Davide Lanzafame

Men­tion the 2009–2010 sea­son to Juven­tus’ 170 mil­lion fans and they will shake their head in dis­gust.  Italy’s most suc­cess­ful and beloved soc­cer team was a shell of itself, miss­ing out on a Euro­pean tour­na­ment spot due to poor play and aging play­ers.  It is not a coin­ci­dence that the Ital­ian national team also failed […]

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In this aggra­vat­ing time between the end of the Serie A sea­son and the begin­ning of the World Cup, we can bide our time by look­ing back at the past Serie A sea­son.  As expected by many, Inter Milan won the title.  In my series of posts review­ing the sea­son, how­ever, I want to begin […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 16

by Robert on December 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Prob­a­bly the biggest news to come out of this weekend’s matches is the injury to Gian­luigi Buf­fon and his sub­se­quent surgery, which will take him out of action for a month.  Get used to the name Alexan­der Man­ninger, the new start­ing keeper for Juven­tus. The sec­ond big story, at least if you live in the […]

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