Claudio Ranieri is confident his Roma side will show no hangover from their derby celebrations when they meet Udinese in the Coppa Italia semi-final second leg. The Giallorossi lead 2-0 following February's first leg and are aiming to meet Inter Milan in the final in the capital.
The Italian Serie A will have a cracking derby on Saturday, Juventus vs Roma. Both sides have been in pretty good form lately: Juventus are 5th after being held to a draw at Brescia in midweek but they won at AC Milan a fortnight ago while Roma have won the derby against Lazio last week and also beat Fiorentina 3-2 on Wednesday. After a poor start to the season Roma found their feet and moved up the table in sixth place.
So Inter have returned to the top of Serie A after Roma lost at home to Sampdoria this evening. Inter are now 2 points clear with 3 games to go at the top of the table. Who do you think will win it? Vote now!
The Italian Serie A will re-start on January 6th, here is how the top of the table looks like before Christmas (17 games have been played):
1. AC Milan -36 points
2. Napoli -33 points
3. Lazio -33 points
4. Juventus -31 points
5. Roma -29 points
Who will win the title this season?
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that he wants to keep Gallas at the club but reports suggest that AS Roma are trying hard to snatch the French defender. His contract expires at the end of June and Wenger says that he will make him an offer to extend it. Will Gallas accept it?
Following last night's 2-0 away win at Lazio Inter still lead Roma by two points with two more games to play for each side. Inter will have to play Chievo at home and Siena away in their last league games of the season, is the title race already over?
Defending champions Inter Milan will meet their title rivals from last season AS Roma on Sunday but this time the two teams are far from last year's glory days. Inter beat Bari in the last league game and are now in third place, seven points behind leaders AC Milan, while Roma are down in fifth place, nine points off the pace.
Roma have ensured a fifth Coppa Italia final in six years against Internazionale on Wednesday will be anything other than dull after saying Jose Mourinho's side should be ashamed of Sunday's league win at Lazio.
