Articles tagged with "mutu"
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: News and Notes
By Ted | April 16th, 2008This week has been just what the doctor ordered for the Viola: a little peace and quiet. With exhaustion seeming to set in in the second half of Sunday’s match with Inter, this club needed, more than anything else, some time to rest with the big m ...
Fiorentina 2 – PSV 0: And the Beat Goes On
By Ted | April 10th, 2008Today was just one of those days. It was one of those days where Spring was springing, the sun was shinning, and everyone on your favorite football team played their best match in months. It was the kind of game where your star forward scores two g ...
Fiorentina v. PSV: Preview
By Ted | April 9th, 2008Tommorow in Eindhoven Fiorentina will take on PSV in the second leg of their UEFA Cup clash. The first leg was drawn 1-1 in Florence (with PSV getting that invaluable away goal) and thus the Viola will have to attack and attack and attack again (and ...
Fiorentina 2 – Reggina 0: Back on Track
By Ted | April 6th, 2008Today in Florence Fiorentina defeated southern guests Reggina 2-0, thus assuring they hold their four-point lead over nearest rivals AC Milan. Fiorentina remain safe in their Champions League spot with six games left to play in the Series A season. ...
Fiorentina 1 – PSV 1: Match Recap
By Ted | April 4th, 2008Yesterday in Florence, Fiorentina drew PSV 1-1 in the first leg of their UEFA Cup quarter-final clash. The Viola played well and did the majority of the attacking, but had obvious trouble setting up and finishing their scoring. They also gave up a ...
Fiorentina v. Udinese: Preview
By Ted | March 28th, 2008On Sunday the Viola will travel to the Stadio Friuli for a potentially fantastic match against Udinese. Fiorentina currently sits in 4th place, just four points up on nearest rivals AC Milan. Udinese is having an impressive season themselves, curre ...
Fiorentina: News and Notes (Some of it Upsetting Me)
By Ted | March 27th, 2008I don’t even know where to begin today with all the rumors and ridiculousness that is going around the internet. First, we now have reports coming out of Florence stating that Kuzmanovic is about to extend his contract with the Viola until 201 ...
Fiorentina 1 – Lazio 0: I’ll Take It, and Focus on the Chocolate Eggs
By Ted | March 22nd, 2008Today in Florence Fiorentina defeated Lazio 1-0, earning the Tuscan club another three points and another two weeks (at least) in 4th place in Series A, as they remain four points above rivals AC Milan. Unfortunately, because of my busy Easter-weeken
Fiorentina v. Lazio: Mini Preview
By Ted | March 22nd, 2008Tomorrow at the Artemio Franchi, Fiorentina will take on Lazio in a crucial Series A clash. Fiorentina is coming off a disappointing road loss to Napoli, while Lazio just beat mega-rivals Roma in a classic derby clash. Unfortunately, this preview wi
Lazio - Fiorentina
By salvatore | March 21st, 2008L'unica squadra di Roma, Lazio, are heading to Florence today, hoping they can extend the renaissance that's taken hold over the last month. Confidence and energy levels are high, which is a good thing, since playing the Viola at home is going to be
Fiorentina: Tidbits
By Ted | March 20th, 2008After digesting last night’s loss, I thought I would just shoot a few bits and pieces of news your way before we get to the Lazio preview tomorrow. First, here is the Gazetta’s match summary of the game yesterday; since no one who wasn’t at the
Fiorentina 0 – Napoli 2: Day of Missed Opportunities
By Ted | March 20th, 2008Today in Naples Napoli defeated Fiorentina 2-0 behind a brace by Argentine striker Ezequiel Lavezzi. While the day was not as bad as it could have been (Milan lost as well, which I will get to in a moment) it must be reflected on as nothing more than a w
Fiorentina v. Napoli: Preview
By Ted | March 18th, 2008Have you ever noticed how many people like Napoli? I don’t mean that they are necessarily fans of the team. I don’t think Napoli has any more fans than anyone else, and they almost certainly have fewer fans than the giant clubs. I guess what I mean
Fiorentina: News and Notes
By Ted | March 17th, 2008After a good football day yesterday, today is a bit quiet on the newsfront. Here’s what’s happening in the purple world. We’ll start with a nice article explaining how the Great Man is satisfied with yesterday’s win. As he should be, presuma
Fiorentina 3 – Genoa 1: Welcome Back Adrian Mutu!
By Ted | March 16th, 2008Today in Florence Fiorentina handily defeated Genoa 3-1, thus insuring that the Viola will spend another week in that coveted 4th Champions League spot, aided by the handy loss by AC Milan at the hands of an increasingly likeable Roma team. (Thanks, fella
Fiorentina: News and Notes
By Ted | March 10th, 2008I am SO over yesterday’s loss. Another day, another dollar, I say. I already have the blue team from Liverpool on the brain. However, some people still want to spend a little time to reflect back on what happened, so here it is… First, here is t
10 Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend
By chris | March 3rd, 2008The Sans-Mutu Viola Are Just Fine You know, just in case a huge offer for Mutu swoops in this summer and it like quadruples his wages and la Viola can't possibly refuse that much money. But that would never happen, no siree. In case the purple-taint
Livorno go Purple Pimping
By Marco | February 26th, 2008Fiorentina - Livorno * i stole this picture back from Chris Livorno will be facing The Mutuless squad of our favorite Serie A superhero Cesare -The Purple Pimp- Prandelli on Wednesday. Another Tuscan battle awaits us yet again. Ted has his prev
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