Articles tagged with "empoli"
News Roundup Featuring Most of the Same Old Names
By Martha | January 14th, 2008•The Maniche deal -- now done enough to be officially address by Inter functionaries -- keeps getting pushed back. For a while, he as arriving ...
Empoli v Reggina: Football in a Swamp
By Martha | January 12th, 2008Granted, I've only seen three or four matches a week this season, so I could well have missed some awful pitches, but the conditions at ...
Transfer Talk: Wenger - "I'm unhappy that he is unhappy and we will try to make him happy"
By Daryl | December 18th, 2007I love of the smell of transfer rumours in the morning. Smells like... well, actually it smells like things that probably won't happen. But if ...
News Roundup As Kaka (And Jesus) Take Home Another Award
By Martha | December 17th, 2007•Kaka is FIFA's World Player of the Year. Try to control your shock. •Is Luciano Moggi's phone ever not being tapped these days? Another investigation has ...
Lazio vs Juventus: Preview, Plus Post-Game Post-Mortems
By roberto | December 13th, 2007So, how have you been? It's nice to be writing again. What have you been up too? How's the backhand? We haven't spoken in a ...
Week 15: Rampant Pozzi
By Martha | December 10th, 2007Forget the top of the table, Nicola Pozzi scored four times for Empoli. Four freaking goals! And he hit the post! I don't care how ...
Empoli in Winning a Match Shock!
By Martha | December 7th, 2007In the first match of the nearly all-Serie A last 16 of the Coppa Italia (only Ascoli remain from the lower divisions), Empoli hosted Juventus. ...
Parma-Empoli 1-0, That'll do!
By Francesco | December 3rd, 2007Parma got back on track on Sunday with a 1-0 win at home vs. struggling Empoli. Alberto Malesani made his return to the Tardini ...
Parma-Empoli, an Azzurrini Get Together.
By Francesco | November 30th, 2007When Parma and Empoli take the field on Sunday, there will be many present and former Italian U-21 Internationals on the pitch: Daniele Dessena and ...
Is Tavano Back?
By Marco | November 28th, 2007Francesco Tavano Born: March 2, 1979 Birthplace: Caserta Height: 5-10 Weight: 161 lbs He’s played for Empoli, Pisa, Fiorentina and Livorno. With a stint in Siena he would have ...
Odds and Ends Because There's Really Not Much Going On That's Not Champions League
By Martha | November 27th, 2007•Gigi Cagni is shocked he was sacked. Aw. Poor guy -- he did take Empoli to their first-ever European place, so I suppose it wasn't ...
Two in One Day: Another Gaffer Gone
By Martha | November 27th, 2007Late last night, Empoli sacked coach Gigi Cagni. Despite looking like an utter badass and leading the club to a seventh-place finish and its first-ever ...
Empoli v Roma: Oh. My. God.
By Martha | November 4th, 2007Shocking. Roma's second(ish) team -- interestingly, given the recent discussions here, without a single Italian in it Lies! All lies! Millions of wonderful Italians! -- ...
Wanted: Dead Or Alive
By roberto | October 30th, 2007Here are a just a handful of those wanted dead or alive after last Saturday's horrific display. If you haven't heard by now since you've ...
Week 8: Is It Crisis Time Yet?
By Martha | October 22nd, 2007Milan lost to Empoli yesterday, blowing chances, making defensive errors, and generally looking punchless and grim, as they tend to do these days. Now, I ...
UEFA Cup: Viola Go Through Alone
By Martha | October 4th, 2007And, just like that, Italy have gone down to one club in the UEFA Cup. Empoli were thrashed in Switzerland, Palermo struggled to a loss ...
Swedes in classic UC comeback, Italians fall
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007We have some early results from today's action in the UEFA Cup, and one of the big stories is Sweden's Helsingborg. Having lost their ...
Huzzah, Crazy Zamparini is Back!
By Martha | October 1st, 2007Don't get me wrong -- it's not that Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini went anywhere, rather that we haven't had a good explosion from his lately, ...
Week 5: Made of Awesome*
By Martha | September 27th, 2007One fantastic game this round, and a couple great results for teams with lofty ambitions. The Fiorentina-Roma match was complete insane and a great ...
Empoli v Inter: Well, That's Better
By Martha | September 1st, 2007It wasn't the most comfortable of 2-0 wins but, if you're Inter and already described in virtually every article as either "struggling" or "in crisis," ...
Today's Roundup of Dubious Transfer News
By Martha | June 20th, 2007As is being discussed here in the comments, over at the Roma site, and everywhere else on god's green earth where people love calcio, today ...
Odds and Ends Roundup From an Oddly Subdued News Day
By Martha | June 13th, 2007It's a holiday in Portugal, but the internet feels like it's a holiday everywhere. Am I missing something? •Most importantly for all of us, the Azzurri ...
Week 37: Sorted
By Martha | May 21st, 2007A week before the end of the season, things at the top of the table have finally been solidified: Inter (who reached a record 94 ...
Week 36: Same Old Rossi, Can't Stop Scoring
By Martha | May 14th, 2007I don't know what to think about this Giuseppi Rossi thing. I get that the kid couldn't get on the pitch at Man U -- ...
Inter v Empoli: Nerazzurri Kids Everywhere!
By Martha | April 29th, 2007What a weird freaking game this was. Because of the celebratory atmosphere, it felt more like a tribute match than an actual, competitive game that ...
April 25th Festa Della Liberazione & Juventus News
By Gianfranco | April 25th, 2007A little history lesson for all my readers before I get into the Juventus news, today in Italy is a national holiday recognizing the liberation ...
Week 22 (Yes, We're Going Back in Time), Or: Marry Me, Claudio Ranieri!
By Martha | April 19th, 2007Instead of acknowledging Inter's depressing loss, I've decided to focus instead on Parma's miraculous victory over Fiorentina: Two more goals by Giuseppi Rossi, three points, ...
This is the way to Play
By Andrea | April 9th, 2007Milan brightened up my Easter weekend with their win over Empoli on Saturday. I will make this statement in full confidence; this is how to ...
Milan v Empoli: Take That, Pretenders!
By Martha | April 7th, 2007Wow, what a great win for Milan. Finally they stand tall and soundly beat one of the teams near them in the table -- the ...
Week 26, Or: Look Out for Flying Pigs
By Martha | March 1st, 2007Yes, that's right: Inter actually dropped points yesterday. Let's have a moment of silence for The Streak, shall we? Thank you. I know it's going ...
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