Articles tagged with "fiorentina"
Fiorentina v. Torino: The Final Preview
By Ted | May 16th, 2008Tomorrow in Turin, Fiorentina’s season will be decided. It’s the final match of the campaign, and Fiorentina is in fourth place, two points up on nearest rivals AC Milan. A win would guarantee Fiorentina fourth place and a spot in the Champions ...
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 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 ...
Napoli! – Mon Frere! You Who were With Me in the Ships at Milan!*
By Ted | May 11th, 2008I had hoped, as all sports fans do, for the best. But I also feared the worst. Last week Milan looked phenomenal, while the Viola looked tired and rusty. Fiorentina absolutely needed to win this week to have any shot of staying in the Champions Le ...
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 ...
Jornada 30 Preview: Final Preview of the Season and a Tribute to Rui Costa
By Greg | May 9th, 2008*** Completely Unrelated, Somewhat Breaking News *** The final verdict in the Golden Whistle trial is going to be handed down at around 10:30 Eastern time today. I'll do my best to give you whatever information becomes available around that time. T ...
Fiorentina: Silly Rumors and Real News
By Ted | May 8th, 2008With another few days before the second-to-last Viola game of the season (I am already starting to demonstrate withdrawal symptoms) I thought I would pass along another collection of links to real news and really questionable rumors. As always, let ...
How To Ruin A Season, by Adrian Mutu
By chris | May 6th, 2008It has been an altogether fantastic season for the Viola, their first with a clean slate after the turmoil of Calciopoli. They've spent most of the season in fourth place and made a deep run into the UEFA Cup, before running into the Scottish team bu ...
Fiorentina: News and Notes
By Ted | May 6th, 2008It’s been a quiet week for the Viola, largely because the boys do not have a mid-week game for the first time in a long time. I feel like I should be prepping a match preview for tomorrow, but I accept the break just as the team must welcome it: w ...
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 ...
Cagliari 2 – Fiorentina 1: Out of the Driver’s Seat
By Ted | May 4th, 2008Before I say anything else, I must admit that it was nice to watch Fiorentina play a team that was, you know, trying to win the game. It was a very good game, with lots of end-to-end action, and Cagliari played great and deserved to win the match. ...
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 ...
Cagliari v. Fiorentina: Preview
By Ted | May 3rd, 2008Apologies, first, to any Viola fans expecting a decent preview of tomorrow’s match. I spent the day with a good buddy from out of town who is heading to Iraq for the year, and then spent the evening at the grim New England Revolution match. (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 ...
Rangers Win and Create 100,000 New Celtic Fans in the Process
By Ted | May 1st, 2008I’m not going to recap the game. I’m too down right now to do it, and have no desire to live through that hell again. Instead, here are just my quick thoughts on the match. 1). Rangers is everything that is wrong with football. Here in t ...
UEFA Cup Final: It's Zenit vs. Rangers
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008The thing I love most about the UEFA cup is its diversity. Because there are so many routes to qualification, you never know who's going to end up on top. Unlike Champions League. (No all-EPL final here. And hurray for that!) Who would hav ...
Fiorentina fall to the lottery of penalty kicks
By Francesco | May 1st, 2008After hearing news that Zenit St. Petersburg had demolished Bayern Munich 4-0, La Viola had to like their chances if they reached the final. However, they could not surpass the final hurdle. Fiorentina quite simply dominated the game (15 shots on ...
Race for the Champions League - Fiorentina or Milan?
By Rob | May 1st, 2008Its a strange set of semi-finals in the Champions League, when it features no clubs from Serie A. Already in Italy clubs are looking towards next season's tournament with relish. Inter, Roma and Juventus have all secured spots, but who will get the f ...
Rangers v. Fiorentina: Preview
By Ted | April 30th, 2008I really don’t have that much more to say. Normally when I preview a game, I’m just reporting the basic information about the upcoming match. All the hardcore fans of Fiorentina already know all the stuff I’m saying, but at least I’m gettin ...
A Question for Viola Fans
By Ted | April 29th, 2008I was speaking to my good friend recently and he asked me a question I had actually been thinking about for a few days: If I had to choose only one, would I prefer that Fiorentina win the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the Champions League? It’s a ...
Fiorentina 2 – Sampdoria 2: All-Around Disappointment
By Ted | April 27th, 2008Today at the Artemio Franchi in Florence, Fiorentina almost won, and then finally drew in a hugely important Series A match. The draw threw the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot wide open; the Viola now only hold a slim, 2-point le ...
Fiorentina v. Sampdoria: Preview
By Ted | April 26th, 2008I feel like I’ve spent the last three months writing about how the next Fiorentina match is “the most important game of the season.” Yeah, I’m a broken record. But tomorrow is the most important game of the season. At least until Thursday ...
Wanted: Rangers FC. Crime: Killing a Perfectly Good Football Match
By Ted | April 24th, 2008Today in Glasgow, Rangers FC and Fiorentina drew nil-nil in the first leg of their UEFA Cup match. Fiorentina did the best they could, considering they were on the road. They launched a number of attacks (of various levels of effectiveness) and gene ...
Insanity: Liveblogging and Tracking Two UEFA Cup Matches at Once. Only at The Offside
By Laurie | April 24th, 2008UEFA Cup. The Champions League's neglected little sibling. So neglected that our preview post is going up at halftime. Oops. Sorry. Try to forgive us. Today we have both games of the semifinals, going on simultaneously. Bayern Munich ...
Rangers look for 47-year-old payback
By Ian Rose | April 23rd, 2008The day is upon us. To be honest, going into this season, I didn't expect to see an SPL side in a continental semifinal this year. Even with both of the Old Firm coming off of final-16 runs last season, I just didn't see either making a run this de ...
Fiorentina v. Rangers: UEFA Cup Preview
By Ted | April 23rd, 2008Some matches are so big for the team’s supporters, and so much potential fun, that it is impossible to preview them, for the written word simply cannot match the emotions the fans feel. This match is shaping up that way for me; I feel like I’ve ...
Milan 5 - Reggina 1
By Gianfranco | April 22nd, 2008No transfer talk today, only joy of a win that finally made me smile. Even if you take a away the two PK’s, with the first being more deserved than the second, you still have a 3-1 Rossoneri domination. Congrats to Kaka on what was a beauty of a ...
Fiorentina: Weekend Roundup
By Ted | April 21st, 2008It was an interesting week for Fiorentina in Series A. As we know, the Viola won their match v. Palermo 1-0 to stay four points up in the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot. Milan won big (and looked good doing it) and are thus fou ...
Fiorentina 1 – Palermo 0: Match Recap
By Ted | April 19th, 2008Viola fans will go to bed happy tonight, awash in their dreams of Champions League play next season. We are so happy because our CL dreams have refused to become nightmares, and our team continues to win its important matches. With today’s win ov ...
Fiorentina v. Palermo: Preview
By Ted | April 18th, 2008Tomorrow at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in beautiful Florence, Fiorentina will take on Palermo in a critical Series A match. It seems like ages since the Viola have last played, even though it was only last Sunday; but in this wonderful season they s ...
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