Ten-man Hellas Verona are staring Serie A relegation in the face after going down 1-0 at Empoli. The basement boys have only four games in which to save themselves and 17th-placed Carpi could seal their fate by opening a 12-point gap with victory at AC Milan on Thursday. Verona had chances to score at the Stadio Carlo Castellani but it was Massimo Maccarone who grabbed the only goal of the gam...Full Story »

A captain's goal from Massimo Maccarone beat Torino 1-0 and boosted Empoli up to seventh in the Serie A table Empoli, inspired throughout by the evergreen Maccarone, were dominant in Turin and the former Middlesbrough striker almost opened the scoring with a right-footed drive in the 23rd minute. With Torino retreating in the second half, he did fire the visitors ahead following a scramble for...Full Story »

The Empoli player Massimo Maccarone celebrated his goal away to Bologna in a rather unexpected fashion. His strike put his team 2-1 up and he celebrated by heading over to the stands, grabbing a cup of beer and taking a swig.Full Story »

Massimo Maccarone scored twice as in-form Empoli beat Bologna 3-2 to make it four Serie A wins in a row and move up to ninth in the table. Manuel Pucciarelli also scored for the visitors as 13th-placed Bologna were left empty-handed despite twice coming from behind through goals from Franco Brienza and Mattia Destro. Empoli midfielder Riccardo Saponara's shot after 19 minutes forced Bologna ke...Full Story »

Juventus came from behind to beat Empoli 3-1 on Sunday and record their first win on the road since September 20. Massimo Maccarone put Empoli ahead in the 19th minute but Juve's Mario Mandzukic equalised in the 32nd minute. Patrice Evra then gave the visitors the lead six minutes later with his first goal of the season before substitute Paulo Dybala all but assured Juve victory with his team'...Full Story »

Massimo Maccarone's late goal gave Empoli their first home win of the season and ended Sassuolo's unbeaten start in Serie A. Maccarone's 88th-minute header earned a 1-0 victory for Empoli, who ended the game with 10 men. The Tuscans had the better of the first half but never really troubled Andrea Consigli, although Rade Krunic should have done better than head wide from Manuel Pucciarelli's c...Full Story »

Massimo Maccarone scored a stoppage-time winner as Empoli clinched a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Udinese at the Stadio Friuli. The Bianconeri were looking for their first home win of the Serie A season on Saturday night and Duvan Zapata's 19th-minute opener put them on the right track, the Colombian heading home Antonio Di Natale's cross. But substitute Leandro Paredes equalised for Empo...Full Story »

Empoli rocked Napoli's bid for Champions League football with an emphatic 4-2 win at the Stadio Carlo Castellani.Last year's Serie B runners-up have defied their lowly league position to play some of the most entertaining football in Italy this term and Thursday night saw them thoroughly outperform Rafael Benitez's free-scoring Napoli.Granted, they only fashioned two goals themselves - through...Full Story »

Empoli striker Massimo Maccarone hopes to continue his recent goalscoring form when his side visit Palermo on Sunday. The 35-year-old forward has struck five times in his team's last four Serie A games, including two goals in last weekend's 3-0 triumph over Chievo. Maccarone, who has scored seven goals and set up five more in 21 appearances, told the Italian media: "I hope to keep up this form...Full Story »

Empoli halted a nine-game winless run with a comfortable 2-0 home triumph over Cesena on Sunday afternoon. Massimo Maccarone set Empoli on their way in the 30th minute before Franco Signorelli made it 2-0 shortly before the hour. Cesena could not find a way through as Empoli kept a clean sheet for the sixth time this season. The outcome following Empoli's first Serie A victory since November ...Full Story »