Articles tagged with "empoli"
Serie A Week 37 Review
By Francesco | May 12th, 2008Week 37 turned out to be a very interesting round of Serie A. It was filled with some much joy and so much drama. Inter, as we know by know, did not win the Scudetto. The 2-2 draw at home was not enough for the Nerazzurri to claim the title. Roma ...
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 ...
Serie A Week 36 Round-up
By Francesco | May 4th, 2008Week 36 (I incorrectly said it was Week 37 in the preview) turned out to be an interesting week in this last part of the 2007/2008 season. Here's what happened this weekend: Milan-Inter: 2-1 In the match everyone was looking forward to, the ...
Serie A Week 37 Preview
By Francesco | May 2nd, 2008Sorry guys for the late post, but my internet has been down all day (Stupid Time Warner Cable!). So here's the weekend preview: As you can see by the picture, the main event of Week 37 is the Derby della Madonnina between Milan and Inter. This ...
The Serie A Coaching Carousel Continues
By chris | April 16th, 2008A few months back Arsene Wenger was bemoaning the quick trigger fingers on board rooms across the Premiership, eagerly text messaging pink slips as though they were firing t-shirts out of a cannon. Arsene was right about the quick hook shown to manag ...
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 ...
Weekend in Review: Week 31
By chris | March 30th, 2008Mancio decided to eschew tactical concerns during Saturday's game in favor of making shadow puppets and/or scary faces. I'm busy packing for an early flight, so here's your one sentence wrap up for each Serie A weekend game. (The team blogs are mo ...
Weekend In Review: Week 30
By chris | March 24th, 2008Inter v Juventus: Bigger match review here. Roma 2 - Empoli 1: On a day when the real Alessandro del Piero looked like magic but couldn't finish, Sebastian Giovinco did the same, though he managed to slot home a gimme on a wide open counter. Christian
The Relegation Breakdown
By chris | March 18th, 2008Author: Jeremy (That's not him....I think.) Page: Cagliari Jeremy gave a little bit of a relegation breakdown last week, for reasons which you can probably figure out, and offers up his take on the week's action from those in danger in Serie A. 10
WIR: The Meat In The Calcio Sandwich
By chris | March 17th, 2008UEFA Cup Spot(s) Sampdoria 3 - Catania 1: If you missed the train/bus, and didn't show up til the hour mark, you were totally cool, because the fireworks didn't start until the 68th. Four goals in the final 22, and you don't have to look at the scoreli
Fighting The Good Fight
By chris | March 11th, 2008It's kinda hard not to feel bad for teams which get relegated (unless they've been immersed in scandal, or something) or at least fight the good fight against the drop. Yes, they're professional athletes and most of their pay checks will buy them many, ma
Saturday Morning Hangover
By Gianfranco | March 8th, 2008Sorry for the long layoff, but the family life has been a bit hectic the past few days. It has actually been a good thing because it keeps me from worrying about Milan. So when I sat down this morning catching up on the last post and reading all the grea
Putting On Your Sunday Finest
By chris | February 25th, 2008Last giornata 8 teams walked away from their fixture having failed to score a goal. This weekend 8 scored more than 2 and 2 games found 8 goals for a grand total of 35 goals. On behalf of calcio fans everywhere: Thank you. Cagliari 1 - Lazio 0: You can
The winter of despair? Or the spring of hope?
By salvatore | February 20th, 2008What a difference a win (and at least one dodgy penalty) makes. Consider if you will, that just a week ago the team was looking more and more like they were going to be fighting for Serie A survival. Reports of contract negotiations with Rocchi an
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
By chris | February 17th, 2008I promise not all weekend posts will reference classic songs. Some, not all. While it's nice to see all the big fellas get their Saturday in the sun, it's leaves much to be desired on Sunday, when The Other Sixteen get to dust off their booties and kic
Livorno 1 - 1 Genoa, Tavano Eurogoal Not Enough
By Marco | February 11th, 2008Livorno- Genoa *Highlights further down Genoa was down to 10 men for the last 15 minutes but even Francesco Tavano’s highlight reel worthy, 10th goal of the season wasn’t enough to see Livorno harvest all 3 points against Genoa. Livorno
Special Edition Inter Info: 2/7/08 "Robby's Back"
By robert | February 7th, 2008Yes ladies and gentlemen, I'm back. I had a nice vacation, but I'm ready to get back to work. A lot of shit happened when I was away, so let me recap. We had another disappointing ten-man tie against Udinese, Roma began to gain. The youngsters show te
Livorno 1 – Empoli 0, Winning Without Convincing
By Marco | January 22nd, 2008I just love Serie A! Every team in this league is competitive. It’s one of the best leagues in the world because even the smaller teams have talented players that can give the big boys a lot of headaches. Just ask Palermo, Juve an
Livorno vs Empoli, Classic Tuscan Battle
By Marco | January 19th, 2008A Tuscan Derby/Relegation Battle/6 point game between Livorno and Empoli will be heating up the Picchi on Sunday Afternoon. Both teams are not that far away from the relegation zone and will be looking to render their cushion a little bit more comfortabl
News Roundup As We All Drink to Adriano
By Martha | January 18th, 2008•Four of the players on UEFA.com's fan-chosen Team of the Year squad ply their trade in Italy, including three Rossoneri. Kaka, Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf are joined in the team by their totally awesome mortal enemy Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (No Pi
It's Coppa Time Again, Or: See Ya, Tiago
By Martha | January 16th, 2008In the only Coppa Italia match played yesterday, Juve managed to overcome both Empoli and the presence of Jean-Alain Boumsong (He lives!) and Tiago Mendes in their own team to win 5-3, a result that put them through to the quarters by the completely loony
News Roundup Featuring Most of the Same Old Names
By Martha | January 14th, 2008•The Maniche deal -- now done enough to be officially address by Inter functionaries -- keeps getting pushed back. For a while, he as arriving last night and having his medical today. Now, while he's supposedly in Milan, the medical and contract won't h
Empoli v Reggina: Football in a Swamp
By Martha | January 12th, 2008Granted, I've only seen three or four matches a week this season, so I could well have missed some awful pitches, but the conditions at Empoli today were by far the worst of any match I've seen. Thanks to a steady rain, there was standing water all over t
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
Lazio vs Juventus: Preview, Plus Post-Game Post-Mortems
By roberto | December 13th, 2007So, how have you been? It's nice to be writing again. What have you been up too? How's the backhand? We haven't spoken in a while... I know I know it's all my fault. I've been a terrible blogger as of late and possibly an even worse undergrad. Funny I sho
Week 15: Rampant Pozzi
By Martha | December 10th, 2007Forget the top of the table, Nicola Pozzi scored four times for Empoli. Four freaking goals! And he hit the post! I don't care how wet the pitch was, or how crummy the Cagliari defense were, that is impressive as hell, even if you're not just 21. God damn
Empoli in Winning a Match Shock!
By Martha | December 7th, 2007In the first match of the nearly all-Serie A last 16 of the Coppa Italia (only Ascoli remain from the lower divisions), Empoli hosted Juventus. Shockingly, the home side not only played well, but also managed to come out of the match with a fairly convinc
Parma-Empoli 1-0, That'll do!
By Francesco | December 3rd, 2007Parma got back on track on Sunday with a 1-0 win at home vs. struggling Empoli. Alberto Malesani made his return to the Tardini but was surprisingly met with whistles and boos. The goal came from Massimo Paci off of a corner kick. The nice scene of t
Parma-Empoli, an Azzurrini Get Together.
By Francesco | November 30th, 2007When Parma and Empoli take the field on Sunday, there will be many present and former Italian U-21 Internationals on the pitch: Daniele Dessena and Luca Cigarini for Parma, but Marco Rossi is injured, and Claudio Marchisio, Sebastian Giovinco, Nicola
Is Tavano Back?
By Marco | November 28th, 2007Francesco Tavano Born: March 2, 1979 Birthplace: Caserta Height: 5-10 Weight: 161 lbs He’s played for Empoli, Pisa, Fiorentina and Livorno. With a stint in Siena he would have officially hit for the Tuscan Caroussel The 6 million doll
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