ANTONIO AND THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM.

The prancing pony, Peter Pan, L'enfant terrible, the prodigious Don Juan whom made Julio Baptista blush will be raiding the Bolognese panty pantries this Sunday. ...

Rock That Olimpico

Impressed? I was. Yesterday Lazio took on a determined Bologna side and came up trumps. It was easily our best performance of 2009 but I ...

Lazio - Bologna

Lazio will welcome a feisty and determined Bologna side to the Olimpico tomorrow as we look to build on last week's success and power towards ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 25

Some of you may be looking at this picture and thinking: "What is this? Who are these players? And why does Sampdoria have a Scudetto ...

Bologna 1 - 2 Inter: Whew, Am I Glad That Is Over

First of all, I love love LOVE Julio Cesar. As far as I am concerned, he is man of the match. He made four ...

Bologna v Inter: Insert Something Witty Here

What: Bologna v Inter Where: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna When: Saturday, Feb 21, 4pm local time (7am pacific, 10am eastern) How to Watch: FSC is showing it on ...

Guess who's birthday is today- Roberto Baggio!

So when I was a little kid watching calcio back in the '90's, my idol was none other than Roberto Baggio. Everything about him amazed ...

DIRTY......And the Painful Restraint From Painting a Feces Mustache

The bell tolled three times just before the 90 minute mark; the ringers: Julio Baptista, Christian Poulsen and the damned Chilean Seabass grillin' Alexis ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 22 + Last minute Transfer Madness

After 41 years, Cagliari beat Juventus in Turin in a thrilling 3-2 come from behind victory. Buffon (pictured) could only watch as the Sardinian side ...

First goal! Great Performance! Will he stay?!

First goal! Great Performance! Will he stay?! This weekend Milan went to Bologna to get their revenge from the Season opener loss. A very convincing 4-1 ...

Things not going that well for Dinho

Not at his best days. Worst word to any athlete, Bench! Last week actually was somewhat due to the flu he had earlier. This ...

Bologna v Milan

Bologna v Milan, Make em Pay For Game One

Six points, six points is all that stands in the way of the Rossoneri and first place in Serie A. After the loss to ...

A brief look back and some favourties

As promised, here’s a quick look back on the first half of the 2008/2009 season Zlatan style. So far he’s made 25 appearances, scoring 12 goals ...

The Craziest Italian Football Quotes of the Year

While Italian football provides excellent quality and entertainment on the pitch, we all know that it equally provides excellent quality and entertainment off the pitch. ...

Serie A Mid-season Report Cards

And so, with Serie A starting up again this weekend, the second half of the season begins (although technically it begins January 25th when the ...

Underpants

Not quite, some "briefs" to be exact. Lazio have made their first signing of the mercato. Some Swiss kid, Pajtim Kasami will now join forces with ...

What Serie A Players/Managers are asking Santa for...

First and foremost I'd like to wish a Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope its a great time for everyone, and I'd like to thank ...

And the Ugliest Serie A Footballer award goes to...

So, everyone had a week to vote and crown the Ugliest Serie A Footballer. It was a tight race, but it in the end ...

Lecce - Bologna

Since the 9th I've been working from morning till night; there is no other encounter I'd normally drool over more than Lecce - Bologna, my ...

Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: The Final Round

So, the results are in and now it is time for the Final Round of Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. The footballers with the top 10 ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 16

Alessandro Del Piero and Paolo Maldini. Two Italian legends, inspirational captains, and "bandiere" going at it (and for one of the last times since Maldini ...

Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: Voting Time!

OK, so here on the Italy Offside we are searching for Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. We have all the nominees, and now it is time ...

Genoa v Bologna match preview

As Genoa continue to tempt the upper reaches of Serie A, there will be obvious challenges from the elite clubs but equally those matches considered ...

Bologna: The place where players go to rejuvenate their careers

Roberto Baggio. Giuseppe Signori. Marco Di Vaio. What do all these players have in common? Yes they are all Italian, yes they are all strikers, ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 11

Can anyone tell me what type of performance enhancing drug Alessandro Del Piero is taking right now? (Juventus fans don't jump on my back, that ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 10

Wow can you believe we're already at Giornata 10? I feel like Serie A was just starting just yesterday. The highlight of the weekend was ...

Chievo - Lazio

Lazio will travel to Verona tomorrow evening to take on a Chievo side desperate to pick up points to aid their survival campaign. Cue another Bologna. ...

Bah.

There's only one way to describe the mess of a match today...and I think this pic pretty much sums it up: Three shots on net, three ...

Bologna - Lazio

Lazio will travel to Bologna tomorrow to take on a troubled team who are desperately in need of a few points. This is not another Lecce. ...