Emmet Gates

Emmet is an Irish/Argentine football journalist who lives in London. Emmet has been writing about the Italian game for more than a decade with a host of publications. Read More

Latest posts by Emmet Gates

Juventus’ Darkest Day at the Allianz Stadium Highlights Inexperience of Thiago Motta’s Youthful Charges

Juventus suffered their worst home defeat in nearly 60 years against Atalanta, and the pressure is growing on Thiago Motta. ... Read More
Juventus McKennie

Juan Sebastian Veron at 50: The Little Witch Who Dazzled Serie A

Juan Sebastian Veron at 50: The Argentine maestro was one of the best players in the world during a the golden era of football. ... Read More
Veron

Sassuolo Can Take Another Huge Step Towards Serie A With Victory Over Play-Off Chasing Bari

Sassuolo welcome Bari to the Mapei Stadium in a match the away side need to win to keep on the promotion playoff hunt. ... Read More

Serie B’s Heavyweights Meet On Saturday When Sampdoria Host Palermo at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Leonardo Semplici and Alessio Dionisi both need the points as Sampdoria and Palermo - Serie B's most followed clubs - go head to head on Saturday. ... Read More
Samp Niang

The Napoli-Inter Scudetto Showdown We All Wanted

Napoli earned a 1-1 draw with Inter at the Stadio Diego Maradona, and Antonio Conte will be the happier of the two managers. ... Read More
Napoli Inter

Napoli Versus Inter Milan: The Scudetto Decider?

Napoli and Inter face off in the biggest game of the season on Saturday, a potential title decider that could shape the rest of the campaign. ... Read More
Inzaghi Conte

How Italy’s Stadium Projects Are Progressing Ahead of Euro 2032

Italy won the right to co-host Euro 2032 along with Turkey, and various projects are in a state of flux. Here is the latest news on them. ... Read More
Italian stadia

‘Penalty King’ Vanja Milinkovic-Savic Leading the Case for Calcio’s Goalkeepers’ Union

Torino's Vanja Milinkovic-Savic was in fine form against AC Milan, and the Serb goalkeeper has now saved four penalties this season. ... Read More

AC Milan’s Self-Inflicted Wounds Painting Picture of a Season to Forget

AC Milan suffered another defeat at the weekend, losing 2-1 to Torino in a game characterised by errors, a symptom of their season. ... Read More
Milan Torino

Spezia and Catanzaro Clash in the Battle of the Serie B Hotshots

Spezia face Catanzaro this weekend in Serie B, a game that'll see two of the league's deadliest strikers face off. ... Read More

Paulo Dybala’s Porto Display is a Reminder of his Enduring Brilliance

Paulo Dybala was on fine form in the 3-2 win over Porto in the Europa League, and La Joya is one of the last of his kind in the modern game. ... Read More
Dybala

Serie A Forced to Reassess Its European Credentials After Disastrous Week

It's been a disastrous week for Serie A in Europe, and the exits of Juventus, AC Milan and Atalanta highlight a big issue. ... Read More
Juve Eindhoven