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Take-It-All Juventus Win Fourth Coppa Italia In a Row

May 10, 2018 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Coppa Italia, Juventus One comment

Juventus and their coach Massimiliano Allegri are like the Asso Pigliatutto (Ace-take-it-all), the key point in a popular Italian card game, which enables its holder to capture all the cards on the floor. The dominant Bianconeri didn’t leave anything to their opponents this year either, as they wiped out Milan 4-0 last night in a one-sided Coppa Italia final, to conquer their fourth domestic cup in a row.

Assi di Coppe: Roma Exit UCL With Heads Held High

May 3, 2018 Matteo Carnevale Assi di Coppe, Champions League, Liverpool, Roma

All Roma fans could hope for yesterday was an entertaining match, conscious that coming back from three goals should be an exception, not the rule. Still, the Giallorossi went as close as possible to another sensational comeback, prevailing over Liverpool 4-2 in the second leg of a Champions League Semifinal. The Reds advanced on a 7-6 aggregate score, but Roma left the Stadio Olimpico with their heads held high.

Assi di Coppe: Roma Wake Up Late, Liverpool Rule

April 25, 2018 Matteo Carnevale Assi di Coppe, Champions League, Liverpool, Roma

Liverpool had to score five times, led by a sumptuous Mohammed Salah, before Roma finally woke up and remembered they were playing a Champions League semifinal at Anfield Road. Late goals by Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti saved the Giallorossi’s face, leaving a feeble qualification hope alive, but it will take another remuntada for Eusebio Di Francesco to come back from last night’s 2-5.

Koulibaly Disrupts Juve Plan, Battle for Scudetto Is Still On

April 23, 2018 Matteo Carnevale Juventus, Napoli, Serie A

Napoli has a new hero, and his name is Kalidou Koulibaly. With just one minute to go, silence fell over the Allianz Stadium as the Senegalese center back pushed the ball past Gianluigi Buffon to give the Azzurri their first win in Turin in 10 years, disrupting Massimiliano Allegri’s perfect plan. Napoli closed the distance, the gap with Juventus now reduced to one point only, with four matches to go.

Benevento Don’t Give Up! Epic Win In San Siro

April 22, 2018 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Benevento, Serie A

The good news for Milan and Gennaro Gattuso is that they will never have to face Benevento again. The spell cast by Roberto De Zerbi’s Witches over the Rossoneri in the first leg continued to have effect, as the Giallorossi earned a stunning 0-1 win in San Siro last night, thanks to a lone goal by Pietro Iemmello. Benevento continued to fight against mathematics, and pushed relegation a few more hours away.

Serie A Round 33 Recap: It All Changed In 6 Minutes!

April 21, 2018 The Cult of Calcio Staff AC Milan, Atalanta, Benevento, Bologna, Cagliari, Chievo Verona, Crotone, Fiorentina, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Roma, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Serie A, Spal, Torino, Udinese

For six minutes, Serie A 2017-2018 virtually ended in the hands of Juventus last Wednesday, as Massimiliano Allegri’s band were all set to increase their gap versus pursuing Napoli to nine points. But then, the unexpected happened in Round 33, with the Bianconeri conceding a shocking equaliser at Crotone, and Maurizio Sarri’s Azzurri managing to come from behind with Udinese.

Serie A Round 32 from A to Z

April 21, 2018 Diego Ottaviano From A to Z, Serie A

High hopes were put on the Derby della Capitale, which Roma and Lazio approached with totally different moods: The Wolves exalted at their exploit over Barcelona, the Eagles shot down by their shocking Europa League elimination. It ended with no winners, no goals, and few emotions. The other match-clou Napoli-Milan also followed a similar pattern, so Serie A Round 32 ended up in favor of Juventus, which widened their gap over the Partenopei to six points.

Donnarumma Drives Napoli Title Hopes Away

April 16, 2018 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Napoli, Serie A

A phenomenal save by Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 92nd minute put a damper on Napoli’s residual Scudetto hopes, as the Partenopei were held onto a goalless draw by Milan in San Siro, thus seeing their gap with Juventus widening to six points. The 19-year-old goalie found the best way to celebrate his 100th Serie A cap, but his late exploit may cost much to the club of his hometown Napoli.

Assi di Coppe: Juventus’ Missed Miracle in Madrid

April 14, 2018 Matteo Carnevale Assi di Coppe, Champions League, Juventus, Real Madrid

That hurts. Badly. Juventus’ match at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid followed the script of a perfect movie, until its very ending – when direction passed in the hands of some sadistic horror movie regisseur. A penalty awarded in the 93rd minute saved Cristiano Ronaldo and his Blancos, after Juve had scored three goals, performing an incredible comeback, and putting the defending European Champions to the ropes.

Assi di Coppe: Remuntada Roma, Barca Demolished!

April 10, 2018 Matteo Carnevale Assi di Coppe, Barcelona, Champions League, Roma

Some football fans live their whole life waiting for a night like this. Then, that moment suddenly comes, when the irrational becomes possible, and football turns into epic. Roma did what seemed impossible to do: Beating Lionel Messi’s Barcelona 3-0 to push them out of the Champions League, and advance to the semifinals of the top European competition for the second time in their history.

Serie A Round 31 from A to Z

April 9, 2018 Diego Ottaviano From A to Z, Serie A

It could have been a shocking weekend: Juventus struggling hard in Benevento, before Paulo Dybala helped the Bianconeri making full score, and Napoli risking at home against Chievo, before Arkadiusz Milik and Amadou Diawara turned the match upside down. It ended with the gap between the two leading teams unchanged, while battles for relegation, and for the third / fourth place also continue to offer non-stop emotions.

Serie A Round 27 Recap

April 5, 2018 The Cult of Calcio Staff AC Milan, Atalanta, Benevento, Bologna, Cagliari, Chievo Verona, Crotone, Fiorentina, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Roma, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Serie A, Spal, Torino, Udinese

The saddest of Serie A rounds, the one cancelled one month ago after the shocking passing of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, was recovered between Tuesday and Wednesday. Seven matches out of ten still needed to be played. The program featured a long-awaited Derby di Milano, but the stracittadina didn’t live up to expectations and ended with no goals. Therefore, the stage was stolen by Andrea Belotti and his three goals, which came at the end of a tormented season.