The Italian press ran a story this week worthy of a Scooby Doo episode: That new Sampdoria signing Samuel Eto’o purchased a 40-room villa in Portofino, Italy that is cursed by Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun for €25 million (marked down from €40 million).
Inter lost 3-1 at Sassuolo on Sunday, and the traveling the supporters were not pleased with the performance. Failing to recognize this, Fredy Guarin and Mauro Icardi, who scored Inter’s only goal, tossed their shirts into the crowd and the crowd tossed them right back.
We’ve known for a long time that Paul Pogba is capable of a stunning goal, but the French midfielder is apparently unable to score anything but stone-cold Bobby Dazzlers right now.
During Juventus’ 2-0 win over Chievo on Sunday, the 21-year-old hit a wonderful left-footed drive on the hour mark (see above). Last weekend, Pogba used his right foot to open the scoring against Hellas Veronas after only three minutes…
Milan defender Philippe Mexes completely lost his mind near the end of his side’s 3-1 loss at Lazio, choking both Stefano Mauri and Lorik Cana. Mexes was shown a straight red and will likely face a long ban for grabbing the neck of Mauri, who was also booked as a result of the ensuing melee.
Not only is 21-year-old Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba incredibly talented, but it turns out he is also humble to the point where his agent is probably crying tears of unimaginable sadness right now. After opening the scoring in Juventus’ 4-0 win against Hellas Verona in just the third minute, Pogba spoke to Sky Italia and contradicted his agent’s assertion that the Frenchman is worth about €100 million.
Back with Inter, Roberto Mancini is in the process of building what could be a formidable squad, but before they beat Genoa 3-1 on Sunday, they turned on their creator. Early in the game, Inter captain Marco Andreolli flicked a clearance that smashed Mancini in the face, sending the former Man City manager to the ground.
Francesco Totti is a 38-year-old man, but for a few moments during Sunday’s Rome derby, he was a teenager again. The Roma captain scored twice in the second half to come back from a 2-0 deficit against Lazio and his 64th-minute equalizer was a stunner of a flying karate kick volley at the far post. He then celebrated by taking a selfie with his own phone in front of the Roma fans of the Curva Sud.
Last month, we discussed the possibility of Sampdoria owner Massimo Ferrero being a crazed hobo. And now we have confirmation that at least the first part of that is true not only for him, but the entire club.
Many top clubs have put together special videos for the holidays featuring players singing songs, wearing ugly sweaters and doing a variety of other things associated with the season. But Palermo decided to go a different route with their video and now Christmas will never be the same again.
Jose Mourinho and Mario Balotelli had their run-ins during their time at Inter and though their relationship suffered for it at the time, it seems that Mourinho can laugh about it now that they’ve gone their separate ways.
In an interview with BT Sport’s Clare Balding, Mourinho tells the story of how Balotelli once skipped a meeting between the two of them so he could attend a Formula 1 event. Mario’s reason for doing this? According to Mourinho, Balotelli told him, “Meetings in your office I can have every day, but Formula 1 is only in Italy once a year.”
Well played, Mario. Well played.
