 1 image, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)
Roma’s chances of playing in Europe next season took a hit after they drew with Catania on Saturday as Fiorentina beat Lecce.
At the Stadio Olimpico, it took a 77th-minute goal from Francesco Totti to earn Roma a point against Catania.
The draw sees Roma remain in seventh place with 53 points, three points out of fifth and two points shy of sixth-placed Inter Milan.
Roma now need both those sides to lose their last two matches to have any hope of making Europe. Read more... (347 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on May 2, 2012
Ac Milan’s Scudetto hopes increased after this midweek results which saw the Rossoneri defeated Atalanta 2-0 while current league leader, Juventus bagged a surprising 1-1 draw against relegation battler, Lecce in Turin.
That results trimmed down the gap between those two Italian giants into just one point now with two games left to play in Serie A, making things will definitely get interesting next weekend especially since Massimiliano Allegri’s team will be playing against their city rival, Inter Milan. Read more... (386 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on May 2, 2012
Napoli marching on to fulfill their target in reaching the third spot place by the end of season after picking up an important 2-0 victory over Palermo this midweek, thanks to a controversial penalty by Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik’s goal.
Meanwhile, As Roma looked like saying goodbye for their European ambition after only grabbing a point again, this time against Chievo in a rather ridiculous playing field which pretty much troubled Luis Enrique’s side in doing anything much beside holding into a 0-0 draw. Read more... (466 words, 1 image, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on April 30, 2012
The race for third place in Serie A couldn’t get more feistier after this weekend result where Lazio found themselves level on points with three other teams after Edy Reja’s squad got beaten 2-0 by one of their rivals, Udinese.
Goals from Antonio Di Natale and Pereyra sealed an important victory for the Fruliani which made them equaling the Biancocelesti’s 55 points along with Napoli and also Inter Milan, creating a grand slam finish in the next three games. Read more... (402 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on April 29, 2012
Ac Milan still doesn’t give up their Scudetto hope as the Rossoneri continue on picking up another three points after battering home team Siena 4-1 with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring a brace while Antonio Cassano get himself back in the score sheet and Antonio Nocerino netted his 10th league goal for Rossoneri.
The home team only managed to pull one goal back through Erjan Bogdani, which obviously was not enough to trouble the current Scudetto holder, who had a rather comfortable match despite not actually playing superb football. Read more... (379 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on April 28, 2012
Sitting at 16th in Serie A simply showed that Fiorentina are having a difficult season and one of the things that made their ride hasn’t been enjoyable is simply their inconsistency in picking up results, even after the arrival of new coach, Delio Rossi.
Successfully taking points from Ac Milan, Inter along with Roma, Fiorentina are usually having tough times facing mid-bottom tables team, something that their tactician want to eliminate. Read more... (319 words, 1 image, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on April 28, 2012
The battle for third place never seems to stop heating up as another thrilling spectacle happened at Olympico Roma, when As Roma host Napoli, which say four quality goals sparkling the evening in the capital.
Fabio Simplicio could be considered as the home team’s savior as his late goal simply ruined the Partenopei’s celebration as both teams must settle for a draw, which is actually a pretty fair result looking at the performances being shone. Read more... (417 words, 1 image, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)
