Mina Rzouki cannot hide her disappointment as Inter crashes out of the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid following a disastrous penalty shootout after blowing a 2-0 aggregate lead with an hour to play. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership with a 7-DAY FREE TRIAL to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postcard" mini...
Mar 14, 2024•9 min•Season 3Ep. 77
Patrick Kendrick reviews Napoli 's loss at Barcelona which sees them out of the Champions League, and which means they have blown their chance of making it to the Club World Cup, as Juventus will take the spot along with Inter. What now for the Partenopei? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership with a 7-DAY FREE TRIAL to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, ...
Mar 13, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 76
It's a crazy week in Serie A as Lecce kicked off the managerial merry-go-round by firing Roberto D'Aversa after he headbutted an opposition player at the end of his team’s loss to Verona. Inter’s victory over Bologna and continued dominance in Serie A. The tight race to be among the top 4. For Chronicles Tifosi Patrons only: Analysis of Federico Chiesa’s performance and Weston McKennie’s contributions after Juventus draw with Atalanta. Could Zinedine Zidane be on his way to take over from Max Al...
Mar 13, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Just as we finished recording this week's main episode the news dropped that Maurizio Sarri has resigned as Lazio manager. Here is the Serie A Chronicles team's instant reaction to the news. Our main episode, recorded just before this, will be out shortly, so stay tuned! ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postcard" mini-sodes, Patreon-exclusive content and plenty of video episodes...
Mar 12, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Mina Rzouki chatted with Phil Kitromilides , from The Spanish Football Podcast and La Liga TV, about next week's Champions League clashes between the Spanish and the Italians, as Napoli travel to Barcelona and Inter go to Atletico Madrid for their Round of 16 2nd leg matches. In the 1st legs, Napoli and Barcelona drew 1-1 in Naples and Inter defeated Atletico 1-0 in Milan. You can follow Phil on Twitter/X: @PhilKitro . Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership with a 7-DAY FREE TRIAL...
Mar 09, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 73
The Serie A Chronicles team debated Lazio's 3 red cards against Milan: Were they the correct decisions??? And Patrick Kendrick gave Mina Rzouki and Nicky Bandini a masterclass in commentating penalty kicks in Serie A matches. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership with a 7-DAY FREE TRIAL to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postc...
Mar 08, 2024•9 min•Season 3Ep. 72
The Serie A Chronicles team - and Patrick Kendrick during match commentary - sing Roma 's praises and travelling ultras chants, as the giallorossi enjoy a hot moment since manager Daniele De Rossi took charge of his hometown club. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership with a 7-DAY FREE TRIAL to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "...
Mar 07, 2024•4 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Nicky Bandini breaks down Lazio 's Champions League exit in Munich after the German champions defeated the biancocelesti 3-0 on a night in which Maurizio Sarri didn't have a plan B. What does the remainder of the Serie A season hold for Lazio? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. Stay tuned later in the week when Mina Rzouki chats with Phil Kitromilides, co-host of The Spanish Football Podcast and La Liga TV presenter, to preview next week'...
Mar 06, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 70
🟥🟥🟥 The team feel a bit sorry for Lazio after the biancocelesti had almost half of their team sent off in a loss to Milan. We debate whether all 3 red cards were the correct decisions. (Note: This episode was recorded a few hours before Lazio's Champions League loss to Bayern Munich. Nicky Bandini will have all the details on that coming out later today!). Napoli defeated Juventus in a weird match which felt like the bianconeri should have been 3 goals clear at half time, as Vlahovic and co m...
Mar 06, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 69
In this full free episode, Nicky and Patrick answer questions from our Chronicles Tifosi Patrons: How has Thiago Motta changed from managing Genoa to Bologna and where should he go for his next career move? What are your thoughts on reducing Serie A to 18 teams? What are the pros and cons, and the chances of it happening? What are your favourite grounds that you have been to or would like to go to that are outside of the top teams (seven sisters)? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membe...
Mar 01, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Paulo Dybala starred for Roma with a hat-trick to win the match for Roma against Torino. With the team on a positive run since Daniele De Rossi’s takeover at the helm, could the giallorossi legend stay on next season as manager? Rafa Leao scored a sublime early goal for Milan to keep Atalanta at bay in direct competition for a Champions League place. Could Pioli be on his way out at the end of season, and if so, then where to? For Chronicles Tifosi Patrons only: Juventus scraped a last-minute wi...
Feb 27, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 67
This week Serie A Chronicles reached 500,000 episode downloads of the podcast! It's a milestone that we're proud of... and this doesn't even include downloads from our Chronicles Tifosi Patreon subscribers or our YouTube channel . Go subscribe to them! We want to say a massive GRAZIE MILLIONE from all of the Serie A Chronicles team for helping us reach half a million downloads here on the free version that we publish on the various platforms: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Musi...
Feb 24, 2024•2 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Patrick Kendrick reviews the mid-week action in the Champions League, Europa League and Serie A: Inter v Atletico Madrid (1-0) Napoli v Barcelona (1-1) Rennes v Milan (2-3) Torino v Lazio (0-2) Roma v Feyenoord (1-1, 4-2 pens.) Europa League Round of 16 draw Serie A Round 26 preview Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no dela...
Feb 23, 2024•10 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Come for the match preview, stay for Nino D'Angelo's catchy Napoli Napoli Napoli ! With owner Aurelio De Laurentiis firing Walter Mazzarri this week and installing Francesco Calzona as manager, is it the right time for a management change a couple of days before Napoli 's Round of 16 Champions League first leg match with Barcelona, who, themselves, are not having a great time of it? Nicky Bandini , Patrick Kendrick and Mina Rzouki preview the match-up at a precarious time for both teams... and t...
Feb 21, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 64
For the FULL episode 100% ad-free subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership at serieachronicles.com/patreon where you'll hear the full episode including all the discussion on Juventus, Roma, Bologna's push for the Champions League and more. After a Serie A round in which 31 goals were scored by 31 different goalscorers, Napoli let go of Walter Mazzarri and will try for third-time-lucky with Francesco Calzona. Monza stunned Milan with late quickfire goals and a case of the exes. For C...
Feb 20, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Nicky Bandini breaks down a welcome result as Lazio surprised us and all of Italy by beating a Bayern Munich side which finds itself in a difficult moment. Can they hold on in three weeks time in Germany to go through to the Champions League quarter finals? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE including all of the Lazio v Bayern Munich discussion PLUS... Nicky also discusses Roma 's draw at Feyenoord and Milan 's demolition of Rennes in the ...
Feb 16, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 62
In this week's Patreon extra Patrick Kendrick , Nicky Bandini and Mina Rzouki show some Valentine's Day love for Lazio and dive deep on their chances against German giants Bayern Munich ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 meeting. Can the Aquilotti capitalise on momentum after a solid win at Cagliari with a record-setting Ciro Immobile, contrasted with Bayern's heavy defeat by Bundesliga table-toppers Bayer Leverkusen, to produce an upset in the tie? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Pa...
Feb 14, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Well that's that, then... Inter is a whisker away from the Serie A title after going 7 points clear of Juventus with a tougher-than-expected win over Roma and the bianconeri's subsequent failure at home to Udinese. Plus the nerazzurri have a game in hand which could potentially stretch the lead to 10 points, and would surely deliver Simone Inzaghi his first Serie A title. Acerbi's goal: Should it have been called offside? Lukaku and Dybala M.I.A. as Pellegrini steps up for Roma. We discuss all o...
Feb 13, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Patrick Kendrick , Nicky Bandini and Mina Rzouki round-up Serie A's January transfer window movements. Who were the biggest signings in Italy? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postcard" mini-sodes, Patreon-exclusive content and plenty of video episodes with Patrick Kendrick, Mina Rzouki &...
Feb 09, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 59
After taking the points in the Derby d’Italia, Inter set up a buffer over Juventus at the top of the Serie A table, going 4 points clear with a game in hand. The nerazzurri are brilliant but what about their squad depth? And is the Scudetto race over already in February? Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE, including: Milan enjoyed a comeback win over Frosinone with some recent signings leading the charge. Will Charles De Ketelaere stay at ...
Feb 07, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 58
After recording our Derby d'Italia special , someone was caught out on a hot mic in the Zona Mista ( mixed zone ) questioning why Juventus v Milan isn't the Derby d'Italia. We're not naming names, but it was Mina! This one is not to be missed! Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE and get more of our behind-the-scenes episodes and videos! ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they...
Feb 03, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 57
The Derby d'Italia : A look at the the rivalry, the controversies and the drama through the years between Inter and Juventus . May 5th, 2002 Iuliano & Ronaldo in 1998 Seedorf's missiles against Buffon and more... Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postcard" mini-sodes, Patreon-exclusive...
Feb 02, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Jannik Sinner's magnificent Australian Open win: an historic moment for Italian tennis and sport. Juventus let the Scudetto challenge slip against Empoli, conditioned by going down to 10 men early. Inter pull no punches in a win at Fiorentina. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE, including: Milan get away with a draw after missing two penalties against Bologna. Why is Fiorentina’s play not leading to more positive results? Should Serie A cl...
Jan 31, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Mina Rzouki , Patrick Kendrick and Nicky Bandini discussed the reports that Jose Mourinho could be Napoli's next manager after Walter Mazzarri from next season. What can we expect if it happens? As well as the results of our recent Twitter/X poll on the topic! Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, indivi...
Jan 26, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 54
This week on the podcast we discussed the passing of Italy and Cagliari legend Gigi Riva. European champion with Italy in 1968 and scorer in the final against Yugoslavia (won 2-0). Scorer in the game of the century : the 1970 World Cup semifinal Italy v West Germany (4-3). Hear these two goals in this snippet. World Cup finalist in 1970. Italy's all-time top goal scorer with 35 goals in 42 matches. Star of Cagliari's only Scudetto win in 1969-70, scoring 21 goals in 28 matches. A Cagliari legend...
Jan 25, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 53
After perhaps the craziest start to a Serie A Chronicles episode, with doorbells buzzing, a walkout, beauty products and a false start, we get on to the serious stuff... The disgraceful incident at Udinese v Milan which saw Udinese fans direct racial abuse at Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Milan were able to achieve a sort of sporting justice after the temporary suspension of the match, grabbing a late winner via Noah Okafor. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL...
Jan 24, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 52
After commentating the Supercoppa Italiana Final and getting a good night's rest, Patrick Kendrick tells us about Inter's defeat of Napoli to give the nerazzurri and Simone Inzaghi a third consecutive Supercup title. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no delay, 100% AD-FREE, individual "postcard" mini-sodes, Patreon-exclusiv...
Jan 23, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 51
This week Mina Rzouki , Patrick Kendrick and Nicky Bandini answered the big questions about Milan and Stefano Pioli : Is the pressure now off Stefano Pioli at Milan somewhat after an excellent performance, defeating Roma 3-1 at San Siro, which saw the last of José Mourinho in charge of Roma? Has Pioli shown enough to remain in charge of Milan beyond this season? Is he a victim of his own success by increasing expectations after winning Serie A two seasons ago? And how much is the perception of P...
Jan 20, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Nicky Bandini on the (de)mertis of holding the Supercoppa in Riyadh, and Napoli 's win over Fiorentina to reach the Supercoppa Italiana Final, where they will await either Inter or Lazio. Giovanni Simeone strikes first blood. A double from Alessio Zerbin. A near-empty stadium in Riyadh. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop with no ...
Jan 19, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 49
...and our resident Juventina delivers here, as Mina Rzouki excitedly describes the rise of Juventus and Serbian powerhouse Dušan Vlahović , coming up big with two deadly strikes in Tuesday night's win over Sassuolo to keep the bianconeri hot on the heels of Inter in the Scudetto title race. Subscribe to the Chronicles Tifosi Patreon membership to hear the FULL episode 100% AD-FREE. ****** Become a Chronicles Tifosi Patreon member for priority access to ALL full episodes as soon as they drop wit...
Jan 17, 2024•9 min•Season 3Ep. 48
