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Uncharacteristic Optimism, Anniversary Edition
Milan Obsession - February 21, 2024 21:40 - 42 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week marked the thirteenth anniversary of the Milan Obsession Blog and the eleventh anniversary of the Milan Obsession Podcast. To help mark the occasion and help recap recent matches and discuss all things Milan, I invited Sal from the Curva Mundial Podcast back on. We took a quick trip do...
Italian Serie A Podcast: Monza beat AC Milan, Bologna win at Lazio
Forza Italian Football - February 20, 2024 21:40 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMatchday 25 of this 2023/24 Serie A season saw even more excitement and twists, with Monza stealing the show by beating AC Milan 4-2 on Sunday night. This Italian Football Podcast is here to discuss all of the weekend's action. Bologna also picked up a memorable win by beating Lazio 2-1 in the ...
Italian Serie A Podcast: Inter beat Juventus in the Derby d’Italia to take hold of the title race
Forza Italian Football - February 06, 2024 13:15 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsItalian Serie A Podcast: Inter beat Juventus in the Derby d’Italia to take hold of the title race Inter beating Juventus 1-0 was the standout result on a weekend of noteworthy Serie A results, and our Italian Football Podcast is here to chat through it all. Conor Clancy and Euan Burns are tog...
Dropped points for Juventus and AC Milan, penalty misses galore
Forza Italian Football - January 29, 2024 15:48 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThere were plenty of points dropped and penalties missed during Matchday 22 of the 2023/24 Serie A season, with Inter reclaiming their place at the top of the table. The Nerazzurri were 1-0 winners away at Fiorentina with Lautaro Martinez scoring his 19th goal of the season, but Nico Gonzalez p...
Inter and Juventus need to dig in, Napoli hammered at Torino
Forza Italian Football - January 09, 2024 09:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsInter were crowned Serie A's winter champions on Matchday 19 of this 2023/24 Serie A season as they scraped a dramatic and late 2-1 win at home to Hellas Verona, with Juventus overcoming difficulty as well to come from behind to beat Salernitana by that same scoreline. Two European hopefuls los...
Juventus close the gap, Bologna slip in Udine
Forza Italian Football - January 02, 2024 08:35 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThe title of winter champions isn't quite yet in the back for Serie A table-toppers Inter after their 1-1 draw with Genoa on Matchday 18 allowed Juventus to close the gap to just two points as the Bianconeri beat AS Roma at the Allianz Stadium 24 hours later. This Italian Football Podcast is her...
Can Milan's Injury Crisis Be Solved?
Milan Obsession - December 28, 2023 12:50 - 40 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsThe catastrophic injury crisis at the club right now is so severe that I actually recorded a podcast about it. And I honestly don't know which of those things is more shocking or distressing. However, I did not take my task lightly, I wanted to talk to someone with some expertise. So I invited Da...
Efficient Juventus win in Florence, misery grows for AC Milan
Forza Italian Football - November 07, 2023 06:32 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMatchday 11 of the 2023/24 Serie A season saw the possible title race take on a new complexion with the headline result being AC Milan's 1-0 home defeat against an Udinese side who were yet to win a game this season. That defeat and victories for Inter and Juventus mean that things are starti...
AtalantaPOD: Season 6, Episode 2
AtalantaPOD - November 03, 2023 23:29 - 51 minutesSturm Graz Review Empoli Review Inter Preview Who's our most important attacker?
AtalantaPOD: Season 6, Episode 1
AtalantaPOD - October 26, 2023 14:24 - 47 minutesNick & Dan are back! Atalanta fans can be made AND born! Season thoughts so far. Genoa Review. Sturm Graz Preview. Empoli Preview. Lesha and the A's (what gives?)
AC Milan and Napoli the teams to beat, surprises aplenty in Serie A
Forza Italian Football - August 31, 2023 09:09 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis 2023/24 Serie A season is wasting no time at all in throwing up excitement, and we are here to talk through a Matchday 2 that saw Juventus, AS Roma, Lazio, Atalanta and Fiorentina all slip up. Napoli and AC Milan remain the teams to beat, seeing off Sassuolo and Torino respectively. The P...
Lecce stun Lazio, Belotti and De Ketelaere refind form
Forza Italian Football - August 22, 2023 08:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThe 2023/24 Serie A season is finally underway, and we didn't need to wait long for surprises to be sprung. We are here to talk through all of the Serie A Matchday 1 action. After Napoli had overcome an early scare at Frosinone to win and Inter subsequently saw off Monza, both AS Roma and Lazio...
Girls at the Milan Game
Milan Obsession - August 01, 2023 05:54 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsWith Milan in the USA, I wanted to talk to someone who attended one of the friendlies, so I invited Sofia back on, since she attended Juventus-Milan with me. We caught up on the recent news, the transfers, then we talked about the earlier friendlies, as well as the team here in Los Angeles. Fina...
Cardinale's Milan: Nothing Is Defined
Milan Obsession - July 14, 2023 13:23 - 49 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsWith a tumultuous June, Milan dove head first into July and the transfer window. To share his Milan Origin Story and help me recap everything that is happening at the Club, I invited fellow Los Angeles fan, Nolan for this podcast. We talked about the sporting sector, the players who left, the ...
The One About Maldini, Tonali, and Cardinale
Milan Obsession - June 27, 2023 20:29 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsAfter qualifying for the Champions League, Ibrahimović retired, Cardinale sacked Maldini and Massara, and everything has fallen apart for Milan. Despite the hopelessness surrounding the club and a Maldini-free future, the transfer market, and the future, new guest Furat joined me to share his ...
Serie A 2022/23 Season in review: Glory for Napoli, loads of finals, even more kits
Forza Italian Football - June 22, 2023 17:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThe 2022/23 season of Italian football has (finally) come to a close and it is fair to say it has been an entertaining one. We had a fourth different Serie A winner in four years, which was Napoli with their first title in 33 years. There was also an additional relegation playoff at the end of...
The Serie A season that just won’t end
Forza Italian Football - June 08, 2023 12:25 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThe 2022/23 Serie A season is ove… nope! Before the curtain finally falls on this seemingly never-ending season, Spezia and Hellas Verona will have to do battle in a brand-new relegation playoff after both sides finished level on 31 points. That aside, the regular season has come to an end with ...
Making Milan Champions Again
Milan Obsession - May 26, 2023 05:52 - 53 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsMilan missed out on all of their opportunities for trophies, including exiting Champions League in the semifinal against Inter. Now we have two games left to make top four and be eligible to compete next year, so I invited a new guest, Sal, of the Curva Mundial Podcast to join me and discuss a...
Juventus hit with 10-point deduction, Cremonese relegated
Forza Italian Football - May 24, 2023 07:59 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMatchday 36 was action packed for issues both on and off the field, with Juventus’ 10-point deduction overshadowing everything else to have taken place over the weekend, even with Cremonese officially suffering relegation from Serie A to immediately return to Serie B. Juventus’ off-field issues...
Champions League Semifinal Derby Preview • AC Milan vs. Inter Milan
Milan Obsession - May 10, 2023 06:23 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsThe last time we met Inter, it was our worst match of the season. Now, we meet in our biggest matches of the season in the Champions League semifinals. To help preview this match, and catch up on all things Milan, I had Boaz join me for this podcast. Boaz was actually at one of the semifinal matc...
Serie A's Champions League fight changes shape... Again
Forza Italian Football - May 08, 2023 20:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWith the six teams fighting over three Champions League qualification spots all facing each other, it was sure to be an important weekend of action in Serie A. Whilst AC Milan, AS Roma and Juventus secured vital wins, things are starting to look bleak for Spezia at the bottom. There was also ...
Napoli miss the chance to claim record-breaking scudetto… for now
Forza Italian Football - May 01, 2023 20:59 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsNapoli could and should have sealed their third scudetto on Matchday 32 of this Serie A season, and Inter’s win over Lazio put it on a plate for the Partenopei. Needing just a win at home to Salernitana, Napoli conceded late to put the champagne back on ice… not that the city of Naples got the m...
Everybody slips up… again
Forza Italian Football - April 17, 2023 20:45 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsIt’s starting to look like nobody in Serie A wants to finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League, and Matchday 30 again saw everybody but AS Roma slip up in pursuit of the remaining places behind Napoli and Lazio. Juventus lost at Sassuolo, AC Milan drew at Bologna an...
AtalantaPOD: Season 5, Episode 15
AtalantaPOD - April 13, 2023 11:37 - 56 minutesWe're back! It's the one where we talk each other off ledges. We're confused. Gasp, che cosa fai? Bologna review, Fiorentina preview.
The Perfect Storm
Milan Obsession - April 05, 2023 18:56 - 55 minutes ★★★ - 24 ratingsSometimes things, big things, happen in life that stand in the way of getting things done. Other times, everything just converges and creates the perfect storm. The first reason is why this episode is being published literally a week late. But the second was the point of our whole discussion. ...
Napoli stunned by AC Milan in Serie A
Forza Italian Football - April 03, 2023 19:10 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsThere was one particularly stunning result in Serie A on Matchday 28 which saw AC Milan win 4-0 away at runaway league leaders Napoli. That is where much of the focus lies but with all of the other teams chasing a Champions League place also winning except for Inter, we look at how long Simon...
Lazio edge eternal rivals AS Roma, Juventus beat Inter, Derby della Capybara
Forza Italian Football - March 21, 2023 19:28 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsIt was a weekend of huge derbies in Serie A, and both Lazio and Juventus were celebrating wins over their respective rivals AS Roma and Inter on Matchday 27, coming out on top in the Derby della Capitale and the Derby d’Italia. Things got heated in both of those games on Sunday, finishing off ...
Special Podcast: Divided Cities: The World’s Most Passionate Single City Derbies
Forza Italian Football - March 16, 2023 11:46 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsHello listeners! Just in case four podcasts from the team wasn’t enough for you this week, we’ve gone and recorded a fifth! This one, though, is a little more special than the rest. We’re here to introduce you to our very own Kevin Pogorzelski’s excellent debut book, Divided Cities: The World’s...
Napoli’s lead is only getting bigger
Forza Italian Football - March 13, 2023 12:51 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsNapoli’s lead at the top of the Serie A table has again extended and is up to 18 points after Matchday 26, with just about everybody else at the top of the table dropping points. Napoli took care of business with an impressive 2-0 win over Atalanta. Inter stumbled to a shock loss away at Spezi...
Rome reigns over Serie A
Forza Italian Football - March 08, 2023 01:32 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMatchday 25 of Serie A proved to be full of twists and surprise results as runaway leaders Napoli lost to an excellent Lazio, in-from Juventus fell to defeat at AS Roma, and a recently resurgent AC Milan were beaten on the road at Fiorentina. Fortunately, we’re here to talk through it all and at...
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