Rumours doing the rounds that AC Milan striker Antonio Cassano suffered a stroke on Saturday after Milan's 3-2 win over AS Roma in Rome have been rubbished by the club.

According to Italian news agency Ansa a medical examination carried out on the 29 year old diagnosed him as having had a stroke although the extent of the damage has not been identified.

Oh hey, that's Thiago Silva and Pato on the verge of doing a samba dance! IBRA-whoooo? Ah, yes, such is the sweet tune of football you just want to keep proving yourself worthy of a place in first-team football. If these two irmãos keep up the momentum, the World Cup will come calling and so will the festa de SAMBA!

FC Barcelona for the second time in four days failed to kill off a game which they dominated, and ended sharing points in the first match of Champions League this season. AC Milan took a shock lead within 25 second of start through Pato. Barca over turned it from through goals from Pedro and Villa, but then in the dying moments Thiago Silva equalised from the corner for AC Milan.

Dominic Vieira, writing from Lancaster, England

As a player Pep Guardiola won everything and replicated the success during the 2008/09 season, his first year as manager of FC Barcelona. Increíble. Achievements continued for the young manager as he lifted the two following La Liga titles amongst other trophies.

Last year, our fashion friends sent us some previews of the AC Milan boys in a D&G-Inspired Polaroid Book and we shared the exclusive photos with you. And ya'll know how much we love the Fashion-Football combination! This year, to celebrate their Scudetto victory (Italians don't need a reason to party, anyway) D&G organized an event at their store in Milan and of course, unveiled a series of new portraits featuring the Milanistis.

In what has become a habit for Juventus, the Bianconeri dropped two points and settled for a draw with Catania. Juve could not defend a 2-0 lead over the visitors who have yet to register their first away win of the season. The Bianconeri squad is lacking in quality and this is evident when the legendary but aging Alessandro Del Piero is the main source of creativity for the team.

Gerek Galatasaray'ın kabus gibi sezonu gerekse de Milan'a nazar değdirmeme niyetiyle blogu epeyce boşladım lakin Milano derbisinin ardından yazmamak olmazdı. Ezeli rakip Inter ilepuan farkını 5'e çıkarma şansından da öte rakibi psikolojik olarak büyük bir çöküntüye sokma şansıydı bu maç.

Prandelli's Blueprint Notes on the new Italy is a post from: Just Football

You do remember Italy at World Cup 2010 right? Hopeless. David Swan reports on the newly evolving Azzurri:

There is nothing Italy loves more than being written off, ignored, and forgotten.

The Serie A will be resuming tomorrow, when a fresh slate of midweek games will be played. There are many interesting fixtures, but the one which I'm really looking forward to is Cagliari - AC Milan. AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri will be returning to his former club at the Stadio Sant'Elia, and he'll be bringing a slightly different side than usual with him.