AS Roma

Today’s UEFA Cham­pi­ons League draw was one that should prove that Serie A is still one of the pre­mier leagues in the world, and that Inter is arguably the world’s best club.  The Ner­az­zurri swept the UEFA indi­vid­ual awards: Goal­keeper of the Year (Julio Cesar), Defender of the Year (Maicon), Mid­fielder of the Year (Wesley […]

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Serie B cham­pi­ons Lecce have once again made the jump to Serie A, two years after fin­ish­ing nine­teenth and being rel­e­gated.  Prior to that they spent two years in Serie B, pre­ceded by three years in Serie A.  As you can see, Lecce has made a habit of bounc­ing up and down the ranks, making […]

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Italy’s old­est soc­cer club fin­ished a dis­ap­point­ing ninth last sea­son, and the man­age­ment has made it clear this off­sea­son that such a result is unac­cept­able.  Dis­ap­point­ing play by a num­ber of key play­ers left the club out­side the top six, one year after qual­i­fy­ing for the UEFA Cup and two years after return­ing to Serie A […]

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On the pitch, an offi­cial has the author­ity to add time to a match to make up for injury or ensure that both clubs actu­ally play 45 min­utes in the half.  In the Serie A stand­ings, there is no added time, and for the three clubs at the bot­tom the tick­ing clock is a doomsday one. […]

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The most antic­i­pated match-up of the week­end is the AS Roma-AC Milan con­test to decide which club can chal­lenge Inter for the top spot in Serie A.  While the loser still has an out­side shot at the scud­etto, an Inter vic­tory over Genoa would make it a tough task. Rather than a tra­di­tional post rehash­ing strengths […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 26

by Robert on March 2, 2010 · 0 comments

As Serie A takes a quick breather for a World Cup friendly this week ver­sus Cameroon, this past week­end once again saw changes in the stand­ings as well as a tight­en­ing cham­pi­onship race.  Before we look ahead and begin debat­ing which play­ers deserve to make the national team, let’s take a look back at a […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 25

by Robert on February 22, 2010 · 0 comments

This weekend’s action has a wealth of sub­plots, con­tro­versy, and excit­ing soc­cer play.  But the main story line out of this week­end is the stand­ings.  Right now, the top four spots in the Serie A stand­ings are occu­pied by the clubs most thought would occupy them in some order: Inter Milan, AS Roma, AC Milan, […]

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