Articles tagged with "calcio"
Video of the Week: Italy vs. Bulgaria
By Francesco | October 9th, 2008This Saturday our beloved Nazionale takes on Bulgaria in World Cup 2010 qualifying. Italy has a positive record vs. Bulgaria, playing 14 matches in total, ...
The Team That Performs Yearly Miracles...
By Francesco | October 7th, 2008In the current calcio world of teams that are constantly undergoing financial troubles, that jump between Serie A and Serie B, that get relegated and ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 6 (Plus Serie B + National Team Call-ups!)
By Francesco | October 6th, 2008At the end of the 6th Giornata we still saw surprises. Inter is top of the table, but they share a place with Lazio and ...
Sassuolo Surprise of Serie B
By Francesco | October 3rd, 2008Serie B has always been an interesting championship. There's always a good mix of clubs that were just in Serie A, clubs with lots of ...
Mauro Zarate taking Serie A by storm
By Francesco | September 30th, 2008Maradona, Caniggia, Sensini, Balbo, Chamot, Simeone, Redondo, Batistuta, Crespo, Veron. The list of great Argentinian players to grace the pitches of Serie A can go ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 5
By Francesco | September 29th, 2008When looking at the schedule of the 5th Giornata, all eyes had to be on Milan-Inter. The Derby was important not only for fans of ...
Video of the Week: Derby Time!
By Francesco | September 26th, 2008The first derby of the Serie A season will take place Sunday night between Milan and Inter. Inter command the table with 10 points while ...
Serie A Quick Midweek Round-up: Giornata 4
By Francesco | September 25th, 2008For some reason whenever Serie A plays during the week I always feel like it isn't the same. I love the tradition of Serie A ...
Santacroce: Don't pick me for your fantasy team...
By Francesco | September 23rd, 2008For all those who have Serie A fantasy teams, here's a tip for you: Don't pick Fabiano Santacroce. Who says? Santacroce himself! The Italy U-21 ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 3
By Francesco | September 22nd, 2008The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the ...
Video of the Week: Italian Goalkeepers Scoring Goals
By Francesco | September 18th, 2008Usually when we think of goalkeeper's scoring goals, we think of those keepers that take free kicks and penalties for their club, past and present ...
Great Italian Players: Giuseppe Signori
By Francesco | September 16th, 2008Beppe was born on February 17, 1968 in Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo. As did most Italian boys, he loved to play and watch soccer. His own ...
Siena the next Test for Lecce
By Tommaso | September 15th, 2008Coming off a 2-0 win to dismal Cagliari. Siena will be the next "test" in the campaign. No doubt the thoughts of a win and ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 2
By Francesco | September 15th, 2008Giornata 2 was another exciting week of Italian calcio. Inter and Juventus got back on track with wins, but Roma, Milan, and Fiorentina fell back ...
What to look out for this weekend in Serie A
By Francesco | September 12th, 2008After the long international break, Serie A is back! Here are some things to look out for when you're watching calcio this weekend: Walter Zenga trying ...
Great Italian Players Profiles
By Francesco | September 11th, 2008I've decided to add a new segment to the Italy Offside, where I'll put up a bio and profile of a great Italian player of ...
Gianfranco Zola named as manager of West Ham
By Francesco | September 11th, 2008When Alan Curbishley stepped down as manager of West Ham, many names were linked with the vacant job. Of these names, two Italians were listed ...
Cassano to Juve this summer?
By Francesco | September 11th, 2008Big rumor from TuttoSport today (which is a Turin-based paper) claiming that Juventus have struck a deal with Sampdoria to bring Antonio Cassano to Torino ...
De Rossi leads Italy past Georgia
By Francesco | September 10th, 2008(first, sorry for the lack of posts the last two days, we'll be back on scheduled programming starting now) Daniele De Rossi scored his first ever ...
Succi signed for Palermo because of a phone call
By Francesco | September 7th, 2008Interesting story today from Tuttosport. On the last day of the transfer window, Palermo signed 26 year old striker Davide Succi from Lega Pro side ...
Video of the Week: Toto'
By Francesco | September 7th, 2008The best player of these early days of the calcio season is without a doubt Antonio Di Natale. In the first day of the season ...
Balotelli scores on Azzurrini debut
By Francesco | September 5th, 2008After the delusion that was the Olympic games, the Azzurrini returned to the pitch to continue qualifying for the UEFA 2009 U21 Championships. The big ...
Massimo Oddo starting anew in Germany
By Francesco | September 5th, 2008One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back ...
And the first manager sacked is...
By Francesco | September 4th, 2008Who had their bets on Stefano Colantuono? The Roman manager has been sacked only after one game by Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini. Colantuono was sacked ...
Lippi's list of 50
By Francesco | September 3rd, 2008So it seems to be a FIFA rule that each national team manager must submit a mega-list of 50 players that will be available for ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 1
By Francesco | September 1st, 2008The 2008/2009 Serie A season has finally kicked off, and what a weekend it was. There were so many interesting games and results. For the ...
Serie B Preview 2008/2009
By Francesco | August 29th, 2008Along with Serie A this weekend, Serie B will kick-off as well. The second division has many exciting teams this year and it should provide ...
Serie A 2008/9 Predictions: Week 1
By chris | August 29th, 2008Week one, also known as "throw shit against the wall and see how much sticks". How will new players adapt? Which young'uns will turn into ...
2008-09 Serie A Table Prediction
By chris | August 28th, 2008The point of predictions is to say something which will cause a lot of argument and chair throwing while everyone who slams said predictions gets ...
Serie A 2008-2009 Season Preview: S-U
By Francesco | August 28th, 2008In the final part of the preview, we finish off with Sampdoria, Siena, Torino, and Udinese, along with some predictions for the coming season. SAMPDORIA ...
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