Bayern Munich lived up to their nickname FC Hollywood after they qualified for the last 16 of
this season's Champions League in truly dramatic fashion. They never seem to do the task in hand
the easy way. Drama always seems to surround the Germans (and sometimes it's not in their favour
either).
The victory against Inter was not backed by a vintage performance but served as a reprieve for
Ciro Ferrara who is under intense pressure from the tifosi to bring glory back to the Old Lady
following a summer spending campaign which included the signing of Brazilians Diego and Felipe Melo
for considerable sums.
The most interesting match of tomorrows round of the Champions League has to be the clash between
Juventus Torino and Bayern Munchen. Why is it so important? First of all these two teams have great
history in the competition, Juve have won the competition 2 times, 1985 and 1996, and Bayern won it
no less than 4 times: 1974, 1975, 1976 and 2001.
Alberto Cerruti, La Gazzetta dello Sport's chief football writer, was unsparing in his analysis
of Saturday evening's much-anticipated Derby d'Italia.
"Juventus win with a splendid goal and Inter lose, seeing their lead reduced to four points
over Milan and five over the Bianconeri.
Gazzetta dello Sport Milan and Juve go ahead Tomorrow Rossoneri are in Zurich Bianconeri to
face...
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Following last night's humiliating Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich, Carlo
Garganese looks back on the worst five European performances by the Bianconeri from years gone
by...
In this week's Great Serie A Game (which doesn't include Roma), we go back to the 1996/97
season, April 6, 1997 to be exact. Milan, who had won the Scudetto the year before under Fabio
Capello, were going through a disastrous season. Uruguayan manager Oscar Tabarez took over in the
summer, and was sacked midway for bad results.
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The big story of the weekend was the snow that postponed four matches including the much
anticipated Fiorentina-AC Milan match, rescheduled for January 27. However, the weekend still had
plenty of drama, especially around Juventus. In honor of the holiday season, this week's Lessons
will be handing out presents to various people and teams in Serie A:
Stocking of Coal to Juventus Manager Ciro Ferrara
When your job is hanging by a thread and you are playing a club (Catania) at your stadium that
has not beaten you there in 46 years, you should probably win the match.
Dopo aver conosciuto le date dei recuperi di Serie A, possiamo ora fornirvi quelle relative alla
Coppa Italia e ai quarti di finale, che andranno in scena poco dopo le feste natalizie. Un
comunicato ufficiale della Lega Calcio rende note le date.
La Coppa Italia entra decisamente nel vivo, con le sfide dei quarti di finale.
