Articles tagged with "prandelli"
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 ...
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 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: News and Notes
By Ted | April 8th, 2008I’ve been at bit busy at the pesky ‘real’ job lately, but I wanted to provide a bit of news and notes on the Viola before getting to the PSV preview tomorrow. Look for that column in the afternoon followed by a recap of the match on Thursday e ...
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. ...
Udinese 3 - Fiorentina 1: They’re Not Exactly Road Warriors
By Ted | March 30th, 2008In my preview of the Napoli-Fiorentina match a few weeks ago, I wrote that a lot of football fans (including myself) kind of like Napoli, even though we root for other clubs. And then they went out and spanked the Viola. In my preview of today’s ...
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: News and Notes
By Ted | March 25th, 2008First of all, my apologies for talking a few days off from posting. I got hit by a runaway train of a cold on Easter Sunday and have hardly been able to write a thing. I am, as a footballer might say, still not 100%. However, I am well enough t ...
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: News and Notes
By Ted | March 13th, 2008Today I’d like to just bring a few articles and others bits to your attention as we all continue to enjoy the Viola’s presence in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup…. First, here is Goal.com’s player ratings for the match. I always think player
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
Siena 1 – Fiorentina 0: I Now Hate Siena
By Ted | March 10th, 2008Fiorentina had the worst possible outcome to their weekend as they lost 1-0 to nearby rivals Siena, while AC Milan dismantled Empoli 3-1. Fiorentina will remain in 4th place for this week, but they are now only one point in front of Milan and in serious
Fiorentina 2 – Everton 0: It’s Been a Good Week to be Wearing Purple
By Ted | March 7th, 2008Today at the Artemio Franchi Fiorentina defeated Everton 2-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Cup round-of-sixteen tie, putting them in solid position to advance to the next round. They will play the return leg at Goodison Park in Liverpool next Wednesday.
Is Everton the Bizarro Fiorentina?
By Ted | March 4th, 2008Since I am finally calming down after the Juventus win, I am able to rationally turn my mind to the first leg of the exciting UEFA Cup tie taking place this Thursday between Fiorentina and Everton. I am looking forward to the match; I don’t really know
Fiorentina: News and Notes
By Ted | March 3rd, 2008I have a few thoughts I would like to share about Everton, but I think today should be reserved for reflecting on yesterday’s win. If you haven’t heard (perhaps you are new to football or live in a cave) Fiorentina beat old rivals Juventus yesterday
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
Things We Learned & Hope To Learn From Serie A
By chris | February 26th, 2008Things We Learned last Weekend In Serie A Cesare Prandelli is sexified. Look at that outfit. Purple on purple. Who the hell can pull that off besides Cesare? Nobody. That's who. Now, if only he could bestow some of that superior fashion knowledge
Fiorentina v. Roma: It's On. It's So On
By Ted | February 23rd, 2008This Sunday in Rome there will be a football match between my club, Fiorentina, and another club called, from what I have been able to gather, “Roma.” Fiorentina, of course, is one of the greatest and most-loved clubs in the world, currently sitting i
Rosenborg v. Fiorentina: Preview
By Ted | February 21st, 2008I am posting this preview kinda ‘last minute’ for a number of reasons. One is that I figured it would be lost in all the writing about the Champion’s League over the last few days. But also, frankly, I got a bit caught up in the CL action myself.
Fiorentina 0, Milan 1: Match Recap
By Ted | February 4th, 2008I have to admit that it’s been a rather grim day in my otherwise happy household. My (American) football team, the New England Patriots, (I live about ten minutes from their home stadium) just lost the Super Bowl. If that wasn’t bad enough, my favor
Parma falls to Fiorentina, 2 goals from ex-Gialloblu Mutu
By Francesco | January 14th, 2008Parma ended it's good run at home with a loss to 5th place Fiorentina, who got the win with two goals from Adrian Mutu, who was one of three people to be an ex-Parma player. Mutu, goalkeeper Sebastian Frey, and coach Cesare Prandelli were all with Par
News Roundup as He-Man Rages at the Foreigners
By Martha | December 11th, 2007•Bayern Munich's resident crotchety old man, Oliver Kahn, recently gave an interview in which he ripped the team's unnamed new arrivals, saying they need to "learn that two or three good games aren’t enough" and, oh yeah, learn to speak freaking Germa
Dagger!
By Tim | December 11th, 2007For those of you who are unfamiliar with the title, this video clip should help explain things a bit. At this point, with two Serie A games remaining before the Christmas break, Fiorentina are in trouble. While they are still in 5th place, late goals b
A chance to make an Impression
By Tim | November 30th, 2007Big games abound this weekend for the top teams in Serie A. Milan host Juve on Saturday night, Roma host Udinese on Sunday, and of course league-leading Inter Milan travel to the Artemio Franchi on Sunday to take on Fiorentina. A quick glance at the
Monday New Roundup As We Ride the Zampa Crazy Train
By Martha | November 26th, 2007•Manuela Prandelli, the wife of Fiorentina manager Cesare Prandelli, died this morning after a long illness. I'm trying to resist the old chestnut about it putting everything in perspective but it's sort of undeniable -- it's awfully hard to care about
Marry Me, Zampa. Seriously. Marry Me.
By Martha | November 26th, 2007God damn. Just when you start to turn your back on Maurizio Zamparini for his periodic semi-racist rants, he turns around and does something so spectacularly awesome you can hardly keep from hugging him. Today, happily, is one of the days for hugging.
Reggina v Fiorentina: Oh Good, a Scoreless Draw
By Martha | November 25th, 2007Well, Fiorentina got the dull away draw they apparently wanted -- it may have said 4-3-3 on paper, but what they actually played for most of the match was 4-5-1, with Giampaolo Pazzini stranded up top and a rickety, second-choice backline. Reggina, on the
Barca Launch (Hopefully) Doomed Bid for Adrian Mutu
By Martha | June 18th, 2007It was reported in a couple of places this morning that, having wrapped up the La Liga season, Barcelona immediately turned around and threw themselves into the Italian transfer market. The target whose name shows up in most reports is Fiorentina's Adr
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