Articles tagged with "calcio"
Video of the Week: Last Day Scudetto Antics
By Francesco | May 16th, 2008I decided, since this weekend Inter and Roma play crucial games on the last day of the season to decide the Scudetto, to post two videos of what happened to both teams the last time they were in the same situation. (Having to win on the last day ...
Giovinco states for the 10,679,564th time that he wants to go to Juve
By Francesco | May 15th, 2008The "Atomic Ant" Sebastian Giovinco has basically said in every interview this season that he wants to go back and play for Juve this summer. So what did the pint sized fantasista say in his latest interview to Calcio 2000 magazine? "I hope J ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/14/08
By Francesco | May 14th, 2008Here's what I found interesting today: -Livorno director Elio Signorelli assumed some responsibility for Livorno's relegation to Serie B. Why? Because he was the one that chose Livorno's strikeforce over the summer. He said that he was sure th ...
Serie A Week 37 Preview
By Francesco | May 10th, 2008Here we are at the penultimate day of the 2007/2008 Serie A season. It has been a long, interesting season with lots of battles in the table but this second to last day is really becoming more important than the last day, because lots of scenario ...
Video of the Week: Great Serie A Goals
By Francesco | May 9th, 2008I thought I'd start posting a video of the week. This week we travel back in time to the 1990s, when the Serie A was arguably the best league in the world. In this video we'll see some of the greatest goals in Serie A in the '90s. ...
Nazionale News
By Francesco | May 7th, 2008Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven't they ever heard of bug spray?), so the FIGC has contacted the clubs of 48 players that Donadoni has on his ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/6/08
By Francesco | May 6th, 2008Here is todays main news from around the Peninsula: - First let's start off with news that can severely hurt two teams. The Disciplinary Committee handed out it's weekly suspensions and it doesn't look good for Livorno. Livorno, who will most ...
The Hellas Verona Tragedy
By Francesco | May 5th, 2008Hey Italy Offside Readers, this nice post comes from Steven of the Palermo Offside. He writes about the decline of storied club Hellas Verona. The Hellas Verona Tragedy I don't know about you guys, but one of the things that sparked my i ...
Farewell Bobo Vieri?
By Francesco | May 5th, 2008There is no denying that Christian (Bobo) Vieri in the late 1990's and early 2000's was one of, if not the deadliest striker in the world. The Aussie-born striker was a goalscoring machine, and scored with such ease. He would just power past defe ...
Sampdoria fan hit with ball, wants to be reimbursed
By Francesco | April 30th, 2008Funny (and peculiar) story out of Genoa today. A Sampdoria fan has asked for 280 euro from Sampdoria midfielder and captain Angelo Palombo (pictured) for an injury he suffered to his finger after a ball struck by Palombo landed in the stands. Mos ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 4/30/2008
By Francesco | April 30th, 2008Here's the news that passed the filter test for today: - Let's start with the man pictured to the left, Sebastian Giovinco. He has for the 187,786th time this season reiterated that he wants to return to Juventus at the end of the season. Ta ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes
By Francesco | April 29th, 2008Everyday I search literally every Italian calcio news site and read the news and rumors of the day. Here are the most interesting things I found today from my scrounging around: - The Intertoto Cup, which only a few seasons ago was considered ...
The Events of 5 Maggio that nobody talks about
By Francesco | April 29th, 2008Hey, everyone, it's Francesco from the Parma Offside. Since Chris has been busy and hasn't been able to update the Italy Offside, I will now handle the duties and hope to give you guys news about Calcio every day. Here's my first post, it's about the ...
We're in deep trouble
By Francesco | April 28th, 2008Just as things couldn't get any worse, they did. More after the jump. HIGHLIGHTS As you can see, Parma lost a crucial game to Reggina 2-1, and now we have at least one foot in Serie B. Cigarini put us ahead with a penalty, then Paci de ...
We're in Trouble
By Francesco | April 20th, 2008Today's loss to Napoli was a bad one. More after the jump. HIGHLIGHTS: This may be one of the games that decides a season. This was a bad loss. It was a sloppy game, and none of the players played well except for Luca Bucci. The whole ...
Loss to Juve, didn't expect much anyway.
By Francesco | April 17th, 2008Parma lost to Juventus 3-0, but it was a game that the Gialloblu' were not really expecting much anyway. The Coop decided that this game was a good time to play some subs, and give the starters a rest. Realistically Parma were never going ...
Draw with Empoli before the big game tomorrow v. Juve
By Francesco | April 15th, 2008Parma drew with Empoli 1-1 at the Stadio Carlo Castellani in the basement brawl on Sunday. Highlights: We took the lead after Budan backheeled it to Gasbarroni, who crossed it for Lucarelli and the man from Livorno headed it in. After th ...
Quick News and Notes
By Francesco | April 10th, 2008Some quick Parma news and notes: -Andrea Pisanu's season is over. He had to have a knee operation and will be back next season. Pisanu was one of our most consistent performers this season and will be an essential part of the squad for next se ...
Parma-Lazio 2-2, not a bad result
By Francesco | April 7th, 2008Sorry I've been really busy, so I'll just put up the highlights: I'll get up a better post later. ...
Parma-Lazio preview
By Francesco | April 3rd, 2008After the tragic incident last weekend, where 28 year old Parma fan Matteo Bagnaresi was hit by a Juventus fan coach and tragically killed, Parma get back on the pitch at the Tardini to take on the blue side from Rome. The Juventus game will ...
Juve v Parma postponed, Parma fan tragically killed
By Francesco | March 30th, 2008Juve v. Parma was postponed after 28 year old Parma fan Matteo Bagnaresi was hit by a coach bus of Juve fans and died instantly. No other news has come out right now, but the way it's described it seems to have been an accident. RIP. ...
Ghirardi basically says Cigarini is going to Juve.
By Francesco | March 27th, 2008Usually there is tons of speculation of transfers during the season that most owners refute, but when an owner actually admits that something is happening, that's when you to have to listen up. Yesterday Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport (If y ...
Parma- 1 Good, 1 Bad
By Francesco | March 25th, 2008So I'm back from my trip to the Caribbean, where I met up with Tanzi and he showed me the bank where he hid all the Parmalat money. Another good thing was that the hotel had RAI International, so I got to see all the Serie A action on Wednesday and S ...
Not a bad result, but tomorrow is the real test
By Francesco | March 18th, 2008Livorno-Parma finished 1-1. The team got an away draw, which is good, but the real test comes tomorrow. More after the jump. Firstly, sorry guys but there are no highlights of this game anywhere, which is a shame because the two goals were nice.
Livorno-Parma, a relegation battle with Lucarelli returning home
By Francesco | March 15th, 2008This is a new ad Parma did for famous Italian car maker Fiat. Lucarelli looks a little overjoyed to be in a Fiat. More after the jump. This game is three things: 1) Cuper's first game in charge of the Gialloblu'. Let's see what affect he has on
Cuper's First Day
By Francesco | March 13th, 2008It's like a new day in Parma. Well, it is a new day. All Parma fans are enthusiastic about the hiring of Hector Cuper. Today was his official presentation and first training session. In the interview he said that he was confident Parma could save
Breaking News: Di Carlo Sacked!
By Francesco | March 10th, 2008Domenico Di Carlo has officially been let go by Lord of Prosciutto (a little late don't you think). The loss to Sampdoria was the last straw. Candidates being mentioned to take over are Carletto Mazzone, Alberto Zaccheroni, Gianni De Biasi, and Nevio Scal
Random Parma Video 11: Cup Winner's Cup 92/93
By Francesco | March 6th, 2008The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (in Italian, Coppa delle Coppe) was a cup that included all the national cup winners of each European nation and put them in a competition. In 92/93, after winning the Coppa Italia the previous season, Parma entered their fir
Roma-Parma, the Curse of the Olimpico continues
By Francesco | March 3rd, 2008Can't say I didn't call this one. Since June 17, 2001, Parma never do well at the Olimpico, and Totti loves to score against us. More after the jump. Highlights: Alright, first, Di Carlo went out with a surprise line-up, like I said, never
Screw You WordPress !
By Marco | February 29th, 2008I had been writing this preview for a little while. It was excellent, Andy Warhol-esque i tell ya and it contained some Wesley Snipes Anecdotes and all.... And i ain’t starting over ! So Here’s your preview Ok maybe all start ove
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