Inter Milan seal Scudetto in derby thriller with AC Milan

Inter Milan seal Scudetto in derby thriller with AC Milan

Inter Milan sealed the Serie A title on Monday after beating AC Milan 2-1 and creating an unassailable lead at the top of the league with their sixth straight derby victory. Goals from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram gave Inter a 17-point advantage over closest challengers Milan and secured their 20th league crown with five matches of the season remaining. Inter last won Serie A in 2021, followed by […]

April 23, 2024 6

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Lazio hire Tudor to replace Sarri as coach

Serie A club Lazio on Monday announced Croatian coach Igor Tudor will replace Maurizio Sarri with immediate effect. Sarri stepped down last week after a poor run of form left the Roman club ninth in Italy's top flight and off the pace for European football. "Lazio announces that Igor Tudor, starting today, will take on the role of manager of the first team," the club said in a […]

March 19, 2024 2

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Dybala hat-trick lifts Roma as Lazio slip-up in Tuscany

Paulo Dybala scored his first hat-trick in a Roma jersey in a 3-2 win over Torino in Serie A on Monday to keep the capital city side's Champions League ambitions alive. But Lazio stuttered in Tuscany, missing a chance to close the gap on their city rivals with a 2-1 defeat at Fiorentina. Roma are sixth with 44 points, four points off Bologna who occupy the final […]

February 27, 2024 3

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All change again at crisis club Napoli as Barca come to town

Napoli are once again trying to start afresh as they face Barcelona in the Champions League after sacking their second manager of a disastrous season. With the Italian champions ninth in Serie A and in a worse position than they were under the first casualty of this wretched campaign, Rudi Garcia, Walter Mazzarri was sacked on Monday night after just three months in charge. To replace him Napoli's […]

February 20, 2024 3

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Lukaku stays hot in Europa League to earn Roma a draw

Romelu Lukaku shouldered in the equaliser to earn Roma a 1-1 draw away to Feyenoord in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday. Elsewhere, a pair of Argentine veterans struck late to give their teams victories. Mauro Icardi fired home a shot from the edge of the penalty area in added time to earn Galatasaray a 3-2 home win over Sparta Prague after the Czechs […]

February 16, 2024 19

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Juve shocked as Udinese hand Inter title gift

Inter Milan have a seven-point lead and a game in hand at the top of Serie A after their closest challengers Juventus fell to a shock 1-0 home defeat to Udinese on Monday. Juve's title hopes took a hit at the Allianz Stadium in Turin after Lautaro Giannetti poked home the only goal of the game in the 25th minute. Argentine defender Giannetti's strike was his first since signing […]

February 13, 2024 4

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Dybala fires Roma to third straight win under De Rossi

Paulo Dybala scored twice as Roma eased to a 4-0 thumping of Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico on Monday to notch a third straight Serie A win under Daniele De Rossi. The capital club, who sacked former coach Jose Mourinho last month, moved back within one point of fourth-placed Atalanta in the Italian top flight table to boost their Champions League hopes. De Rossi's only previous role as […]

February 6, 2024 6

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Napoli stumble again in dismal draw at Lazio

Napoli's deflating Serie A title defence took another depressing turn on Sunday after the depleted champions played out an uneventful goalless draw at Lazio. 's Napoli stay ninth, 21 points behind league leaders Juventus after not having a single shot on target in a dismal encounter at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Napoli were missing star striker Victor Osimhen to the Africa Cup of Nations while both Khvicha […]

January 29, 2024 5