Oh to have been a fly on the wall at Barcelona, circa 1997-98. Not only because they won the Double, but can you imagine what some of those coaching meetings must have been like? Louis van Gaal as manager, Jose Mourinho as an assistant, Pep Guardiola as the veteran skipper and midfield general.

By Geoff Reid

The second day of matches kicks off today with some very interesting ties on slate. After the opening round of fixtures we didn't really learn too much, and confirmed what we already know after some of the big boys thrashing a few minnows.

Group E
FC Basel vs Bayern Munich from St.

Jose Mourinho loves to tell us all how special he is and many like me absolutely love him for it. He is a character in that English football misses dearly and Jose has found that off our shores many dislike his arrogance, which led to him basically issuing a come and get me to English clubs and Real Madrid.

Liverpool are hoping to beat other potential suitors to the signing of Roma's unhappy centre back Philippe Mexes. The French international has lost his starting spot at the Stadio Olimpico and is reportedly ready to quit the club and has made remarks in the past about being interested in a move to the Premier League.

Rafa looking to bring talented Frenchman to Anfield.

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A number of Premier League clubs have been alerted by the much publicized fall-out between Jeremy Menez and his manager Claudio Ranieri at Roma.

AS Roma manager Claudio Ranieri has completely changed the capital city's side since he took over from Luciano Spalletti helping them climb up in the Italian Serie A table where they are now third, and ...

On Saturday with his fantastic four against Aston Villa, Frank Lampard took his goal tally for Chelsea in all competitions to 151 and became Chelsea's 3rd all time top scorer. He is the Premier League highest ever goal-scoring midfielder with 124 goals and is 3rd in the Premier League's all-time assist table with 149 and counting.

Sir Alex Ferguson wants to bring highly rated Serie A forward to Old Trafford.

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Sir Alex Ferguson will make a hefty summer bid to sign in form Roma striker Mirko Vucinic. The Old Trafford boss sees the Montenegrin international as an ideal foil to England international Wayne Rooney and is ready to make an offer of around £18m to sign the former Lecce player who cost Roma just £3m in 2006.

By Geoff Reid

Group E
Basel vs Roma from St. Jakob-Park, Basel
This group looks to have it's winner all set in Bayern Munchen walking away with the lead, while the other three teams are all level on three points each. This makes today's clash between the Swiss champions, and Claudio Ranieri's boys all the more important.

A number of Premier League clubs have been alerted by the much publicized fall-out between Jeremy Menez and his manager Claudio Ranieri at Roma. The French star is highly-rated but has never fulfilled his early promise shown at Sochaux and Monaco. However, Menez is still only 22-years-old and there are a number of Premier League clubs eyeing a potential move with Liverpool the team named as leading the chase in the Italian press.

E' praticamente fatta per il trasferimento di Candreva alla Juventus. Nell'incontro che si è tenuto all'Hotel Gallia a Milano, terminato poco fa, è stato trovato l'accordo per il trasferimento in bianconero del 22enne centrocampista, gioiellino romano convocato nelle ultime amichevoli anche da mister Lippi.

By Ollie Irish

It's fair to say that Italian commentator Carlo Zampa enjoyed JA Riise's late winner against Juventus:

God love mental Italian commentators, although Zampa is a tad hysterical for my tastes I prefer the work of Tiziano Crudeli.

It's also fair to say that Roma coach Claudio Ranieri will have relished this dramatic win against the club that sacked him (rather unfairly in my view).

As John Arne Riise ghosted past the Juventus defence to nod home unmarked i think Ranieri really...
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The Giallorossi dominated Saturday evening, soundly defeating Palermo during their round 24 match,...
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It was the draw most people were waiting for as Jose Mourinho finally got the chance to return to his old club Chelsea and renew his long-standing rivalry with current Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Always one to speak his mind, the special one has a flair for the dramatic and one of his more spectacular claims during his time as Inter boss has been the "clan" of Italian managers who he says have conspired against him.

Undoubtedly, the most important match in Serie A this weekend takes place at the Olimpico in Rome. Third place AS Roma host second place AC Milan. Roma are three points behind Milan, who are in turn...
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The joy on the faces of all Romanista was a delight to see after the victory over Internazionale at the Olimpico on Saturday night, giving the Claudio Ranieri fairytale the chance to reach a magical...
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I knew from the start that Mourinho's stay in Italy would be short lived. His penchant for braggadocio can in doses seem charming if if your unaware that he means it.And truly shocking if you realize that he does mean it. But in Italy a footballing culture steeped in a passion for tactics running on to the scene claiming your the smartest guy in the room didn't fly as it did in England.

In a story of north v south and hero v Mourinho, Roma's Claudio Ranieri is on the verge of an extraordinary triumph.

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Although Major League Soccer's sixth week of action gets underway on Wednesday, there are a couple of high-profile matches in England and Italy that deserve the bulk of fans' attention.

Manchester City hosts Tottenham (2:55 p.

Speaking in a press conference in America to promote their summer tour, Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed he is only looking to sign one more player this summer. Names like Franck Ribery, David Villa, David Silva, Angel Di Maria, Yaya Toure and Lassana Diarra have all been bandied about in a manner befitting the covetous nature of transfer window spending, and that will continue to happen, but Manchester United would be better off signing someone else: Stephen Ireland.

Steven Gerrard could find himself only Jose Mourinho's second pick for a £30m move to Real Madrid.
The Liverpool star admitted for the first time yesterday he was contemplating leaving Anfield.
That confirmed Starsport's exclusive on January 16 which told you Real were favourites to sign him.

Sunday, July 18 A round-up of training events and friendly The Giallorossi march down the field for the afternoon session on day two at Reischach Brunico. Having made the leg slightly in...

In the first of a four part preview, Mirko Corli, writing from Torino, looks at Serie A's contenders to win the title.

INTER
Fancy changing too much in the Italian and European Champions? "Nay", that was probably Inter's President Massimo Moratti feeling.

As the teams take to the pitch in Eastlands on Saturday two teams will meet who have a very similar ownership structure and transfer policy. Whilst Chelsea have stopped their mega-spending they did attempt to assemble a squad of the best players at any cost after their initial take over, Manchester City have had to continue to try to ‘buy' success.

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De este futbolista Adriano aquí hemos platicado varias veces,la mayoría no tiene que ver con el fútbol,inesperadamente regreso a Italia a jugar con La Roma y al parecer no esta aprovechando su oportunidad al máximo.
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ROMA Desde que Adriano volvió al fútbol italiano se habló mucho de su nivel de juego pero también de su peso.

"Scolari reckons that Chelsea's success is all down to him", "Scolari insists that Chelsea's current domination of England is thanks to him" and "I made Chelsea Great!" are ludicrous statements from a number of newspapers recently.

I'm sure many other football supporters, like me, were intrigued by how ridiculous and audacious these claims sound.

Defeat in the derby could have pre-empted the end of his tenure, yet instead Claudio Ranieri's team moved up to seventh spot.
Roma triumph where eagles dare not fly.

Joe Cole is currently playing for Liverpool and the England national team.

As a youngster Joe Cole was widely regarded as the hottest prospect in English football and was compared to the likes of Paul Gascoine. He famously scored seven goals in an 8-0 win over the Spanish under-18 national side.

Nella lista dei convocati per la gara di domani dell'Olimpico, contro il Chievo, oltre a capitan Totti non figura neanche il francese Menez. Arriva, dunque, a scuotere l'ambiente romanista, la bocciatura di Claudio Ranieri, che punisce il calciatore per l'atteggiamento svogliato e deludente (l'ennesimo) mostrato nella parte di gara che lo ha visto protagonista a Cagliari.

Devastati Facile mettere la croce sulle spalle di Ciro Ferrara. Lui comunque è colpevole. La sua colpa più evidente? Aver accettato l'incarico la scorsa primavera con i buoni offici di Marcello Lippi. L'allegra combriccola dei dirigenti ha fatto danni devastanti. Pochi nomi: Elkann, Montezemolo, Cobolli Gigli e Blanc.

It looks like zio Ranieri is getting himself all worked up or rather, excited over the possibility of the ToniTotti pairing for Roma this weekend against Genova. He even compared the spectacle to Drogba's favourite film, Avatar!

Joe Cole grew up supporting Chelsea and got his dream move when just 22-years-old, with Claudio Ranieri signing him for £6.6m.

He has time and again stated that he wants to see out his career with the club, despite being looked over every manager he has played for at one point or another, and after coming back from a lengthy injury at the start of this season, reiterated his desire to sign a contract with the club.

Juventus are ready to scupper Real Madrid's plans for Franck Ribery by making a summer swoop for him, according to reports in Italy.

The Galacticos have been tipped to land the Frenchman as president Florentino Perez provides another golden goose in the transfer market.

But that move doesn't appear straightforward, as Leggo.

Il resto dell'infermeria La juve prosegue il cammino di una striscia continua inesorabile, alternando risultati positivi o negativi, ma lasciando invariate le prestazioni. L'ho gi scritto in precedenti post: cosa cambia tra le prestazioni di Parma e Napoli, rispetto a quella contro il Milan e di Verona oggi?

Working out how best to combine his forwards may prove a headache for Claudio Ranieri, but he's unlikely to be complaining.
Luca Toni begins to repay Totti's faith as Roma eye Champions League berth.

Juventus will take on Roma in Turin in perhaps one of the round's biggest clashes and certainly only second behind the much-anticipated Milan derby. The Bianconeri have been struggling and the dismal run of results shows no sign of abating. Coach Ciro Ferrara has received much of the criticism but as pointed out in a previous article (Please refer to How Long Before Ferrara Is Shown The Door written on January 18 for more details) the former Bianconeri defender cannot be blamed for all the problems in Turin despite his inexperience.

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Saturday, 23rd January 2010
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In this Italian Serie A match up, Juventus will face Roma in the Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, on Saturday 23rd January at 7:45 PM.

Stasera, a Torino, nel posticipo di Serie A, sar grande calcio, spettacolo ed emozioni.
Tanti campioni si affronteranno in Juventus e Roma, sfida tra squadre da sempre rivali. Ranieri contro il suo passato, che lo ha "cacciato" in malo modo, e Ferrara che lotta per rinsaldare il traballante presente.