Milan defeated Lazio 1-0 this evening at San Siro as the Rossoneri move temporarily top of Serie A, pending tomorrow’s results. Football Italia’s Player of the Match was Rafael Leao.
Former Milan full-back Davide Calabria has opened up about his experiences playing in the Derby della Madonnina, and has revealed which two players were his toughest opponents when playing against Inter for the Milan youth sides back in the day. The first Derby della Madonnina of the season will take place on Sunday evening.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has been formally sent to trial by the Rome preliminary hearings judge (GUP) on charges of false accounting linked to the club’s financial statements for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Max Allegri admits Milan ‘threw away two points’ in their 2-2 draw with Parma, as they ‘were asleep’ after half-time, but stood up for Pervis Estupinan.
Stefano Pioli believes Fiorentina made real progress beating Rapid Vienna 3-0 in the Conference League, but warns Edin Dzeko they ‘cannot afford to field three attacking players’ right now.
Rafael Leao hasn’t scored a goal at San Siro for Milan since May 2024, in Stefano Pioli’s last game as the Rossoneri coach. Milan star Leao will be looking for his first goal at home in almost one and a half years when the Diavoli host Fiorentina at San Siro on Sunday.
Davide Nicola hints that Jamie Vardy will get playing time against Inter next week, but he was an unused substitute against Como because ‘we didn’t want to take useless risks.’ Cremonese remain unbeaten this season as they secured a 1-1 draw against regional rivals Como on Saturday.
Lazio were beaten 1-0 by arch-rivals Roma yesterday in the first Derby della Capitale of the season. It was Gian Piero Gaspeirni’s first derby at the Giallorossi and he will be delighted to have come away with all three points.
Maurizio Sarri feels his Lazio side didn’t deserve to lose against Roma in the derby della Capitale: ‘We lost the game because of a bad error.’ Lazio coach Sarri believes his team didn’t deserve to lose a derby against Roma on Sunday.
Devyne Rensch and Lorenzo Pellegrini are Football Italia’s Men of the Match as Roma beat Lazio 1-0 in a tense derby della Capitale. Lazio: Provedel 6.5; Marusic 5.5, Gila 5.5, Romagnoli 6, Tavares 4 (46′ Lu.
Genoa are considering a late move to bring Ivorian wing-back Maxwel Cornet back to the club, as reports from Italy claim head coach Patrick Vieira was impressed by the West Ham defender’s loan spell in Liguria last season.
Milan fell to a 2-1 defeat in their 2025-26 season opener against Cremonese, with a wonder goal from Federico Bonazzoli giving the newly promoted side the three points.
Lucas Beltran is on the market at Fiorentina, but only with the right conditions, as there are significant issues with reporting of Flamengo and Zenit St.
According to Sky Sports journalist Keith Downie, while Sunderland are about to complete their ninth signing of the summer, they still expect to finalize more deals before the transfer window closes.
Atalanta still fully intend to extend the Ederson contract, which runs to June 2027, despite the interest from Manchester United and Al-Hilal. La Dea are kept busy by the Ademola Lookman situation and hope that if the Nigerian does leave, it will be the last major departure of the summer.
Cremonese are expected to formally announce Davide Nicola as their new coach on Monday, after he terminated his contract with Cagliari. Football Italia had already confirmed the choice was made to appoint Nicola for the side that just earned promotion to the top flight via the Serie B play-offs.
Atletico Madrid are reportedly down to the final details in a deal for Atalanta and Italy international wing-back Matteo Ruggeri for circa €20m. According to Sky Sport Italia transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio, the two clubs are broadly in agreement and hope to get the paperwork finalised within 48 hours.
After a lull in the talks that led to some pessimism, Roma and Mats Hummels resumed negotiating and reached an agreement. The defender has landed in the Eternal City for the medicals and the signature.
Chris Smalling wasn’t the only Roma player to transfer to Saudi Arabia on Monday, as the Giallorossi also brokered the fairly lucrative sale of Joao Costa to Al-Ettifaq.
After days of negotiations between Lazio and Boulaye Dia, the highly-rated Salernitana center-forward is on the cusp of linking up with Marco Baroni’s squad.
Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland shared pictures of his ongoing holiday trip to Italy, as he enjoyed his summer break on a massive yacht. The Norwegian is on a Europe-wide vacation amid the 2024 Euros in Germany.
Mexico overcame an early injury to captain Edson Alvarez to defeat Jamaica 1-0 to open their Group B play in Houston on Saturday. The West Ham midfielder and one the most experienced players on the Mexican team was sprinting in pursuit of a Jamaica counter when he grabbed his leg and immediately went to the turf in the 27th minute.