Author: Soccerhuz
Lautaro Martinez confirms he ‘gave my all to be there’ for Inter in the Coppa Italia semi-final against Milan, but will not even be on the bench. The first leg of this showdown kicks off at San Siro on Wednesday at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT). With Mehdi Taremi and Denzel Dumfries injured, plus Kristjan Asllani suspended, the Nerazzurri were hoping they could count on their captain and top scorer. However, after returning from international duty with Argentina carrying a muscular problem, Lautaro Martinez was forced to abandon his hopes of participating in the Derby della Madonnina. “I gave my…
Milan are having a dire season by recent standards, yet the derby has provided some positive moments as they have won two and drawn one. The victories included a late winner in the first league meeting, and an added-time goal to clinch the Supercoppa Italiana, the club’s 50th trophy. The gap that has opened up to the top five spots in the league means that the Coppa Italia takes on some extra importance, because winning it guarantees a place in the Europa League. It would also add a sweet ending to a bitter campaign overall. We start with the man…
So could the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, who have 35 combined NBA championships Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Paul and some of the best players in NBA history have never won an NBA championship. Some of the best basketball players in the world right now are trying to win their first rings. And some big men spent decades dominating the hardwood, adding trophy after trophy to their case. Since 1949, team after team has attempted to win a trophy and surpass the competition. But some squads truly stand out and created history while winning it all. Here is…
There are eight games left in the 2024-25 NBA regular season for the Los Angeles Lakers. The race towards the finish line is going to involve some serious obstacles. The Lakers have the second toughest remaining strength of schedule in the league for this key stretch left in this year’s campaign. The opponents for these last eight games have a cumulative winning percentage of .593. This slate of matchups includes two fixtures each against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The Lakers will also face the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. With standings such an important part of…
Veteran Al Horford turned back the clock to help the NBA champion Boston Celtics notch a ninth straight victory and nab a franchise first with a 117-103 win over the Grizzlies in Memphis on Monday. Horford, 38, led the Celtics’ scoring with 26 points off the bench. Jayson Tatum added 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Celtics defense stymied the Grizzlies in the second half to complete a perfect 6-0 road trip — the longest unbeaten road swing in the club’s history. Boston, second in the Eastern Conference behind the Cleveland Cavaliers, won all six games by double digits.…
The 56-19 Boston Celtics, winners of nine straight games, could be missing several critical components in a clash of Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls on Wednesday. Ahead of a matchup with the rising Miami Heat, winners of four straight, Boston could be without as many as four of their top six players, as Noa Dalzell of CLNS details. Four-time All-Star Celtics small forward Jaylen Brown is considered questionable to play through a right knee posterior impingement. The 6-foot-6 University of California at Berkeley product, 28, sat out Boston’s 117-103 victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday with the ailment. Brown has…
Dorian Finney-Smith and Gabe Vincent combined for 20 points each as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated a feisty Houston Rockets side 104-98 at the Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday (IST). On a night where the Lakers’ top stars in Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves failed to display efficiency from the court, Finney-Smith and Vincent combined for 12 three-pointers and helped down the Rockets. The Lakers starting five were only able to sink four out of 20 attempted shots from behind the three-point line. With the win, the Lakers improved to a 46-29 record this season and managed to move…
The Memphis Grizzlies stunned the basketball world last week by firing longtime coach Taylor Jenkins with just nine games to play. While it will go down as one of the most shocking firings in NBA history due to the unprecedented timing for a playoff-bound team, the Grizzlies appeared headed for a split one way or another. According to a new ESPN report, if Jenkins wasn’t fired, Memphis might have been preparing to part ways with star guard Ja Morant. As ESPN’s Tim MacMahon detailed Monday, Morant wasn’t a fan of the new offense that Jenkins and the Grizzlies’ new-look coaching…
According to a report from La Gazzetta dello Sport, Roberto De Zerbi has emerged as the favourite to take over from Sérgio Conceição at AC Milan. The Italian outlet writes that Conceição looks unlikely to remain as head coach past the end of this season, even if he is able to bring Milan silverware in the Coppa Italia. After two foreign coaches. want to return to an Italian manager. De Zerbi’s agent is reported to have met with Fabio Paratici in Milan, with the former Tottenham Hotspur executive likely to become Milan’s new sporting director at the end of the…
Coach Conceição’s AC Milan are ready to face Simone Inzaghi’s Inter in the 2024/25 Coppa Italia semi-finals, with tonight’s first-leg clash scheduled for 21:00 CEST at San Siro. Coach Conceição’s side are ready to face Inzaghi’s one for a vital match, with both teams looking to progress to the final. Today, it’s all about the Coppa Italia, and here’s our Match Preview to introduce the clash. LATEST FROM MILANELLO The Rossoneri have fared well against Inter this season – two wins and a draw – but they’re also coming into this derby clash on the back of a league defeat…