As we showed on Sunday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made the transition from kicking teammates to slapping opponents. And to prove his new hobby, Zlatan has allegedly done it again already. After the final whistle in Juventus' 2-1 win over Milan in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal, Ibra argued with Juve keeper Marco Storari and, according to Juve defender Giorgio Chiellini, Ibra also gave him a slap.

Having mastered the art of kicking teammates, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now moved on to slapping opponents. Zlatan was sent off in the 64th minute of Milan's 0-0 draw against Napoli for reaching around teammate Antonio Nocerino to slap Salvatore Aronica in the face. If the slap is ruled to be a violent gesture, then Ibra will have to serve a three-match ban.

"April is the cruellest month", said the poet T. S. Eliot in The Waste Land. I can only say that he was very, very wrong. The title of the cruelest month can go easily to January, when the winter break and the rain sets in, and most loathsome and reprehensible of all, the transfer season, a hellish month as dark, dreary, and unenlightening as a typical Robert Smith song (sorry, Elaine) kicks off.

By Chris Wright

GOOOOOLACCIO!!!

April 30th 1995: The day that Elvis Costello joined James Richardson to watch Fiorentina vs Juventus on Football Italia and go over the weekend's results while AC Jimbo, gawd bless 'im, systematically fails to stave off the giggles as he runs through a series of the worst Costello-related puns ever committed to broadcast.

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- Recalling QPR's 1976-77 Season: Photos and Articles from the Bushman Archives
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- Throughout the day, the QPR Report Messageboard has news updates, comments and perspectives - even links to other board comments of interest re QPR matters (on and off the field) along with football (and ONLY football) topics in general.

By Chris Wright

Having been raised on Football Italia, I couldn't let today pass without a doff of the cap to one of my all time favourites, Alessandro Del Piero, who turned 37 today.

Happy Birthday Pinturicchio, you old dog...

Football as art.

This episode we welcome freelance writer Scott Fleming from Football-Italia.net. More on summer 2011 and Italian Serie A new arrivals in clubs, players and owndership. give the podcast a listen and leave your comments Recorded during the previous 24hrs with Italian football discussion including, the new and not so new Lazio a hazy transfer window Rossi to Juventus Cesena build up the return of.

This episode we welcome freelance writer Scott Fleming from Football-Italia.net. More on summer 2011 and Italian Serie A new arrivals in clubs, players and owndership. give the podcast a listen and leave your comments Recorded during the previous 24hrs with Italian football discussion including, the new and not so new Lazio a hazy transfer window Rossi to Juventus Cesena build up the return of.

The Serie A Weekly crew are very happy to welcome Football-Italia.net writer Susy Campanale to the show. Susy graciously made herself available for this recording while under the weather so big applauds for our guest as she enlightens on the progress of the Italian National football squad under manager Cesare Prandelli.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Marcello Lippi, despite a disastrous second spell in charge of the Italian National team, will always be held in high esteem by Italian worldwide. After all, this is the man that nearly immediately redeemed calcio in the face of a match-fixing scandal in the best way possible: by winning the World Cup.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Normally only a Monday to Friday feature, we found so many excellent articles from our favourite writers on Friday that we felt an extra edition was required to bring them to you, so here it is! First up friend of the show James Horncastle with a typically brilliant feature piece on Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri for football-italia.

Normally only a Monday to Friday feature, we found so many excellent articles from our favourite writers on Friday that we felt an extra edition was required to bring them to you, so here it is! First up friend of the show James Horncastle with a typically brilliant feature piece on Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri for football-italia.

Normally only a Monday to Friday feature, we found so many excellent articles from our favourite writers on Friday that we felt an extra edition was required to bring them to you, so here it is! First up friend of the show James Horncastle with a typically brilliant feature piece on Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri for football-italia.

Normally only a Monday to Friday feature, we found so many excellent articles from our favourite writers on Friday that we felt an extra edition was required to bring them to you, so here it is! First up friend of the show James Horncastle with a typically brilliant feature piece on Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri for football-italia.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Today's news roundup features one thing in common: the future is hazy for nearly everyone.

A Tale of Two Fratelli

Daniele De Rossi and Alberto Aquilani were once the crown jewels of Roma's youth academy, two midfielders who complimented each other perfectly. Now, both face uncertain futures.

vs. UPDATE: Regarding the line up, it appears Reja will again drop Zarate and field the following team: Muslera; Licht, Biava, Dias, Scaloni; Matuzalem; Ledesma; Sculli, Hernanes; Gonzales; Kozak Due to time restraints I was forced to copy the match preview from Football-Italia. Too busy to write one mysels.

vs. Due to time restraints I was forced to copy the match preview from Football-Italia. Too busy to write one mysels. However, I will update this one tomorrow with the latest news of probable formations and latest from Formello Battling Brescia could climb out of the drop zone with a win and they'll fancy their [.

Angelo Fiorini is a must-follow on Twitter for any fans of Italian football. Catch him @Ciociaro78 ... Here he talks us through a breakthrough goal for one of Europe's finest ever players ...

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In this feature for the 'My Favourite Goal' series I'm going to bring you back to an era before the exotic world of Italian football was brought to our screens by James Richardson and the wonderful Football Italia on Channel 4.

Eric Abidal's magic power: head lumps.

• Playing the hypothetical. (IBWM)
• Living in Arsene's dream world. (The DA)
• The highs and lows of Steve McClaren. (BBC)
• Adrian Mutu, back in business. (Football Italia)
• Beyond the ball in Argentina. (Philosofooty)
• The Prem's unsung ones.