Roma vs Torino: A Serie A Sideshow in the Grand Theater of Geopolitical Chaos By Dave’s Locker International Correspondent Somewhere between the Tiber and the Po, two football clubs will kick a ball tonight while the rest of the planet rehearses its usual slow-motion apocalypse. Roma—capital club, eternal city, home to popes, emperors, and the…
Rasmus Højlund to Napoli: A Nordic Tragedy in Three Acts, Starring the Global Transfer Market as Itself The rumour, like a cheap espresso in Naples’ back alleys, is short, bitter, and impossible to ignore: Manchester United’s Viking-in-residence, Rasmus Højlund, is being courted by Napoli. On paper it’s a mere line in the sports pages; in…
Sunday night in Florence and the Arno is doing its best impression of a mirror, reflecting a city that still believes in beauty even when the rest of the planet is busy uglifying itself. Inside the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Fiorentina and Napoli are about to play a football match that, on paper, is just another…
Juventus vs Inter: The Derby That Could Start a Small Trade War By Dave’s Foreign Correspondent Somewhere Between Milan and Turin, Nursing an Overpriced Espresso The Derby d’Italia is back, and for once the Italian government isn’t the most dysfunctional thing on display. Juventus—fresh from accounting classes and a 15-point deduction that vanished like a…
