Soccer Made in Italy

Serie A, Matchday 2: Cremonese and Milan win the openers, a weekend of crucial tests for redemption and confirmation

After the opening victories by Cremonese and Milan, the weekend brings high-intensity clashes: Juric seeks redemption with Parma, Napoli and Roma look for back-to-back wins, while Sunday’s spotlight will be on Genoa-Juventus and Inter-Udinese. Matchday 2 of the 2025-26 Serie A season kicked off yesterday, Friday, August 29, with two opening fixtures: Cremonese defeated Sassuolo […]

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Roma renews Olimpico lease through 2028: Centennial season without a new stadium. The state of privately owned stadiums in Italy

Roma will celebrate its centennial season still at the Olimpico. The club has officially renewed its lease agreement with Sport e Salute, allowing the Giallorossi to use the Foro Italico venue through 2028. The deal, signed this morning, removes any doubts about the immediate future: Roma will continue to play its home matches at the

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Serie A: A Debut Full of Light and Shadow for the “Nine Cousins”

Read the Italian editorial on ilNewyorkese Chivu’s Inter sent a clear message to the league—and especially to Napoli. Milan’s slip-up confirms once again that the opening rounds are always unpredictable. Matchday 1 of Serie A has already handed down some early verdicts and first hints: both Scudetto favorites, Inter and Napoli, got off to winning

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Serie A kicks off again, caught between on-field questions and the transfer market’s last twists

With less than ten days before the summer window closes, Italy’s top clubs approach the start still facing too many uncertainties. Reigning champions Napoli will get the ball rolling in the new Serie A, which begins with significant refereeing innovations: match officials will now address the public to explain VAR reviews, and in cases of

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Serie A, the striker carousel: between Dovbyk, Hojlund, Kean and Krstovic, the market heats up

Lukaku’s injury forces Napoli to act, Milan accelerates for Hojlund, Roma considers sales, and Atalanta finds their new striker in Krstovic. Just three days before the start of the season, Serie A teams, including the big clubs, are far from complete, and the transfer market is entering, albeit late, its hottest stage: as often happens,

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Donnarumma’s Paris Exile and the Risk for Italy: The No. 1 Without a Club a Year Before the World Cup

PSG leaves him out for refusing to renew: the future is uncertain for Italy’s top goalkeeper just weeks before World Cup qualifiers. Gattuso defends him, but time is running out. Modern football thrives on symbols and decisions that sometimes seem to ignore recent history. Gianluigi Donnarumma, the best goalkeeper of the last Champions League, Euro

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Transfer Market Heats Up: The Biggest Serie A Signings So Far Have All Been Free Agents

From De Bruyne to Modric, and Jonathan David: Serie A’s Summer of Luxury Free Transfers Napoli, the reigning champions of Italy and the team to beat next season, have strengthened their squad with the arrival of free agent Kevin De Bruyne, who left Manchester City. Juventus picked up Jonathan David from Lille on a free

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Chelsea Crowned World Champions: PSG Crushed 3-0 at MetLife Stadium

Read the article in Italian on ilNewyorkese Palmer unstoppable with two goals and an assist. Trump handed out the medals. Final also marred by a scuffle involving Luis Enrique In the temple of American football, transformed for one night into the world capital of soccer, Chelsea were crowned Club World Champions after a stunning 3-0

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