Articles tagged with "milan"
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 ...
Napoli 3- Milan 1: Game Review
By fortunato | May 11th, 2008In yet another example of playing the “big boys” tough in the 2007/2008 Serie A season, the Partenopei pulled out an outstanding performance against the big rosso-nero machine and in doing so dealt a crushing blow to Milan's hopes of a 2008/2009 ...
Wenger to sue Hleb?
By Rob | May 10th, 2008I'll let you re-read that title. It seems that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally snapped. Annoyed at the potential exodus at the Emirates, starting with Matthieu Flamini and heavily rumoured to include Hleb, Fabregas, Gallas, Lehman, Giberto ...
Time for Trip to the Motherland
By Gianfranco | May 9th, 2008This weekend the Rossoneri travel to an old time foe, which still holds a place in my heart, after all I am Napolitano. Place in my heart or not, I don’t care about anything but a Milan victory this weekend, because with the way the table stan ...
Pick the Centre-Halves for the first Offside Readers CL XI
By Rob | May 9th, 2008Yesterday, we gave you the chance to vote for who you think has been the best Goalkeeper in this season's Champions League. That poll is still open HERE. Now you have to chance to pick the best Centre-Halves of the tounament so far, by clicking HERE. ...
Little Video Recap for Today...
By Gianfranco | May 7th, 2008while I get my hectic life in order, back to full post tonight, I hope... ...
Gattuso's Summer of Change
By chris | May 6th, 2008The big news of the week on the market front has been the less-than-shocking revelation that Mathieu Flamini is leaving the Emirates for Serie A - only mild surprise being it's not for Torino, seemingly his destination, but for big bucks in Milan. Gi ...
3 Points, 2 Games, 1 Scudetto
By Johonna | May 4th, 2008Alright. That was pretty horrible. Yikes, now we know how Milan has been feeling for the last few Derbies - not good. Still, it is not the end of the world. True, mistakes were made, but we can and will go on to win the Scudetto and the Coppa Itali ...
Sometimes a Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words
By Gianfranco | May 4th, 2008Milan 2 - Inter 1 IT WASNT EASY, BUT ITS A WIN AND 4th PLACE!!!!!!! Thanks to Fetyani for the splendid picture. Full recap to come on Tuesday after we pay homage to Paolo. But I bet you guys to have plenty to say. ...
Allora Ragazzi, It is DERBY TIME!
By Johonna | May 4th, 2008First, let me say hello to everyone out there. Robert is MIA so I am going to write until he comes back. When that happens, hopefully we can share. Second, I know this is very, VERY late, but I had a busy day and just now checked my email to find ...
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 ...
Kaká Makes the Time 100
By Daryl | May 3rd, 2008The annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people (according to them anyway) is out. It's a lot of the usual suspects - Dalai Lama, Tyler Perry, Rupert Murdoch and various politicians (including a profile of George Bush written by Silvi ...
Title Watch: Pray for Victory
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little longer. So, as a sort of Weekend Watch special, here's The Offside's guide to who's trying to get their hands on s ...
It is almost time...
By Gianfranco | May 1st, 2008I never get sick of that one. I can not remember a Serie A derby with this much riding on it for as long as I have been a Milan fan. This is possibly because I have spent the last 5-10 years drinking heavily on Saturday nights rendering Sunday ...
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 ...
Ronaldo Gets The Dreaded Tranny Surprise
By chris | April 28th, 2008God I love it when Brazilians have time to party. Ronaldo (The Phenomenal One then The Fat One then The Symptomatic Fat One and now finally The Injured One) has been chillin' back in Brazil trying to rest the leg and get back onto the pitch ASAP. So ...
Zlatan, Crissy & Uncle Fester Throw The Media Some Bones
By chris | April 28th, 2008They should know better by now. The sensationalist media outlets will take anything and everything they can get their greasy hands on and twist it to sell copy (or get hits, nowadays). Take Zlatan's recent "I don't know what will happen in the future ...
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 ...
Berlusconi Says Those Naughty Words
By chris | April 24th, 2008Milan owner and soon-to-be reinstalled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has done gone and made Michel Platini fume behind closed doors by airing out his thoughts on those potential/inevitable eleven dirty letters: "SuperLeague". Silvio certai ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, the Dark Horses of the Transfer Market
By Gianfranco | April 22nd, 2008Happy Bday to Milan's own Kaka enjoy his birthday video... On a lighter note there is another birthday to celebrate here at the Milan Offside blog. Today marks the one year anniversary of my time here. I tell you just a year ago we were talkin ...
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 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 ...
A look at what could be a fascinating summer of transfers
By Rob | April 18th, 2008After Sir Alex Ferguson announced today that he intends to 'Stock up' on players over the summer, it struck me this summer could be a real classic one for big transfers. And in my excitement I decided to bring you this insight into the possible moves ...
Daily Dose 04.17.08
By Daryl | April 17th, 2008Something to read while you strike a pose from your youth... A trip to the San Siro (BnA ItalyLogue) Why everyone is against Zaragoza (La Liga Review) Who was the first team to play soccer in the US? (The Global Game) Fabio fires a warning (Soc ...
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 ...
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 ...
Juve 3 Milan 2,
By Gianfranco | April 12th, 2008When the game ended today, I did something I had not done in a long, long time. I shut off the TV and walked away in a vain attempt to take my mind completely off of today’s match. I was not even going to write tonight because quite frankly I did ...
What Happens when the Old Lady Dances with the Devil?
By Gianfranco | April 12th, 2008ITS ALMOST TIME... ...
Kris Boyd Tackled by the Ghost of Christmas Past
By chris | April 8th, 2008There's been some talk around here that perhaps it's time for Kris Boyd to leave Rangers for some more playing time. Maybe the reason he doesn't play is because he pulls these kinds of stunts in practice? During the weekend game between Dundee Un ...
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