Inter continued its strong run of form with a sixth consecutive win on the weekend. Only this time, the victory was not against the likes of Parma or Lecce. The Nerazzurri signaled its return to the upper echelon of Serie A with a 1-0 win over bitter rivals AC Milan, in the latest installment of the Derby della Madonnina.

What a rollercoaster week it has been for the Nerazzurri faithful...yet again. As expected, last Wednesday brought about the official end to Gian Piero Gasperini's reign as Inter head coach, with the damning 3-1 loss to Novara solidifying his fate. After zero wins in the first five competitive matches, a stop plug was needed to halt any more of Inter's season running down the drain.

There has been some cracking action in Serie A in midweek and there was a couple of upsets including Novara beating Inter Milan and then end of Gian Piero Gasperini reign at Inter Milan. Cesena 1-2 Lazio Lazio came back from a goal down with two goals in the 2nd half to end a dramatic few days for everyone aligned with Lazio.

By Chris Wright

Word is filtering through that Gian Piero Gasperini has been sacked as Inter Milan coach the morning after overseeing the Nerazzurri's dismal outing against newly-promoted minnows Norvara last night -

The 3-1 defeat proved to be the straw that buggered the camel into submission, leaving Gasperini with a pretty woeful record of one draw and four defeats in his first five competitive games.

Inter Milan coach Gian Piero Gasperini's future at the club is in major doubt after his side were soundly beaten by newly promoted Novara on Tuesday night. Goals by Riccardo Meggiorini and a brace from Marco Rigoni proved decisive as little Novara tore into the 2010 European Champions at the Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola.

Napoli, Juventus, Udinese and Cagliari look to continue their winning ways midweek. While manager Eddy Reja is sticking with Lazio after having his resignation refused by club president Claudio Lotito which means, start to the famed Italian managerial sack race is avoided if only temporarily. Champions Milan will be looking to avoid a back to back loss results when they welcome visitors Udinese.

So the new Serie A season is upon us once more. So far the typical clichés have proven to be incorrect. The age old stereotype of Italian defences being impenetrable was shattered with 37 goals being scored in the opening weekend. Much focus was placed upon Gian Piero Gasperini's favoured 3-4-3 system and how this would allow Internazionale to regain their Serie A crown, from bitter city rivals.

Serie A Weekly welcomes guest writer Anthony Lopopolo to our pages with a view to the Saturday showcase match between Internazionale and AS Roma at the San Siro in Milan. Left reeling from an embarrassing week of losses in both Serie A and the Champions League, Inter will try to gather their first points of the season against Roma at San Siro.

"Just gonna stand there and watch me burn..." - Inter Milan coach Gian Piero Gasperini watches his side in their 1-0 loss to Trabzonspor last night / via Reuters

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The Serie A season is finally underway and with it comes the hopes, expectations, and dreams for all clubs in Italy's top flight. Everything seems a little brighter with the promises of what can happen but when everything falls apart after the first match, that light is much dimmer than before. Preseason only garnered more questions than answers in regards to Inter manager Gian Piero Gasperini's.

2010-11 Recap After the euphoria of the previous season's treble, the Nerazzurri had to settle for just the Coppa Italia last term as their cross city rivals AC Milan were crowned kings of Italy. Following in the footsteps of Jose Mourinho was never going to be easy but when President Massimo Morratti appointed former Liverpool tactician Rafael Benitez to take over from the self titled.

Pre-season games often be no more than glorified fitness sessions, and with due respect, the ‘Supercoppa de Italia' could be that type of encounter, struggling to elevate itself beyond ‘kick about level' certainly for players accustomed to scudetti and Champions League endeavours. But while the cachet of a Supercoppa triumph is debatable, an early opportunity for Milan to lay down a.

Cliché's are, well, clichéd, and even that might be a cliché. They stand as the writing equivalent of using training wheels, working well enough to "fall back on" and "get the job done" but preventing any sort of creativity from shining through along the way. Football is full of such terms, and the 24th Supercoppa Italiana helped to reinforce some of the most popular ones.

Cliché's are, well, clichéd, and even that might be a cliché. They stand as the writing equivalent of using training wheels, working well enough to "fall back on" and "get the job done" but preventing any sort of creativity from shining through along the way. Football is full of such terms, and the 24th Supercoppa Italiana helped to reinforce some of the most popular ones.

The Serie A season begins in a little over three weeks, yet the curtain raiser for Italy's top flight takes place this Saturday. While Inter have been a constant in the Supercoppa over the last six years, this year's matchup holds special significance. Not only is it once again being held in Beijing's historic Bird's Nest Stadium, Inter's opponents are city rivals and last season's Scudetto.

New Inter coach Gasperini looks for improvement next season - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

New Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini was introduced to the world's media for the first time and claimed he knows his side will improve on their second placed finish last season. Gasperini was flanked at the press conference by technical director Marco Branca and vice managing director Stefano Filucchi and the former Genoa manager is desperate to impress.

Gian Piero Gasperini turns back time, taking to the pitch for the 14th edition of the Fulvio Currò Memorial Inter.it TORRIGLIA (Genoa) United in the name of Fulvio Currò, for the 14th edition of the memorial dedicated to the 25-year-old Engineering student killed by a brain aneurysm in 1998. Gian Piero Gasperini took part in the traditional football tournament alongside sports stars,.

The Serie A Weekly crew are happy to welcome back from the Guardian sports desk Paolo Bandini. Paolo and I log the first podcast of the summer talking well transfers and managers of course. Recorded Monday this week, all is still very fresh and relative with topics on, Inter's new managerial plan Leonardo to Paris Pastore "should I stay or should I go" Oh where will Cesc.

As the official start of another transfer window draws near (for those unaware, in Italy it doesn't officially until July 1) the time has come to examine Inter's summer 2011 calciomercato. The first and most important move of the close season has been announcing Gian Piero Gasperini as the new head coach.

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"Gasperini is the coach who put me in most difficulty. I would change but he would adapt, time and again." Jose Mourinho Hastily made first impressions and endless weary comparisons. Everyone is constantly guilty of them and as football fans and observers become more judgemental than ever before, both are becoming increasingly more frequent.