Articles tagged with "zlatan"
Tuesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | March 25th, 2008This is probably the only time I will say this in my 25 years of life, cheers to Inter. Why would I say such crazy things? Sure I drank a few beers with dinner but that’s not the reason, the real reason is that Inter have done Ol’Sil and Fester ...
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
Inter v Parma: Jesus Effing Christ
By Martha | January 20th, 2008Jesus Christ, talk about unjust -- Parma absolutely had that game won, and fully deserved the three points. Inter were utter rubbish for most of the match, giving the ball away all over the pitch and not really bothering to defend with anything resembling
News Roundup As We All Drink to Adriano
By Martha | January 18th, 2008•Four of the players on UEFA.com's fan-chosen Team of the Year squad ply their trade in Italy, including three Rossoneri. Kaka, Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf are joined in the team by their totally awesome mortal enemy Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (No Pi
Siena v Inter: Siena Do Not Suck
By Martha | January 13th, 2008From the start of the match Siena were up to the task -- they never looked even remotely intimidated, and stuck well to their game plan of limiting space in their end and countering with control when they could. Inter played some nice one-twos but never t
Inter v Torino: Still Rolling, Somehow
By Martha | December 9th, 2007It's amazing how many goals Inter can score even when they're not looking very good. They didn't create many chances against Torino today, but still ended up with a 4-0 win, most of the goals down to just taking advantage of chances that were handed to th
Inter v Lazio: Poor Lazio (In More Ways Than One)
By Martha | December 5th, 2007Man alive. Inter were anything but good in the first half, but ended it up 2-0 just because they put some pressure on the Lazio goal, and the Roman side just couldn't handle it -- Lazio looked pretty dire tonight. The home side always looked most thre
La Gazzetta Love Them Some Zlatan
By Martha | December 4th, 2007There's a completely fantastic article in today's La Gazzetta in which the author (Mirko Graziano, if you want to write him a thank you note. And no, it's not a pseudonym for me. Or RomaChris, at least as far as I know.) practically explodes with love for
Fiorentina v Inter: Impressive Nerazzurri
By Martha | December 2nd, 2007Great performance, great result for Inter; frustration and disappointment for the Viola who, after having a lot of the game in the first half, were just played off the pitch in the second. In the opening 45 minutes, Fiorentina had the majority of possessi
News Roundup As We Take a Deep, Post-European Breath
By Martha | November 30th, 2007•Because of their participation in the Club World Cup next month, Milan's Serie A matches against Reggina and Livorno have been postponed; the new dates have not yet been announced. •Giorgio Chinaglia has been fined €4.2 million for market manipu
Champions League: Inter, Roma Roll
By Martha | November 27th, 2007That's the first two Italian teams into the next round, then: Roma crushed Dynamo Kiev 4-1, while Inter struggled for an hour against Fenerbahce before coming out comfortably on top, 3-0. In the first half in Milan, both teams were terribly sloppy, giv
Someone Told Kaka He Won the Golden Ball. Maybe.
By Martha | November 24th, 2007According to reports in the always reliable Italian media, Ricky Kaka has already been unofficially informed that the Golden Ball will be his. Apparently his margin of victory was so great that an unnamed jury member called the Brazilian up and told him,
Zlatan to be Ceremonially Buried in Money?
By Martha | November 21st, 2007Every major Italian sports paper this morning is exploding with the story of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's pending mega-deal with Inter, one which will apparently involve regular payments of tribute, and the delivery of semi-precious stones and giant vats of frank
It's All About Francesco
By chris | November 20th, 2007(Nice to be talking about him besides "will he play?" again, eh?) Done Means Done After the hullaboo settled down in Scotland regarding "those bastardly cheating Italians", the topic du jour was "oooh ooh Nesta and Totti will return!". Nyet. As nice
Atalanta-Milan to be Replayed (And It's OK to Hate on Mutu)
By Martha | November 19th, 2007Contrary to rumors that it would be awarded to Milan by forfeit, the Disciplinary Committee decided today that the abandoned Atalanta-Milan match from Week 12 will be replayed behind closed doors, though the date for the replay has not yet been set. Apart
News Round-Up As Italy Gets a Hideous New Kit
By Martha | November 13th, 2007[If you're looking for information on the death of Gabriele Sandri and subsequent events, go here; the most recent post is on top. Inter-Lazio and Roma-Cagliari will be played on December 5th.] •I'm not the only who thinks the new Azzurri kit is just
Champions League: Ragged Win for Inter, Last-Gasp Draw for Roma
By Martha | November 7th, 2007Things started out ugly in Milan today, with Inter looking dangerously casual and going down 2-0 in the first half hour, thanks to great goals by the Brazilian duo of Jô (who seems to own Inter) and Vágner Love. When the match ended, though, Inter had w
Bans Handed Down; Nothing Yet for Lazio and Juve Supporters
By Martha | November 6th, 2007For the most part, all the suspensions for the next round of games are the ones we expected: Everyone over the limit for yellows cards (including Pavel Nedved, Amauri, and Marco Borriello) is out for one match. Taking a longer break, though, will be Lazio
Juve v Inter: Honors Even
By Martha | November 4th, 2007A draw was probably a fair result for this one, a match that saw each team spend some time on top but which, overall, was nervy and tense and extremely stressful. Juve were all over Inter at the start, and the Nerazzurri spent a good portion of the first
Zlatan Meanwhile, is Saying at Least Vaguely Nice Things
By Martha | November 2nd, 2007As opposed to Massimo Moratti, who doesn't have to be on the pitch and therefore is throwing all sorts of stones at the Juve camp, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who traveled with Juve's stolen Scudetto to Inter two summers ago, is saying nice things in the press ab
Massimo Moratti Tries to Make the Derby d'Italia Even More Intense
By Martha | November 2nd, 2007Chatting with the media ahead of Inter's massive showdown with Juventus this Sunday, Massimo Moratti said the following: "We don’t have to fear anyone. Our main rivals are Roma and Milan, but Fiorentina and Juventus deserve respect." What?! Dude. Could
Inter v Genoa: A Semi-Lethal Inter?
By Martha | November 1st, 2007That was a way, way easier win than I expected it to be, particularly considering that, conservatively, Inter should have had six rather than just the four: Hernan Crespo went past the keeper and ripped his shot high and wide, then put it right into the m
Palermo v Inter: Bleh.
By Martha | October 28th, 2007God that was dire. Well, I mean, there were moments of excitement and actual good play in the second half, I suppose, but the overall impression was of a walking pace and awful, careless passing by two team very happy with a 0-0 draw. Which one could und
Champions League: Inter in Moscow, Roma Host Sporting
By Martha | October 23rd, 2007Last time Inter were in Russia, Julio Cruz scored in the first minute(ish) and they beat Spartak Moscow on a plastic pitch to begin turning around last season's nightmarish Champions League start. Though the turnaround has started a little earlier this ti
Golden Ball Final 50: Totti? Zlatan? It's All Good.
By Martha | October 22nd, 2007The people at France Football must be so stoked that FIFA's World Player of the Year list came out before theirs did, because they're going to look like a bunch of geniuses by comparison no matter who they put on their list, as long as they get it at leas
Zlatan Death Threat!
By Martha | October 19th, 2007You heard it here first, people, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's life will be in danger tomorrow night when he takes the pitch in Reggina. Or at least it will be if certain people have their way. Reggina defender Salvatore Aronica has revealed to the press his se
The FIFA World Player of the Year Lunacy
By Martha | October 11th, 2007FIFA's nomination list for their World Player of the Year Award is so laughable that, really, it's difficult to even get too worked up about it. For me, it's less the absences that make it so absurd than it is two little words that are there: "Patrick" an
Odds and Ends as Inter's U-11s Humiliate Their Opponents
By Martha | October 8th, 2007•Last season I got all righteously indignant about Inter's Pulcini A team (they're 11 years old, and under) beating opponents by scores like 39-0 and 32-1. Well, I should have saved my breath, because they've now surpassed even that: This year's team ju
Inter v Napoli: Inter Avoid Complete Collapse
By Martha | October 6th, 2007Inter strolled through the first half of this one, up 2-0 after 36 minutes thanks to two smooth finishes by Julio Cruz (who is doing is best to make me stop hating him). Really, it should have been three and could have been four shortly thereafter, with C
Champions League: Inter Win, Roma Suffer Tough Loss
By Martha | October 2nd, 2007Inter picked up their third comfortable win in a row today -- thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's fourth brace of the young season -- with a 2-0 home win over PSV. The bad news, however, is that they lost both Cristian Chivu (two fairly harsh yellows) and Davi
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