Soccer Made in Italy

Super Cup in Riyadh goes to Milan: lots of money and little audience, the balance of a half-successful event

The first edition of the new Italian Super Cup, played in Saudi Arabia with a revised 4-team format, goes to the archives with the surprising victory of AC Milan in a spectacular derby against rivals Inter: the 3-2 comeback by the Rossoneri represents a beautiful business card for Italian soccer exported for the occasion to

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Roma wins derby: no one like Ranieri in history. How much coaches matter in modern soccer!

Roma’s 2024 had opened with a bitter defeat in a Coppa Italia derby against Lazio: it had been the prelude to a series of unfortunate events, from Mourinho’s exoneration to De Rossi’s first and then Juric’s. In between many, too many disappointments for a people, the Roma people, who if with De Rossi had experienced

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