Posts Tagged ‘ Serie A ’

Juventus Putting Pressure on Inter in Serie A 21 January 2009 at 4:49 pm by phery

The race to the scudetto is on in Italy at the halfway point of the Serie A season.

Inter Milan, which threatened to run away with the title in its first season under Coach José Mourinho, allowed midtable Atalanta of Bergamo three goals in the first 33 minutes Sunday and lost only its second league match of the season, 3-1. Then, under the lights at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Juventus got an unlikely goal from Olof Mellberg to tie Lazio and move 3 points behind front-running Inter. Read the rest of this entry →

+ Tiago And Trezeguet Nearing Return For Juventus By phery 13 January 2009 at 10:09 am and have No Comments

Juventus have suffered their fair share of serious injuries this season, but many of those players who have been on the sidelines are regaining their fitness.

Some of the latest to return are goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Cristiano Zanetti, and Bianconeri fans will be happy to know they will soon be joined by David Trezeguet and Tiago.

Tiago has been given the all-clear by Juventus doctors and is now just concentrating on regaining his match-fitness before he can be at the full disposal of coach Claudio Ranieri. Read the rest of this entry →

+ Beckham makes Milan Serie A debut By phery 12 January 2009 at 11:56 am and have No Comments

On-loan AC Milan midfielder David Beckham has made his competitive Serie A debut for the club against Roma.

Beckham played 89 minutes in the Olympic Stadium before he was replaced by Mathieu Flamini as Milan drew 2-2.
The England international had been expected to start on the bench, but Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti played him on the right of a three-man midfield.

Beckham had not played a competitive game since the end of the MLS season with Los Angeles Galaxy in October.
He said: “I found out I was going to start before the game during the team meeting. Read the rest of this entry →