The Brazilian bring AC Milan ascend to the third position of Serie after centre back Thiago Silva scored for both sides on Sunday as the Rossoneri climbed to third in Serie A with a 2-1 win at troubled Lazio. Thiago Silva nodded in an Andrea Pirlo free kick from the left to put Milan ahead in the 22nd minute with his maiden Serie A goal. His compatriot Pato also used his head to good effect to put...
By Joe, www.Bettingexpert.com The reigning champions of Italy, Inter Milan, have been making good progress at the top of the Serie A. The blue half of Milan looks like they just continued where they left off from last season under the guidance of Jose Mourinho. The Catania club will travel to Milano and hope to get a point against the champion. Inter Milan currently tops the Serie A with 19 points...
For much of this decade Valencia appeared to have one of the best squads in La Liga. After two European Cup finals in 2000 and 2001 (Pellegrino, Ayala, Mendieta, Aimar, etc) under Hector Cuper they twice won league titles in 2002 and 2004 with Rafa Benitez, but have since underachieved. In recent years, despite retaining star players such as Villa and Silva, they have diminished as a force, finishing...
Barça begin their defence of the Champions League trophy tomorrow night with a tough trip to Italy to play F.C. Internazionale Milano at the San Siro. A great deal of focus will be on strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o who switched clubs this summer, as well as on Thiago Motta and Maxwell who will also be up against their ex-team mates, but perhaps the most interesting contest will...
Inter Milan announced on Friday they have sold every ticket for their Champions League showdown against Barcelona next Wednesday. Those who were lucky enough to get hold of the tickets will be able to see former hero Zlatan Ibrahimović return to his former home, while both Thiago Motta and Samuel Eto'o face their old colleagues. A statement on the club's official website read: "There are...
The scoreboard says it all. The Milan Derby wasn't much of a contest on Saturday as Inter Milan shredded AC Milan's defense in a first-half display of dominance that has Inter talking another Scudetto and AC Milan fans wondering if their team is just too old. Inter's 4-0 win, driven by beautiful goals by Thiago Motta and Maicon, will serve notice that Jose Mourinho's men are ready to be a serious challenger...
Reigning Serie A champions Inter Milan produced a stunning performance to beat city rivals AC Milan 4-0 at a packed San Siro. Thiago Motta fired the Nerazzurri in front after 29 minutes and Diego Milito made it 2-0 with a penalty seven minutes later. Any chance of a fightback receded when Gennaro Gattuso was sent off for a second bookable offence five minutes before the break and Inter capitalised...
José Mourinho is delighted with at the capture of Wesley Sneijder from Real Madrid but was hoping the midfielder would have arrived at San Siro earlier this summer. The Dutchman completed his €15 million move to Inter Milan on Friday morning, becoming Mourinho's fourth summer signing following the arrival of Diego Milito , Thiago Motta and Lúcio. "Sneijder completes my team,"...
The most eagerly anticipated La Liga for many years begins this weekend as Madrid's superstars seek to usurp the all-conquering Barcelona. One feels that the success of the fast-tracked 'Galacticos II' depends much on former Villarreal coach Pellegrini's ability, not only to organise the talent into a team but to also maintain dressing room harmony. Not an easy job when so many players are marginalised...
The draw for the group stage of this season's Champions League has just taken place in Monaco and Barça have been drawn in Group F and will play Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev and Russian champions Rubin Kazan. At first glance it does not look as easy as some of the other groups and we will have two difficult trips to eastern Europe as well as the obvious difficulty of the games with Inter. The matches...
Defending champions Inter Milan were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home by newly-promoted Bari in their opening game of the Serie A season. José Mourinho 's men took the lead on 55 minutes when new signing Samuel Eto'o scored on his league debut from the penalty spot after Diego Milito was brought down inside the area by Leonardo Bonucci. But with 16 minutes remaining, Bari dug deep and...
Patrick Vieira has closed the door on a return to English football after the midfielder made it clear he has no intentions of leaving Inter Milan. The veteran midfielder was tipped to leave the San Siro after the arrival of Thiago Motta and a series of injury problems over the last two years. He had been linked with a return to the Premier League , with Tottenham Hotspur and former club Arsenal among...
Italy coach Marcello Lippi has ruled out calling up Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta, though Juventus striker Amauri is under consideration. read more
Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta has admitted he would rather wear the blue shirt of Italy than the yellow jersey of Brazil. The São Bernardo do Campo-born has been playing in the peninsula for a year, joining Genoa from Atlético Madrid on a free transfer last summer, before switching to Inter during this transfer window. Although born in Brazil and having represented their national...
José Mourinho has praised new Inter Milan signing Lúcio , claiming the centre-back "was not second choice". The 31-year-old Brazilian is Inter's third major new signing so far, after bringing in former Genoa stars Thiago Motta and Diego Milito. Inter boss Mourinho had initially wanted Ricardo Carvalho for his defense, but has now claimed that the arrival of Lúcio will...
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