Zlatan was awarded “The Ball of Gold” as the best Swedish soccer player 2008 at the Swedish Soccer Awards in Stockholm. This is the third year he has won this title, and as Ibra said:
“Third time’s a charm. Now it feels like I have been written into the history books.”
The prize jury was [...]

Three points…Clean Sheet…Top of the table - That is what I like to see come Monday morning. All in all, we played an pretty good game - not our best performance, but not our worst either. A full week of training paid off and this win was far more convincing than the lucky break against [...]

What: Palermo v Inter
When: Sat Nov 15 2008 20:30 local time (11:30am Pacific; 2:30pm Eastern)
Where: Stadio “Renzo Barbera”, Palermo
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
How to Watch: Streaming or “live” on Fox Soccer Channel
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Historically, Inter usually win this fixture. True, last year all we managed was a 0-0 draw (see highlights below), but in the 8 games since [...]

Juventus has made light work of Genoa with a convincing 4-1 win in Serie A action overnight.
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I go away for a few days and all hell breaks loose. First, we FINALLY beat Udinese at the San Siro. Samuel makes his long awaited, triumphant return. Cruz saves our bacon yet again to cement his position as Inter’s official super-sub… but for how long? Apparently everyone and their brother wants him (plus Obinna [...]

NICOSIA (CYPRUS) - When he decides which player to take to the Champions League press briefings, José Mourinho always chooses a player who will be in his starting lineup. “I’m pleased to be here and I thank him,” said Julio Cesar in Monday’s UEFA news conference at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia.
The Brazilian was asked about his possible call-up to the national team in the week preceding Inter’s home match against Juventus. He replied: “Like every other player, I hope to be called up to the national team because it’s always an honour to represent the colours of your country. I don’t know what will happen but I’m calm. Dunga will name his squad today and I’ll look on the Internet before going to bed to see if my name is on the list.
“At the start of the season I told Mourinho that I would willingly have taken part in the Olympics but he replied that it was important to start preparations with the rest of the squad and I stayed with the team. Sometimes it’s important for clubs and federations to agree whether to call up players or not for international friendlies, but these things don’t depend on us players, who always want to represent our national teams.”
Julio Cesar also commented on the appointment of Sinisa Mihajlovic as the new coach of Bologna, and the situation at the top of the Serie A table.
“I’ve been good friends with Mihajilovic since my arrival at Inter,” he said. “We always stayed behind after training sessions to practice free kicks. Perhaps this chance has come a bit soon for him but I wish him the best of luck and I hope he does very well. I hope that we win when we face his Bologna, just like we want to do in every match.
“It’s too soon to say who will win the Scudetto, there are still too many matches to go. Milan are a good team, we’ll know more after the Christmas festivities. They have a strong group and the true values will come through as the championship continues.”

Any win is a good win but, geesh, what a nail-biter. Sure, for the first half hour, everything was peachy: Quaresma hits the upright, then Ibra fed a killer ball to Maicon who slotted it away nicely. The second goal came soon after from Vieira with an assist by Quaresma. Then we started piling on [...]

MILAN - Goals from Italian forward Aiman Napoli and Romanian defender Cristian Daminuta gave Inter a 2-1 home win over Udinese in round four of the Campionato Primavera at the Centro Sportivo Giacinto Facchetti.
All the goals came in the second half. Captain Napoli put Inter in front on 66 minutes with a spectacular effort, finding the top corner with an overhead kick from the right angle of the box
Udinese levelled in the 83rd minute when Gulraiz slotted home after Belec’s parry from Ighalo’s near-range shot.
Daminuta sealed the points for Inter in the first minute of added time with an angled shot to keep Vincenzo Esposito’s team on top of the table with ten points.
Inter 2-1 Udinese (HT: 0-0)
Scorers: Napoli 66, Gulraiz 83, Daminuta 90+1.
Inter: Belec; Donati, Daminuta, Rigione, Caldirola (Mbida 85); Beretta, Gerbo, Krhin, Obi (Fortunato 71); Napoli, Bocalon (A.Esposito 61).
Subs not used: Bavena, Wagner, Giacomelli.
Coach: Vincenzo Esposito.
Udinese: Koprivec; Licata, Zapata, Cala, Formiconi; Ursella, Provenzano (Tamasi 74), Mazzarani; Ighalo, Tano (Berget 65), Bradaschia (Gulraiz 65).
Subs not used: Bartolini, Paolucci, Bossa, Casella.
Coach: Rodolfo Vanoli.
Referee: Vivenzi (Brescia).
Booked: Ursella, Gerbo, Mbida.

…But were afraid to ask.
For instance:
- Want to know what kind of dog Ibra has? (French Bulldog)
- How about who his best friend is on the squad (Maxwell) and just what do they do in those pre-match retreats? (spooning may be involved)
Well all this and more can be found in this [...]

What: Reggina v Inter
Where: Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabira
When: Sat. Nov 1, 6pm local time (10am pacific; 1pm eastern)
Referee: De Marco
How to Watch: Streaming or delayed on FSC (8pm pacific, 11pm eastern)
Inter go down to Reggio Calabria to take on the Amaranto to take home 3 points and end their goal-scoring dry spell. [...]