Articles tagged with "vieri"
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 ...
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 ...
Livorno 1 – 2 Cagliari, Bobby Freshwater is the new Vieri while Diamanti is a Homeless man’s (with Lupus) Antonio Cassano
By Marco | April 13th, 2008Highlights ! Get 'em while you still can A mix of bad luck, Marco Storari awesomeness, Erjon Bogdani awkwardness, Bobby Freshwater dangerousness, Francesco Tavano dumbassness and you get to see Livorno lose 6 points at home to the hands of a v ...
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: 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
Roma 1 – 0 Fiorentina, Serie At it’s Best!
By Marco | February 25th, 2008Roma - Fiorentina This is what happens when Cicinho starts ! Roma managed to fend off Prandelli's purple posse to gain some ground in the (re?)Opened Scudetto race. Oprah promised us a Soaring and Joyful event and she delivered. She’ll
Oprah presents ; The Color Purple in Rome
By Marco | February 23rd, 2008Roma – Fiorentina That’s right; the color purple is coming to town and is bringing Adrian Mutu along. Oprah assures us that this encounter will be nothing less than ''Joyful and soaring!'' Now that's what I call over-hyping the game!
Fiorentina 1, Lazio 2: Match Recap
By Ted | January 30th, 2008Today in front of tens of fans at the Artemio Franchi in Florence, Fiorentina lost the second leg of their tie with Lazio and thus were eliminated from the Italian Cup. The American announcers calling the game on the station I was watching openly questio
Maldini Monday
By Gianfranco | January 28th, 2008There is always a lot of discussion around Il Capitano’s post football career and where the road leads after retirement. A few years back, Maldini and his good friend Bobo Vieri decided to create a small fashion label named Sweet Years. A lot of t
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
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
Livorno 0-Fiorosvaldo 3
By Gianni | September 30th, 2007Have you ever seen a game that can practically be defined as perfect? A game where just about everything you could have hoped for happens, where everything that can go right does go right? You haven't? Well, then, go see Livorno-Fiorentina. (unl
News Roundup As the Legend of Bobo Marches On
By Martha | August 8th, 2007•Less than ten minutes into his first match with Fiorentina, Christian Vieri scored. As if he'd do anything else. •Despite coach Walter Mazzari's denials yesterday, the Sampdoria brass are still talking about the possible arrival of Antonio Cassano
Odds and Ends on a Slow News Day
By Martha | August 3rd, 2007There's almost nothing significant going on in the Serie A universe today. I'm thinking it's gotten really hot in Italy, and everyone has headed out for a long weekend at a posh, Mediterranian resort. Either that or there's another newspaper strike and th
Hide the Women and Children, Bobo is on the Move!
By Martha | June 21st, 2007As all of Italy tries to recover from its massive drama hangover (thank you Suazo, Chivu, and co-ownership frenzy), the big news is of the release of an old, underpaid playboy: Christian Vieri has been let go by Atalanta, a club with whom he had a one-yea
Weekend Odds and Ends
By Martha | June 16th, 2007•Spurs are supposedly interested in signing Nantes property (and RomaChris' primary object of disdain) Christian Wilhelmsson who, to this point, has spend the off-season in discussions with Roma to extend his loan deal. Even in the face of the Spurs new
Footballer Vacations: The Exposé
By Martha | June 14th, 2007Looks like it's another slow news day in Italy, because La Gazzetta dello Sport has turned its sharp, investigative eye to the truly important subject of every summer: The Footballer Holiday. Though the article is disappointingly short on holiday snaps
Summer Speculation: Incoming Forwards
By Chris | May 29th, 2007Part II: Forwards. Here's to Totti & Co. bringing early Christmas gifts to Rome in the middle of the summer (As if I needed to say this, but I'd love to get Megan Gale for Christmas. Santa, if you're listening...). Most of these players won't even get
Mmm ... News Roundup
By Martha | May 10th, 2007•As Gianfranco over at the Juventus blog reported yesterday, Juve target Torsten Frings just did a rather abrupt about-face -- he was loving Juve just a few weeks ago -- and has signed a contract extension with Werder Bremen that will keep him with the
A Bobo Sighting On the Horizon! (Knock on Wood)
By Martha | March 9th, 2007The last we heard of Christian Vieri (apart from when he was busy listening to the Backstreet Boys and being robbed), he had finally finished changing clubs and was lying on an operating table in Colorado, having his knee made better, stronger, faster in
Inter At Valencia: A Rivalry Renewed
By Michael | March 6th, 2007A lot has been said these last few weeks about Inter’s recent history at the Mestalla, so I thought it would be nice to take a little trip down memory lane, seeing as how the past is not lost on the Spanish fans. Valencia have become the Nerazzurri’s
YouTube Friday, Or: Singing, Dancing Footballers!
By Martha | February 16th, 2007It's a little known fact that, in addition to scoring (nudge nudge) and winning, Italian footballers (as well as foreign players who play their trade in Italy) are also really, really into singing. Though most of their songs are sung in the privac
Midweek News, Or: For the Last Time, Lippi is NOT GOING TO MILAN!
By Martha | November 15th, 2006Sorry for the shortage of updates today, I'm swamped at work. (If real life keeps me from watching the game today, let me tell you, heads will roll.) •The U-21s drew with the Czech Republic last night 0-0. In the few bits I saw it was hard to get a r
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