As hosts, Fiorentina welcomed Napoli by commanding possession as they harried Napoli with a press. Napoli were stout defensively and looked to let their individual attacking quality come to the fore. ...

Potential title challengers battled, as Napoli monopolized possession and outshot their visitors. However, they toiled in the wide areas and sent speculative shots from distance until a half-time chan...

Two of LaLiga’s Champions League representatives, in contrasting runs of form, faced off in Madrid. Atlético were rarely tested at the back as Villarreal failed to progress despite seeing plenty of th...

A pair of new managers oversaw an exciting clash between some of Serie A’s prestigious names, where a pair of red cards would shape the flow of momentum. Fiorentina provided a good display in possessi...

Italy’s streak of comfortable outings was put to a grinding halt as they were given their toughest test of EURO 2020. Franco Foda’s Austria side  strained the Italians early on with well-structured po...

Italy made it back-to-back impressive showings as they handily dealt with Switzerland. The Italians were not fazed by the Swiss pressure, regularly cutting through. Their numbers in the attacking thir...

Roberto Mancini, tasked with rebuilding the Azzurri after their disastrous World Cup qualification failure, leads his men to challenge for the European crown. In contrast to the usual ways of an Itali...

In a game that did not fail to entertain, Wolfsburg started strong and hurt a sloppy Leipzig in transition on multiple occasions. However, momentum shifted as the game wore on with the back-and-forth ...

Huge individual moments from Juventus served to undermine Sassuolo’s dynamic play. The home side constantly troubled Juventus defense, both out wide and centrally but were generally wasteful in front ...

With the Serie A crown snatched from them, Juventus, and especially Andrea Pirlo, were under pressure heading into a clash where the usual issues going forward reappeared. A pair of sublime finishes h...