Articles tagged with "quagliarella"
Azzurri v Spain Mini-Preview
By chris | March 25th, 2008Basically, nothing is going to be decided today (or tomorrow, depending on where you are). Fringe guys could up their probability of being selected again the next time around, or vice-versa, but there's still too much time between now and April 7th f ...
Goals of the Week
By chris | March 24th, 2008Fabio Quagliarella makes his first appearance, making all right within the universe again. A relatively thin weekend - or there were too many good goals indiscernible from each other, can't decide which - so it stretched back to the mid-week games as well
Lazio - Udinese
By salvatore | March 15th, 2008With all the hoopla going round about Uefa being fixed (big surprise there), and Rioma heading back to Manchester (enjoy, it’s a lovely place) there is still the little matter of this weekend’s Serie A games. The Biancoceleste are off to Friuli, w
Bronzetti Speaks about Roma’s Mercato !
By Marco | February 8th, 2008Ernesto Bronzetti, Famous La Liga Mediator, the man who brokered the Cicinho and Giuly deals, the fat, bald, stereotypical Italian peddler, always has something to say. For no justifiable reason whatsoever, I picture Bronzetti as that stereotypi
Video Of The Day : Italy - Portugal Goals !
By Marco | February 6th, 2008Italy's 3-1 win over C. Ronaldo's Portugal in Zurich is a great morale boost for the Azzurri. They have started 2008 well. Let's hope this is a sign of things to come. Here are the goals, audiovisualy speaking of course : Luca Toni ! Italie 1-0
Awaiting the Austrian Swisses, Italia vs Portugal Preview
By Marco | February 5th, 2008* Free Azzurrini fix right here Italia - Portogallo It’s international soccer time again! Italy will be facing Portugal in Zurich on Wednesday. It’ll be their first match since 2004. Both teams have qualified for the Swissaustrian Euro2008
Udinese v Inter: Goalless
By Martha | January 27th, 2008When Cesar was went off in the 21st minute after two yellows in quick succession, it looked like it was going to be a long day for Inter, particularly since Udine had been the more threatening team even when it was 11 v 11. Instead, Inter turned in their
Livorno-Udinese 0-0; Highlights And The Backstreet Boys
By Marco | November 4th, 2007*Got your Highlights at the bottom of the post Livorno get one point on Sunday after a hard fought draw with Udinese. Marco Amelia played a great game, getting the better of 2 one-on-ones in the second half to get his first clean sheet of the campaig
Livorno-Udinese Preview, Plus Bobo And V-Ka$h
By Marco | November 3rd, 2007Livorno hosts an on-fire Udinese squad on Sunday. The Labronici are coming away from there first win of the season and now get to share the bottom of the table. Not only did Livorno win convincingly, they also managed to convince Reggina President L
Inter v Udinese: Sigh.
By Martha | August 26th, 2007Is it a bad sign that, as an Inter fan watching this match, my main reaction (apart from "It's really disgusting how easy this game is for Ibra") was "Wow, Udine are pretty good"? I'm thinking yes. Inter dominated possession until Julio Cesar turned stupi
Monday News Roundup, Or: Hey, I'm Not Dead!
By Martha | August 13th, 2007•After months (and months) of transfer rumors -- Because, really, Udinese? Who wants to stay there? -- Fabio Quagliarella has signed an extension that will keep him at the club until 2012. Not, mind you, that this means he'll be in black and white until
Spalletti Waxes Lyrical About Everything & Other Stuff
By chris | July 17th, 2007Roma bagged Ludovic Giuly, in case you missed it. Spalletti Speaks, So You'd Better Damn Well Listen: Here's the basic breakdown of everything he had to say from yesterday's lengthy press conference (or maybe it wasn't that long and I have the atten
Mmm ... Striker Drama
By Martha | June 28th, 2007First, let's visit pay a visit to Milan. On the red and black side of town, by not saying "Ew, Cassano? No way, he smells!", Adriano Galliani has given the rumor mill grist for weeks of "OMG CASSANO TO MILAN!" speculation. This despite the fact that all G
The Post-Chivugate Pandemonium
By Chris | June 27th, 2007Disclaimer: I likely do not know what the hell I am talking about. I nearly had to be committed during the middle of writing this post for a variety of reasons (including rehab for a severe Kenyan coffee bean addiction), namely trying to figure out who's
The Lovefest Begins Again (Chivu, You Are NOT Invited)
By Chris | June 26th, 2007Great Hair Debate will continue today a little later with 5 Edgar Davids v 12 Loco and 4 Jose Luis Perlaza v 13 Yao Aziawonou. You can still vote for yesterday's matchups here. BIG LOVE starring Fab Quags: Fabio Quagliarella is that girl with the ev
The Evelopes Are Opened, Or: Shocking! News, Quagliarella to Udine
By Martha | June 22nd, 2007Among the names you know whose rights went To The Envelopes! earlier this week, everyone either went where expected, or left a club where no one cares about him for one where a few people do. (The full list is here.) The big name, obviously, was that o
An Overwhelming Number of Little Odds and Ends
By Martha | June 21st, 2007•It would take weeks to cut and paste all of the co-ownership deals that were extended or resolved yesterday, but most of the big clubs are displaying the info on their websites: Crank up Google translate and see what you can find out about all the play
Today's Roundup of Dubious Transfer News
By Martha | June 20th, 2007As is being discussed here in the comments, over at the Roma site, and everywhere else on god's green earth where people love calcio, today is the day on which co-ownership deals self-destruct, so representatives of all Italian clubs are locked in Milan's
Wow, Actual Non-Fabricated News About Quagliarella
By Martha | June 20th, 2007Just as I was writing up yesterday's confident press reports that Fabio Quagliarella's co-owners had reached an agreement under which the Sampdoria would pay £4 million for Udinese's half of the striker (and thus set things in motion for a massive, inter
Fab Quag's Is Hot & Heavy For Roma
By Chris | June 19th, 2007Update: Sampdoria have reportedly bought out Udinese's half of Fab Quag's for around 6m euros. This is very surprising, because a 12m pricetag is easily doable for Roma, especially if they're interested in sending other players to Doria. Also promising be
Ruud v Totti & Rumors Galore
By Chris | June 17th, 2007King of Europe Will Be Crowned Today: The news today resides in Madrid, where Ruud van Nistelrooy makes an attempt on the league and Europe, as he is within one goal of tying Francesco Totti for the European Golden Boot and two to win it outright. With
Ah, Finally: A Big, Foreign Quagliarella Bid! (Also: Corini to Roma?)
By Martha | June 14th, 2007The same day we're told Fabio Quagliarella would rather "prove himself" at Sampdoria than flee for greener pastures the moment he and scores a brace for the Azzurri, the British press revealed that a £10 million bid for the striker is in the works at Man
The Gossip & Pit (But It's Pronounced 'Piz')
By Chris | June 13th, 2007Roma has officially signed their first target of the season, Romanian winger Adrian Pit from second division Swiss club Bellinzona! Start printing up those championship t-shirts! Now this is the type of signing Roma needed to make to push themselves over
I'm Like The People Magazine Of AS Roma
By Chris | June 12th, 2007I've come to terms with it, and I'm somewhat OK with it. I'm pretty sure I've never read a People magazine, though I may have flipped through one in a doctor's office while waiting to cough. But I have a decent idea what they're about, and I think that's
Sunday School & Chivugate
By Chris | June 10th, 2007CHIVUGATE: Alright, let's all get on the same page here. Christian Chivu came out yesterday and heatedly denied he has spoken with any other clubs regarding a contract. In fact, his first choice is still to sign an extension with Roma and talks are ong
The Weekend Update
By Chris | June 9th, 2007For some unknown reason Roma have put everything else on hold to take care of the Christian Chivu situation. That includes signing Juan, because they released a statement saying no accord had been agreed to as of yet. Rumors are Rudi Voller and Danie ...
A Potpourri of Useless Flapdoodle
By Chris | June 8th, 2007The news today in la citta eterna is nonexistent, and there is nary a new rumor to talk about. Though there is the great news that Philippe Mexes has finally put pen to paper on a new contract after returning from wherever he was and made things official.
Afternoon Updates
By Chris | June 7th, 2007The not so sexy transfer rumors that have evolved throughout the day: a) Yaya Toure wants to move to Inter, Barca, Roma or Lyon. Really? I'd like to pluck random members of the G14 and tell everybody I'd like to play for them too. But honestly Yaya cou
A Public Apology to Fabio Quagliarella & Transfer Nuggets
By Chris | June 7th, 2007After yesterday's performance in Lithuania, I tip my hat to Fabio Quagliarella and offer my apologies. I offer my apology not for insulting his qualities as a player, I never said he wasn't a class player, but for saying he isn't worth his 16m pricetag. U
Lithuania v Italy: Totti Who?
By Martha | June 7th, 2007In practically his first words after leaving the touchline yesterday, Roberto Donadoni was bringing up that Totti Thing again, smugly telling the press "there will be a little less discussion about those who are absent, knowing we have excellent players a
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