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.
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Pisa produced a statement win against Sassuolo in the big Boxing Day game, and now Pippo Inzaghi's men travel to face struggling Sampdoria.
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Sampdoria are in need of a win on Boxing Day as Carrarese come to town, with the Tuscan outfit impressing and in the top half of the table.
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Paulo Dybala was in tremendous form against Parma, and it can be forgotten just how good the Argentine is when healthy.
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Gianluca Vialli is most associated with Sampdoria, but was born and raised in Cremona, and he graduated through Cremonese's youth system.
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Twenty years ago this month Andriy Shevchenko won the 2004 Ballon d'Or award in France, and the Ukrainian more than deserved the prize.
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Inter Milan produced a masterclass in their 6-0 demolition of Lazio in the capital, and it could be a turning point in the title race.
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AC Milan's draw against Genoa angered fans as frustrations begin to mount with the club hierarchy over percieved lack of ambition.
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Catanzaro left it late. Very late. The Giallorossi had come from a goal down at home to Brescia and were hammering on the away side’s door seeking a winner. They’d already had a goal disallowed for offside, and time was fast running out when the clocked ticked into the 98th minute. Following a corner that
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Lazio are top of the Europa League table, and Italian sides are finally treating the competition seriously after neglecting it for years.
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Juventus rolled back the years with a vintage European performance against Man City that will give Thiago Motta some breathing room.
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Bernardino di Betto was a renaissance-era painter born in Perugia in the middle of the 15th century. Famous for his works in the Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome and Siena Cathedral, Di Betto is better known to the world as Pinturicchio (The Little Painter). Pinturicchio, who died in 1513, has always been closely associated
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Palermo play in the Stadio Renzo Barbera, one of the most atmospheric grounds in the country.
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