Author: Soccerhuz
Today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, single out Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Hakan Calhanoglu, Lautaro Martinez, Federico Dimarco, and Alessandro Bastoni. Inter Milan have never quite managed to reproduce last season’s rampant form in Serie A. There have certainly been individual statement performances. And the overall level of the Nerazzurri’s play has largely been high. Buta truly consistent run of results and performances has been lacking. And in the view of the Gazzetta, that hasn’t just been the case on a team level. There have also been a few individuals who haven’t done enough compared to last…
Milan star Christian Pulisic is no longer on good terms with coach Sergio Conceiçao and has asked to leave the club in the summer if the Portuguese remain in charge. Tension is running high at Milan especially after Tuesday’s Champions League exit at the hands of Feyenoord. La Repubblica newspaper confirms Pulisic is unhappy with Conceiçao, adding that the pair had a face-to-face argument after Milan’s loss to Dinamo Zagreb in January, in the last league phase game of the Champions League. The Italian newspaper claims that Pulisic’s relationship with Conceiçao irremediably collapsed, with the American winger asking to leave…
Arsenal may come up against a familiar foe in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, as former Gunners striker Robin van Persie is set to be appointed as the new head coach of Feyenoord. The Gunners enjoyed an impressive league phase in the competition, finishing third with 19 points. Their top-eight placement allowed them to bypass the knockout phase play-off tie, joining Aston Villa, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Inter Milan, Lille, and Liverpool in advancing directly to the round of 16. They were later joined by Bayern Munich, Benfica, Club Brugge, and Feyenoord, while Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid,…
At least some fans of the Boston Celtics were hoping for a reunion with a former member of the team’s frontcourt. After news broke that Boston big man alum Daniel Theis had been bought out of his contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder after having been dealt there at the 2025 NBA trade deadline by the New Orleans Pelicans, the prospect was a technical possibility. But Theis had other ideas in mind for the rest of his career, and headed back to Europe to join AS Monaco, the same ball club former Celtics floor general Kemba Walker had joined to…
Philadelphia and Boston go head to head tonight. The Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers will play inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this evening, Thursday, Feb. 20. The defending NBA champions have the second seed in the Eastern Conference, only topped by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The New York Knicks trail behind the Celtics. The 76ers are 11th in Eastern Conference standing, with a 2024-2025 season record of 20-34. The 76ers and the Celtics have faced off twice before during this season, with Philadelphia winning in December and Boston taking revenge for that Christmas Day loss earlier this…
AC Milan were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday evening, and Sergio Conceicao must now fight to keep his job beyond the summer. As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes this morning, the situation becomes even darker looking at the Serie A table, where Milan sit seventh meaning they are even outside of the Europa League places at present. However, the possibility to climb the table exists starting with the make-up game against Bologna next Thursday, continuing with the game on the first weekend of March against Lazio, a big rival for the top four. The major…
Kylian Mbappé is no stranger to scoring goals in the Champions League, but he just accomplished a feat that no one in the history of the competition has done before. Mbappé played his best soccer in the second leg of Real Madrid’s knockout phase playoff tie against Manchester City. The 26-year-old bagged a hat trick to lift his side past the defending English champions and into the Champions League round of 16. The hat trick was Mbappé’s first ever at the Santiago Bernabéu. He is now the only player in Champions League history to score a hat trick at the…
The AC Milan management showed in the winter transfer window that they are not frightened of making big changes, and it will be the same in the summer. La Gazzetta dello Sport speak of an upcoming ‘revolution’ regardless of whether Milan get a top four spot and if they were to win the Coppa Italia. It will be interesting to understand what will happen, to see which players will stay and which will say goodbye. For some, it will depend on the head coach (potentially a new one) and the director who will make the choices. Giorgio Furlani will definitely…
Tuttosport newspaper reports Zlatan Ibrahimovic blamed Milan players for their general attitude and had one-on-one meetings with Mike Maignan and Kyle Walker on Wednesday. The RedBird Advisor joined club directors and coach Sergio Conceiçao for an emergency debrief at Milanello on Wednesday following Milan’s Champions League elimination. According to Tuttosport, Ibrahimovic also had individual meetings with Maignan and Walker before talking to the rest of the team. ‘The speech was not long, but it was straightforward,’ wrote Tuttosport. ‘Zlatan held the team accountable without mincing words or omitting anything. The club’s elimination from the Champions League playoffs has caused enormous…
Just six months after his arrival at Milan, the club was already trying to offload Emerson Royal to Galatasaray. The Brazilian has certainly not performed up to expectations, and this is what led the Rossoneri management to consider his sale in the last winter transfer window. The impression is that the arrival of Kyle Walker further complicates matters for the Brazilian, especially since the Englishman’s excellent performances reinforce the former Tottenham player’s name on the list of potential departures next summer. It is difficult to imagine someone coming forward with a 15 million euros offer; it is much more likely…