Forza Italian Football

What a weekend of Serie A that was! AC Milan were crowned winter champions despite being hammered by Atalanta, as Inter slipped up away to Udinese. A very cold Conor Clancy is here as host, fresh in the door from Parma's loss to Sampdoria, and he's joined by a happy Vito Doria and an old Kevin Pogorzelski. Juventus got back to winning ways, while Lazio and Roma also won and Napoli fell at Hellas V...

It was a weekend of derbies in Serie A between the Derby d'Italia and the Derby della Capitale, and the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here to talk about all of the action. Conor Clancy and Kev Pogorzelski are in celebratory spirits as Vito Doria returns to the pod, with he himself buoyed by Sampdoria's win over Udinese. There were quite a few draws, a big win for Crotone over Benevento, and a...

The calcio keeps on coming so the Forza Italian Football Podcast is back again to talk through Round 17 of Serie A. It's just Kevin Pogorzelski and Conor Clancy this week in Vito Doria's absence, but the former did his best to carry the load lost without Vito. AC Milan were the big winners, winning against Torino and then seeing Inter and Roma drop points. Juventus saw off Sassuolo, Atalanta won a...

Back for the new year, the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here with the first episode of 2021. Unfortunately without Vito Doria this week, Conor Clancy had Kev Pogorelski and Felipe Caicedo-like super-sub, Rome-based Alasdair Mackenzie, to help him through. AC Milan stay top, Inter hit six, Atalanta scored five, Juventus got four, and basically everyone at the top - Sassuolo and Lazio aside - w...

The fourth Forza Italian Football Podcast in ten days is here, as the guys sign off for 2020 with AC Milan sitting top of Serie A.  It's just a two-man show for the midweek games, with Kevin Pogorzelski joining Conor Clancy to talk through a crazy Round 14. Juventus were hammered at home to Fiorentina, Inter won to stay second, Roma and Sassuolo round out the top four, while Atalanta blew a 2...

It's the penultimate Forza Italian Football Podcast of the year! There's one more Round to play before Christmas, but Conor Clancy was joined by Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria to chat through all of Round 13's action, and there was a lot to get through. The Cristiano Ronaldo fanboys were out in full force as their Portuguese icon bagged twice away to Parma in a routine win that kept Juventus unbea...

The Serie A matches are coming thick and fast in the buildup to Christmas, meaning the Forza Italian Football Podcast team are working overtime and we're back again with a Round 12 pod. It's just a two-man show for the midweek games, with Kevin Pogorzelski staying up late to keep Conor Clancy company, and not for the first time. The guys talked through all of the midweek action, which threw up sev...

It was a pretty packed weekend of Serie A action and the first round of four in the space of ten days so the Forza Italian Football Podcast - and not for the last time before Christmas - is here to talk about it all. Conor Clancy is joined by Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria to chat AC Milan slipping up at home to Parma, Juventus' win at Genoa, Cristiano Ronaldo's four goals in a week, and all the...

There wasn't much excitement on the pitch this week, but the Forza Italian Football Podcast are here to try to make your Italian football intake as entertaining as possible. Conor Clancy was joined by a grumpy Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria to talk through an unusually goal-shy round of action. AC Milan are still unstoppable, Juventus won late in the Derby della Mole, Napoli won again in that Mara...

Serie A is mourning the greatest player to ever play football this week, following the passing of Diego Maradona. His loss is felt more than most in Naples, where Napoli honoured their icon with a 4-0 hammering of Roma, rounding off an eventful Sunday of Serie A. Conor Clancy, Kev Pogorzelski and Vito Doria got together again to chat El Diego, Napoli and all of the weekend's football. Elsewhere, J...

It's Jeremie Boga's world and all of us, Zlatan Ibrahimovic aside, are just living in it. Sassuolo and AC Milan both impressed again to stay ahead of the rest in Serie A after eight rounds of fixtures. Thankfully, Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski, and Vito Doria are here with the Forza Italian Football Podcast to talk through it all, from Ibrahimovic's time-defying brilliance to Sassuolo, Juventus,...

It might be the international break, but the Forza Italian Football Podcast is back again with an extra-special podcast for you! Conor Clancy spoke to Herbie Sykes - author of 'Juve! 100 Years of an Italian Football Dynasty' - to chat all-things Bianconeri, from the club's history in Piemonte and all across the country to their unique ownership and even the recent signing of Cristiano Ronaldo. Bas...

Everyone drew in Serie A this weekend, with AC Milan, Sassuolo, Juventus, Atalanta, Lazio and Inter all picking up just one point, as six of the 10 games ended all square. Napoli and Roma were able to capitalise on those around them dropping points, making the top half of the 2020/21 Serie A table look even more exciting than it had before Round 7. While not much changed in terms of the standings,...

Sassuolo kept up their charge on the 2020/21 Serie A season by extending their unbeaten start with a big win at Napoli in Round 6, but AC Milan stay top as they extended their unbeaten run to 24 games. Juventus got back to winning ways, as did a heavily-rotated Atalanta, while Inter surprisingly dropped points at home to Parma. The Forza Italian Football Podcast, thankfully, is here to talk about...

The 2020/21 season is going to be a lot of things but boring isn't one of them, as Round 5 of Serie A proved with Juventus, AC Milan, and Atalanta all slipping up.  Thankfully, the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here to talk through it all as Conor Clancy, off the back of attending three games this weekend, has an under-the-weather Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria back by his side.  T...

It's 2020 but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still bossing the Derby della Madonnina at 39 years old and after he fired AC Milan to their first victory over Inter in four years this weekend, the Forza Italian Football Podcast assembled to discuss it. Conor Clancy had Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria by his side again to talk through an action-packed round that has seen 41 goals scored in the nine games pla...

Another week of Italian football has come and gone and, naturally, it was packed full of controversy. There was even more fallout than usual in Round 3 as Juventus-Napoli became the game that never was, with the Partenopei stranded in Campania and now facing a possible one-point deduction and nobody really knowing what's going on. Thankfully, though, the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here to t...

Serie A's second round has come and gone while the first round is yet to be completed and the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here with its second show of the season. Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria joined host Conor Clancy to discuss Juventus' slip at Roma and Inter leaving it late to beat Fiorentina in a goal-filled game in Milan, as well as everything else to have happened. Elsewhere, Napoli...

The new Serie A season is finally here and the Forza Italian Football Podcast is back to talk you through every step of it! Starting with Matchday 1, Conor Clancy had Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Concordio Doria with him to talk about everything from Andrea Pirlo's victorious debut on the Juventus bench, to Roma being penalised with a 3-0 win for forgetting a player's birthday. The guys discussed AC...

Another Serie A season has come and gone and although 2019/20 was longer than any season before it, it flew by nonetheless. Now, having had time to let the dust settle on the season that was, Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria reunited for one last time this term to dissect everything from the very top to the very bottom of the table. We also announced the winners of this year's Forza...

Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria are back with the Forza Italian Football Podcast to talk through everything from the final matchday of the 2019/20 Serie A season. We weren't sure we'd get to this point, but the season has now been concluded, Lecce join SPAL and Brescia in Serie B and the title was decided by just one point in the end... sort of. A final round that could have been cr...

The title race and European places have already been decided but the battle for survival will be decided in the final round of this Serie A season. Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria are back with the Forza Italian Football Podcast to talk through everything from Round 37. Conor gets emotional about Papu Gomez and Dejan Kulusevski, Vito struggles to hide his joy with Genoa's thumping a...

Juventus are champions again and the Forza Italian Football Podcast is here to congratulate them. Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria got back together within minutes of the final whistle in Turin to pay homage to Juventus' ninth straight Scudetto. Matchday 36 of Serie A did have nine other games of varying importance, which were all - almost - discussed. After all of that, the guys tri...

There are just three games left in Serie A as Round 35 came to an end on Thursday evening and the title still hasn't been wrapped up. Juventus' loss at Udinese and Inter's draw with Fiorentina means that the Old Lady, Atalanta or Inter can still win the Scudetto this year, with the gap now at six points between the leaders and La Dea in second. Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria are ba...

Juventus pulled within touching distance of the title and SPAL became the first side to have their relegation confirmed in a busy 34th round of Serie A action. Thankfully, Conor Clancy, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria are back with the latest Forza Italian Football Podcast to talk through all that happened. The bottom four all faced off in a huge round of fixtures which saw Genoa earn themselves...