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11.02.2012 - Después de 4 aplazamientos en la jornada anterior (Siena-Catania, Bolonia-Fiorentina, Atalanta-Génova y Parma- Juventus), la Liga italiana suspendió ahora los encuentros de Bolonia – Juventus y Parma – Fiorentina (correspondientes a la fecha 23 del Calcio) debido a la incesante nevada.

TV Technicians dragged their camera equipment across the snow-packed stadium when last weekend's Juventus-Parma match was postponed! (via Reuters)

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By Chris Wright

"WAKE UP!!!"

A 12-year old girl from Crotone in Italy has been woken from a 15-day coma by the soothing voice of her idol, one Alessandro Del Piero. That's a sentence that doesn't tend to get used very often.

Jade fell ill and reportedly slipped into a coma while watching the goals from Juventus' 2-0 win over Atalanta on January 22nd.

Udinese v AC Milan Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds Serie A 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

AC Milan can go top of the league table as they travel to face 4th place Udinese in the Italian Serie A. The match will take place at the Stadio Friuli Udine, Italy on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Just a few weeks ago Inter were the talk of the Serie A, for all the right reasons. Seven consecutive wins on the back of solid defending and a return to form of striker Diego Milito saw the Nerazzurri shoot up the league table and become serious contenders for a Champions League place. There were even whisperings of Inter being a legitimate threat to Juventus and Milan for the Scudetto.

List of football clubs around the world according to revenue, prepared by Deloitte.

Top 20 clubs in 2010-11 Deloitte Football Money League.
1. Real Madrid (£433m)
2. FC Barcelona (£407m)
3. Manchester United (£331.4m)
4. Bayern Munich (£290.3m)
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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.

As the old cliché goes, history repeats itself. And this could not be truer come every February for Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Whether at Barcelona or in the blue or red half of Milan, the ‘big' Swede's scoring record often leaves something to be desired at this time of the year. Goals, to be precise.

Juventus took an important step towards reaching the Coppa Italia final as a returning Martin Caceres scored a brace to ensure a 2-1 semi-final first leg win over Milan at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Antonio Conte made changes as noted in the pre-match press conference, with Marco Storari, Caceres, Simone Padoin, Alessandro Del Piero and Marco Borriello all starting in the 3-5-2 formation.

Il primo round se lo aggiudica, con merito, la Juventus di Antonio Conte. La squadra bianconera, nell'andata della prima semifinale di Coppa Italia (questa sera l'altra, Siena-Napoli), espugna San Siro e piega il Milan per 2 a 1, grazie alla doppietta di Caceres, goleador inatteso nella fredda serata meneghina.

Buon giovedi.... there's nothing quite like winning at the San Siro if you're an Italian team, is there? Just ask Juventus, who weren't even playing in front of their home fans in Turin and danced to a 2-1 victory last night!

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AC Milan vs Juventus 1-2 Highlights Video Coppa Italia 2012 Goals El Shaarawy Caceres is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter AC Milan Juventus 2012 ( Video Milan Juventus Coppa Italia below) Final score and result:- AC Milan vs Juventus 1-2 ( El Shaarawy/ Caceres*2) San Siro, Milan 8 February, 2012 [.

GolTV has Siena and Napoli in the Coppa Italia at 2:45pm. This is the opening leg of the semifinal stage. Milan and Juventus are in the other half of the bracket. Copa Libertadores on Fox Deportes: Internacional - Juan Aurich at 5pm, Catolica - Bolivar at 7pm, and Emelec - Olimpia at 9:30pm. All Times Eastern

Valencia's Aritz Aduriz articulates far more succinctly that we ever could why base layers are bad. Bad, we say! Image: JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images.

Sometimes, it's the little things that make life worth living, isn't it?

Alright. And maybe some slightly larger things.

Serie A

Catania 1-1 Roma

There were only twenty-five minutes to play in Catania and Roma's rescheduled match from January, but this was long enough for Erik Lamela to show off his assets to the fullest.

The are important matches in domestic cup play across a number of countries, none of which is more intriguing than the Coppa Italia battle between AC Milan and Juventus.

The top two teams in Serie A open their anticipated semifinal tie at the San Siro after easing past top-notch competition in the quarterfinals.

La Tim Cup 2011/2012 entra nella sua fase decisiva. Questa sera (20 e 45) va in scena la prima semifinale tra Milan e Juventus, nel suo match d'andata, allo Stadio San Siro. Un incrocio di quelli forti, fra i diavoli rossoneri del "professore" Allegri e la corazzata bianconera del "Conte" . Da una parte troviamoContinua a leggere .

In the modern game of football, 600,000 Euros is an extremely insignificant price to pay for a player. It is a low risk, high reward situation for the club. If the player ends up as a failure then the loss was very minimal. However if the player goes on to be a success, than it looks like a genius move.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic non ci sar contro la Juventus, ricorso permettendo. Sembra soltanto essere questa l'unica ed insostituibile verit in casa Milan, in queste ore, dopo che si è appreso che la squalifica del numero 11 sar triplice. L'idea di giocare la partitissima del 25 febbraio senza lo svedesone sembra gettare un enorme macigno su ogniContinua a leggere .

Zlatan Ibrahimovic non ci sar contro la Juventus, ricorso permettendo. Sembra soltanto essere questa l'unica ed insostituibile verit in casa Milan, in queste ore, dopo che si è appreso che la squalifica del numero 11 sar triplice. L'idea di giocare la partitissima del 25 febbraio senza lo svedesone sembra gettare un enorme macigno su ogniContinua a leggere .

AC Milan will be looking to put behind them their disastrous weekend outing when they host Juventus at the San Siro tonight in the Coppa Italia first leg semi-final. With Juventus also having settled for a similar barren draw with Siena in the weekend, the match will definitely be an explosive one.

Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) Match Predictions 8 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are predictions for all the Coppa Italia matches on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Times listed are BST or local UK time.

Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) Match Predictions

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

AC Milan v Juventus, 19:45 AC Milan wins 2-1

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The world's most over rated striker receives a three match ban for slapping Napoli's Salvatore Aronica. To be fair Aronica also indulged in some extra-curricular activities against Antonio Nocerino but Ibra's was a reputation call. He will miss crucial matches against Udinese and Juventus.

UEFA Power Rankings 7 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are my weekly power rankings for the top (8) clubs teams in UEFA. These rankings are a combination of their play in domestic and UEFA competitions.

The rankings haven't changed from the last (late January) as the top three remain the same.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Luis Suarez's spell on the sidelines has come to a close.

Having served his eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra and a one-game suspension for a gesture to Fulham fans, Suarez is set to return for Liverpool on Monday in its game against Tottenham.

Milano chiude il primo week end di febbraio, in Serie A, portando sotto la Madonnina 0 gol fatti, un pareggio striminzito contro il Napoli per il Milan (con tanto di rosso a Ibra, a rischio stangata) mentre l'Inter rimedia quattro schiaffi all'Olimpico contro la Roma. Proprio questa Roma, così fresca e spumeggiante e targata LuisContinua a leggere .

Atalanta Guglielmo Stendardo joined Atalanta on loan from Lazio until the end of the season. The 30-year-old defender has spent most of past two seasons on the bench at the Rome club, and will be delighted to get the chance to feature for the first team in Bergamo. (+ve) Another experienced arrival is midfielder Alessandro Carrozza from Serie B outfit Varese.

None of the top five won at the weekend which meant Roma's impressive home win over Inter was all the more sweeter as they are moved to joint sixth with Napoli and just five points behind Inter with a game in hand. AC Milan were unable to overcome a plucky Napoli side in a match where Zlatan Ibrahimovic disgraced himself by earning a red card for fighting.

Diego Milito's quadruple known as a 'poker' against Palermo was a rare moment, in fact it was only the sixth time it's happened in ten years, but with Italy's final friendly before Euro 2012 looming it focused the eyes on the Azzurri's frontline. The Argentinian's four-step sent him into a comic book group that features ‘the little plane', Vincenzo Montella, twinkle-toes Christian.

So there were some very interesting results around Europe this weekend with the major stories making the headlines being Inter's 4-0 loss to Roma in the Serie A and Chelsea's surprising 3-3 draw at home with United.

Coming off the back of 3 poor results, Inter desperately needed a win to ensure they broke into the top 4 spot.

The rumour mill may continue incessantly as it always does, but, for the time being no players will be swapping kits. Instead, now is the time for coaches to start preparing their troops, both new and old, for the business part of the season. It is already February and that mad month of May is [...]

Juventus: Arriva il momento della verit Di Alessandro Paparella Dopo il rinvio del match di martedì contro il Parma (si recuperer il 15 febbraio alle 18.30), e le conseguenti polemiche, è tornato il momento di scendere in campo per la Juventus, che domani alle 15 affronter a Torino il Siena. Prima partita di un vero e proprio tour de force per la squadra di Conte, che oltre agli impegni dei

The Tevez-Pato "will he? won't he" questions ricocheted every which way this January as the musical chairs transfers song played at AC Milan, but at the end everyone retook their own chairs. Boring. Perhaps they were dating Berlusconi's daughter, or were on £200,000 a week slave wages that no one else could match, but whatever the reason, that anti-climax will be followed up by a busy February and early March.

The Tevez-Pato "will he? won't he" questions ricocheted every which way this January as the musical chairs transfers song played at AC Milan, but at the end everyone retook their own chairs. Boring. Perhaps they were dating Berlusconi's daughter, or were on £200,000 a week slave wages that no one else could match, but whatever the reason, that anti-climax will be followed up by a busy February and early March.

Inter and Palermo shared eight goals in a 4-4 thriller where Diego Milito netted all four for Inter at the San Siro. Roma's defence needs to be looked at as they were humiliated away at Cagliari. Lazio overcame AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico and the weather managed to play its part as four games were called off due to the big freeze.

Inter and Palermo shared eight goals in a 4-4 thriller where Diego Milito netted all four for Inter at the San Siro. Roma's defence needs to be looked at as they were humiliated away at Cagliari. Lazio overcame AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico and the weather managed to play its part as four games were called off due to the big freeze.

News from Italy, concretely from "Tuttosports" & picked up locally via Spanish Sports daily "As", mentions that JUVENTUS has REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN as mximum signing objective for next season. But there is more, in case it all gets difficult , Juventus has a Plan- B , that is, KARIM BENZEMA.

News from Italy, concretely from "Tuttosports" & picked up locally via Spanish Sports daily "As", mentions that JUVENTUS has REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN as mximum signing objective for next season. But there is more, in case it all gets difficult , Juventus has a Plan- B , that is, KARIM BENZEMA.

It has been an up and down season for Juventus striker Alessandro Matri. There have been times where it seems that every time he touches the ball it ends up in the back of the net while at other times there have long absences of his name on the score sheet. When he is hot, he has been praised uncontrollably, even once being compared as the next David Trezeguet.

Serie A returned at the weekend after midweek Coppa Italia action and there was some compelling matches played, and goals scored. Here is our pick of the bunch. Here are the top five goals of the week 5. Alessandro Matri Juventus – Udinese A cracking winner by Matri as he scored his second goal of the game and the one that proved to be the winner.

Transfer madness takes a back seat to mid-week matches, as a number of top teams in Europe take to the field on Tuesday.

The top four teams in England are all in action, with Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Everton facing league-leading Manchester City. Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea will all be looking to secure their own results while hoping the American pair can conjure an upset to shorten the gap at the top of the table.