Gab Marcotti shares the latest on how the coronavirus is affecting games played in Italy. The FC panel debate how the rescheduled Serie A fixtures will affect the race for the Scudetto. Amid a global health crisis Italian football clubs and Serie A’s governing body are squabbling with each other about when to play games,
Hellas Verona
11:09 AM ET AC Milan, missing forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a bout of flu, were held 1-1 at home by Verona as Daniel Maldini, the son of club legend Paolo Maldini, made his Rossoneri debut. Davide Faraoni volleyed in Mattia Zaccagni‘s cross at the far post to give Verona a 13th minute lead at San
The Serie Awesome crew debate whether or not Serie A needs Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Steve Nicol still remains to be convinced by Romelu Lukaku despite his superb performance vs. Slavia Prague. All 20 clubs from Serie A have written a joint open letter to ask for help in dealing with the issue of racism. Italian football
2:04 PM ET Inter Milan were rewarded for a relentless second-half performance when a magnificent strike from Nicolo Barella gave them a 2-1 win over Verona after the visitors had taken a shock first-half lead in Serie A on Saturday. Barella collected the ball on the left, cut inside and curled the ball into the
Gab Marcotti doesn’t hold back when looking at how Verona handled racist chants directed at Mario Balotelli. Mario Balotelli says the racist abuse he suffered at Hellas Verona on Sunday especially hurt him because he’s Italian. The Brescia striker kicked the ball into the crowd and threatened to walk off the pitch early in the
Brescia’s Mario Balotelli picks the ball up and kicks it into the crowd after hearing racist chants in Verona. Mario Balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after he was the target of racist abuse during Brescia’s Serie A defeat by Hellas Verona on Sunday. Referee Maurizio Mariani paused the game and began the anti-racism protocol
2:02 PM ET ROME, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Two goals from Arkadiusz Milik helped Napoli return to winning ways in Serie A with a 2-0 home victory over Hellas Verona on Saturday. The Poland international had not scored this season going into the game, but struck in either half to end his drought. Napoli’s form
2:05 PM ET TURIN, Italy, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Cristiano Ronaldo helped Juventus to come from behind to beat Hellas Verona 2-1 at the Juventus Stadium on Saturday. With league leaders Inter Milan not in action until their derby clash with AC Milan later on Saturday, Juventus were looking to
4:54 PM ET AC Milan’s Krzysztof Piatek returned to the starting lineup and converted the winner with a penalty in a hard-fought 1-0 victory at 10-man Hellas Verona in Serie A on Sunday. The Polish striker was dropped by coach Marco Giampaolo for the win over Brescia before the international break but led the line