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It was a weekend of huge derbies in Serie A, and both Lazio and Juventus were celebrating wins over their respective rivals AS Roma and Inter on Matchday 27, coming out on top in the Derby della Capitale and the Derby d’Italia. Things got heated in both of those games on Sunday, finishing off a good weekend of Serie A action that saw Napoli extend …

Hello listeners! Just in case four podcasts from the team wasn’t enough for you this week, we’ve gone and recorded a fifth! This one, though, is a little more special than the rest. We’re here to introduce you to our very own Kevin Pogorzelski’s excellent debut book, Divided Cities: The World’s most Passionate Single City Derbies, published by Pitc…

Napoli’s lead at the top of the Serie A table has again extended and is up to 18 points after Matchday 26, with just about everybody else at the top of the table dropping points. Napoli took care of business with an impressive 2-0 win over Atalanta. Inter stumbled to a shock loss away at Spezia to open the Matchday 26 action, Lazio were held to a g…

Matchday 25 of Serie A proved to be full of twists and surprise results as runaway leaders Napoli lost to an excellent Lazio, in-from Juventus fell to defeat at AS Roma, and a recently resurgent AC Milan were beaten on the road at Fiorentina. Fortunately, we’re here to talk through it all and attempt to make sense of it. We had Alasdair Mackenzie a…

Serie A produced another fun weekend in Matchday 23, and for nobody more so than runaway leaders Napoli who won at Sassuolo on Friday night and were able to enjoy their weekend safe in the knowledge that their 15-point lead at the top would not be shortened. Conor Clancy, who was at Sassuolo 0-2 Napoli, hosts Kevin Pogorzelski, Euan Burns and Vito …

After another weekend of fun in Serie A, the pod is back to chat through the best bits - and the worst bits - of Matchday 22 as Napoli continue to storm their way toward their first Scudetto since the days of Diego Maradona. The leaders beat a still-winless Cremonese at the Maradona, and AC Milan even got a win themselves! Atalanta beat Lazio to ta…

The Serie A title race never existed, and it’s certainly not going to start now. Jose Mourinho was right, and Napoli’s 2-1 win over his AS Roma side only served as the latest evidence that the Partenopei will comfortably win the scudetto this season. To talk through that game and an eventful Matchday 20, Conor Clancy is joined by Euan Burns, Kev Po…

Matchday 19 brought the Serie A season to its midway point, and it came after the season’s most standout off-field moment so far as Juventus were hit with a 15-point deduction. To follow it, they drew 3-3 in a stunning game against Atalanta in Turin. To talk through that and all the rest of the action, Conor Clancy has Kevin Pogorzelski, Vito Doria…

Serie A Matchday 18 was yet another thriller, with Napoli thumping Juventus 5-1 to get it started, and Atalanta even scoring eight goals in a demolition of Salernitana. The weekend’s weirdest moment came in Turin as Kevin Spacey appeared at Torino’s loss to Spezia, and there was plenty more action for us to get our teeth into as well. We had Alasda…

Matchday 17 of the 2022/23 Serie A season gave us a host of late goals, and a number of big teams being really silly at the end of their games. To chat through the action, Euan Burns is joined by Kev Pogozelski and Vito Doria. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…

Matchday 15 of the 2022/23 Serie A season brings us into the extended mid-season break for the World Cup, with the Italian top flight now away until January. To reflect on the final set of fixtures, Conor Clancy is joined by Euan Burns and Kevin Pogorzelski. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acas…

Serie A Matchday 13 was packed full of action and surprises, with neither the Rome Derby nor the Derby d’Italia going as expected as Lazio beat Roma and Juventus won over Inter. Elsewhere, Napoli won at Atalanta to pull further clear at the top, and AC Milan moved into second with their own dramatic win. Conor Clancy, Euan Burns, Vito Doria and Kev…

Serie A Matchday 12 proved to be a lot more action packed than we had anticipated, with both AC Milan and Lazio stumbling to surprise losses against Torino and Salernitana respectively. That meant that both Napoli and Atalanta took advantage in the top four, with Inter and Juventus also winning. To chat through it all, Conor Clancy is joined by Eua…

Serie A Matchday 11 was packed full of yet more drama, nowhere more than in Inter's 4-3 win over Fiorentina in Florence. Elsewhere, Napoli passed a big test to beat AS Roma and stay top, while Lazio won at Atalanta without Ciro Immobile. To talk through all of that and the rest of the Serie A results, Conor Clancy is fresh back from Fiorentina 3-4 …

Matchday 10 of the 2022/23 Serie A season has been and gone without all that much changing in the Italian top flight. Napoli and Atalanta both continued their form at the top with wins over Bologna and Sassuolo respectively, and we’ve got a full house of Conor Clancy, Euan Burns, Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria on the pod to chat through it all. AC …

Serie A Matchday 9 saw two of the heavyweights meet as Juventus travelled to San Siro, only to put up a feeble fight against AC Milan. Elsewhere there were wins for Inter, Napoli and AS Roma. Euan is hosting once again and he's joined by Vito chat through the action. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast.…

There was another weekend of entertaining Serie A fixtures and the table has been shaken up again. There were wins for AC Milan, AS Roma, Juventus, Napoli and Atalanta but Inter lost again which puts even more strain on Simone Inzaghi. Euan is hosting in Conor’s absence and he is joined by Kev and Vito to chat through the action. Be sure to like th…

We're back to talk through another wild weekend of Serie A, and it's undoubtedly the craziest we've had in this season so far. For the first time since 1955, AC Milan, Inter, Roma and Juventus all lost on the same day, and those results mean that Napoli and Atalanta are top of the Serie A table for the international break. Conor and Euan are alone …

Matchday 6 of Serie A went a little bit wild, particularly on Sunday evening, and Salernitana will somehow have left Turin disappointed and elated with a point after their game against Juventus. Elsewhere, AC Milan, Inter, and Napoli all scraped wins on Saturday, and the Partenopei moved top of the table and above Atalanta as they slipped up at hom…

Rafael Leao led AC Milan to Derby della Madonnina success over Inter in Serie A Matchday 5, winning 3-2 having fallen behind, but that was by no means where the fun stopped. To chat through all of the action, Conor Clancy has Euan Burns, Kev Pogorzelski, and Vito Doria joining him on this week's pod. The Milan Derby, as it tends to, dominated the d…

Matchday 3 threw up some cracking games but, most of all, so many good goals. To chat through all of the weekend's action, Conor Clancy was joined by Euan Burns and, for the first time this season, Vito Doria. Vito returned just in time to talk through a humiliating 4-0 loss for Sampdoria against Salernitana, while Conor comes to you from Verona af…

Serie A's Matchday 2 has come and gone, and unfortunately it went without as much excitement as we'd hope it would bring, with there being as many as six draw from the 10 games and four of them goalless. Atalanta held AC Milan in Bergamo in the weekend's big match, while Inter and AS Roma both picked up wins. Conor is back in the host's seat this w…

The 2022/23 Serie A season is officially underway, and all of the big boys got wins to open their respective campaigns. Inter, AC Milan, Lazio, Roma, Atalanta, and Fiorentina all picked up three points over the weekend, with some games still to be played on Monday night. As seems to be custom for the first and last pods of the season, the whole FIF…

The 2022 Women's European Championship has kicked off, and the Azzurre get their tournament underway on Sunday. Conor and Euan are here to preview a tough group, Italy's chances, and to highlight some of the individuals worth keeping an eye on this summer. This podcast is being made available for free, but our coverage of the Women's Euro 2022 goin…

The 2021/22 season was exactly what we all hoped it would be, with everything going to the final day. Conor, Euan, and Vito are here to look back on the campaign that saw AC Milan crowned champions, Inter, Napoli, and Juventus reach the Champions League, and Genoa, Cagliari, and Venezia relegated to Serie B. The guys revealed their Teams of the Sea…