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Team Focus: Fifth Successive Title No Longer Mission Impossible for Juventus

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Team Focus: Fifth Successive Title No Longer Mission Impossible for Juventus There is a plaque outside the Alberto Braglia commemorating the first of Fausto Coppi’s wins in the Giro d’Italia in 1940. On Sunday it was the latest stage for Juventus in what has been an uphill season in Serie A. The topography in Modena? Flat with one or two bumps. In other words, ma...

Player Focus: Dybala Firing Rejuvenated Juventus Back Up the Table

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Player Focus: Dybala Firing Rejuvenated Juventus Back Up the Table Patience is a rare commodity in football. Club hierarchies demand instant success from some managers or they run the risk of finding themselves out of a job, regardless of how long they have been at the helm. Take Garry Monk for example, who was shown the exit door at Swansea City earlier this week,...

Player Focus: Jorginho the Conductor of Sarri's Napoli Orchestra

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Player Focus: Jorginho the Conductor of Sarri's Napoli Orchestra As Christmas approaches in Serie A, Napoli are top of the tree. Unbeaten in 18 games in all competitions, it’s the first time they have been in this position at this stage of a season for quarter of a century. Not even Diego Maradona’s Scudetto-winning vintages in `86-87 and `89-90 had a...

Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit

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Player Focus: Higuain Primed to Fire Napoli to Serie A Summit “The contract will be respected. He’ll only go if a madman offers the buy-out clause. However, Gonzalo still belongs to Napoli,” the club’s charismatic chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis said of his star striker over the summer. Gonzalo Higuain’s current release clause is s...

Team Focus: Sousa's Winning Mentality has Fiorentina Pushing for Glory

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Team Focus: Sousa's Winning Mentality has Fiorentina Pushing for Glory As Borja Valero drove out of the Artemio Franchi one night last May, his car was kicked and spat at by supporters. Insults were hurled his way. “This is football,” he acknowledged. “It’s more or less like the Colosseum.” The crowd had turned on him and the other Fiorent...

Player Focus: Football Immortality in Impressive Insigne's Sights

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Player Focus: Football Immortality in Impressive Insigne's Sights Even the Boston Celtics were on their feet. VIPs on Sunday night at San Siro, they had been impressed by the pick and roll and the small ball played by Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne probably reminded them of Muggsy Bogues. 15 minutes from the end, he left the field to a standing ovation, not only from the...

Team Focus: Can Chievo Pen Another Fairytale Under Maran?

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Team Focus: Can Chievo Pen Another Fairytale Under Maran? “Donkeys will fly before there’s a derby in Serie A,” Hellas fans used to sing. If you’ve ever wondered how Chievo got their nickname, there’s your answer. Rolando Maran knows the chant well. A former player with the club, he joined Chievo shortly after they had been pr...

League Focus: Serie A Team-by-Team Guide to the Season

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League Focus: Serie A Team-by-Team Guide to the Season Juventus Favourites for a fifth straight title for first time since the 30s, it’ll be a challenge to win without Pirlo, Vidal and Tevez. If Llorente follows Juventus will have lost the players behind 114 of the 210 goals they scored in the last two years. The club has bought well, spending &eu...

Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome?

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Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome? After Rudi Garcia’s first season at Roma, the team was associated with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’, the Oscar winning film set in the Eternal City. A year later the focus of cultural discussion in Italy’s capital is altogether different. An article in the New ...

Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri

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Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri Taking the microphone before a crowd of Napoli fans eagerly awaiting the presentation of the club’s new kit, Aurelio De Laurentiis finished his announcement with a cry of “vinceremo”. We will win. He didn’t specify exactly what. Last year De Laurentiis had got carried away, d...