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Team Focus: Juventus & Roma Passing The Time

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Jan 19 2012 17:16
Team Focus: Juventus & Roma Passing The Time While Italian football is often looked down upon by many fans of teams from other leagues, criticised for its cautious approach and slow, methodical build-up play, many clubs in Serie A are changing in ways that make that sweeping generalization less relevant than ever. From Udinese's thrillingly di...
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The Milan Derby: City Rivals By The Numbers

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Jan 12 2012 17:25
The Milan Derby: City Rivals By The Numbers Sunday evening will see two of European football's grandest clubs meet in one of the most high profile matches of the year as Milan face Inter in the 205th Derby della Madonnina. As rivalries go it is also one of the closest; Milan have won on 72 occasions, just one more than their city cousins, wit...
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Statistical Oddities: Five Serie A Surprises

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Jan 5 2012 12:14
Statistical Oddities: Five Serie A Surprises With Serie A away on its traditional Winter Break, fans of Italian football are reduced to searching for snippets of information on transfer rumours and training camps as the league builds up to its return this coming weekend. In an attempt to fill the void left by the absence of Calcio (which almos...
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Hot Shots Part Two: Serie A's Most Prolific Midfielders

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Dec 29 2011 13:57
Hot Shots Part Two: Serie A's Most Prolific Midfielders Last week we looked at the most accurate strikers in Serie A, bringing you the seven most prolific front-men of the season so far. Yet in today's game it isn't just those hit-men who are responsible for scoring goals. With so many teams utilising a formation with just one man up front it is increasi...
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Hot Shots: Serie A's Magnificent Seven

by Adam Digby at Monday, Dec 19 2011 15:40
Hot Shots: Serie A's Magnificent Seven Serie A has long been famed for it's defensive abilities and tactical organisation, it's gifts to the world deemed to be tacticians such as Giovanni Trapattoni and Arrigo Sacchi, breeding defenders the likes of which other countries could only look on in envy of. Yet, as a byproduct of coming up aga...

It's In The Script: Serie A's Best Readers Of The Game

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Dec 15 2011 12:39
It's In The Script: Serie A's Best Readers Of The Game Thanks to the 2006 Calciopoli scandal, saying the word ‘interception’ to most fans of Serie A instantly conjures up transcripts Luciano Moggi’s conversations on a Swiss mobile phone, undoubtedly one telling someone on the other end how he alone was responsible for Massimo Moratti&r...
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Old Lady Needs A Hand: Gentlemen, Are You Ready?

by Adam Digby at Wednesday, Dec 7 2011 15:39
Old Lady Needs A Hand: Gentlemen, Are You Ready? Mirko Vučinić divides opinion even more readily than he could ever slice through a defence, his languid playing style - often so relaxed it makes Dimitar Berbatov look dedicated - frustrates as many observers as his incredible skill enraptures others. The Montenegrin striker goes from being 'Big Gam...
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Udinese’s Losses See Them Become A Cliché

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Dec 1 2011 12:31
Udinese’s Losses See Them Become A Cliché Lazy stereotypes. Admit it, we've all done it. Writing about German football without using the word efficient is the journalistic equivalent of eating a doughnut without licking your lips. Italian football is slow, dull and built on playing not to lose rather than going for the win. England's player...
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Lazio vs Juventus: Top Form Pair In Table Topping Clash

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Nov 24 2011 10:28
Lazio vs Juventus: Top Form Pair In Table Topping Clash Currently battling away at the top of Serie A, undoubtedly benefiting from poor starts to the season by both Milanese clubs, Lazio and Juventus meet this coming weekend in what looks set to be a highly intriguing encounter. Each have impressed during the early part of the season as both have major s...
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Giovinco & Torje Among Small Players with Big Futures

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Nov 17 2011 15:49
Giovinco & Torje Among Small Players with Big Futures As Barcelona are currently and continually proving, size doesn’t matter. After a number of years where seemingly every club was packing their squad with imposing physical players, the game has changed to the extent where smaller [insert own use of ‘diminutive’ here] players are ver...
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