Matchday 25 of this 2023/24 Serie A season saw even more excitement and twists, with Monza stealing the show by beating AC Milan 4-2 on Sunday night. This Italian Football Podcast is here to discuss all of the weekend's action. Bologna also picked up a memorable win by beating Lazio 2-1 in the capital, and Atalanta continued to look good in the race for fourth with a 3-0 win at home against Sassuolo. At the top of the table, Inter extended their lead by beating Salernitana 4-0 at home before...

Italian Serie A Podcast: Inter beat Juventus in the Derby d’Italia to take hold of the title race Inter beating Juventus 1-0 was the standout result on a weekend of noteworthy Serie A results, and our Italian Football Podcast is here to chat through it all.  Conor Clancy and Euan Burns are together in Rome for this Italian Football Podcast recording, and they chat through the recent Derby d’Italia and what it means to the Serie A title race. Support this show...

There were plenty of points dropped and penalties missed during Matchday 22 of the 2023/24 Serie A season, with Inter reclaiming their place at the top of the table. The Nerazzurri were 1-0 winners away at Fiorentina with Lautaro Martinez scoring his 19th goal of the season, but Nico Gonzalez produced a truly awful penalty miss that stopped his team from getting a point. That was a crucial three points for Inter because Juventus drew 1-1 against Empoli, having seen Arkadiusz Milik get sent...

Inter were crowned Serie A's winter champions on Matchday 19 of this 2023/24 Serie A season as they scraped a dramatic and late 2-1 win at home to Hellas Verona, with Juventus overcoming difficulty as well to come from behind to beat Salernitana by that same scoreline. Two European hopefuls lost as Fiorentina stumbled at Sassuolo and Napoli were hammered away at Torino, while AS Roma and Atalanta drew 1-1 in the capital. AC Milan beat Empoli 3-0 and Lazio won 2-1 at Udinese to take full...

The title of winter champions isn't quite yet in the back for Serie A table-toppers Inter after their 1-1 draw with Genoa on Matchday 18 allowed Juventus to close the gap to just two points as the Bianconeri beat AS Roma at the Allianz Stadium 24 hours later. This Italian Football Podcast is here to chat through those games and all of the rest from the weekend.  On what was a low-scoring weekend, AC Milan and Fiorentina both claimed 1-0 wins over Sassuolo and Torino, respectively, while...

Matchday 11 of the 2023/24 Serie A season saw the possible title race take on a new complexion with the headline result being AC Milan's 1-0 home defeat against an Udinese side who were yet to win a game this season. That defeat and victories for Inter and Juventus mean that things are starting to look a little bleak for Stefano Pioli and his side, albeit with a lot of the season still left to play. Inter's win came away at Atalanta with another superb goal from Lautaro Martinez. Juventus...

This 2023/24 Serie A season is wasting no time at all in throwing up excitement, and we are here to talk through a Matchday 2 that saw Juventus, AS Roma, Lazio, Atalanta and Fiorentina all slip up. Napoli and AC Milan remain the teams to beat, seeing off Sassuolo and Torino respectively. The Partenopei were again fired on by Victor Osimhen, while Christian Pulisic continued his bright start to life in Serie A with another goal for the Rossoneri. Juventus drew at home to Bologna, Atalanta...

The 2023/24 Serie A season is finally underway, and we didn't need to wait long for surprises to be sprung. We are here to talk through all of the Serie A Matchday 1 action. After Napoli had overcome an early scare at Frosinone to win and Inter subsequently saw off Monza, both AS Roma and Lazio slipped up on Sunday against Salernitana and Lecce respectively. There was good news for the Lupi though as Andrea Belotti ended his 15-month wait for a Serie A goal, scoring twice in an excellent...

The 2022/23 season of Italian football has (finally) come to a close and it is fair to say it has been an entertaining one. We had a fourth different Serie A winner in four years, which was Napoli with their first title in 33 years. There was also an additional relegation playoff at the end of the season which was not expected, as well as an Italian team featuring in all three of the major UEFA competition finals. They may have all lost, but it's the taking part that really counts. There...

The 2022/23 Serie A season is ove… nope! Before the curtain finally falls on this seemingly never-ending season, Spezia and Hellas Verona will have to do battle in a brand-new relegation playoff after both sides finished level on 31 points. That aside, the regular season has come to an end with everybody having played 38 games. There wasn’t too much to resolve on the final matchday with the Champions League places already sealed and two of the three relegation places as well, but both...

Matchday 36 was action packed for issues both on and off the field, with Juventus’ 10-point deduction overshadowing everything else to have taken place over the weekend, even with Cremonese officially suffering relegation from Serie A to immediately return to Serie B. Juventus’ off-field issues might have played a part as they fell to a 4-1 hammering at Empoli, AC Milan thumped Sampdoria 5-1, Napoli beat Inter 3-1, Atalanta saw off Hellas Verona, and Lazio won at Udinese as well. AS Roma were...

With the six teams fighting over three Champions League qualification spots all facing each other, it was sure to be an important weekend of action in Serie A. Whilst AC Milan, AS Roma and Juventus secured vital wins, things are starting to look bleak for Spezia at the bottom. There was also more racial abuse in the stands to discuss, this time concerning Dusan Vlahovic and the Atalanta fans. Euan Burns is hosting with Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria joining.  Support this show...

Napoli could and should have sealed their third scudetto on Matchday 32 of this Serie A season, and Inter’s win over Lazio put it on a plate for the Partenopei. Needing just a win at home to Salernitana, Napoli conceded late to put the champagne back on ice… not that the city of Naples got the memo. Back from the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Conor Clancy hosts Euan Burns and Kevin Pogorzelski to talk through all of the weekend’s football, having also seen AS Roma Women successfully get the job...

It’s starting to look like nobody in Serie A wants to finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League, and Matchday 30 again saw everybody but AS Roma slip up in pursuit of the remaining places behind Napoli and Lazio. Juventus lost at Sassuolo, AC Milan drew at Bologna and Inter lost at home to Monza. Napoli themselves drew 0-0 at home to Verona and Lazio beat Spezia 3-0 in Liguria.  At the bottom, Cremonese managed their third win of the Serie A season at home to...

There was one particularly stunning result in Serie A on Matchday 28 which saw AC Milan win 4-0 away at runaway league leaders Napoli. That is where much of the focus lies but with all of the other teams chasing a Champions League place also winning except for Inter, we look at how long Simone Inzaghi has likely got left in the job. It was an undramatic set of wins for Atalanta, AS Roma, Lazio and Juventus whilst a big game at the bottom between Salernitana and Spezia ended 1-1. To chat...

It was a weekend of huge derbies in Serie A, and both Lazio and Juventus were celebrating wins over their respective rivals AS Roma and Inter on Matchday 27, coming out on top in the Derby della Capitale and the Derby d’Italia.  Things got heated in both of those games on Sunday, finishing off a good weekend of Serie A action that saw Napoli extend their lead at the top to 19 points and putting the Scudetto within reach as soon as Matchday 31. The runaway leaders beat Torino handily with a...

Hello listeners! Just in case four podcasts from the team wasn’t enough for you this week, we’ve gone and recorded a fifth! This one, though, is a little more special than the rest. We’re here to introduce you to our very own Kevin Pogorzelski’s excellent debut book, Divided Cities: The World’s most Passionate Single City Derbies, published by Pitch Publishing. Kevin joins Conor Clancy to talk through the book, the inspiration behind it, and the thought process that led to him choosing 11 of...

Napoli’s lead at the top of the Serie A table has again extended and is up to 18 points after Matchday 26, with just about everybody else at the top of the table dropping points. Napoli took care of business with an impressive 2-0 win over Atalanta.  Inter stumbled to a shock loss away at Spezia to open the Matchday 26 action, Lazio were held to a goalless draw at Bologna, Sassuolo beat AS Roma in a thriller in the capital, and Juventus overcame a scare to get the job done against...

Matchday 25 of Serie A proved to be full of twists and surprise results as runaway leaders Napoli lost to an excellent Lazio, in-from Juventus fell to defeat at AS Roma, and a recently resurgent AC Milan were beaten on the road at Fiorentina. Fortunately, we’re here to talk through it all and attempt to make sense of it. We had Alasdair Mackenzie at the Olimpico to see Roma’s defeat of Juventus, Ale Bai at the Meazza to watch Inter beat Lecce handily, and Conor Clancy in both Bergamo and...

Serie A produced another fun weekend in Matchday 23, and for nobody more so than runaway leaders Napoli who won at Sassuolo on Friday night and were able to enjoy their weekend safe in the knowledge that their 15-point lead at the top would not be shortened. Conor Clancy, who was at Sassuolo 0-2 Napoli, hosts Kevin Pogorzelski, Euan Burns and Vito Doria for this week's pod. The guys discuss the champions-elect and then turn their attention to the new Juventus, AC Milan, and also chat...

After another weekend of fun in Serie A, the pod is back to chat through the best bits - and the worst bits - of Matchday 22 as Napoli continue to storm their way toward their first Scudetto since the days of Diego Maradona. The leaders beat a still-winless Cremonese at the Maradona, and AC Milan even got a win themselves! Atalanta beat Lazio to take advantage of AS Roma's slip at Lecce as well. That and more on this week's pod with Kev and Vito joining Conor. Support this show...

The Serie A title race never existed, and it’s certainly not going to start now. Jose Mourinho was right, and Napoli’s 2-1 win over his AS Roma side only served as the latest evidence that the Partenopei will comfortably win the scudetto this season. To talk through that game and an eventful Matchday 20, Conor Clancy is joined by Euan Burns, Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria. The action didn’t stop in Naples - AC Milan lost 5-2 at home to a Sassuolo previously without a win in eight, Juventus...

Matchday 19 brought the Serie A season to its midway point, and it came after the season’s most standout off-field moment so far as Juventus were hit with a 15-point deduction. To follow it, they drew 3-3 in a stunning game against Atalanta in Turin. To talk through that and all the rest of the action, Conor Clancy has Kevin Pogorzelski, Vito Doria and Euan Burns by his side. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Serie A Matchday 18 was yet another thriller, with Napoli thumping Juventus 5-1 to get it started, and Atalanta even scoring eight goals in a demolition of Salernitana. The weekend’s weirdest moment came in Turin as Kevin Spacey appeared at Torino’s loss to Spezia, and there was plenty more action for us to get our teeth into as well. We had Alasdair Mackenzie at AS Roma’s win over Fiorentina, Conor Clancy at Lazio’s win at Sassuolo, and Alessandro Bai in place to watch Inter beat Verona....