Articles tagged with "competitions"
Brief thought of the day: Comparing Serie A to the EPL
By alessio | April 16th, 2008There was a Goal.com article recently comparing Roma to Arsenal. While obviously no two teams will match up....here are the comparisons between the Big Fours of England and Italy. Inter-Chelsea Both teams have generally been the "other big 4 ...
Palermo v. Juventus: Colantuono's Last Chance, Really This Time... I Swear
By roberto | April 3rd, 2008Tifosi Rosaneri don't tell me, let me guess. Colantuono's got some secret plan to beat us come Sunday. I mean, that's the reason why Zamparini hired him again, right? Well it's either that, or he persuaded your president for another chance afte ...
Juventus v. Serie A: Can we still win the scudetto?
By alessio | March 30th, 2008For those living under a rock, last weekend Juventus blew the Scudetto race wide-open with a beautiful 2-1 win over archrivals Inter. If anything, 2-1 flattered Inter....Del Boy was in phenomenal form but just wasn't finishing well. The question now ...
Ranieri v. Mancini: Coach's Couch - Derby d'Italia Edition
By roberto | March 26th, 2008Offsiders listen up: I'd like to introduce to you my brand new segment called "Coach's Couch". Here we'll tackle many of world's famous tacticians and their questionable techniques-- all from the marvellous vantage points of our couch. This is a ...
Palm Sunday Victory & Wednesday Night Ashes Before Saturday's Derby d'Italia Clashes
By roberto | March 21st, 2008An 87th minute strike from Vincenzo Iaquinta gave Juventus the victory against Napoli by way of a heavenly first-touch. My goodness I'm obsessed with first-touches now more then ever. Can someone tell me if there's anything more fundamentally important to
Juventus v. Napoli: Preview & Notes
By roberto | March 16th, 2008First and foremost, apologies for the lack of general attention to the Old Lady blog. I've been overseas securing reserves for my new Cambodian breast milk venture. But now I'm back at home and ready to spit out some more of these posts. What great timing
Live Coverage: Genoa v. Juventus FORZA RAGAZZI!!!
By roberto | March 9th, 2008What: Serie A Championship, Week 27 Who: Genoa - Juventus Where: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa When: Sunday, March 9th 2008, 20:30 Streaming: Here Headin' into town today? Well just pick me up some 'jesus-what-the-hell-happened-over-these-last-three
Ranieri vs. Secco: Who Should Stay, Who Should Go?
By roberto | March 4th, 2008Buffon couldn't have said it any better. 'We are playing like shit all over the park'. Sure that's not a direct quote, but after watching last Sunday's performance you'd more then get the sense that he was on to something. But before we go any further, le
Fuck, A Review Without Many Words.
By roberto | February 5th, 2008Hit the showers Belardi, Buffon's back! (no pun intended) He's no where near exceptional, but at least Saliham's consistent. Lego had a game to forget. Make the next a game to remember! Grygera getting arrested for being dumb. WTF?
Our boys in Africa
By Shazback | January 29th, 2008Tomorrow Cameroon take on Sudan in what should be a straightforward affair for Sammy Eto'o and his friends. That'll be the last of the group stages for Rennes' players. So, who are Rennes' players getting on in the African Cup of Nations 2008 in Ghana?
Sissoko & Stendardo Now, Mellberg In July, Tiago Still Retarded
By roberto | January 28th, 2008Reports out of Italy are confirming the signing the Momo Sissoko and Olef Mellberg this morning. Momo has apparently signed a contract for four and half seasons that will see him at Juventus until June of 2012. Liverpool will be given 11 million euros up
Coppa Italia Quaters, Plus Goodbye Tiago - Hello Sissoko!
By roberto | January 25th, 2008Fielding a starting eleven for this one was no easy task. Yet, you just knew with the atmosphere being what it has always been when these two teams get together, those who got the nod for either squad would be playing some spirited football. Or at least t
A Photo Tribute To Gianni Agnelli; The Greatest Juventino That Ever Lived
By roberto | January 25th, 2008Five years ago yesterday, L'avvocato passed away. His name was Gianni Agnelli and his legacy, within the hearts of every Bianconeri, will never die. With his family taking over the club in 1923, Gianni will forever be remembered as having steered his belo
Sampdoria Preview Plus: What The Shit Is Going On?
By roberto | January 18th, 2008Ranieri isn't a happy camper and well, neither are we. Us tifosi Bianconeri have in the last week seen some pretty distressing stuff. For starters, we witnessed a painfully submissive performance against Catania as our side ultimately seemed deserving of
Funny things about Rennes-Marseille
By Shazback | January 16th, 2008Whilst I was watching Rennes-Marseille, I was surprised by the large amount of trivia that the commentators were talking about. So I decided to have a little look of my own on what was strange in this game that happened only one day short of a year after
Sour grapes still make wine
By Shazback | January 14th, 2008After a 3-0 win against Martigues in the Coupe de France, it was back to Ligue 1 and business as Marseille came to Brittany. In fact, it was exactly 364 days since Marseille had won 2-0 for the 20th match of Ligue 1 2006/07 at Rennes, with goals from Ciss
Catania v Juventus: Preview
By roberto | January 11th, 2008I Bianconeri return to the second half of their Scudetto race this Saturday as they square off against Catania at the Stadio Massimino in Sicily. A trip that won't see them travel too far as Juventus wrapped up their winter vacation, i mean camp, in Malta
Ich bin keine Hamburger
By Shazback | November 28th, 2007Hamburger SV might have one of the funniest names in professional football, but their squad is no laughing matter. Sitting on the last step of the Bundesliga podium, Huub Steven's squad are hoping for a second win that would put them top of Group D, and p
Mea Culpa
By Shazback | November 24th, 2007Mea maxima culpa. I'll confess I have been a very, very bad blogger. But I'm going to make amends. The strikes in France kept me away from my PC for two weeks, but now, I'm back to blog like my life depends on it. Cyril Jeunechamp has legged it of
Blast from the (recent) past : PSG
By Shazback | November 3rd, 20076th of October 2007 : Rennes travel to the Parc des Princes to take on a PSG side that had yet to win at home. After a searing 2-0 home loss against Sochaux (19th) at Rennes, it was anyone's bet what the score could be. Rennes' good news was the re
Good things come in threes.
By Shazback | October 21st, 2007Rennes are 3rd in Ligue 1. A 3-0 win over Le Mans means that Rennes is only 4 points behind Lyon, and 1 behind Nancy, who have two games in hand. Le Mans' emblem looks like something out of a video game. Before the game, Rennes were 5th with
We lose, we win.
By Shazback | October 5th, 2007Let's be honest : France are the 4th in the UEFA Coefficients, and therefore get 3 Champions League places, 3 UEFA Cup places and 1 Intertoto Cup place. Lens won their Intertoto Cup, and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Toulouse got smashed by Liverpool in the
We're underdog favourites.
By Shazback | September 27th, 2007Well, I was wrong. Terribly wrong. The 3-0 win I thought could happen turned into a 2-0 defeat. Sochaux changed from a side that was unable to make two good passes in a row against Panionios into a team that set up good offensive moves. Rennes' solid midf
They won something?
By Shazback | September 21st, 2007If you were to have missed Ligue 1 last season, you'd think I was pulling your leg if I told you that Sochaux won the most prestigious of all French football Cups last year. Ten games, 6 defeats, no wins and 4 draws. Even Panionios won in Sochaux to get P
They haven't even got their own stadium
By Shazback | September 20th, 2007No wonder we won then... I'll stop the joking. Rennes' trip to Sofia in Bulgaria had everything to be a trick game : Rennes were favorites, on a good winning streak, and without any niggling injuries; Sofia were the underdogs, only 3rd of their domesti
There can only be one
By Shazback | September 19th, 2007One Champion of Brittany that is. With Nantes leaving Ligue 1 last year and Guingamp having been enjoying Ligue 2 with Brest for the past 3 years, there were only two clubs from Brittany this year in Ligue 1 : Lorient and Rennes. Now, Nantes is not adm
Lille get a (lucky) point
By Shazback | September 4th, 2007For Lille's first visit to Brittany since last season's 38th game, where they managed a draw thanks to a 94th minute goal by Fauvergue that meant Rennes were 4th, 1 point behind Toulouse, and thus didn't qualify for the Champions' League, Rennes gave an i
UEFA Cup and Ligue Cup draws
By Shazback | September 1st, 2007Well, whilst some people have been discussing in the utmost detail the groups of the UEFA Champions League, I only care about the UEFA Cup, where Rennes was drawn against Lokomotiv Sofia, and a little about the French League Cup, where Rennes are to face
LOSC in translation.
By Shazback | September 1st, 2007Well, with the transfer window closing, it's always good to look back on your new arrivals, and then pit them against those of your next opponent. Lille will be coming to Rennes this Saturday, and I bet they'll want to take all 3 points, after their fi
Auxerre cruise to... a 5th defeat.
By Shazback | August 31st, 2007After brushing aside Metz thanks to a Thomert brace, I'll sadly admit that Rennes' 2-0 away win against Auxerre wasn't the show I was expecting it to be. Sure, winning makes any game better, but Rennes seemed to not want to be too harsh on an Auxerre s
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