Jorginho’s Penalty Saves Italy In Nations League Debut

Italy, Nations League, Poland, The Azzurri
A controversial penalty converted by Jorginho allowed Italy to snatch one point out of their Nations League home debut with Poland. Coach Roberto Mancini’s trust in Mario Balotelli was not repaid last night in Bologna, and it took the entrance of Federico Chiesa to shake up an Azzurri side hit in the first half by Neapolitan midfielder Piotr Zielinksi.
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Cutrone Sends Diavoli Into Paradiso With Extra Time Goal

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Higuain? No, Cutrone. Better, both. Milan’s 2-1 win over Roma in Serie A Round 2 bears the mark of the 20-year-old home grown striker, but his extra time goal wouldn’t have been possible without a providential filtering pass by El Pipita. Gennaro Gattuso’s side thus collected their first three seasonal points, in a game which saw two goals disallowed by the VAR.
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Throwback Thursday: Quando lo Scudetto si decise allo spareggio

Bologna, Inter Milan, Serie A, Throwback Thursday
In the long history of the Serie A league championship, there was one single occasion where a playoff was necessary to determine the Scudetto winner. It happened at the end of the 1963-64 season, when Fulvio Bernardini’s Bologna found themselves at top of the league with 54 points, together with the title holder – Helenio Herrera’s legendary Inter squad.
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Throwback Thursday: When A Play-off Decided Serie A

Bologna, Inter Milan, Serie A, Throwback Thursday
In the long history of the Serie A league championship, there was one single occasion where a playoff was necessary to determine the Scudetto winner. It happened at the end of the 1963-64 season, when Fulvio Bernardini’s Bologna found themselves at top of the league with 54 points, together with the title holder – Helenio Herrera’s legendary Inter squad.
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Top 5 Goals: Antenucci Pushes SPAL, Pastore Plays Subbuteo

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Roma's Javier Pastore conquered our hearts this week with a delicious heel kick shot - precision and execution to give Roma an early lead in the Stadio Olimpico's goal fest. In our selection of the Top 5 Serie A goals, the Argentinian preceded a lobber by Fiorentina's Nikola Milenkovic, and a volley by Mirco Antenucci that propelled SPAL to the top of the league!
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Rifinitura: Milan Debut at Napoli, Tension Grows At Lazio

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It’s still summer football, but whoever decided the fixtures of these initial Serie A rounds knows how to capture people’s attention. The second campionato matchday sees Juventus facing a Lazio side shaken by some alleged tension between President Claudio Lotito and coach Simone Inzaghi, while Milan make their seasonal debut at Napoli.
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The Grass Is Greener: A Post-Traumatic Bundesliga Preview

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Domestic football leagues are in full swing in Italy, Spain, France and England and are joined this weekend by Germany’s Bundesliga, completing the set of major European competitions to get underway. The start of a new season marks the end of a traumatic summer for German football, says Andreas Dühn. Here he previews the forthcoming Bundesliga campaign.
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Throwback Thursday: Così il Cholo Simeone stese la Juve

Juventus, Lazio, Serie A, Throwback Thursday
On April 1st, 2000, the Delle Alpi Stadium in Turin hosted a match that could determine the Scudetto winner, between capolista Juventus and pursuer Lazio. Both clubs lined up an impressive collection of star players, including Zinedine Zidane and Alex Del Piero on the part of Juve, Diego Simeone and Pavel Nedved for Lazio, and the Inzaghi brothers on different sides.
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