Manager Roberto Mancini’s team played as a unit and, for at least fifty minutes (not consecutive), performed very well. The question is: is it all down to the Azzurri, or is this Turkish side simply a modest one that was poorly organised on the pitch?

The manager has decided that it is time to start trusting those he had deemed worthy of the Azzurri shirt. Against Turkey, Italy are looking for the enthusiasm and desire to play that they have been lacking for years.

The unexpected departure following the victory over Genoa brings the Spaniard’s time in Serie A to an end. Last year, he secured the club’s survival with four matches to spare and won over Parma with his humanity and technical expertise. 

According to Silvio Baldini, his Frosinone side “embodies Italian football”. Following the failures with Cremonese, Spezia and Cosenza, the Tuscan manager has realised that he wants to dominate the game

The men’s national football team makes its Nations League debut against Belgium. The restoration of the ‘Mancien Régime’ is underway – ever new and elegant, just as the manager has always been able to reinvent himself time and again throughout his many careers as a coach

Two whole weekends without a league match, right at the start of the season, are a real blow. Not least because nobody really cares about the national teams – the players least of all.

Frosinone’s goalkeeper was simply sensational against Como; he earned the applause of both his own fans and the opposition’s, saved everything he needed to save and, on two occasions, even more than could reasonably have been expected

The Frosinone attacking midfielder had been deemed too short to play football by the Red Bull Salzburg management. First at Werder Bremen and now in Serie A, the Austrian is proving that even a short forward can play football well

With a burst of pace in the box, the Juventus centre-forward proved decisive in the match against Atalanta. The box was his, and the goal was not scored but prevented.