Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain is in the dock for accepting money to fix results

In case you have not been following it, we have the makings of an enormous match fixing scandal enveloping Italian football which might make the original Calciopoli look like a storm in a teacup.

14 players have been arrested which include Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, now with Padua.

This has been a fantastic season in Serie A where Juventus ended the season unbeaten winning their twenty eighth Scudetto. AC Milan and Udinese will be playing in the Champions League next season while Napoli, Lazio and Inter will be in the Europa. Novara, Cesena and Lecce were sadly relegated from Serie A to Serie B.

Juventus 2011-12 has etched its place in history. Just like Antonio Conte wanted, his side can only be matched but never surpassed. The Bianconeri completed a remarkable 38-game unbeaten season by conquering Atalanta 3-1 and then watched as outgoing captain Alessandro Del Piero lifted the Serie A trophy high into the Turin sky Having secured the Scudetto and record, Antonio Conte's mind is now.

It all ended just the way everyone had hoped. Sunday was already going to be an emotional day for Alessandro Del Piero, who most likely would be playing in his last home match for Juventus, a club he had stayed with for an astonishing nineteen years. But to score was the cherry on top. In the 28th minute, with Juve ahead 1-0 thanks to the up-and-coming Luca Marrone, Del Piero received a pass just.

As the European Championship draws near, over the past week-end Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli revealed his preliminary list of 32 players from which the final 23 who will be making the trip to Poland/Ukraine this Summer.

There were several surprises, such as newcomers Mattia Destro (Siena), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), and Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta), but also "old-timers" who despite their vast amount of experience have not featured yet under Prandelli's reign: Rubin Kazan defender Salvatore Bocchetti, Bologna's Alessandro Diamanti, and Udinese veteran Antonio Di Natale.

As the European Championship draws near, over the past week-end Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli revealed his preliminary list of 32 players from which the final 23 who will be making the trip to Poland/Ukraine this Summer.

There were several surprises, such as newcomers Mattia Destro (Siena), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), and Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta), but also "old-timers" who despite their vast amount of experience have not featured yet under Prandelli's reign: Rubin Kazan defender Salvatore Bocchetti, Bologna's Alessandro Diamanti, and Udinese veteran Antonio Di Natale.

AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the leading goalscorer for the 2011-12 Italian Serie A season. The striker scored 28 and was four above second place Diego Milito who scored 24. It's Ibrahimovic's second Golden Boot in Italy as he also won in 2009 while playing for Inter Milan. The list of the top goalscorers for the 2011-12 season are below.

Tears were shed from grown men on the weekend as we bid farewell to some fantastic players who have graced Serie A. Alessandro Del Piero, Marco Di Vaio, Kaka Kaladze, Clarence Seedorf, Alessandro Nesta, Pippo Inzaghi, Rino Gattuso and Gianluca Zambrotta played their last games for Juventus, Bologna, Genoa and AC Milan.

Genoa home win over Palermo on Sunday night in the final round of matches in Serie A meant relegation for Lecce. Earlier in the day we said some emotional farewells in both of the Juventus and AC Milan matches. Alessandro Del Piero, Clarence Seedorf, Rino Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Zambrotta and Pippo Inzaghi said the farewells and we saw a goal each from Alessandro Del Piero and Pippo.

La Juve dei record festeggia lo scudetto ma piange l'addio di Del Piero, il più grande Di Alessandro Paparella La Juventus completa il suo campionato straordinario con la vittoria 3-1 a Torino contro l'Atalanta, riuscendo nell'impresa di chiudere un campionato da venti squadre senza mai perdere.

By Chris Wright

On a weekend that saw several venerable insitutions of Italian football moving on (AC Milan waved off Pippo Inzaghi, Clarence Seedorf, Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso, Gianluca Zambrotta and Mark van Bommel), one man's final game for his club was just that little bit more grandiose than the rest with Alessandro Del Piero laying down his sword at Juventus after 19 years of service, signing off with a goal (his 289th for the club) on his last appearance for the Old Lady against Atalanta before being subbed off in the 58th-minute to a rapturous ovation.

TweetJuventus have officially joined the 'Invincibles' club by going through the Serie A season unbeaten after a 3-1 win over Atalanta. The Bianconeri closed a memorable Serie A campaign with a resounding 3-1 win over Atalanta at the Juventus Arena and inscribed themselves into Italian folklore having gone through the entire season unbeaten.

One of the classiest footballers to ever wear a Juventus shirt (or any shirt) got the send-off he deserved at his final home match. Juve finished off their undefeated season -- the first in a 38-match Serie A season, according to Paolo Bandini -- with a 3-1 win over Atalanta in which Del Piero scored Juve's second goal.

All 20 clubs are in action on the final matchday of the season in the Italian Serie A on May 13, 2012.

AC Milan v Novara

Neither team has much to play for as AC Milan will finish in second place and Novara will be relegated. AC Milan are the superior side and will be heavily favored to get the three points.

Below are predictions for all the Serie A matches on May 13, 2012. Times listed are local UK time.

AC Milan v Novara, 14:00 AC Milan wins 2-0

Fiorentina v Cagliari, 14:00 - Fiorentina wins 3-2

Juventus v Atalanta, 14:00 - Juventus wins 3-0

Cesena v AS Roma, 17:00 - AS Roma wins 3-0

Parma v Bologna, 17:00 - Parma wins 2-1

Catania v Udinese, 19:45 - 1-1 Draw

Chievo Verona v Lecce, 19:45 - 0-0 Draw

Genoa v Palermo, 19:45 - Genoa wins 1-0

Lazio v Inter Milan, 19:45 - Lazio wins 3-1

Napoli v Siena, 19:45 - Napoli wins 2-0

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While Juventus has already wrapped up their 28th title, there is still a lot to play for in the final weekend of Serie A football.

Champions League Battle
Juventus and AC Milan will be two of Italy's three representatives in the Champions League next season, but the third and final spot is up for grabs between Udinese, Lazio, Napoli and Inter Milan.

With Serie A rolling into the last match-day, we are settling into one more scrape for survival. Fiorentina officially achieved salvation with a 1-0 victory over Lecce on Saturday. Novara and Cesena have officially been relegated and will see each other again in Serie B. Both Lecce and Genoa lost last week to Fiorentina and Udinese respectively, meaning there is still a three point gap between.

The title is heading back to Juventus. Inter Milan's 4-2 win in the Milan derby, their second of the season, all but secured the title for the grand Old Lady who claimed all three points in Trieste against Cagliari with a two-nil victory. Juve have now 28 undisputed Italian league titles and 30 if you count the two that were revoked from them.

Juventus are champions of Italy for the first time since the Calciopoli scandal. They beat Cagliari 2-0 in Trieste with a Vucinic strike and an own-goal by Canini to get the party started a week before the end of the season. It is Juventus's 28th league title, (30th according to some of their fans who still count the two Scudettos struck off for the Caciopoli scandal).

After earning promotion back to Serie A from Serie B at the end of the 2010/11 season, Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation...

AC Milan gained ground on Juventus, Udinese improved their Champions League chances, and much more in the Italian Serie A on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

AC Milan 2-0 Atalanta

Sulley Muntari (9th minute) and Robinho (90th minute) scored the goals as AC Milan moved within a point of leaders Juventus.

La lotta per lo scudetto, in Serie A, si riapre definitivamente. L'erroraccio di Buffon, di ieri sera, in Juventus-Lecce, oltre a regalare un punto prezioso e ormai insperato ai salentini (in dieci per l'espulsione di Cuadrado e sotto di un gol, quello iniziale di Marchisio), consente soprattutto al Milan, vittorioso contro l'Atalanta, di portarsi aContinua a leggere .

La Serie A prosegue e, dopo i due anticipi di ieri (0 a 0 tra Chievo e Roma e 2 a 0 del Napoli contro il Palermo), tra poco più di un'ora si completer la 36/a giornata, terz'ultima tornata del campionato 2011-2012. Tanti i nodi da sciogliere e i verdetti da sancire. A partire daContinua a leggere .

01.05.2012 - Finalmente, después de la (no breve) campaña de spots publicitarios, se dio a conocer la nueva camiseta del Milan para la temporada 2012-13.
Vuelven los bastones anchos (5) y el cuello polo (con la inscripción "AC Milan" al dorso) y se incluyen un vivo verde y otro rojo a ambos lados del cuello en referencia a la bandera italiana.

Not winning a game since early February Genoa are finding themselves in a battle to survive the drop after their third defeat in seven days. On Sunday they lost away at Bologna and with Lecce losing as well, Genoa are one point above the relegation zone. A squad that was bought for European football could be playing Serie B football next season.

On loan Roma striker Marco Borriello scored the only goal to give Juventus a deserved 1-0 away win at Cesena. Cesena with this result have now been relegated to Serie B. Both Milan clubs won their games, AC Milan had to thank Kevin Prince Boateng for a late goal. Inter won away at Udinese to give their push for Champions League Football a reality.

Il primo gol, davanti ai propri tifosi, di Maxi Moralez, fantasista argentino portato in Italia da Pierpaolo Marino nell'agosto scorso, regala tre punti fondamentali all'Atalanta, nell'anticipo di Serie A disputato ieri pomeriggio contro il Chievo, e con 43 punti, di fatto, certifica la salvezza nel massimo campionato della squadra bergamasca.

Serie A: La giornata del Moro Di Raffaele Cautiero Tra Martedì e Mercoledì la Serie A recupera la 33esima giornata che fu rinviata a causa della tragica morte occorsa a Piermario Morosini , deceduto per malformazione cardiaca durante la partita di serie B tra il suo Livorno ed il Pescara . Il programma si apre all'Atleti Azzurri d'Italia dove va in scena Atalanta-Chievo : i bergamaschi

Serie A returned this week after the postponed fixtures off last week after the sad death of on loan Udinese midfielder Piermario Morosini at Livorno. This weekend action on the pitch will be remembered for Juventus putting a brilliant performance at home to Roma. Off the pitch it will be remembered for the sour scenes in Genoa where the Ultras made their mark and disrupted the game against Siena.

There was some idiotic scenes in the Genoa, as the home side -losing to Siena at the time -were demanded to take of their jerseys by their own ultras. The reasoning; according to this small minority of fans the players were not fit enough to wear the club's colours. Marco Rossi, Genoa's captain, ceded to their demands and went about collecting jerseys from his team-mates.

Il Parma di Donadoni liquida con un secco 3 a 0 il Cagliari, nello scontro salvezza che è andato in scena ieri pomeriggio al Tardini, e conquista tre punti fondamentali che fanno 41 in totale in Serie A. La salvezza, per i gialloblù, è sempre più reale, mentre gli isolani rischiano grosso (oggi Genoa inContinua a leggere .

Obiettivo 3 punti per il Napoli di Mazzarri, reduce da tre sconfitte consecutive (ultima pesante contro l'Atalanta per 1 a 3) e obbligato a vincere per non perdere ulteriore terreno nei confronti delle avversarie per la lotta al terzo posto Champions (gi è sicuro dell'Europa league in quanto finalista della Coppa Italia).

Obiettivo 3 punti per il Napoli di Mazzarri, reduce da tre sconfitte consecutive (ultima pesante contro l'Atalanta per 1 a 3) e obbligato a vincere per non perdere ulteriore terreno nei confronti delle avversarie per la lotta al terzo posto Champions (gi è sicuro dell'Europa league in quanto finalista della Coppa Italia).

Saturday 21st April Udinese v Chievo Since their departure from the Europa League in early March, Francesco Guidolin's side have experienced a dip in form that has seen them lose their grip on the last Champions League spot. Only three points will do this weekend in Verona, but they will have to work hard for it.

Below are predictions for all the Serie A matches on April 21, 2012. Times listed are local UK time.

Chievo Verona v Udinese, 17:00 1-1 Draw

Parma v Cagliari, 17:00 0-0 Draw

Catania v Atalanta, 19:45 Catania wins 2-1

Napoli v Novara, 19:45 Napoli wins 4-0

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Piermario Morosino died on April 14, 2012 while playing for Livorno in a match against Pescara. Morosini sufferred cardiac arrest and has sent crosswaves across European football. The news comes not too far from the recent scare with Bolton's Fabrice Muamba, who also had cardiac arrest during a match but survived.

guest writer Juan Arango We have become so accustomed to hearing players fight over a million more or a million less. About television contracts and rights issues and the other things that make the game the business that it has evolved into. There is selfishness everywhere and the only thing that matter is the bottom line.

After Easter Saturday disappointing performance away at Lecce, Roma bounced back with a very impressive home win over fellow Champions league contenders Udinese where Francesco Totti rolled back the years with a captain's performance. The other team to win who are chasing third place was Inter who won at home to Siena, Lazio lost away at Juventus thanks to a late strike from Alex Del Piero.

Two time European Cup winner Trevor Francis has suffered a suspected heart-attack.

Francis (57) became the first player to break the £1m transfer barrier between two British clubs when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest for £1m and then went on to lift two European Cups with Forest under the great Brian Clough is said to be recovering well at Hospital.

Liverpool are tracking the progress of Atalanta winger Ezequiel Schelotto who has been attracting interest from some of the biggest sides in Italy.
Both Inter Milan and Roma have been linked with the Argentinean-born winger and now it seems that there is interest from the Premier League, with Liverpool checking on the progress of the youngster.