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It’s starting to look like nobody in Serie A wants to finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League, and Matchday 30 again saw everybody but AS Roma slip up in pursuit of the remaining places behind Napoli and Lazio.Juventus lost at Sassuolo, AC Milan drew at Bologna and Inter lost at home to Monza. Napoli themselves drew 0-0 at home to Verona and Lazio beat Spezia 3-0 in Liguria. At the bottom, Cremonese managed their third win of the Serie A season at home to Empoli and Sampdoria drew at Lecce. Torino and Salernitana drew as well.To chat through all the above, Euan Burns steps into the host’s seat and has Vito Doria and Kev Pogorzelski to help him through.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Apr 202353min

There was one particularly stunning result in Serie A on Matchday 28 which saw AC Milan win 4-0 away at runaway league leaders Napoli. That is where much of the focus lies but with all of the other teams chasing a Champions League place also winning except for Inter, we look at how long Simone Inzaghi has likely got left in the job. It was an undramatic set of wins for Atalanta, AS Roma, Lazio and Juventus whilst a big game at the bottom between Salernitana and Spezia ended 1-1. To chat through it all, Euan Burns is joined by Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Apr 202350min

It was a weekend of huge derbies in Serie A, and both Lazio and Juventus were celebrating wins over their respective rivals AS Roma and Inter on Matchday 27, coming out on top in the Derby della Capitale and the Derby d’Italia. Things got heated in both of those games on Sunday, finishing off a good weekend of Serie A action that saw Napoli extend their lead at the top to 19 points and putting the Scudetto within reach as soon as Matchday 31. The runaway leaders beat Torino handily with a 4-0 win on the road. Elsewhere, Atalanta fought back to beat Empoli at home, AC Milan lost on the road at Udinese, and Scotland’s Lewis Ferguson was on target again for Bologna. Even Sampdoria claimed a huge 3-1 home win over Hellas Verona to get off the bottom of the table.To chat through it all, Conor Clancy is joined by Kev Pogorzelski and Euan Burns. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Mar 202352min

Hello listeners! Just in case four podcasts from the team wasn’t enough for you this week, we’ve gone and recorded a fifth! This one, though, is a little more special than the rest. We’re here to introduce you to our very own Kevin Pogorzelski’s excellent debut book, Divided Cities: The World’s most Passionate Single City Derbies, published by Pitch Publishing. Kevin joins Conor Clancy to talk through the book, the inspiration behind it, and the thought process that led to him choosing 11 of the very best and most passionately-felt single-city derbies in world football, from Asia to Europa and South America. We’re also running a competition to give one of you a free copy of the book, which you can enter on our social media channels. To increase your chances of winning, you can enter on all of those platforms by simply telling us which of the 11 derbies you would most like to visit, be sure to be following both Kevin and the site’s accounts, and remember to use the hashtag #DividedCities. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Mar 202338min

Napoli’s lead at the top of the Serie A table has again extended and is up to 18 points after Matchday 26, with just about everybody else at the top of the table dropping points. Napoli took care of business with an impressive 2-0 win over Atalanta. Inter stumbled to a shock loss away at Spezia to open the Matchday 26 action, Lazio were held to a goalless draw at Bologna, Sassuolo beat AS Roma in a thriller in the capital, and Juventus overcame a scare to get the job done against Sampdoria. To talk through all of the action. Host Conor Clancy is joined by Kev Pogorzelski on the week of his debut book going on sale - ‘Divided Cities: The world’s most passionate single city derbies’ - and Vito Doria as well.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Mar 202353min

Matchday 25 of Serie A proved to be full of twists and surprise results as runaway leaders Napoli lost to an excellent Lazio, in-from Juventus fell to defeat at AS Roma, and a recently resurgent AC Milan were beaten on the road at Fiorentina. Fortunately, we’re here to talk through it all and attempt to make sense of it.We had Alasdair Mackenzie at the Olimpico to see Roma’s defeat of Juventus, Ale Bai at the Meazza to watch Inter beat Lecce handily, and Conor Clancy in both Bergamo and Reggio Emilia to see Atalanta stutter at home against Udinese and then take in Sassuolo’s thrilling late 3-2 win over Cremonese. Fresh back and off the train, Conor is joined by Euan Burns, Vito Doria and Kevin Pogorzelski to disucss all of the Serie A Matchday 25 action. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Mar 202348min

Serie A produced another fun weekend in Matchday 23, and for nobody more so than runaway leaders Napoli who won at Sassuolo on Friday night and were able to enjoy their weekend safe in the knowledge that their 15-point lead at the top would not be shortened.Conor Clancy, who was at Sassuolo 0-2 Napoli, hosts Kevin Pogorzelski, Euan Burns and Vito Doria for this week's pod. The guys discuss the champions-elect and then turn their attention to the new Juventus, AC Milan, and also chat Atalanta, Fiorentina, the sorry situation at Sampdoria and plenty more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Feb 202346min

After another weekend of fun in Serie A, the pod is back to chat through the best bits - and the worst bits - of Matchday 22 as Napoli continue to storm their way toward their first Scudetto since the days of Diego Maradona.The leaders beat a still-winless Cremonese at the Maradona, and AC Milan even got a win themselves! Atalanta beat Lazio to take advantage of AS Roma's slip at Lecce as well.That and more on this week's pod with Kev and Vito joining Conor.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/forzaitlianfootball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Feb 202347min