Happy X-Mas and New Year

I know I'm both too late for Christmas and too early for NY's but its the thought that counts. As a late present a great Daniele ...

Il Danielista 9

Roma 2 Bologna 0 In search of a silver star... and Daniele's 250th appearance for La Magica Not the most exciting game of the season but Mirko ...

Il Danielista 8

Roma 2 Bordeaux 0 So not only is La Magica through but they are top of the group. A horrible start and a beautiful finish. Not something Roma ...

The Grégory Coupet Show

Marseille 0 - Grégory Coupet 0 It makes sense that Atlético wouldn't try too hard considering that they're already qualified for the next round, but the ...

Il Danielino

Chievo 0 Roma 1 This was never going to be a pretty game. Chievo decided to employ a formation very similar to the one they use when ...

Il Danieleista 6.0

So I can confirm: They are back The new system is proving a sucess, Er Pupone is back and Matteo Brighi has cemented his place in the ...

Cluj must defeat Roma

As Maurizio Trombetta's Cluj enters their Champions League match against Roma, they sit at the bottom of Group 1, two points behind Roma and Bordeaux ...

Rennes 2-ASM 1 and other assorted bad news

Rennes 2 (Sow 43, Briand 53) AS Monaco 1 (Cufre 72 pen) Many of the fans are saying that Monaco's recent purple patch was just an aberration ...

Il Danielista 4.0

GRANDE ROMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Sorry I've been gone so long but Il Danielista is back with a bang! I was both looking forwards to and dreading this game. Whereas ...

Photo of the Day: Manager on Top

This hasn't been a great year for AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti. His club is a perennial Champions League club, but they're having an ...

Roma pilgrimage

The original idea for this post was that I would go to Rome and find out what De Rossi means to Rome. I was all set, ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, AS Roma 0

The Loveliness of Philippe Mexes

Philippe Mexes. He is French by nationality, but he's played for AS Roma for so long that the Italians consider him one of their own. Unfortunately he ...

Its Italy & De Rossi talks Roma

I have to say I never watched the recent Italy game vs. Bulgaria. My internet hasn’t been working so I didn’t get to see it, ...

Matteo Ferrari, AKA Wet Footballers v2

Meet Matteo Ferrari. He's beautiful. And he's wet. He also plays for Genoa and has somehow managed to charm Aida Yespica, AKA Italy's Foremost Footballer Dater, into ...

Il Danielista 2

When i heard Daniele wasn't fully fit and given Brighi's recent fine form (Reggina and Atalanta games), I didn't think it was a great idea ...

Il Danielista 1

Genova 3 Roma 1 Horrible, horrible, horrible game. I don't know what's wrong with the team. A lack of Totti? Time to gel? Was Mancini secretly motivating the players at ...

Il Danielista

Hope you like the title it took me a surprising amount of time to come up with (I also considered DDR weekly, Il Corriere del ...

Rapid Bucureşti UEFA Cup battle

I am going to be very straight and up-front about the Wolfsburg - Rapid Bucureşti UEFA Cup match later today. Wolfburg is facing what I consider ...

Lecce 2-0 Chievo Verona

First I would like to apologize for my absence. I have been between Caccamo and Orsogna and am finally settled in. Just in time to ...

International break and... swimming

So one week of calcio and now an international break. Great. On the plus side this means the title holders can get some practice in and Daniele ...

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

Just a quick post to talk about Daniele's performance. Well as usual he played very well. And as usual the magic forcefield that surrounds the oppositions ...

Penalties, penalties... and maybe more penalties?

Hello, I’m Jake, and yes, I am a Roma and De Rossi supporter or fan, whichever you like. But surely you don’t care that much ...

Congratulations giallorossi!

It seems my superstitions were well-founded. According to the club's official website, Jérémy Ménez is off to AS Roma for around 14 million euros. As ...

The Draw

The UEFA Champion's League Trophy. The UEFA Champion's League group stage draw took place today at 12:00 EST. Lyon are in Group H, and drew: ...

You knew it was coming...

With Totti and Aquilani both represented it was about time the third pillar of Rome got his own blog. Starting now myself and Jake will ...

The man, the myth, the Ménez

Well, I had been holding off writing about our biggest star because I thought he might leave and I had the superstitious fear that me ...

Marca Is Reliable / Thank God For Shoes

Marca's daily verbal hard-on for Ronaldo is a 'report' that Manchester United will demand Sergio Ramos, Robinho, and Mahammadou Diarra, plus $50 million from Madrid ...

Video of the Day: Roma are Coppa Winners

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuH6Q7Y81mg[/youtube]It was a day for cup finals. The Scottish Cup, the Coppa Italia, and the Coupe de France were just a few of those ...

Inter win Scudetto 2008

Last week, we had "D-Day", the last day of the Premier League season, when everything came right down to the wire. Today was the ...