🎙🎥 TV & Soccer Commentary at @CBS @ParamountPlus. Lead @SerieA analyst in USA since 2012. UCL, UEL and more. Formerly at @ESPN @beINSports
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World Cup Best XIs from the group stage!
✍️ My latest for @FOXSoccer
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Switzerland attacks
The Italian defense: nitter.app/RicSarrinho/status/180…
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“I wonder why star players would want to go to a newly promoted team”
Meanwhile, Como..
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Imagine telling a Milan fan in the early 90s or mid 00s that in 2023 they’d be outbid for talent by Premier League giants Bournemouth
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Another look at Osimhen’s insane assist nitter.app/ItalianoCalcio/status/…
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Makes no sense to me that a league where 15th place Brentford would win La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 doesn’t have even one team in the #UCL semifinals.
Something isn’t adding up here
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Great time to remind everyone that Atalanta have the same wage bill as 15th place Championship side Reading
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I don’t often let things bother me on this platform, but seeing this many people in the industry who probably never bothered to learn a second language make fun of Unai Emery’s accent is embarrassing.
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These two games between Inter and Barcelona are the games you show someone to create a football fan for life.
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Why is Kaka agreeing to play friendlies alongside a YouTuber who has no idea what he's doing on the field and could've just seriously injured him. Smh
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Good scouting from Arsenal here. Kiwior has been very impressive for Spezia. Looks very composed for his age - should develop into a starter long term
🚨 Spezia centre-back Jakub Kiwior heading to Arsenal. Fee for 22yo Poland international in excess of €20m. By @gunnerblog for @TheAthleticFC after @DiMarzio #AFC theathletic.com/4109940/2023…
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Sandro Tonali really struggling with the pace and power of the Premier League! 😂
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If you know the battles Acerbi has gone through in his life it’s hard not to be happy for him personally, even if you’re not an Interista
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Benito Mussolini’s great grandson Romano Mussolini scores for Serie B side Juve Stabia
nitter.app/ragionedistato/status/…
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Still can’t believe how good Fikayo Tomori was today. That sliding challenge from behind inside the box is still one of the best you’ll ever see.
He really is playing like a top European defender.
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Inter Miami’s scouting department has really hit it out of the ballpark with Messi & Busquets.
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26 freaking matches undefeated for Milan in Serie A.
For all the fans that kept watching despite the Chinese ownership, Fassone and Mirabelli, Keisuke Honda and Gabi Paletta, Alessio Cerci and Gustavo Gomez... this one’s for you. Buon natale.
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Don’t try to be first, try to be right feels more appropriate than ever when speculating about a person’s death
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Arsenal are getting a very good, young & versatile defender in Tomiyasu who switches between centerback and right back easily. Has over 60 games of Serie A experience at 22 y/o. Gets forward well but really stands out with 1 on 1 defending.
Takehiro Tomiyasu has just successfully completed his medical as new Arsenal player. Deal agreed and signed with Bologna. Here-we-go confirmed. Final fee will be less than €20m. 🔴🇯🇵 #AFC #DeadlineDay
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So apparently none of my 12 streaming services that I pay for or YouTube TV is showing Hungary Switzerland.
What’s a 13th different subscription at this point
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If you’re in NYC, I can’t recommend “No one’s home” enough to watch football. Essentially a three story ⚽️ lounge
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Tottenham get themselves one of the best wingbacks in the world. Completely two footed, so difficult to defend one on one, just as good staying to the outside and crossing as he is cutting inside and shooting. Talented dribbler, good technique and work rate.
Great signing.
Ivan Perisić has signed his contract with Tottenham yesterday night. Official statement soon, two year deal confirmed. ⚪️🇭🇷 #THFC
Contracts and paperworks already completed. ⤵️🤝
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Lobotka, a 5’6 deep lying playmaker with love handles, is dealing perfectly fine with the power and pace of Premier League players.
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Astonishing behavior from group of Cagliari fans!!!!! Once again racist monkey chants as Lukaku goes to take a penalty. That’s one season removed from Moise Kean incident. Something HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS
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Three topics to avoid on social media if you want to improve your quality of life
- Politics
- Lionel Messi
- Cristiano Ronaldo
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All that talent means nothing if you can’t put it together in a game
Joao Felix has been so underwhelming since his Milan debut
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Unbelievable scenes at Stazione Centrale in Milano as Milan fans are headed to Sassuolo to potentially celebrate their first Scudetto in 12 years
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This is a very smart signing for a newly promoted team like Forest.
Freuler is a complete midfielder who even brings European experience playing with overachieving Atalanta
Remo Freuler to Nottingham Forest, here we go! Full agreement for €9m plus add-ons. Remo will sign until June 2025, medical booked 🚨🌳🇨🇭 #NFFC
Huge signing, one more international Swiss midfielder and key player for Atalanta - Miltiadis Marinakis on it, showing ambition again.
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Not sure how Fabrizio even has time to breathe at this point.
It’s been a “here we go” carpet bomb last 24 hours.
Simone Inzaghi to Inter, done and completed. He’s going to be the new manager to replace Antonio Conte, contract set to be signed in the next hours. Here we go confirmed. ⚫️🔵🤝 #Inter
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That Zaccagni goal identical to Del Piero’s finish vs Germany in 2006 World Cup
Unbelievable
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No one saw any of this coming.
No one saw Inter winning the league by more than 10 points.
No one saw Milan leading the league for more than half a season.
No one saw Juventus potentially finishing in the Europa League.
One of the wildest Serie A seasons of the 21st century.
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The Super League is alive and well
Erling Haaland to Manchester City, here we go! Haaland has passed medical tests as new Man City player today, he’s back in Dortmund. It will be OFFICIAL this week 🚨🔵 #MCFC
Man City told BVB board that they will activate release clause [closer to €60m than €75m] in few hours.
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Italy’s World Cup record since 2006 has been identical to that of Honduras
Euro 2021 feels like a blip in the grand scheme of things
We need to ask hard questions about everything. Our youth systems in Italy, the quality we’re generating, why we’ve gotten to this point.
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Juventus can’t sack Allegri because that would mean paying him until 2025. They are stuck in this mess
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Summary of Milan's last decade:
2011: Rebuild
2012: Rebuild
2013: Rebuild
2014: Rebuild
2015: Rebuild
2016: Rebuild
2017: Rebuild
2018: Rebuild
2019: Rebuild
2020: Rebuild
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Reminder of what Napoli spent for some of their star players:
€21m - Lobotka
€18m - Kim
€16m - Zielinski
€15m - Zambo Anguissa
€14m - Rrahmani
€10m - Kvaratskhelia
€8m - Di Lorenzo
Incredible business across the board
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Chelsea take off €56m left back Ben Chilwell for €65m left back Marc Cucurella
Meanwhile, Milan desperately tried to knock another 100k from CDK’s €35m tag for three months last summer.
Then when the referee screws you, it’s truly impossible.
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Can't overstate what an incredible moment this was for the league. The graphic Juventus posted the day Cristiano Ronaldo signed felt like Calcio was finally back after such dark times.
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The only teams you should be praising right now are the ones that said no from the beginning, not the ones that are coming back now with the tails between their legs.
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Fun fact - Marco Verratti never played a single minute of Serie A football. He went directly from Serie B’s Pescara to PSG.
That Pescara team had one of the best ever seasons in the second division, with Lorenzo Insigne and Ciro Immobile as two notable teammates of Verratti
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Marco Verratti, Lorenzo Insigne and Ciro Immobile played together for one season in Serie B.
This was Pescara’s record setting 2011/12 season when they became of the most entertaining second division sides we’ve ever seen. Led by the ultra offensive Zdenek Zeman, these three put on an absolute clinic.
Insigne and Immobile combined for a staggering 46 league goals that season, with Verratti cementing himself as one of the best young Italian playmakers.
Pescara scored 90 goals total that season, 30 more than their closest rival.
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Newcastle United
🏆 Scudetto Battle:
– Milan, Inter, Juventus
4⃣Champions League Battle:
– Lazio, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta
This is the best Serie A season in recent times
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If you’re surprised to see Como being close to automatic promotion to Serie A, remember that they’re owned by the Indonesian Hartono brothers of Djarum Group.
Their estimated net worth?
$48 billion.
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢-𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗭𝗔: 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧!
The club is pleased to announce that Matchday 38 between Como and Cosenza, scheduled for Friday 10 May at 20:30, has sold out in all sectors of the stadium.
We urge you not to purchase tickets from unofficial channels. The Club does not guarantee the validity of these tickets.
Fight for the dream! Every voice counts!
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Nonna beat covid! She’s 91, with emphysema and other conditions so you can imagine how worried we all were when she got it. Her symptoms remained mild throughout and she just tested negative today!
Don’t mess with a nonna Bergamasca.
Just got terrible news from back home that my 91 year old grandmother tested positive for covid back in Milano.
Need the Bergamasca strength to come through more than ever.
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Christian Pulisic has now scored more goals from open play in the league than any current Chelsea player this season
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Salim Lamrani
Every baby born in Bologna gets a Bologna kit
𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐋’𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐈𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐙𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐀
l’iniziativa è stata ideata da Bologna FC 1909 in collaborazione con il Comune di Bologna e con il prezioso supporto di Macron e delle aziende partner Saputo, Selenella e Lavoropiù.
Tutte le info 👉 bit.ly/41JzAZs
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There’s only one Milan player sprinting back like his life depended on it. One.
Goku
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Dream debut for Sandro Tonali. In 15 minutes he scores the first goal of Newcastle’s season and plays in the ball that leads to Isak’s goal
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Just learned Piatek means Friday in Polish. Okay then, #TGIP - Thank God It's Piatek.
Thank me later.
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Last time I felt this physically sick from a football match was Istanbul 2005.
Atalanta, you made all of Italy and especially Bergamo proud.
#UCL 🇮🇹
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Leo Bonucci, who a few years ago said that Moise Kean had a 50-50 role in getting racially abused by Cagliari fans because “he shouldn’t have celebrated that way”, is now the PR spokesman of the Azzurri and is going to be explaining why the team will not kneel before the match.
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Argentina doesn’t deserve the World Cup more than France or any other nation for that matter. This narrative is annoying
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This is embarrassing for Milan
🚨🟡🔵 EXCLUSIVE — Archie Brown: “The deal was basically done with AC Milan. I was ready to go. But then, I got a call from Fenerbahçe president overnight. That changed everything”.
“The passion he showed, the vision… it made the decision clear. I knew I had to come to Fener”.
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#USMNT fans, we look forward to having you on board next season
Christian Pulisic to AC Milan, here we go! Deal in place between clubs as Chelsea accepted conditions of final bid. 🔴⚫️🇺🇸 #ACMilan
Personal terms agreed weeks ago as the player only wanted Milan — pushing for this new chapter.
Medical/travel being scheduled.
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So excited to finally make this news official: I’ve signed full time with CBS/Paramount!
It’ll be my tenth season as the Serie A color commentator and analyst here in the US and CBS is ready to give Calcio the love it deserves. I’m also thrilled to be covering #UCL and more.
CBS Sports Names Matteo Bonetti as Lead Serie A Analyst, Andres Cordero as Lead Play-By-Play Announcer for Coverage on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network
bit.ly/3xVmshK
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Milan's first home game of the season this Saturday against Torino is sold out.
72,000 tickets sold. 10,000 are fans from abroad. Pulisic is making his San Siro debut. Will look and sound great for all of the new viewers Stateside.
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Milan are now 22 unbeaten in Serie A and go five points clear at the top of the table!
It feels unbelievable to even write that.
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One of the most shameful performances from Italy that I’ve seen in my lifetime
Complete and utter failure from Spalletti and these players.
Only Donnarumma and Aura save themselves from this circus
What a disaster
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Between Aston Villa scoring 7 against Liverpool, Juventus fielding a starting XI against a team that was nearly 900km away, United conceding 6, Atalanta scoring 5, this has been a day to remember.
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🎶 Sandro Tonali. Eats spaghetti. Drinks Moretti. Hates f’ing Sunderland 🎶
On repeat since the first minute at St James Park
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Mike Maignan coming in on a third the wage of Gigio Donnarumma was one of the most unexpectedly brilliant moves from the club.
There’s no other keeper I’d take in the world over Maignan
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Fikayo Tomori might’ve just earned his starting spot at Milan. Not the best news for Romagnoli.
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Congratulations Ciro Immobile!
He becomes the FOURTH player in 60 years to score 30 or more goals in a Serie A season.
Incredibly, both Immobile and Ronaldo did it today in the same game.
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All due respect to Malick Thiaw but I’m genuinely shocked Milan were able to get €40m for him.
Igli Tare capolavoro
🚨⚪️⚫️ Malick Thiaw to Newcastle, here we go! New centre back for Eddie Howe.
Agreement in place for €40m package, add-ons included. AC Milan verbally accepted the proposal.
Deal at the final stages as reported earlier and now done. Thiaw only wanted #NUFC. Medical soon.
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Can’t wait to hear what Julian Nagelsmann has to say next
Jules Koundé to Barcelona, here we go! Verbal agreement now in place with Sevilla after the long saga and further negotiations today, waiting to get it signed soon. 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB
Jules Koundé agreed personal terms with Barça last weekend, contract ready. Xavi, key factor again.
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Stefano Pioli giving Cristiano Ronaldo instructions as one of the highest paid managers in the world
Pioli really is on fire nitter.app/mydy1286628/status/183…
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