Articles tagged with "fiorentina"
A Few Surprises in Italy Squad
By Martha | May 28th, 2007Showing a stunning lack of respect for Memorial Day here in the US (The nerve!), life is continuing apace in Italy today, and Roberto Donadoni ...
Saturday Newsie Bits: Hurrah for Frey!
By Martha | May 26th, 2007•In what is clearly the most important story of the day, mercurial France manager Raymond Domenech has finally called Fiorentina's genius keeper Sebastian Frey into ...
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 ...
Muntari, Cruz on the Move?
By Martha | May 14th, 2007Udine firebrand Sulley Ali Muntari, who seems to be present in transfer rumors pretty much all the time for some reason, is allegedly on his ...
And, in Non-Crazy Gaffer News ...
By Martha | May 14th, 2007Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli's long-discussed (and well-deserved) contract extension was confirmed this weekend, and he's now tied to the club through 2011. Though it's only ...
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 -- ...
Milan v Fiorentina: So Much Ability, So Little Actually Going On
By Martha | May 6th, 2007Despite my love for Fiorentina, I have to say Milan were unlucky not to take the full three points from this one -- not only ...
Rumors to Read As You Twitch Nervously and Chew Your Fingernails to the Nub
By Martha | May 2nd, 2007•Having already landed Luca Toni (or not), Bayern Munich are reportedly also eying Palermo and Azzurri defender Andrea Barzagli. Barzagli is younger and arguably more ...
Fiorentina Sign Up Toni Replacement
By Martha | May 1st, 2007Mere hours after publicly making it sound as if he was rethinking his resolution to leave Livorno at the at the end of the season ...
More Details on Toni (Kind Of)
By Martha | April 30th, 2007In La Gazetta dello Sport yesterday, there was a roundup of the facts (and alleged facts) as we know them with regard to Luca Toni ...
Fiorentina v Chievo: Hells Yeah!
By Martha | April 29th, 2007That game (which I finally finished watching) was just all kinds of awesome. Let me count the ways: 1. Riccardo Montolivo being the best player on ...
Toni Signed with Bayern? Already?
By Martha | April 28th, 2007There's a wire report -- mean from a source at least somewhat more reliable than Tribal Football -- hitting the internets this afternoon that says ...
Week 33, Or: Champs at Last (And Ranieri Works His Magic)
By Martha | April 23rd, 2007Thanks to a lackluster win over Siena and Roma's anticlimactic loss to Atalanta, Inter ended the weekend with their first on-field Scudetto since the 1988-1989 ...
Lazio v Fiorentina: Grinding Out a Win
By Martha | April 22nd, 2007After Wednesday's disastrous loss to Parma, it was really nice to see Fiorentina come out and take three points off a good team, particularly because ...
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, ...
Week 31: Holy Crap, Look at Parma!
By Martha | April 9th, 2007Check it out, everyone -- the Tinkerman's magic has returned! Thanks to a spectacular late goal by Jersey boy Giuseppe Rossi, Parma took three points ...
Week 30: And the League Recedes in Inter's Rear View Mirror
By Martha | April 2nd, 2007For those of you keeping track, the lead is now 20 points with nine rounds to go, and Inter are closing in on the fabled ...
Everyone Wants Nasri -- Especially Inter
By Martha | March 30th, 2007Those of you who don't follow France may not have heard, but the latest Next Zidane made his full international debut this week and turned ...
Adriano Might Think About Becoming Czech
By Martha | March 27th, 2007This actually went down yesterday, but it's so awesome that I believe it needs its own post: The Czech national team partied so hard over ...
Toni's Leaving. Probably.
By Martha | March 26th, 2007There's a long article in La Gazzetta dello Sport today examining Luca Toni's status at Fiorentina, and exploring his various options as summer approaches. And, ...
Hands up, Who Wants to be Giampaolo Pazzini?
By Martha | March 24th, 2007Let's see: Fastest goal (28 or 29 seconds, depending on who you ask) in the history of Wembley Stadium, first goal in the new Wembley, ...
It Should Just Be News When Zamparini Isn't Raving About Something
By Martha | March 24th, 2007The thing that's most frustrating about Palermo resident psycho president Maurizio Zamparini is that about 60% of what he says actually stems from very reasonable ...
Mmm ... Rumors (Transfer and Otherwise)
By Martha | March 19th, 2007Look at all the rumors swirling in the air today! Isn't it great? Why, if there wasn't snow outside, I'd swear it was summer. •First of ...
Week 29, Or: Three Cheers For Claudio Ranieri!
By Martha | March 19th, 2007Parma won, Parma won! So what if it was down to a questionable offside call? Ranieri finally got his first three points back in Italy. ...
Fiorentina v Roma: A Moral Victory, if Nothing Else
By Martha | March 18th, 2007You know how, sometimes, watching a match on TV you just ache to be there? Not necessarily because it's so high-profile, or because the teams ...
Toni a Bayern Target?
By Martha | March 16th, 2007The German press today is apparently splashing Luca Toni's face all over its sports pages (Or at least The Bild is. Supposedly. I can't find ...
Mmm ... Coach News, Or: Why the Hell is Nothing Going on Today?
By Martha | March 16th, 2007Well, my usual news sources have run entirely dry this morning. Somehow Serie A seems to have made it through an entirely day without a ...
If Fiorentina-Roma Isn't on TV, I'm Blowing Something Up
By Martha | March 15th, 2007You've been warned, RAI. This game should be awesome: A fantastic match between two pretty awesome teams, in addition to a great test of Fiorentina's ...
And Now Fiorentina Are Upset. Not Crazy, Though. There is That.
By Martha | March 13th, 2007Now that the Palermo authorities have had their say, it's time for Fiorentina to step into the fray and do a little shouting about who, ...
Zamparini has Officially Lost his Damn Mind
By Martha | March 12th, 2007Not content to just rant furiously and periodically threaten to leave football ("this time I am not kidding!"), Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has now introduced ...
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