Gab Marcotti shares the latest on how the coronavirus is affecting games played in Italy. The FC panel debate how the rescheduled Serie A fixtures will affect the race for the Scudetto. Amid a global health crisis Italian football clubs and Serie A’s governing body are squabbling with each other about when to play games,
Hellas Verona
4:53 PM ET Hellas Verona produced a huge upset by coming from behind to beat Serie A leaders Juventus 2-1 on Saturday, inflicting a third defeat of the season on the Italian champions. Cristiano Ronaldo set a new Juventus record by scoring in a 10th consecutive league game to put the visitors in front at
4:46 PM ET Lazio stretched their unbeaten run in Serie A to a club record 17 games but missed out on second spot in a frustrating 0-0 home draw against Verona on Wednesday. Lazio, who had won 12 of their last 13 matches to emerge as title contenders, are third with 50 points from 22
11:09 AM ET AC Milan, missing forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a bout of flu, were held 1-1 at home by Verona as Daniel Maldini, the son of club legend Paolo Maldini, made his Rossoneri debut. Davide Faraoni volleyed in Mattia Zaccagni‘s cross at the far post to give Verona a 13th minute lead at San
The Serie Awesome crew debate whether or not Serie A needs Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Steve Nicol still remains to be convinced by Romelu Lukaku despite his superb performance vs. Slavia Prague. All 20 clubs from Serie A have written a joint open letter to ask for help in dealing with the issue of racism. Italian football
Gab Marcotti doesn’t hold back when looking at how Verona handled racist chants directed at Mario Balotelli. The Italian football federation’s appeals court has suspended the partial stadium closure handed to Hellas Verona after their fans racially abused Mario Balotelli. The court says an additional inquiry is needed before issuing a final decision on the
2:04 PM ET Inter Milan were rewarded for a relentless second-half performance when a magnificent strike from Nicolo Barella gave them a 2-1 win over Verona after the visitors had taken a shock first-half lead in Serie A on Saturday. Barella collected the ball on the left, cut inside and curled the ball into the
Gab Marcotti doesn’t hold back when looking at how Verona handled racist chants directed at Mario Balotelli. Mario Balotelli says the racist abuse he suffered at Hellas Verona on Sunday especially hurt him because he’s Italian. The Brescia striker kicked the ball into the crowd and threatened to walk off the pitch early in the
2:02 PM ET ROME, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Two goals from Arkadiusz Milik helped Napoli return to winning ways in Serie A with a 2-0 home victory over Hellas Verona on Saturday. The Poland international had not scored this season going into the game, but struck in either half to end his drought. Napoli’s form
2:05 PM ET TURIN, Italy, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Cristiano Ronaldo helped Juventus to come from behind to beat Hellas Verona 2-1 at the Juventus Stadium on Saturday. With league leaders Inter Milan not in action until their derby clash with AC Milan later on Saturday, Juventus were looking to
4:54 PM ET AC Milan’s Krzysztof Piatek returned to the starting lineup and converted the winner with a penalty in a hard-fought 1-0 victory at 10-man Hellas Verona in Serie A on Sunday. The Polish striker was dropped by coach Marco Giampaolo for the win over Brescia before the international break but led the line
5:55 PM ET ROME, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic left the hospital where he is being treated for leukaemia on Sunday to take charge of his team for their opening Serie A match away to Verona. The club announced before kickoff that the 50-year-old, who said on July 13 that he had
Hellas Verona’s second leg comeback sealed Serie A promotion. Hellas Verona will be back in Serie A next season after a one-year absence after beating nine-man Cittadella 3-0 in the second leg of their promotion playoff on Sunday to win 3-2 on aggregate. Cittadella had been hoping to earn promotion to the top flight of
Liam Henderson is loving life in Italy, despite the precariousness of soccer in the second division. VERONA, Italy — Liam Henderson is FaceTiming his parents back in Scotland and still can’t believe what just happened to him. Earlier that evening, the 22-year-old curled in a free kick to start a comeback that ended with Hellas