A Docile Old Lady

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Juventus's Gonzalo Higuain, left, celebrates with his teammate Paulo Dybala after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sassuolo at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)

In the summer of 2012, Sir Alex Ferguson said he knew Manchester United were going to win the league in the 2012/2013 season – Ferguson’s last – on August 17,

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The Prince of Turin

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Look away and you might miss him, that’s how inconspicuous Claudio Marchisio can be. But for Juventus, his absence has been felt so far this season. But perhaps more keenly,

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The Midfield Twilight

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          by Somto Mbah Xavi, Pirlo, Lampard, and Gerrard were born twenty-three months apart, into football families. Xavi’s father, Joaquim Hernandez played for Sabadell in La

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