Serie A

Juventus are going through some tough times and rumours that the club might do away with some of its players this summer will only agitate the fans more. You have probably hard the age old saying that goes you should not believe everything you read and to some extent it is true however, in Juve’s case, things are a little different.

The ‘Old Lady’ are experiencing turbulent times in the Serie A that have left themout of contentions in all competitions and fighting for a Champions League qualifying spot with the likes of Sampdoria and Palermo. According to the daily mirror, Juventus are prepared to sell their goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon for 30m Pounds to either Manchester City or Bayern Munich.  Read more... (363 words, 3 images, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

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Inter Milan will attempt to get their title defence back on track when they host rock-bottom Livorno on Wednesday.

The Nerazzurri were held to a 1-1 draw at Palermo on Saturday and have now only won one of their past seven league games to see their lead at the top of the Serie A standings cut to just a solitary point.

The normally outspoken Jose Mourinho has continued his media silence but Inter director Gabriele Oriali, who also reignited the refereeing debate, is confident Inter remain firmly on course for a league, Champions League and Coppa Italia treble.  Read more... (616 words, 3 images, estimated 2:28 mins reading time)

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Korea Republic

The Keeper

One of the strongest units of the squad Lee Woon-Jae is one of the club’s best players and the clubs backup options are pretty solid players as well.  Woon-Jae has over 120 caps in his career and he is a critical part of Korea’s success in South Africa.  The keeper was also present last Cup in 2006 which saw the Koreans earn four points and narrowly miss advancing.

Grade: C

The Defense  Read more... (399 words, 3 images, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

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Fulham last night beat Juventus 4-1 in London to advance to the quarter finals of the Europa League. This defeat is the icing on the cake for Juve’s disastrous season. Not only is Juve’s loss an utter embarassment, it is also a mockery of Italian football. Juventus is now officially the laughing stock of Italian football at least until the end of the season.  Read more... (271 words, 2 images, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

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Italian champions Inter Milan will face Russian side CSKA Moscow in the quarter finals of the Champions League. The annoucement was made this afternoon at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon Switzerland.

Having avoided heavyweights Barcelona and Manchester United, the Nerazzurri were handed a relatively ‘easy’ tie  against Moscow. This is the second Russian side that Inter are facing in the Champions League this season. It is important to note that Inter’s first Russian opponents Rubin Kazan were not an easy side to overcome and Mourinho will be keen not to underestimate the Moscow side.  Read more... (260 words, 2 images, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)

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Stadio San Paolo is home to Napoli and it is considered one of the most significant stadiums in the last twenty five years and it also hosted one of the greatest Serie A players of all time.  Home to two 1980’s Serie A titles the grounds has been around since 1959 making this year the fiftieth anniversary of the stadium.   Read more... (303 words, 2 images, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

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Chelsea found out earlier in the week that they won all of those titles a few years back for a reason.  The reason was because they had a great coach during that era.

Now this isn’t an attack on Carlo Ancelotti or anyone else currently in the Chelsea front office, but regardless of what you think about the guy, Jose Mourinho is flat out one of the few elite football managers in the entire world.   Read more... (347 words, 3 images, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

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The official headline is that Inter’s return trip to Sicily ended in a 1-1 draw as Palermo successfully defended their long unbeaten home run.

The real headline is that Inter’s nine point lead over AC Milan has vanished. A Milan win at home to Napoli on Sunday will put them top of the table. If that happens Inter will no longer be in control of its destination. If Milan wins all its remaining games Inter cannot stop them from winning the title. Inter’s dismal run of form in the Serie A continues.  Read more... (283 words, 1 image, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

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Stadi0 Atleti Azurri d’Italia is not only a very difficult name for a Yank to say (especially after a few pints), but it also is considered one of the worst football stadiums in the top flight of any European football league.  The club that is rewarded this dishonor is Atalanta who by the end of October were playing like the worst top flight club in all of European football.  So perhaps the stadium suits the club after all.  Read more... (261 words, 2 images, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

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