In the 22nd match day of Serie A, Napoli travelled to Luigi Ferraris to challenge Sampdoria. For the home team, they struggled in the early stages of the season, but they climbed back from the bottom to the 16th of the table, though they had one victory in the last...
Napoli had just won one of their last Serie A games against Juventus. In this clash, Gonzalo Higuain and Maurizio Sarri, a former top striker and a former manager, returned to San Paolo. After sacking Carlo Ancelotti, Napoli did not boost their performance. Gennaro Gattuso’s men merely won Saussolo in...
Lazio are the in-form team in Serie A at the moment, now having won their last 10 straight games after downing Napoli 1-0 in this latest edition of Serie A action. Simone Inzaghi now finds himself leading a title challenge that not many would have seen coming at the start...
There was some surprise amongst the footballing world when the Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentis chose the day after a 4-0 win in the Champions League to sack their coach Carlo Ancelotti. This win saw the Italian side qualify for the Champions League knockout stages but it was not enough...
Napoli had a poor form in recent months - despite winning the last game with four goals in midweek, Carlo Ancelotti was sacked because of his poor relationship with De Aurelio De Laurentiis. AC Milan legend and former manager Gennaro Gattuso took charge of the club and it was the...
Juventus, who could possibly beat their own record of 102 points in a season are on course to win their record eighth straight Serie A title, faced a tough challenge at home to AC Milan. However, Gennaro Gattuso was trying to lead Milan to be the first team this season to...
The Derby della Madonnina is always one of the most anticipated matches in Serie A. The 170th league meeting between AC Milan and Inter would have a big impact on who will qualify for the Champions League next season. Milan came into this match on the rise while Inter have...
Milan have enjoyed a great run of form since adding Lucas Paqueta and Krzysztof Piatek in the January transfer window. For example, Piatek has scored seven goals in his first six games. On Tuesday night Milan clashed with Lazio in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final. This tactical analysis...
Atalanta vs Milan is a relatively local derby with Bergamo, the home of Atalanta, sitting to the north-west of Milan. However, the two sides could not be more different in terms of their history of success or the methods with which they construct their squads. Milan are one of the...
Gennaro Gattuso managed to outwit his experienced counterpart Carlo Ancelotti and helped Milan defeat Napoli 2-0 to reach the Coppa Italia semi-finals. A few days after their goalless draw in Serie A, both teams offered a much more eye-catching performance. Both teams started with pretty similar defensive strategies, which forced...
Another transfer window has now been open for a few weeks and once again AC Milan have managed to create some optimism with their deals. Lucas Paqueta and Krzysztof Piatek have been brought in to much excitement. Both were given run-outs in the Serie A clash with Napoli on Saturday....
In the Supercoppa Italiana final, Juventus won their first trophy of the season with a victory over AC Milan. In a tight match, Juventus beat Milan due to their superior individual quality as well as various tactical nuances. Why Juve’s victory was a deserved one and how the offside trap played...
In their first action of the new year, Milan struggled against a tight Sampdoria side in a round of 16 Coppa Italia match, before making a couple key changes in extra time to run out 2-0 victors. Gennaro Gattuso has led his Milan side to 31 points in the first...
In common vernacular, it is Milan and Inter. The giants of the Italian and European game technically called AC Milan and Internazionale Milan are ubiquitous with football in the 1990's and the revolution that swept Britain in the time of Channel 4 showing Serie A. The respective strips, black and red...
By the time Sunday evening arrived, Serie A Matchday 15 had produced seven red cards, a shed-full of goals and enough drama to make you need a lie down until Christmas. But, there was one more game to be played, a mouthwatering tie between Gennaro Gattuso's AC Milan side and...
As injuries have been getting the best of Milan, Gattuso was forced to reshuffle his cards and field an unprecedented eleven. Often criticised for his overly defensive approach, the former destroyer had his side 5th in Serie A, 1 point off Lazio, making the game between the two sides an...
Juventus continued their unbeaten Serie A start by beating AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro. Goals from Mario Mandzukic and Cristiano Ronaldo proved enough to defeat Gennaro Gattuso's men. This tactical analysis looks at the setups of the two teams and the tactical trends of the game. Teams Gennaro...
In the fourth round of the Europa League group stage, AC Milan travelled to Spain to face Real Betis. After their defeat in the return leg in Milan, Gennaro Gattuso's team wanted to get their revenge against Quique Setién. Under Quique Setién Real Betis have developed into one of the...
When we talk about promising players that could become “something” in World football we can surely use the name of Andre Silva. The 22-year-old Portuguese already has some highlights in his career, like representing his country alongside his hero Cristiano Ronaldo and playing for one of the top Italian teams,...
When Gennaro Gattuso last played for Italian giants AC Milan in 2012, the club boasted players like Zlatan Ibrahimović, Thiago Silva & Robinho. An incredibly talented squad that was still sub-par to the great Milan side that preceded it, a side that reached three UEFA Champions League finals between 2003...
