RIP KOBE
AC Milan played a touching tribute to NBA Legend and lifelong Milan fan, Kobe
Bryant after his tragic passing at the age of 41. Kobe grew up in Italy and saw
Milan as his favorite team. With their hashtag #SempreKobe (Sempre is Italian for
'always'), a presentation was made of numerous photos and clips of Kobe and his
daughter GiGi together at Lakers games and Kobe in the Red and Black of AC. The
Milan fans also revealed a Banner saying: "Rest in Peace Kobe and Gianna, forever
together". The banner was revealed in the 24th minute of the Coppa Italia tie
between AC Milan and Torino.
PUCKER UP
Inter Milan fans were
awarded with a virtual
kiss from their new
midfield general
Christian Eriksen on
Valentine’s Day, which
also happened to be the
Dane’s 28th birthday.
The club posted a clip
on social media which
shows Christian Eriksen
throwing a flying kiss
towards the viewer. The
clip was wittily captioned
“Even though it’s his
birthday, he is the gift
today.”TOTTI TOO
LATE
AS Roma paid tribute
to Kerala origin
21-year-old Nicholas
Kandathiparambil
who passed away
after a fatal car
accident in Rome.
Club legend
Francesco Totti had
sent a signed shirt
to Kanda when he
was in ICU after
finding out about the
incident on Twitter,
but the die-hard
Roma fan didn’t have
the opportunity to
try it on.
BOOK
BUDDIES
Francesco Totti
received a copy of
‘’Na vita in tuta’’
from his friend and
the manager of his
eight-a-side football
team manager Carlo
Cancellieri. The
former Giallorossi
captain attended
the unveiling event
at Circolo Aniene
and congratulated
Cancellieri in person
for the book.
HOT GUARDIOLA
Legend Alessandro Del Piero admits it would be
“interesting” to see Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola
at Juventus and predicts “a hot summer”. Pep Guardiola
has been linked with a move to the Allianz Stadium and the
speculation swelled up when Manchester City were punished
by the FFP and banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach is tied to the Citizens until June
2021, but Del Piero expects something to happen already this summer. “I think
Guardiola is a good fit for every club for what he did in the past and what he is
doing now,” Del Piero told Sky Sports News. “He won I Germany, he won in Spain
and now I guess what’s missing is Italy and France. “It could be really interesting
to see him in Italy, definitely. This summer will be a hot summer, also in football.”
Juventus prepare to face Lyon on February 26 in the first leg of the last 16 in the
Champions League and Del Piero insisted that they are among the favourites to
win the competition.LOOKING GOOD
Christian Vieri can “sense Italy
are going to win Euro 2020”
and believes “only France have
a superior squad” to the Azzurri.
Roberto Mancini’s men qualified
for the tournament with a perfect
record of 10 victories. They will face
Turkey, Switzerland and Wales in the
group stage, playing all those games
at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. “I
don’t know why, I can just sense
we’re going to win it. In the space of
18 months, Mancini has completely
turned the Italy side inside out, the
way nobody had done before. We
are young, have quality and are
courageous. The fans have returned
to seriously being in love with the
Nazionale. “I don’t want to miss a
single game. I already told Roberto
to get me two-three tickets for every
match, no excuses!” Mancini has his
old Sampdoria teammate Gianluca
Vialli as part of his staff with the
Italy squad now. “They are my too
idols! Having people like Vialli, Lele
Oriali or in my day Gigi Riva there
is fundamental, as players feel they
have someone else to rely on other
than the coach. A word from them
and you immediately feel calm
again.”BY^ THE^
NUMBER
SCristiano Ronaldo
is the 1st Juventus'
player to have
found the net
in 10 successive
games played by
the Bianconeri in
the history of the
Serie A.
Torino have
conceded 14 goals
within three Serie
A games for the
second time in
their history, after
January 1959.
With his win
against AS Roma,
Sinisa Mihajlovic
enters the elite
club of managers
with at least a 100
wins in Italian top-
flight.
In the two games
against Verona
in the current
Serie A campaign,
Juventus have
fired 3 shots on
target.
Arkadiusz Milik
has scored 15 of
his first 35 Serie A
goals with his first
shot of the match.
As of February
7, Joao Pedro
had scored 14
goals in the Top-5
European Leagues
2019/20, more
than any other
Brazilian player- the second is
Neymar with 13.