Austria Vienna coach Nenad Bjelica is hoping his players can bridge the gulf in class between themselves and Atletico Madrid with hard work. Austria go into Tuesday's Champions League clash having performed admirably in their first two Group G games, a hard-fought draw at Zenit St Petersburg following up a narrow home defeat to Porto. Bjelica accepts his side will need to raise their level fur...Full Story »

A late goal from Cyril Thereau denied Atalanta a winning end to the Serie A season as Chievo took home a point from a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. Atalanta led twice with Guglielmo Stendardo first to put them ahead in the eighth minute before Thereau levelled in the 76th. Luigi Giorgi restored Atalanta's lead six minutes from time only for Thereau to level with almost the la...Full Story »

Torino guaranteed Serie A safety with a 1-1 draw at Chievo on Sunday afternoon. Cyril Thereau put the hosts in front after 10 minutes, but Alessio Cerci equalised with a penalty only nine minutes later. As it turned out, they could have afforded to lose, with Palermo's defeat to Udinese condemning them to the drop. Chievo started brightly and Thereau fired over the top from distance before op...Full Story »

Roma wasted the chance to move up to fourth in Serie A as they were beaten 1-0 at home to Chievo by a late goal from Cyril Thereau. The home side did almost all of the attacking from start to finish, but their inability to break down a well-drilled Chievo was punished when Thereau scored on the break in the last minute. The win lifts Chievo to safety but leaves Roma's fifth position under th...Full Story »

Roma wasted the chance to move up to fourth in Serie A as they were beaten at home to Chievo by a late goal from Cyril Thereau. The home side did almost all of the attacking from start to finish, but their inability to break down a well-drilled Chievo was punished when Thereau scored on the break in the last minute. The win lifts Chievo to safety but leaves Roma's fifth position under threat f...Full Story »

Chievo and Fiorentina could only score once apiece in a pulsating 1-1 draw at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, with both sides wasting chances to win. Cyril Thereau gave Chievo the lead in the 17th minute, but Gonzalo Rodriguez equalised less than a minute later. The closest either side came to winning it was when Luca Toni hit a post for Fiorentina just before half-time, but despite the cha...Full Story »

Udinese missed the chance to pile the pressure on third-placed Lazio as they were held to a frustrating draw by Chievo. With the Roman club not in action until tomorrow, a win would have put the Bianconeri up into the automatic Champions League places overnight. They were unable to deliver, though, and would not even have taken a point had Cyril Thereau not missed a first-half penalty for the ...Full Story »

Genoa fell to their third defeat in a row, dropping their first points at home in 2012 as they were edged out 1-0 by Chievo. Cyril Thereau scored the winner in the 30th minute to lift the Flying Donkeys away from danger and level on points with their hosts, whose coach Pasquale Marino's job is now hanging in the balance. The visitors played a disciplined game, deserving their win against a Gen...Full Story »

Francesco Totti struck twice from the penalty spot to end his goalscoring drought and fire Roma to a 2-0 victory over Chievo. The Giallorossi captain scored his first goal of the season in the 34th minute after Erik Lamela was brought down inside the area by Chievo's Nicolas Frey. Totti again converted from the spot with 12 minutes to go after Bostjan Cesar had been penalised for handball. ...Full Story »

Lazio were held to a goalless draw by a brave Chievo at the Stadio Olimpico. The visitors dominated the encounter in Rome but failed to make the most of their chances and had to settle for a point. The result prevented Lazio from leapfrogging Udinese into third place. Instead, Edy Reja's men will spend the Christmas break in fourth. Chievo, meanwhile, have climbed to 12th. The men from Veron...Full Story »