Author: Soccerhuz
AC Milan are still searching for their first win of the season after they drew 2-2 with Lazio last night, but again they had to come from behind to get anything. As Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports, the game has brought with it a trail of criticism and controversy, in particular on how Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao voluntarily decided to distance themselves from the rest of the team and the coach during the cooling break, which caused a stir. However, that only came after Fonseca’s bold choice to leave two of the best players out of the starting line-up. The…
The summer transfer window ended on Friday at midnight and yet there is still ongoing speculation that AC Milan could make further moves in the midfield. More specifically, Il Corriere della Sera (via PianetaMilan) speak about the idea of Ismael Bennacer’s farewell to Milan and the arrival of Adrien Rabiot as a free agent, given he is without a club after leaving Juventus. Instead, it is almost certain that nothing will come of it. The Algerian left Milanello a few days ago because he was very close to being sold, when Atletico Madrid and Marseille were on his trail, yet in…
Christian Pulisic’s corner kick service helped AC Milan take one point from Saturday’s Serie A trip to Lazio. Pulisic assisted once in the Rossoneri’s 2-2 road draw at the Stadio Olimpico, logging 90 minutes in the match. Fellow U.S. men’s national team midfielder Yunus Musah featured off the bench and played the final 20 minutes. Pulisic’s dangerous corner kick was headed home by Strahinja Pavlovic in the eighth minute, giving AC Milan a 1-0 advantage. It marked Pulisic’s first assist of the new campaign. Lazio would flip the scoreline in its favor after the hour mark thanks to goal from…
The game between Lazio and AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico was probably entertaining for the neutral, but for fans of both clubs it did nothing to dispel the early-season doubts. Calciomercato.com write that the game ‘confirmed that Milan are in trouble’, with just two points amassed from the first three league games of the season which puts them well behind rivals Inter and Juventus, plus even Napoli. The team who took to the field in the capital ‘seemed confused from a tactical point of view, not very brilliant from an athletic one and nervous among their main protagonists’. Lazio exposed…
Luka Jovic faces an uncertain future at AC Milan despite the fact that the transfer window has closed in terms of incoming players for clubs in Italy, a report claims. During the last few days of the transfer market there was talk of Jovic leaving for a club in LaLiga but the window closed there. Now, La Gazzetta dello Sport (via PianetaMilan) talks about a ‘sensational hypothesis’ which has emerged that had never been considered before. The Serbian striker was not cast aside like Divock Origi and Fodé Ballo-Touré for the USA tour and in the first games of the season,…
As the Boston Celtics get set to head into next season, they are the favorites to win a second straight championship. They still have one of the best rosters in basketball, as Brad Stevens brought back nearly an identical roster, and the team’s stars are all still on the squad. But after winning Banner 18 last year, Banner 19 could bring more than just another title. It would give Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown the chance to make history. Winning back-to-back championships isn’t easy. Simply accomplishing that milestone would be enough to cement themselves into NBA lore. But if they…
Former defender Sol Bamba has died at the age of 39 after falling ill before a match in Turkey – as his wife paid tribute, saying it was “an honour to have loved and been loved by Sol”. Bamba, who used to play for Cardiff City and captained Leeds United, was the technical director at Turkish side Adanaspor. A club statement read: “Our technical director Souleymane Bamba, who fell ill before the match against Manisa Football Club yesterday, was taken to Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital and unfortunately lost his battle for life there. “Our condolences to his family and…
Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be thrown in at the deep end next year after Mercedes announced on Saturday that the Italian teenager will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes once the seven-time world champion jumps ship for Ferrari. Rookie Antonelli, who celebrated his 18th birthday last weekend, will partner George Russell as he attempts what he called the “impossible” task of stepping in for F1 icon Hamilton. “He’s such a great figure in the sport of today. And he has achieved so much in his career,” Antonelli told reporters. “So I don’t want to see it as (being) his replacement. I’m just…
AC Milan were hoping for an awakening at the Stadio Olimpico last night against Lazio, but a second half implosion meant the game nearly ended with yet another defeat. Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) reflect on Milan’s chaotic night against an ‘equally confused Lazio’, stating that it is not just the result that is worrying but rather the list of negative signs, from an absent style of play to defensive fragility and now a saga involving Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez. The paper speaks of a ‘split Milan’. Everything revolves around the strong decision made by Paulo Fonseca to leave on the…
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed on the eve of their sister’s wedding when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, police said Friday. New Jersey State Police said the Gaudreau brothers were cycling on a road in Oldmans Township on Thursday night when a man driving an SUV in the same direction attempted to pass two other vehicles and struck them from behind about 8 p.m., less than a half-hour after sunset. They were pronounced dead at the scene some 35 miles south of…