The Irish Times

Shock defeat to North Macedonia ends Italy’s World Cup hopes

Playoffs round-up: Portugal survive late scare while Sweden beat Czechs in extra-time

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 21:57

Ferran Torres double helps Spain end 10-man Italy’s record 37-game unbeaten run

Leonardo Bonucci’s first-half red card proves crucial in loss for Mancini's side

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 21:55

Federico Chiesa fires Juventus to victory over Chelsea

Goal 10 seconds into the second half makes it back to back defeats for Chelsea

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 22:14

Giorgio Chiellini is living his best life as Italy’s beating heart

‘You know how important he is for us on a physical and psychological level. He lifts the whole team’

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 10:15

Mancini’s Italianism, his team’s rawness and conviction a pleasure to watch

Italy were always winning the shootout, which isn’t a lottery or matter of chance

Wed Jul 07 2021 - 08:32

Roberto Mancini: ‘almost no one believed we could do it’

Italy delight in reaching the final of Euro 2020 as Luis Enrique looks to World Cup

Wed Jul 07 2021 - 07:11

New Italy has veered away from the ‘Spanish-isation’ of its game

Italy concluded in 2010 that the only way to beat the Spanish was to try to become more like them

Mon Jul 05 2021 - 23:00

Lorenzo Insigne’s stunning goal a defining moment for the new Italy

Italian win over Belgium was their first major tournament win against a ‘big’ team

Sun Jul 04 2021 - 22:30

Italy’s Donnarumma ignores whistles to close in on clean-sheet record

Milan exit upset some fans but goalkeeper has not conceded in 874 minutes for Italy

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 22:30

Wales through to knockout stages despite defeat in Rome

It was an outcome that suited both teams, even if Ampadu’s red card will rankle

Sun Jun 20 2021 - 19:13

Italy look the real deal as Locatelli double helps seal progress to knock-outs

Roberto Mancini’s side efficient and entertaining in swatting aside Switzerland

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 22:21

Di Maria’s double helps PSG make light work of Real Madrid

Atletico battle back for Juventus draw; Bayern too strong for Red Star

Wed Sept 18 2019 - 22:27

Bonucci’s opinion on Kean racist abuse ‘expressed badly’, says Juventus manager

Comments come as Juve target win against AC Milan to edge closer to league title glory

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 17:16

Leonardo Bonucci says he has been misunderstood

Juventus player said blame for racist abuse by fans to Moise Keane was split ‘50-50’

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 16:09

Italian football still stuck in a rut shown up by Bonucci’s comments

Juventus defender said teammate Moise Kean shared blame with racist Cagliari fans

Wed Apr 03 2019 - 14:48

Allegri in his element as he plots comeback of Juventus

Serie A leader will attempt to overturn 2-0 deficit at home to Atletico Madrid

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 19:19

Juventus scores €175m Dublin debt listing

Italian football club has spent heavily on players including Cristiano Ronaldo

Tue Feb 19 2019 - 16:08

United’s tribute to 1999 outmuscles even Ronaldo’s abs

Forward’s volley looked like the difference before United hit back in final few minutes

Thu Nov 08 2018 - 09:21

José Mourinho: ‘People insulted my family, this is why I reacted’

Manchester United manager cupped his ear to Juventus fans after win

Thu Nov 08 2018 - 06:27

Manchester United roll back the years with Turin comeback

Cristiano Ronaldo’s superb strike looked like sealing a well deserved Juventus victory

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 22:21

Manchester United’s shambolic investments lack a grand design

In his third season at the club, Mourinho must take some responsibility

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 07:31

José Mourinho: Juventus at a different level to Man United

‘A big club with a big past but with also desire to have a big future’

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 07:55

Paulo Dybala shines as Juventus sweep away Young Boys

Forward scores hat-trick in Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 20:18

Ronaldo draws a blank on Serie A debut as Juve snatch dramatic win

Champions forced to come from behind away to Chievo

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 22:31

It was ‘year zero’ for Italian football – and then came Ronaldo

Serie A has not witnessed a transfer coup of Ronaldo’s magnitude since the arrival of the Brazilian Ronaldo at Inter in 2002

Fri Aug 17 2018 - 19:10

Arturo Vidal set to make switch from Bayern Munich to Barcelona

Chilean midfielder becomes the latest signing of the summer for Spanish giants

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 18:04

Gonzalo Higuaín set for AC Milan on a loan move

As part of the deal, the Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci will return to Juve after a year

Tue Jul 31 2018 - 14:28

Is Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus ‘the deal of the century’?

Ronaldo had already transformed Juventus’s finances before he even agreed terms

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 08:06

Arsenal push home their advantage and move on to quarter-finals

Danny Welbeck scores two after AC Milan took the lead at the Emirates

Thu Mar 15 2018 - 22:14

Arsenal glimpse season’s salvation with super San Siro show

Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey leave AC Milan revival in tatters

Thu Mar 08 2018 - 21:00

Tears shed for Davide Astori as Serie A stops to remember

‘With that smile that never ended, which let us know how much good you had inside you’

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 11:10

Gianluigi Buffon was the master sculptor of modern goalkeeping

Legendary Italian who has retired from international football embodied so much

Fri Nov 17 2017 - 13:06

World Cup playoffs: Ireland’s opponents in their own words

Journalists from Croatia, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland discuss their teams

Mon Oct 16 2017 - 16:05

Leonardo Bonucci set for shock move to AC Milan

The 30-year-old has won six Serie A consecutive league titles with rivals Juventus

Fri Jul 14 2017 - 15:35