Thursday’s Italian Paper Round-Up: Inter Milan Tumble, Atalanta Thrash Frankfurt, Roma And Bologna In Europa League Action
It's back-to-back defeats for Cristian Chivu whereas Atalanta sparkled in Germany.
Ben Horlock
Updated on 27 November 2025
Inter Milan surrendered their 100% winning start to the Champions League after going down 2-1 to Atletico Madrid.
Atalanta enhanced their credentials as automatic qualifiers after cruising past Eintracht Frankfurt. Elsewhere, Kenan Yildiz can excel under Luciano Spalletti.
Bologna, Fiorentina and Roma are all in European action today. Napoli seek a different path after the injuries to Kevin De Bruyne and Frank Anguissa.
Inter Milan Defeated By Atletico Madrid – Thursday’s Italian Sports Papers (11/27/2025)
La Gazzetta Dello Sport
After Diego Simeone declared he would like to manage Inter Milan, the Argentine boss showed the Nerazzurri what he is all about after Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League win against the Italians.
Star man Lautaro Martinez was subbed off in Madrid as the hosts scored a last minute winner. La Gazzetta dello Sport sat down and spoke to AC Milan star Adrien Rabiot.
New Atalanta boss Raffaele Palladino secured a brilliant 3-0 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt. La Dea now has 10 points after five matchdays.
Roma, Bologna and Fiorentina all play in Europe today. The latter are trying to reinvent themselves after a poor start in Serie A.
Corriere Dello Sport
Real Madrid target Kenan Yildiz was the star of the show on Tuesday as Juventus beat Bodo/Glimt 3-2. Corriere dello Sport says the Turkish star can flourish under Luciano Spalletti.
Napoli has been forced into many changes across the midfield. Injuries to Kevin De Bruyne and Frank Anguissa has seen Antonio Conte reshuffle his pack but two victories in a row suggests its working.
Inter Milan suffered a late defeat to Atletico Madrid. Piotr Zielinski’s goal wasn’t enough as Jose Maria Gimenez scored a 93rd minute winner.
Serie A leaders Roma take on Midtjylland in the Europa League, Bologna face Salzburg in the same competition whereas Fiorentina play AEK Athens in the Conference League.
Tuttosport
Juventus are slowly but surely beginning to reap the benefit of having Luciano Spalletti at the helm. He has helped Lois Openda and Jonathan David perform.
Weston McKennie confirms he wants to stay in Turin. Meanwhile, Cristian Chivu feels the heat after Atletico Madrid made it two defeats in two across all competitions.
Ademola Lookman was back to his best as Atalanta romped to a 3-0 win in Frankfurt. Franculino Dju is on AC Milan’s radar as a potential Santiago Gimenez replacement.
Daniele Ghilardi has been linked with a move to Torino in January. Atalanta are also in the running for the on-loan Roma defender.
Ben Horlock
Ben has a long standing devotion to Italian soccer and in particular, Serie A. Ben grew up watching legendary presenter James Richardson deliver the latest news and views with the daily papers and breakfast in hand. Not only does Ben follow Italy's top soccer division, he is an avid follower of all the major European leagues. Ben is an expert on all things Serie A and has produced a number of features and news articles for FootItalia as well as UK-based outlets such as HITC, 90min, GiveMeSport and Betfair. In the US, Ben has been published on ESPN and Sports Illustrated.
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