All Posts by Niccolo Conte

Niccolo Conte

Niccolo is a young freelance football writer and aspiring journalist, not only does he update his blog every week or so (www.soccerwrapup.blogspot.com), but he writes for www.serieatalk.com, www.premiershiptalk.com, and www.soccerlens.com.

Alexandre Pato Is Brazil’s New Center Forward

Alexandre Pato Is Brazil’s New Center Forward

Mano Menezes has a tough job ahead of him. He’s taking over as the Brazilian national team coach right after a World Cup of failure for the nation. Carlos Dunga failed to win the 2010 World Cup, and in a country which expects to win the tournament every four years, that’s not good enough. Now Menezes…

Krasic is the Key Player for Juventus

Krasic is the Key Player for Juventus

A season ago Milos Krasic was a blonde haired Serbian winger playing in Russia, this season he has become the new Pavel Nedved for Juventus. While he has created chances provided plenty of assists, Juve’s most recent match was where he showed enormous amounts of talent. Krasic scored a hat trick as Juventus defeated Cagliari…

Goalscoring Eto’o Thrives Under Benitez

Goalscoring Eto’o Thrives Under Benitez

Eto’o has always been known as one of the world’s deadliest forwards, a player with speed, intelligence, and pinpoint finishing. His statistics are incredible, with great goalscoring records at club and international level. But this past season where he won the treble with Inter Milan was a severe drop for him in goalscoring terms. Jose…

UEFA’s Financial Fair-play and why we should care

UEFA’s Financial Fair-play and why we should care

The best way to ruin a club is to take away the profit made from European competitions; so many clubs depend on it so much that if taken away, they could easily go bankrupt. If during a season a club earns 25 million Euros from the Champions league, then the next it earns zero, it…

Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?

Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?

This World Cup has been characterized by teams with two main traits: organization and mental toughness. While it was supposed to be the Wold Cup where Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi were going to explode with their talent, instead we saw less from their teams, and more from other, more organized, and mentally…

Bayern and Inter battle for the Treble

Bayern Munich v Inter Milan

While this years Champions League final may not have the names of Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, or Rooney, it has a massive significance for both of the teams fighting for the trophy. This final is probably the most balanced final we’ve ever had, and while both teams are fighting for the treble, there are even deeper…

Mario Balotelli, Italy’s Brightest Young Star?

Mario Balotelli, Italy’s Brightest Young Star?

Italy’s future in club and international terms is bleak, whether you look at the fact that the Serie A could be losing one of it’s Champions League spots to Germany, or you take into consideration that the Italian National Team is full of decrepit and defensive players. Not only this, but Italy isn’t producing the…