Como won, Roma drew, whilst Inter and Napoli lost. From Fàbregas’s entanglement to Allegri’s reverse ‘cortomusismo’

The manager at the helm of the Turkish side (Roma’s opponents) seems to have stepped straight out of a coming-of-age novel. A life spanning from the Bosphorus to the touchline, marked by illustrious friendships, missed league titles and a destiny that has always hung in the balance

The owner of Chelsea funds political movements on both sides of the Atlantic whilst heading an empire that combines football, media, finance and global power

The Juventus player finds himself in an era that no longer labels wingers as such, preferring the term "wide forwards," and the word "forward" inevitably conjures images of goals.

The Nerazzurri managed to beat Napoli at the death, thanks to their star player; a similar scenario unfolded 600 kilometres away for the Giallorossi against Atalanta. Although the goalscorer was not the most celebrated Argentine in the capital

The manager who managed to save the Viola last season has returned following Fabio Grosso’s sacking to try once again to allay fears of another failure

Following former referee Mike Dean’s confession, it is now clearer why certain penalties aren’t awarded: they were just joking

 “Italy must rebuild by focusing on young people. We must nurture talent.” With a long career as a youth academy coordinator and sporting director, the sporting executive sounds the alarm over the future of Italian football