Juventus defender Fabio Grosso and Udinese midfielder Antonio Candreva have been cut from the Italy squad for the World Cup as coach Marcello Lippi reduced his 30-man provisional group to 28. Grosso was a pivotal player for Italy four years ago, scoring the decisive first goal against Germany in the semi-final and then the winning spot-kick in the penalty shootout against France in the final.
Italy has the class to atleastbeat a team like Slovakia
The defending champs have come no ever near in showing that they can defend their title again. Slovakia on the other hand have been defending really well. So do you think Italy will make it through
Rafa Benitez is gone, Leonardo is Inter's new coach and he will have a difficult debut on the reigning champions' bench as they will meet second placed Napoli at San Siro on Thursday. Inter have won the Club World Cup before the new year and that could be a boost to their confidence but Napoli are in good shape as they won the last game 1-0 at home against Lecce.
Inter failed to open up a six point gap over Milan after being held to a draw by Genoa. AC Milan were also held to a goalless draw by Roma, so Inter leads the pack with AC Milan only four points behind them and Roma following at seven points behind the leaders. Will Inter win it once again?
They surely can, Milan seem to be very strong this year.
I guess not, Allegri might be happy just to keep his job until the end of the season.
New A.C. Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri was quite happy with the arrivals of Ibrahimovic and Robinho and said that the squad is good enough to reach the Champions League final this season. What do you think?
A classic Italian derby will take place on Saturday as 7th placed Juventus meet current Serie A leaders AC Milan. Juventus suffered a painful 2-0 defeat last week at the hands of Bologna while AC Milan extended their lead at the top of the table to five points after beating second placed Napoli 3-0.
