The Italian Football Podcast

In recent months and years there has been an explosion of ACL injuries which has now reached epidemic proportions, with Gleison Bremer, Dani Carvajal, Duvan Zapata and Rodri the latest starts to tear their anterior cruciate ligament in their knee. Carlo Garganese interviews top sports physiotherapist Dr Rajpal Brar to discuss a serious issue that is plaguing Italian football and football in genera...

The 2024-25 UEFA Nations League A Group 2 match between Italy and Belgium takes place on Thursday 10 October at 20:45 CET in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions. Will Luciano Spalletti mastermind a third Azzurri win in a row aft...

From David De Gea Fiorentina heroics as Christian Pulisic scores again for AC Milan in crazy loss, Dusan Vlahovic misses sitter as Douglas Luiz nightmare continues when Juventus fumble away two points in Cagliari draw, impact of Bremer out and Paul Pogba back at Juve, to Artem Dovbyk scores again as Roma fail to make chances pay, Marcus Thuram and Mateo Retegui put on show for Inter and Atalanta r...

Scott McTominay has enjoyed a brilliant start to his Napoli career after his €30 million summer transfer from Man Utd. His impressive stats already read one goal, one assist and a number of impressive performances under Antonio Conte. Did Manchester United and Erik ten Hag make a transfer mistake selling McTominay and replacing him with Manuel Ugarte from PSG for €60m? The Italian Football Podcast...

According to the latest Man Utd transfer news, former Juventus and AC Milan manager Max Allegri could replace Erik ten Hag as Manchester United’s new manager if the Dutchman is sacked. What can we expect from Allegri if he takes over at Old Trafford? The Italian Football Podcast patron Giuseppe sends in a question wondering what Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese think of the troubles the new Juve...

AC Milan are joint-bottom of the Champions League league phase table with zero points from two games after losing 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen. Carlo and Nima react to this result and explain what Milan need in terms of points and performance in order to qualify for the knockout round. This is a clip from the weekly Thursday episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To NEVER miss an episode of The Itali...

Napoli, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan top the Serie A table after 6 matches with 2 points separating them begs the question which of the top 4 are early Scudetto favorites? This is an extended clip from this week's free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts. To listen to this & all other full episodes of The Italian Fo...

From Antonio Conte leading his Napoli to top of the Serie A, Dusan Vlahovic and Lautaro Martinez end goal droughts as Juventus and Inter Milan back to winning ways, Alvaro Morata inspires AC Milan to 5 minute goal explosion at the San Siro, to Lazio new signings continue to impress away to Torino, lucky Roma come back from behind against Venezia, unlucky Atalanta fail to beat Bologna, and preview...

The 2024/25 Champions League matchday two group stage fixture between Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan takes place on Tuesday 1 October at 21:00 CET in Germany at BayArena.   Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, team news, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions. This is an extended clip from this we...

Juventus new boy Douglas Luiz move from Aston Villa hasn't started in the best way after making the move from the Premier League to the Serie A, with reports suggesting Thiago Motta sees the player as a back up to Teun Koopmeiners.   The Italian Football Podcast patron Anthony sends in a question wondering what Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese think of the troubles the new Juventus signing is ha...

After yet another abysmal Serie A performance by Dusan Vlahovic for Juventus, The Italian Football Podcast discusses and debates if it's time to consider the Serbian star a transfer flop while considering to sell him in the upcoming January transfer window. This is an extended clip from this week's free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts an...

Carlo and Nima react to a dramatic weekend of Serie A football, as AC Milan stun Inter in the Milan Derby thanks to an 89th minute winner by Matteo Gabbia. Is this a new beginning for Paulo Fonseca? What went wrong for Inter? We also analyse the goalless draw between Juventus and Napoli, and look at whether Juve should give up on crisis-hit Dusan Vlahovic. There is chaos in Rome as Roma sack their...

AC Milan beat Inter Milan 2-1 in a dramatic Milan Derby as goals from Matteo Gabbia and Christian Pulisic shock Inter, for whom Federico Dimarco scored. Carlo Garganese analyses and breaks down the main highlights from a dramatic Derby della Madonnina as Paulo Fonseca saves his job with a famous victory. Carlo lauds Fonseca’s decision to change to a 4-4-2 formation, and praises the individual perf...

Romelu Lukaku has scored twice in as many games at Napoli under Antonio Conte has The Italian Football Podcast discussing if the duo is the best player + manager duo in football right now. This is an extended clip from this week's free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts. To listen to this & all other full episodes of The...

Should AC Milan sack Paulo Fonseca if the Rossoneri lose the Milan derby in the Serie A to Inter Milan? This is a clip from the weekly Thursday episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To get the full episode + NEVER miss an episode of The Italian Football Podcast (as well as support the show), go to Patreon.com/TIFP or on Spotify to become a Patron for only $2.99 USD per month (excluding VAT). Fo...

Today Daniele De Rossi was sacked by Roma and his replacement is reportedly Ivan Juric. The Italian Football Podcast patron Jonas sends in a question wondering what Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese think of the chaos at the Giallorossi. This is an extended clip from this weeks Q & A episode of The Italian Football Podcast available only to patrons on Patreon.com/TIFP To send in your questions as...

Carlo is joined by special guest Uncle Sharma as Nima is stuck at the airport. Together they discuss Serie A matchday four as a Romelu Lukaku-inspired Napoli thrash Cagliari 4-0. A sterile Juventus and Inter can only draw, Milan end their crisis, while Ademola Lookman returns with a bang for Atalanta. Roma throw away two points in injury time, and we preview matchday one of the Champions League. W...

The 2024/25 Champions League matchday one group stage fixture between Atalanta and Arsenal takes place on Thursday 19 September at 21:00 CET in Italy at Gewiss Stadium. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions. This is a bonus preview episode of  The Italian Foo...

The 2024/25 Champions League matchday one group stage fixture between Man City and Inter Milan takes place on Wednesday 18 September at 21:00 CET in Manchester  at the Etihad. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions. This is a bonus preview episode of  The Ital...

The 2024/25 Champions League matchday one group stage fixture between AC Milan and Liverpool takes place on Tuesday 17 September at 21:00 CET in Italy at San Siro. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions. This is a bonus preview episode of  The Italian Football...

The sad news that Azzurri Italia 90' hero Salvatore Schillaci, who represented Juventus and Inter Milan during his career, has been hospitalized following a bout with cancer, has travelled the world. The Italian Football Podcast patron Anthony sends in a question wondering what Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese remember the most from the Italy FIFA World Cup legend. This is an extended clip from...

How will Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Atalanta and Bologna perform in the 2024/25 Champions League? Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview and break down the Serie A teams, squads, lineups, group and fixtures. We explain the new format of the Champions League and how it works. We offer our favourites to win the Champions League with predictions for winners, top scorer, best player and bigg...

How good is Samuele Ricci? After an impressive full international debut for Italy in the 3-1 Nations League win over France, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese do a profile deep dive on the Torino midfielder discussing, detailing and analyzing Ricci's his profile, stats, age, club background, position as well as the latest transfer news surrounding the player. This is an extended clip from this we...

From Italy shock France in Nations League, Sandro Tonali is BACK, profile deep dive on Samuele Ricci who explodes on to the international stage, Riccardo Calafiori + Alessandro Bastoni outstanding, Federico Dimarco wondergoal, to Luciano Spalletti saved, and France need to replace Didier Deschamps with Zinedine Zidane to get best out of Kylian Mbappe and preview of Match Day 4 in the Serie A, as w...

Udinese and Nigeria goalkeeper Maduko Okoye praises teammate Lorenzo Lucca tipping him to start for the Azzurri soon as the Italy number 9. This is an extended clip from this week's extra free interview episode of The Italian Football Podcast. The full interview is available for free in full on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and on YouTube. To listen to this full interview, NEVER miss an episode of The I...