Stephan El Shaarawy's goal in the 5th minute was simply stunning. He collected the ball in the midfield, dribbled at the goal and unleashed a curling shot that beat Empoli keeper, Lukasz Skorupski. El Shaarawy would add another in the 74th minute as Roma would go on to win 3 - 1.
Paul Pogba was born March 15, 1993 in Langy-sur-Marne, Siene-et-Marne, France, about 50 miles north of Paris. Born to Guinean parents, he is the youngest of three, with two older twin brothers — Florentin and Mathias — who both ply their trade in football as well.
AC Milan and new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic are currently struggling for form. With just three wins in their first eight Serie A matches, questions about the manager’s future are already being asked at the San Siro. Rightly or wrongly, much more was expected from this team, which spent well over 86 million Euros in the summer.
This Sunday great emotions will return to Serie A, a league that is trying to recover its world-class status after being displaced by La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League. Roma host Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico.
Juventus has won the last four Serie A titles (Scudettos), and lost to Barcelona in the Champions League final last June.
Unfortunately for Juventus, this summer they lost Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez.
Sometimes, you just need to know when to quit while you’re on top.
For Ashley Cole, this could have been valuable advice when he was entering his last year with Chelsea before signing to Roma. After a long season of awkwardly fitting in with his new Italian club, Roma has decided to terminate Cole’s contract a year early.
The most sought after midfielder in the world, Paul Pogba, will not go to Barcelona this summer, according to former Barcelona President and current Barcelona presidential candidate Josep Maria Bartomeu.
"This year we will not sign Pogba because he is not part of our sporting plans,” Bartomeu told Marca.
The internet is flooded with highlight videos. A player simply has to be young, talented, and make a couple cool plays in a season for someone to string those plays together in iMovie, throw some banal techno music over it, and produce one of them. I say this like I hate them, and in many ways I do, but I also cannot deny that watching these videos can be about as addicting as it gets.
After coming off of a very successful season in Italy and in Europe, despite falling to Barcelona in the Champions League final, Juventus have announced their newest kits for 2015.
Nothing too drastic has been changed from their classic white and black stripes, but their announcement video leaves you thinking of everything except “I want to buy that kit.”
Paul Pogba might be in the Blaugrana in two seasons.
According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, representatives from Barcelona and Juventus sat down to lunch and hammered out a deal to transfer the 22-year-old midfielder from the Champions League runner-ups to the champs.
Because Barcelona are under a trensfer ban, the move would take place next summer, Pogba commanding a fee of $112 million.
Serie A title winners Juventus complete the signing of Mario Mandzukic for £13.6 million shortly after their addition of Sami Khedira from Real Madrid. The Champions League finalists are chasing after another successful season in 2015/16, and want to add a Champions League trophy to their collection for the second time in hopes of completing the treble.
The Croatian striker arrived in Turin earlier this week after a medical test, and agreed to a four year contract.
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