Articles tagged with "fiorentina"
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 ...
Another Meltdown in Palermo
By Martha | March 12th, 2007Right on the heel's of last week's "Our losses are due entirely to bad officiating, and have nothing whatsoever to do with our play on ...
Week 28, Or: The Tension Rises at Both Ends of the Table
By Martha | March 12th, 2007Apart from Inter's unrelenting sprint and Roma's respectable ability to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the table, things are really tightening ...
Newsie Bits For a Sleepy Saturday
By Martha | March 10th, 2007Does anyone else get the feeling that calcio is resting, trying to prepare itself for the derby tomorrow? Well, it's what I'm doing, anyway. •Adriano, not ...
Viola Doing a Little Shopping
By Martha | March 8th, 2007Seemingly already spending the money they hope to get by selling Luca Toni this summer, Fiorentina are reportedly exploring the summer transfer market a bit ...
First Post. Yay?
By Rose | March 7th, 2007Hi, I'm Rose, and I'll be bringing you all the crazy news from the most Southern province of Italy: US Città di Palermo. Having been ...
Today's Faux-Crisis: Prandelli Leaving the Viola?
By Martha | March 6th, 2007Every once in a while, even the best of us need a break from the Roberto Mancini contract drama. Will he? Won't he? Has he ...
Meltdown in Palermo, Installment Two
By Martha | March 5th, 2007This morning I reported on Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini's latest threat to quit the club and football, this time because he feels there's no room ...
Week 27, Or: An Evil Referee and a Rampant Fiorentina
By Martha | March 5th, 2007This weekend had everything -- charges of corruption, saved penalties, buckets of goal, and utterly gorgeous weather. (Did you see the stands? Those people were ...
Fiorentina v Torino: Oooooh, That's Gotta Smart
By Martha | March 4th, 2007For the first 20 minutes of this one, the announcers were full of praise for Torino's organized defending and aggressive counter-attacking. Within ten minutes, of ...
Well, Who Wouldn't Pick Fiorentina Over Arsenal?
By Martha | February 27th, 2007Nineteen-year-old Azzurrini striker Arturo Lupoli, who is headed home to Italy this summer after three years in England, has told the press that he gleefully ...
Week 25, Or: Goals Galore
By Martha | February 26th, 2007Sunday morning I watched Fiorentina v Empoli on RAI. It was on La Grande Giostra Dei Gol, a five hour show that seems to combine ...
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