Patrick Kendrick on Atalanta leaving it exceptionally late against Fiorentina to book a ticket to the Coppa Italia Final against Juventus, on a night which saw Gianluca Scamacca show his absolute class.
It has been an impressive campaign for Bologna as the in-demand Thiago Motta’s men put Roma to the sword at the Olimpico with another brilliant performance from Joshua Zirkzee and co., all but sealing 4th place in Serie A.
Mina Rzouki on a remarkable European night for Italian clubs in the Europa League quarter final 1st leg. Atalanta went to Anfield and brought home a 0-3 victory over Liverpool, and Roma took the spoils from San Siro with a 0-1 win over Milan…. and both teams probably should have come home with even bigger margins.
Mina Rzouki answers the following question sent in by Chronicles Tifosi Patron Tom Downs, and takes us down an interesting and winding road... "Ciao tutti... Interested to know what the gang think about reports of Conte to Milan in the Summer? And whether the signing of Terracciano is a nod to this?"
Nicky Bandini on Fiorentina's 1-0 win over Atalanta in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi final, with a sensational strike from La Viola's Rolando Mandragora to win the match, and how Atalanta's approach to this match might bode for their upcoming Europa League quarter final tie against Liverpool.
Nicky Bandini discusses Napoli's Juan Jesus' accusations of racist remarks directed toward him from Inter's Francesco Acerbi, and all the confusion and complications surrounding this unsavoury incident.
Nicky Bandini was at The Amex Stadium to watch Brighton mount a fightback against Roma, but never much of a comeback as Daniele De Rossi's side comfortably managed the second leg after demolishing De Zerbi's Brightonians in Rome last week in the Europa League Round of 16.
Mina Rzouki cannot hide her disappointment as Inter crashes out of the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid following a disastrous penalty shootout after blowing a 2-0 aggregate lead with an hour to play.
Patrick Kendrick reviews Napoli's loss at Barcelona which sees them out of the Champions League, and which means they have blown their chance of making it to the Club World Cup, as Juventus will take the spot along with Inter. What now for the Partenopei?