Leonardo Semplici could have encouraged his players not to worry before their game against Juventus. Nobody expected SPAL to get a result against opponents 15…
Don’t call it fake news. If you ask the Sampdoria manager Marco Giampaolo, the idea that his team might compete for a Champions League spot this season is more…
You could not blame Milan fans for enjoying a moment of schadenfreude. They had endured abundant humiliations already this season, from the 4-1 mauling at…
Gianfranco Zola still keeps an eye out for West Ham United. It is nine years since the club gave him his first management opportunity and seven since they took…
Andrea Pirlo loved to pull pranks on Gennaro Gattuso. The two midfielders played together for more than a decade with Milan and Italy, winning everything from…
London — There was a time when Italians might have been insulted by the suggestion of theirs being the third-best football league in Europe. Serie A was always…