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Serie A Matchday 24&nbsp;was a big one at the top of the table, with&nbsp;Inter&nbsp;and&nbsp;Atalanta&nbsp;both picking up points whilst&nbsp;Napoli&nbsp;surprisingly drew at home against&nbsp;Udinese.

Inter and Atalanta make up ground on Napoli

It is a busy time in Italian football with the games coming thick and fast. This week, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's Napoli exit, Juventus' unusual captain situation and Inter's impending title charge were on the agenda.

Kvaratskhelia's departure and Juventus' captain situation

The Supercoppa Italiana provided more drama than expected, whilst the January transfer window offers a chance for reflection.

With the&nbsp;Supercoppa Italiana&nbsp;having gone the way of&nbsp;AC Milan&nbsp;and the January transfer window now underway, that is where the focus lies in Serie A.

Italian Football Podcast: Future of the Supercoppa, January transfers old and new

Matchday 25 of this 2023/24 Serie A season saw even more excitement and twists, with Monza stealing the show by beating AC Milan 4-2 on Sunday night. This Italian Football Podcast is here to discuss all of the weekend's action. Bologna also picked up a memorable win by beating Lazio 2-1 in the capital, and Atalanta continued to look good in the race for fourth with a 3-0 win at home against Sassuolo. At the top of the table, Inter extended their lead by beating Salernitana 4-0 at home before Juventus dropped points with their 2-2 draw at Hellas Verona.Elsewhere, Torino beat Lecce 2-0, Napoli-Genoa, Udinese-Cagliari and Empoli-Fiorentina all drew 1-1. AS Roma won 3-0 away at Frosinone.

Italian Serie A Podcast: Monza beat AC Milan, Bologna win at Lazio

Italian Serie A Podcast: Inter beat Juventus in the Derby d’Italia to take hold of the title raceInter beating Juventus 1-0 was the standout result on a weekend of noteworthy Serie A results, and our Italian Football Podcast is here to chat through it all.&nbsp;Conor Clancy and Euan Burns are together in Rome for this Italian Football Podcast recording, and they chat through the recent Derby d’Italia and what it means to the Serie A title race.

Italian Serie A Podcast: Inter beat Juventus in the Derby d’Italia to take hold of the title race

There were plenty of points dropped and penalties missed during Matchday 22 of the 2023/24 Serie A season, with Inter reclaiming their place at the top of the table.The Nerazzurri were 1-0 winners away at Fiorentina with Lautaro Martinez scoring his 19th goal of the season, but Nico Gonzalez produced a truly awful penalty miss that stopped his team from getting a point.That was a crucial three points for Inter because Juventus drew 1-1 against Empoli, having seen Arkadiusz Milik get sent off after just 18 minutes. The gap is now one point and Inter have a game in hand.AC Milan failed to make up any ground on Juventus as they drew 2-2 at home to Bologna, missing from the spot on two occasions. Lazio and Napoli played out a shocking 0-0 draw, and Atalanta reached fourth by beating Udinese 2-0.Elsewhere, Torino beat Cagliari 2-1, Genoa beat Lecce 2-1, Monza won 1-0 against Sassuolo and Verona drew 1-1 with Frosinone.

Dropped points for Juventus and AC Milan, penalty misses galore

Inter were crowned Serie A's winter champions on Matchday 19 of this 2023/24 Serie A season as they scraped a dramatic and late 2-1 win at home to Hellas Verona, with Juventus overcoming difficulty as well to come from behind to beat Salernitana by that same scoreline.Two European hopefuls lost as Fiorentina stumbled at Sassuolo and Napoli were hammered away at Torino, while AS Roma and Atalanta drew 1-1 in the capital. AC Milan beat Empoli 3-0 and Lazio won 2-1 at Udinese to take full advantage of the other sides slipping up.Elsewhere, Bologna drew 1-1 with Genoa and Monza beat Frosinone 3-2.To chat through the above and all the rest of the games, Euan Burns hosts Vito Doria and debutant Ben Dixon for this Italian Football Podcast.

Inter and Juventus need to dig in, Napoli hammered at Torino

The title of winter champions isn't quite yet in the back for Serie A table-toppers Inter after their 1-1 draw with Genoa on Matchday 18 allowed Juventus to close the gap to just two points as the Bianconeri beat AS Roma at the Allianz Stadium 24 hours later. This Italian Football Podcast is here to chat through those games and all of the rest from the weekend.&nbsp; On what was a low-scoring weekend, AC Milan and Fiorentina both claimed 1-0 wins over Sassuolo and Torino, respectively, while fellow European hopefuls Atalanta won by that same scoreline at home to Lecce. Lazio beat Frosinone 3-1 in the highest-scoring game of the weekend, and the biggest shock saw Udinese beat high-flying Bologna 3-0. Elsewhere, Napoli and Monza drew 0-0, as did Cagliari and Empoli, and Salernitana claimed three huge points at Hellas Verona. To chat through the above and all the rest of the games, Conor Clancy hosts Euan Burns, Kevin Pogorzelski and Vito Doria for this Italian Football Podcast.Collapse

Juventus close the gap, Bologna slip in Udine

Matchday 11 of the 2023/24 Serie A season saw the possible title race take on a new complexion with the headline result being AC Milan's 1-0 home defeat against an Udinese side who were yet to win a game this season. That defeat and victories for Inter and Juventus mean that things are starting to look a little bleak for Stefano Pioli and his side, albeit with a lot of the season still left to play. Inter's win came away at Atalanta with another superb goal from Lautaro Martinez. Juventus went away to Fiorentina and whilst they certainly didn't excite the watching fans, they efficiently won 1-0 and they are just two points behind Inter with a lot fewer games to contend with. To chat through all of the&nbsp;Serie A results&nbsp;from&nbsp;Matchday 11, Euan Burns hosts Vito Doria and Kevin Pogorzelski on this weekend’s Italian Football Podcast. There are two Monday night games this week as well, which will be discussed on the bonus podcast over on Patreon.

Efficient Juventus win in Florence, misery grows for AC Milan

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