Articles tagged with "aquilani"
Azzurri v Spain Mini-Preview
By chris | March 25th, 2008Basically, nothing is going to be decided today (or tomorrow, depending on where you are). Fringe guys could up their probability of being selected again the next time around, or vice-versa, but there's still too much time between now and April 7th f ...
Lazio - Rioma
By salvatore | March 18th, 2008Well, here we are folks, derby time. There may be few sporting contests on earth as heated as the Derby della Capitale, but there is a chance that this one might just be a bit more civil than usual (not including the comments section here at the O
Il Capitano
By robert | February 28th, 2008Inter(1)-Roma(1) I really can't take this shit anymore. My heart has officially thrown in the white towel. Thanks to this team, I now have Mancini, (to ask him why he made three subs so damn early) Il Capitano (for me to profess my absolute, never end
Gut Check Time Baby
By robert | February 26th, 2008Serie A, Round 25 Who: Inter Milan vs. Roma When: Wednesday, February 27th 2:30 pm ET Where: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza WARNING: This shit may get out of hand. Those seven words basically describe this game. The two top clubs in the Serie A, 90 minutes
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
By Marco | February 18th, 2008Tensions mount as Roma await Real Reports say That Aquilani poked fun at Panucci and a little scuffle ensued. OMR was supposedly speaking to Mexès about getting a Tattoo when Alberto butted in to say '' You should get one of you sitting on t
Lots of Lunedì Leftovers
By Marco | February 12th, 2008You ain’t goin’ nowhere Aqui ! Black, Blue and Aquilani. I’ll deal with Aquilani situation. It’s a little too e Sensitive a subject for Chris to tackle. I mean it would be like a surgeon operating on his own kid! Your judgement c
Roma- Reggina, Bring on the Basement Boys
By Marco | February 8th, 2008It’s on Saturday!?! My bad, completely forgot Roma - Reggina Roma will be welcoming southern basement boys Reggina to the Olympico on Saturday night. La Magica is looking to prove that the Siena game was only a little bump on the road to t
Italia 3 - 1 Portugal, Blue Boys kicked Portugese Coq !
By Marco | February 7th, 2008After seeing the Azzurrini beat reigning U21 Euro champs Holland on Tuesday, the Big boys decided to spank C. Ronaldo and friends 3-1 on Wednesday night! The Azzurri started off the match in their Nice Retro blue Kits with a 4-3-2-1 formation . T
Awaiting the Austrian Swisses, Italia vs Portugal Preview
By Marco | February 5th, 2008* Free Azzurrini fix right here Italia - Portogallo It’s international soccer time again! Italy will be facing Portugal in Zurich on Wednesday. It’ll be their first match since 2004. Both teams have qualified for the Swissaustrian Euro2008
A Pair of Dubious Roma Rumors
By Martha | December 19th, 2007Hot on the heels of the growing reports of the possibility of Levante Christian Riganò returning to Serie A with Roma in January, a story has suddenly emerged about Cristiano Lucarelli doing the same. Of course, since the story comes entirely from Lucare
News Roundup As Kaka (And Jesus) Take Home Another Award
By Martha | December 17th, 2007•Kaka is FIFA's World Player of the Year. Try to control your shock. •Is Luciano Moggi's phone ever not being tapped these days? Another investigation has opened into his behavior because he continued to "influence" football after his banning. Well
Odds and Ends for a Weird Champions League Matchday
By Martha | December 4th, 2007•Roma's biggest Ultra groups have announced that they will not attend the team's home match with Caglari tomorrow. They won't come together elsewhere this time (as they did during the Udine match), but instead will just stay home. •Antonio Cassano
Odds and Ends as We Lose Another One to Jesus
By Martha | November 14th, 2007[All posts related to the death of Gabriele Sandri and its aftermath are collected here. The most recent is on top, and this one is being updated throughout the day as news develops.] •Suddenly indispensable Juventus defender Nicola Legrottaglie's fo
Monday Odds n Ends As Milan Are Victimized Again and Again
By Martha | November 5th, 2007•For the Milan fans among you, this morning I stumbled upon a fantastic gallery of screenshots of all the refereeing errors to which your team has fallen victim this season. Go check it out, and get your righteous indignation on. •Cristiano Riganò
WAG of the Week: Pamela Camassa
By Martha | November 1st, 2007The request this week was actually for Francesca Chillemi, the ex-beauty queen with whom Alberto Aquliani has recently been photographed (she's being coy about their relationship but, as the Italian tabloids say, "the pictures they cannot lie"), but s
Apparently "Int'l Break" Is Code For "Pandemonium"
By chris | October 17th, 2007Gazzetta Has Opinion, Will Work For Food To save me from regurgitating an already well-presented and informative paragraph, I'm cutting and pasting from Martha's post regarding La Gazzetta Dello Sport's suggestions for each team in next summer's transf
The World According to La Gazzetta
By Martha | October 16th, 2007Since we're through all of seven weeks of the season, the time has apparently come for serious transfer talk. To that end, today's print edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport* has a feature on which one player each Serie A team needs to buy -- either this wi
Boys Are Back & Breakin' Down The Bacon
By chris | September 14th, 2007Everyone's Happy To Be Back: Ooh ooh ooh. Roma still exists! I, along with everybody else, can got back to forgetting - thankfully - that Roberto Donadoni still exists, at least for a few more weeks, and get back to the fun stuff. The Grand Imperial Po
Azzurri-Ukraine Preview
By chris | September 12th, 2007Completely avoiding the mediocre boredom that was Saturday's game, the Azzurri get a fresh start against an opponent looking to leap frog into a qualification spot in the Group B standings, which currently look like this: Group B France 19pts (8GP) S
Palermo v Roma: Holy Freaking Awesome
By Martha | August 26th, 2007I'm sure Chris and Kevin will have detailed reports up later, but suffice to say, that was a fantastic match. Roma were utter magic in the first half, moving and playing almost instinctively (sort of the opposite of Juve's weird domination yesterday),
Palermo v Roma Roma Roma
By chris | August 26th, 2007Roma Roma Roma: The wait is over and the much anticipated season opener has arrived. I'm stoked, you're stoked, we're all stoked. The game against Palermo will take place Sunday evening at 8p in Sicily, so clear your calendar. Despite the Supercoppa vi
Season Preview: Midfielders
By chris | August 23rd, 2007Midfield, the bread and butter of Luciano Spalletti's 4-2-3-1 attacking system. One of those systems where the players fit the system, not vice versa, a lot of guys on the squad can fill in adequately at a few position. Essentially divided into two differ
Lookin' For a LB. Anyone? LB? Anyone?
By chris | August 23rd, 2007Seeeeseeeenyooooooooooooo: Official. The Brazilian tradition in the Eternal City remains strong and proud with the addition of that Cicinho guy we've been hearing so much about lately. The official acquisition post here. Oh, and welcome to happily ever
First Post-Nesta, Totti Azzurri Called Up
By Martha | August 18th, 2007Roberto Donadoni today announced his call-ups for Wednesday's friendly against Hungary, a match that everyone with two brain cells to rub together is seeing as a crucial warm-up for the France war on September 8 and the subsequent game in Ukraine. Most
Not So Manic Monday
By chris | August 13th, 2007Your Daily Cicinho Update: Nothing new here. Rosella is holding out for a loan move with an option to buy while Real wants big money right away, because apparently they need about €50m more to throw at Dani Alves and then another €75m more to throw
Roma After A L*zio Fan? Say It Ain't So
By chris | August 8th, 2007In my haste to get out the column yesterday while news was still relevant, I neglected to give much though to the Emiliano Moretti rumors. After much though I have reconsidered. And by 'much thought' I mean direct statements from his brother and agent. He
Roma Nabs Swiss Superstud?
By chris | August 5th, 2007In case you missed it, Roma outplayed West Ham yesterday, but still lost. Good @#$%. Pseduo-semi recap here. And the head of the Roma Offside A/V Dep't, Stefan(o), has provided us with highlights once again. Methinks Philou would like to have that moment
Chivu Imminent (Again) & Other Stuff
By chris | July 24th, 2007First and foremost, a happy birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, Daniele De Rossi. The scary part? He's only 24 and isn't even close to his prime. It's also a shame how underrated he is amongst the casual fans, although it's part of the job desc
Bobo, Bojinov & Disappointment Galore
By chris | July 10th, 2007After I wrote this Daniele Prade issued a statement saying they are not interested in Bojinov, which makes it all the more legitimate. Remember the official denials for Juan and Esposito? Now they're both Giallorossi. I'm just saying. I'm giving it a litt
Is Chivu Still Here?
By chris | July 2nd, 2007So Roma has an agreement with Mauro Esposito and Cagliari and will be taking him on the next boat back to Rome. Wait. What's that? Nope, no they didn't. I guess it was all a bunch of crap. Hold up a second. It's back on. Wait, nope. Just canceled again.
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