Gelo e neve rischiano di far rinviare parecchie gare di Serie A anche questa settimana, ma questa sera (ore 20 e 45) all'Olimpico si giocher , anche e soprattutto perchè sabato il 6 nazioni di Rugby e la grande sfida tra Italia e Inghilterra necessiter del prato romano. Ad aprire lo "spezzatino" di campionato, che siContinua a leggere .

The big freeze hit Italy during midweek as four games were called off, so only six games were played over Wednesday and Thursday. Inter's 4-4 home draw with Palermo was the pick of the action where Diego Milito and Fabrizio Miccoli shared seven out of the eight goals. AC Milan slipped away at Lazio. Here are the five top goals of the week 5.

Lecce managed the shock of the round by stunning Inter Milan 1-0, the defeat bringing to an end the Nerazzurri's six-game winning. Juventus kept their undefeated record intact by defeating highflying Udinese by two goals to nil in very wet conditions in Turin on Saturday. Alessandro Matri was the hero on the night as he claimed both strikes.

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For whatever reason, the story of this week's Coppa Italia rounds has been free kicks and their fashionably late arrivals. Three games stole the headlines with late, late drama on the back of excellent free kicks, one each the last three days.

Today it was Goran Pandev's controversial oh-no-he-didn't/oh-yes-he-did ball which no one will remember by about.

Bem-vindo to Day 3 of Selecao Bootcamp! These Brazilian caras are still in Libreville, Gabon where they're scheduled to play a friendly as part of the inauguration of the newly-built 'Friendship stadium' below today. As we mentioned, the guys have been training hard and Menezes just announced his starting line-up with Hulk and Jonas leading the attack today.

In the past, Lazio have always been lacking the final step to reach the "big" Serie A clubs. While the club has always been competitive under Claudio Lotito's control, they have never managed to push into the highest echelon of Italian football/soccer. Yet this season it seems that Lotito has created the perfect team.

On Sunday night, Lazio won the derby. It was the first win for the blue side in Rome in a long while, having lost the last 5 a fact that the Roma fans took great pleasure in announcing with countless banners reading "Roma 5-0 Lazio". It was a hard fought victory for a Lazio side who conceded sloppily in the first 6 minutes.

Mio dio, if the Lazio fans wanted to scare i Giallorossi (AS Roma) away in the derby last night, they certainly did with that intimidating eagle. Seriously, imagine waking up to THAT everyday!

Week 5 in Italy did not disappoint here are the top 5 goals of the weekend. 5. Bojan Roma vs. Atalanta Daniele De Rossi with a fantastic ball over the top to Bojan who took in his stride and finished calmly to net his first goal for the club 4. Alessio Cerci Fiorentina vs Lazio A purple patch for the Italian winger, Stevan Jovetic crosses in for Cerci who chested the ball on finish with ease by.

It's only Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp and so much has gone down! Man United's Fabio who declared once that he'd prefer to play for Portugal ("Oh no he DI'INT!") went through the traditional 'Baptism Brasileira' process which involves standing on a chair and telling the whole room why you're proud to play for Brazil.

One of the latest names to be linked with a midfield berth at Spurs is Lazio's Brazilian midfielder Hernanes. The player is 26 years old and is just starting to make a name for himself in Italy after experiencing a rather modest career back home in Brazil.

Much has been made in these stories of his international class but in fact, the player has won only three caps for his country to date, after first appearing for Brazil back in 2008.

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.

David Luiz always looks like he's on the verge of pulling the lamest pranks and really, he does the best ones but the Chelsea joker should be happy because he has been recalled to the Brazil squad next month! The selecao are scheduled to face Argentina, Costa Rica and Mexico.

One hundred and ten days or to be more precise 109 days, 22 hours and 10 minutes is a long time for Lazio fans to wait to see their side compete in League action. Serie A fans were forced to wait an extra two weeks because of the players non-strike, but it turned out to be a wait worthwhile. Lazio traveled to the San Siro to face last season's champions, Milan, in the.

The 2010-11 season was filled with amazing highs and relative lows for Lazio fans. Le Aquile soared to the top of the table early in the season and remained there for a month or so before toppling under the immense pressure of a wonderful Milan side. They eventually slipped down to fifth, losing out on Champions League.

All week we will be unveiling the winners of our Team of the Year voting with a mixture of regular and guest writers. Hernanes: Lazio (34% of vote) That Lazio bounced back to become serious contenders for European football owed much to their Brazilian midfielder. He brought a balance, vision, flair and character to the team which it had sometimes lacked.

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With the 2010/11 Serie A season now complete and Internazionale Coppa Italia winners, time for the obligatory team of the season. Naturally, champions Milan are the most represented team in the main XI, with three players.

Mano Menezes looking for success before the Copa America

Mano Menezes has called up 28 players for the friendly internationals versus the Netherlands on June 4th and Romania 3 days later.
The Brazilians will take on the Dutch in the estádio Pacaembu in São Paulo. The Romania will be in the city of Goiânia and the estádio Serra Dourada.

Scot Munroe is taking a look at the team of the week for Round 37. Formation is 4-2-3-1 Goalkeeper Doni (AS Roma) Sometimes he causes nerves for all Roma fans but on Sunday he showed form reminiscing to the 07-08 season. He pulled of some really good point blank saves to deny Ledesma and pulled of a brilliant save to deny Maxi Lopez in the first half.

In attesa di vedere cosa combiner la Roma a Catania ma soprattutto l'Udinese, scalzata momentaneamente dal quarto posto ma attesa dal match di Verona col Chievo, la Lazio supera all'Olimpico il Genoa per 4-2, come da copione (Grifone senza particolari stimoli), nell'anticipo pomeridiano della 37° giornata di Serie A, e continua a sperare nella conquista [.

Prosegue il fantastico duello, in Serie A, tra il Milan di Allegri, corsaro al Bentegodi di Verona tra polemiche e contestazioni, e il Napoli di Mazzarri, che ha risposto ai rossoneri con il successo ottenuto, in serata, al San Paolo contro il Catania. Le due compagini, divise da soli tre punti in classifica (55 per [.

Brazil's Hernanes greeted France's Karim Benzema with a very unkind handshake this evening, that in the form of a Nigel de Jong* to the chest. He was obviously sent off for his unfriendly greeting, landing instant infamy in the land of the YouTube and semi-creative GIFs.

Of course while the tackle was unfriendly, he was given consolation from Jeremy Menez of Roma, archenemy to Hernanes' Lazio.

The year has come to a close, and as is the fashion we're looking over our favorite stories to compile a starting eleven, Cult Football style. The players on our squad aren't always the most talented, but they tend to bring a joy, or promise, or general absurdity to the game. We hope you've enjoyed the time you've spent with us over the last six months, and here's a wish of good fortune to all in the new year!