Articles tagged with "fiorentina"
Friday News Roundup Before the International Frenzy Hits Fever Pitch
By Martha | November 16th, 2007•Bobo Vieri is either right on the verge of agreeing to stay with Fiorentina for one more year, or he's not. Since the denial comes ...
Mmm ... Transfer Rumors for Breakfast
By Martha | November 15th, 2007[Posts on the death of Gabriele Sandri and subsequent events are collected here; this post is being updated with today's news. It's been announced that ...
Odds and Ends to Prove that Life Goes On
By Martha | November 12th, 2007[If you're looking for the latest on the tragic events in Italy yesterday and their repercussions, go here. Serie B and C matches are suspended ...
Week 12: And Then There Was One
By Martha | November 12th, 2007[If you're looking for the latest on the tragic events in Italy yesterday and their repercussions, go here.] The big on-pitch story of the weekend was ...
Friday News Roundup As We Try to Stay Warm (When Did Winter Show Up?)
By Martha | November 9th, 2007•The Azzurrini side for the upcoming matches against Azerbaijan and the Faroe Islands was just announced, and both Roma-owned Alessio Cerci and Fiorentina's baby Argie ...
Late results: Viola go nuts, Aberdeen get a point
By Ian Rose | November 8th, 2007Italy has had a rough UEFA Cup, with three out of their four teams failing to make the group stage. But the single Italian ...
UEFA Cup: BOBOGOL! (And His Friends)
By Martha | November 8th, 2007The old men were on fire in Florence tonight, with Martin Jorgensen grabbing a brace, and Bobo Vieri scoring in his second straight UEFA Cup ...
Your Obligatory "WTF is Ray-Ray Smoking?" Post
By Martha | November 8th, 2007Just like we all knew he would, Raymond Domenech gleefully left David Trezeguet out of his France team yet again. Jesus wept. In case you're new ...
Pre-Champions League News Roundup
By Martha | November 7th, 2007•Pippo Inzaghi's two goals yesterday moved him into a tie with Gerd Muller's record of 62 goals in UEFA matches, though it's taken him more ...
Lazio Fans: Again With the Racist Chants
By Martha | November 5th, 2007Lazio supporters have a well-deserved bad reputation, and they're seemingly working hard this season to make it even worse than it already is; their chosen ...
Week 11, Or: Draw Mania
By Martha | November 5th, 2007Seven of this week's 10 matches ended in draws -- some of them incredibly exciting, despite the shared points -- including those featuring three of ...
Lazio v Fiorentina: Blech.
By Martha | November 3rd, 2007A 1-0 win for Fiorentina from a game with not much in it. A lot of bad touches combined with some bad decisions and a ...
Odds n Ends as We Come Down From Our Collective Sugar High
By Martha | November 1st, 2007•In case you missed it, the ever-classy Adriano bailed yesterday when he found out he wasn't on the bench for Inter's match against Genoa. Rather ...
Week 10: Who Needs Totti?
By Martha | November 1st, 2007Finally getting a chance to play in the absence of Er Pupone, Mirko Vucinic cannot be stopped -- he scored Roma's first goal in their ...
Fiorentina v Napoli: BOBO! BOBO!!!!!
By Martha | October 31st, 2007I'm not sure I can be coherent about this match, but it was fantastic, and Fiorentina won 1-0 on a 61st minute goal from Bobo ...
Juve Rumor Fest
By Martha | October 31st, 2007I don't know if an informer just escaped Luciano Moggi's* secret mountaintop lair or what, but the papers today are just jam-packed with rumors about ...
Just Kidding About that Ban (Etc.)
By Martha | October 30th, 2007This just in: An emergency appeal by Napoli has seen Marcelo Zalayeta's two-match ban thrown out, and he'll be available to face Fiorentina tomorrow. Apparently ...
Genoa v Fiorentina: Pazzini! Falling Down!
By Martha | October 28th, 2007On paper, I suppose a 0-0 draw away to a midtable side is acceptable for Fiorentina, particularly after a tough match on Thursday. That said, ...
UEFA Cup: Villarreal v Fiorentina
By Martha | October 25th, 2007Well, damn -- Bobo came within about three minutes of being a hero in Spain this afternoon. As disappointing as a draw is after having ...
UEFA Cup: Viola Try to Stop Rossi
By Martha | October 25th, 2007[As you may have heard, Fiorentina are still in the UEFA Cup. As you also may have heard, I'm sort of a fan. So, yes, ...
Big Clubs Lining Up For a Little Seb Frey Action
By Martha | October 24th, 2007Shortly after Dida's little performance in Scotland, the media were full of reports about the other goalkeepers Milan would be pursuing when the summer transfer ...
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 ...
Fiorentina v Siena: Champions League, Anyone?
By Martha | October 21st, 2007Jesus, Fiorentina are good. I know Siena are in the bottom four and didn't pose that much of a challenge, but the Viola in the ...
Mutu Again Declares His Love For Fiorentina
By Martha | October 19th, 2007As we discussed in the comments yesterday, Adrian Mutu* is the rumored target of a whole lot of clubs, among them Manchester City (of ...
Viola Keep Montolivo a Little Longer, Eye João Moutinho
By Martha | October 18th, 2007Having extended their hold on Giampoalo Pazzini through 2011 earlier this season, Fiorentina have now also successfully ensnared his fellow (future) superstar Riccardo Montolivo for ...
The wild Vagner Love rumor...
By Magnusson | October 18th, 2007According to Tutto Mercato, the first name Eric Gerets gave his new bosses when he took over at the Commanderie was that of brazilian phenom ...
The World According to La Gazzetta
By Martha | October 16th, 2007Since we're through all of seven weeks of the season, the time has apparently come for serious transfer talk. To that end, today's print edition ...
UEFA Cup Group C Preview
By Ian Rose | October 11th, 2007This is the third in an eight part ... blah blah blah, get to the predictions. Group C is, in order of seeding: Villareal (Spain), AEK Athens ...
So Much Effing Dida
By Martha | October 11th, 2007Apart from having an opposing keeper play much, much worse than he did last weekend, not much has gone right for Nelson Dida since his ...
Assorted News Bits
By Inara | October 10th, 2007~~~~~~~~ I take back what I said about the away kits. The gold kit is fast becoming a favorite, whether paired with red or dark blue ...
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