Soccer Made in Italy

La Dea overturn the world champions with a brilliant performance, while Inter fall again in the final minutes: the late penalty against Liverpool weighs heavily. Good morning, everyone. Today’s coffee — a proper espresso, just the way we like it here at SMIT, Soccer Made in Italy — is dedicated to last night’s Champions League […]

Read the Editorial in Italian on ilNewyorkese Between Conte’s team and Spalletti’s, at the moment, there are two clear levels of difference—despite Napoli’s injury emergency—and it was fully visible on the pitch. Mission accomplished: Antonio Conte has succeeded in bringing a team that only a few weeks ago appeared drained and stripped of the hunger

Spalletti returns to the Maradona as Juventus manager, while Conte faces the club that shaped his legacy. The headline match of Serie A’s 14th round is inevitably Napoli–Juventus — a clash that carries weight in the standings but also a fascinating intertwining of benches and destinies: Conte vs Spalletti, Spalletti vs Conte. Each now sits

Conte’s side mirrored Roma’s setup and won thanks to a counterattack finished by Neres. Controversies exploded in both Rome and Milan. The big match between Roma and Napoli delivered a stunning atmosphere at the Stadio Olimpico: yet another sellout for the Giallorossi, matched by a packed away end, creating a spectacle in the stands that

The marquee matchup of Matchday 13 will take place Sunday night at the Stadio Olimpico — with top spot on the line. Between first-place Roma and sixth-place Como (who beat Sassuolo in Friday’s opener), there are only three points. That alone shows how balanced and crowded the Serie A title race is this season —

No draws in the seven matches played from Tuesday to Thursday: five wins and two losses. Purple meltdown: Fiorentina is the one sour note in an otherwise positive stretch of European games. The three-match European run for Italian clubs ends on a positive balance: five wins out of seven games — over a 70% success

After Tuesday’s victories from Juventus and Napoli, Wednesday brought Atalanta’s dominant win away at Eintracht — but Inter fell at the death against Atlético in Madrid. It could have been a historic clean sweep, but the round ends with the bitter taste of Inter’s first defeat in the competition, beaten at the Wanda Metropolitano by

Gasperini’s side is the breakout story of this early season. Milan win the derby “di corto muso” and catch Napoli in second place. After 12 league matches — roughly one-third of a full 38-game Serie A season — Roma sit alone at the top of the table: 27 points out of 36, built on 9

A high-tension weekend awaits Serie A: the Milan Derby lights up Matchday 12, with Napoli-Atalanta and Roma chasing top spot on their own. The third international break is behind us, and Serie A returns with a weekend that promises fireworks. The longest uninterrupted phase of the season begins now: from here to the end of

From the Zurich draw came a déjà-vu confirmation: home-field advantage in the semifinal, disadvantage in the decisive match. If Italy beat Northern Ireland, they’ll have to fight for a World Cup berth away in Wales or Bosnia… There was a moment, right when the ball with Italy’s name came out of the urn first, when