Højlund and Nkunku carry Napoli and Milan with their braces, Lautaro fires Inter to the top. There was a time in football when the No. 9 seemed obsolete. It was the late 2000s, Guardiola’s Barça were setting the standard, winning everything under the mantra “our No. 9 is space,” and his most loyal followers were […]
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The cover story of Serie A Matchday 17 is just one: Daniele De Rossi comes home as an opponent. With Genoa. With wounded pride. With a heart that, for the first time, must learn to stay silent. There are matches that don’t need introductions, because they speak for themselves. And then there are others that
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New York in December has a way of revealing itself slowly. The glow of holiday lights reflected on wet pavement, distant gospel voices drifting through a street corner, the cold air softened by the warmth of human connection — moments that turn winter in the city into something deeply personal. Christmas in New York captures
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Just a month and a half after the defeat at the Dall’Ara, which had looked like it could become an unhealable wound for the Partenopei, Napoli get their revenge on Bologna and lift the Supercoppa in Riyadh. Less than six weeks have passed, yet it feels like a lifetime ago. It was November 9 when,
Good morning, happy Monday, and happy Smith coffee to everyone.While we wait for tonight’s Supercoppa final between Napoli and Bologna in Riyadh, this Monday column is dedicated to Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma — still attractive to watch, but unable to truly dance when it matters most. Against Juventus in Turin, Roma suffered yet another defeat
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Serie A champions face Coppa Italia holders for the first trophy of the season, but in front of an Al Awwal Park expected to be half-empty The Italian Supercoppa will hand out its trophy tonight in Riyadh, but Napoli vs Bologna will be played in a setting that clashes with the sporting value of the
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While anticipation is building in Saudi Arabia for Monday’s Italian Supercoppa Final between Napoli and Bologna, in Italy all eyes are on Turin, where Juventus vs Roma will be played tonight. In the refrain of a famous Italian song from the 1990s, Ligabue sang “siam quelli là, siam quelli là, quelli tra palco e realtà”
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NEW YORK — This week, the city that never sleeps played host to one of Italy’s most intriguing voices in aesthetic dentistry: Dr. Marco Chiellini, creator of an innovative “Italian method” of smile design and author of the internationally acclaimed book The Universal Language of the Smile. His visit — part education, part cultural exchange
The four-team format starts today, with single-elimination semifinals and an unprecedented TV production: Milan, Napoli, Inter and Bologna face off in Saudi Arabia for the first trophy of the season The spotlight of Italian football turns to Riyadh. The Italian Supercoppa gets underway today and, for the fourth consecutive year, will be played in Saudi
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Giuseppe Di Cicco didn’t move to New York chasing shortcuts or viral fame. He came to change his life — and decided to document every step of the process.Originally spotted and told by ilNewyorkese, the leading Italian-language newspaper for the Italian community in New York, Di Cicco’s story has now drawn the attention of New
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