If there was ever a match destined for a draw, this was it. Whether you look at the stakes, the form, the history, the styles, or the personnel, it all leads to Italy leaving Ireland with a point, putting them into South Africa and the Republic of Ireland on track for the playoff.
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Internazionale Milano manager José Mourinho
Maybe it didn’t (and the title’s question is presumptive), but in monitoring news about Rubin Kazan, it seems a large proportion of it originates in Italy and expresses some combination of shock, surprise, and disappointment in Inter Milan drawing with the Russian champions. For a litany of reasons, this [...]
This is a series of nine, short posts that will be synthesized into one article for World Soccer Reader.
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Luciano Spalletti moved on from Roma
Luciano Spalletti resigned at AS Roma today. This is going to be a huge loss for i Giallorossi, and I can’t imagine any of the Roma supporters I know being happy with the move.
Yet there was a certain inevitability to the move. Roma had been knee-capped by [...]
You can accuse me of bias, as I pointed out before the match that today’s Milan derby would tell us little about either club. Along will the reasoning I outlined there, Gennaro Gattuso was red-carded early, making this match a complete aberration.
The counter argument that that last clause: Inter was already up [...]
We are about three hours away from Milan and Internazionale, which would be must-see footy were the teams in mid-table: neither battling for Europe nor battling relegation. In Round 2 of the season, all this match could do is show us the strength of each club, but whereas that would normally tell us who [...]
Wesley Sneijder has completed his move from Real Madrid to Internazionale. Various Italian outlets started reporting the story early morning Pacific time. Here’s one example, and here is an English-language account.
The impact for Real Madrid is minimal. Although this would have changed as the season wore on, they were committed to not [...]
I didn’t get to see Fiorentina play in Lisbon against Sporting. I have a video, which after watching La Viola open their Serie A campaign against Bologna, I intend to watch.
As I type, Fiorentina is pressing their hosts with ten minutes left, tied 1-1. Since allowing a first half goal on a set [...]