After a shocking result at Sassuolo last weekend, Inter returned to the win column in scintillating fashion against relegation-threatened Frosinone. Simone Inzaghi’s side halted the Canaries’ five-game unbeaten run in Serie A with a thumping 5-0 victory at Stadio Benito Stirpe. Inter relinquished their hope of hitting a 100-point landmark with a 1-0 defeat at Sassuolo. However, the newly-crowned champions refused to allow that letdown to derail their morale as they maintained their 100% win ratio against Frosinone with an outrageous second-half performance. Davide Frattesi broked the deadlock ..read more

Como are back in Serie A after an over 20-year absence. They held onto the two-point lead they had over Venezia heading into the final matchday on Friday. After trailing for a decent chunk of the game, they shared the spoils with Cosenza, while their competitors eventually lost to Spezia on the road. Their last season in the top flight dates back to 2002/2003. They’ll be making their 15th appearance. The Lariani completed their journey back to the top echelon after failing to register to a league, basically going bankrupt, twice In their recent era, in 2004 and 2016. They actually have one of ..read more

Inter have lofty plans for their attack, but they’ll have to find new homes for a few men at first. They are unlikely to sign a new starting-caliber player unless they sell Marko Arnautovic. A potential fifth striker would have to be a youngster or a very cheap veteran. The Nerazzurri suffered a transfer market blow due to Olympique Marseille’s elimination from the Europa League. Given their position in Ligue 1, winning the cup was the only way for them to qualify for the Champions League, which would have triggered Joaquin Correa’s €10M conditioned obligation to buy. Instead, he’ll be back i ..read more

Milan are have laid eyes on two Premier League players, Emerson Royal and Sofyan Amrabat, in their early search for reinforcements. They’ll have to negotiate with Fiorentina for the latter. He’ll head back after a so-so loan spell at Manchester United. The Rossoneri aim to sign a new fullback who can preferably star on either wing, La Gazzetta dello Sport informs. The Brazilian can do it even though he’s more natural on the right. He hasn’t been a full-time starter this campaign. He has featured 23 times, scoring once. The 25-year-old has tallied 100 appearances with the Spurs and has 10 caps ..read more

Sunday’s Serie A action closes out at the Gewiss Stadium with a Champions League six-pointer between Atalanta and Roma. This fixture has all the makings of a season-defining showdown for both sides, with nothing but goal difference separating them before the kick-off. Fifth-placed Atalanta will take the field in high spirits after a rampant performance against Marseille in midweek Europa League action propelled them into their maiden European final. Goals from Ademola Lookman, Matteo Ruggeri, and El Bilal Toure inspired La Dea to a thumping 3-0 win against the French outfit, booking ..read more

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has pressed pause on other candidates to see whether he really has a chance to appoint Gian Piero Gasperini. He’ll have to wait, though, as the manager has postponed any discussion about his future to the end of the season. The patron heaped praise on the gaffer talking to Tag24. “I always watch the Atalanta games with great pleasure because they have a very good coach, excellent players, and a very interesting brand of football.” Owner Antonio Percassi was quizzed about Napoli pursuing Gasperini after the victory over Marseille by Sky. “He has been k ..read more

Juventus have been tipped to make profitable sales ever since they appointed Cristiano Giuntoli, presumably with the mandate of fixing their finances and making the club more sustainable. That hasn’t happened in previous windows, perhaps simply due to a shortage of offers or lack of time to come up with a cohesive strategy since he joined them fairly late. The Two Possible Strategies The Bianconeri have two ways to achieve their goal: cashing in on a few of their starlets, recoding significant and lawful ‘plusvalenze’ that would give them ammo to use on the market, or decisively reducing thei ..read more

Milan will have to wait a few more weeks before learning whether Sergio Conceiçao will be their next coach. The first meeting between him and new Porto president André Villas-Boas was inconclusive. It feels like the cohabitation wouldn’t be too smooth. It remains to be seen whether one of the two will make the first step toward a divorce, La Gazzetta dello Sport informed (via Zazoom). The chairman might want to hire somebody closer to him, but it’d be an unpopular decision given the gaffer’s success in recent years. If the split happens, it’ll probably have to be the boss who initiates it tha ..read more

Roma made a valiant attempt to overhaul a two-goal deficit against Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final tie. However, the Italians’ epic comeback collapsed in the dying embers as Xabi Alonso’s side canceled the visitors’ 2-0 lead to make history and avenge last season’s elimination.  After a 2-0 first-leg loss at the Stadio Olimpico, not even the most die-hard Roma fans believed Daniele De Rossi’s side could claw their way back into this tie. But Leandro Paredes’ first-half penalty offered Giallorossi a fighting chance, even though Leverkusen dom ..read more

Following their 1-1 draw in the first leg, Atalanta and Olympique Marseille clashed heads at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo for the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals. The Italians were simply the superior side from start to finish, managing to seal a historic qualification to a European final thanks to goals from Ademola Lookman, Matteo Ruggeri and El Bilal Touré. So here are our player ratings for Atalanta who will meet Bayer Leverkusen in the grand finale after beating Marseille 3-0 on the night (4-1 on aggregate). Atalanta (3-4-2-1) Juan Musso – 5.5 The Argentine didn’t have an aw ..read more