Articles tagged with "kaka"
Kaka in Winning Ballon d'Or Shock!
By Martha | December 2nd, 2007Yes, it's finally official: Ricky Kaka is the best player in the world, ever, according to a group of international journalists who watch a whole ...
Milan v Juventus: Honors Even
By Martha | December 1st, 2007I suppose Milan supporters will take some heart from this match -- they've once again failed to score at home, true, but after the first ...
FIFA Short, Shortlist: Kaka, Messi, (Pretty) Ronaldo
By Martha | November 30th, 2007It's nice that, after screwing up the list of the finalists (No Totti, no Zlatan, but Patrick Vieira?!) for their World Player of the Year ...
News Roundup As We Take a Deep, Post-European Breath
By Martha | November 29th, 2007•Because of their participation in the Club World Cup next month, Milan's Serie A matches against Reggina and Livorno have been postponed; the new dates ...
Golden Ball Predicted Top 10
By Martha | November 29th, 2007Probably the most prestigious individual award in world football, the Ballon d’Or will be awarded on Sunday in Paris. Barring an upset of epic proportions, ...
Champions League: Three of Four Serie A Clubs Advance
By Martha | November 28th, 2007Thanks to yet another fantastic goal from Andrea Pirlo, Milan took a point from Benfica and booked their place in the knockout round, despite facing ...
ZOMG Kaka's Going to Paris!
By Martha | November 28th, 2007Usually, La Gazzetta only report on footballer holidays over the summer, when there's not much going on and they can do some paparazzi-style stalking. Today, ...
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 ...
Monday New Roundup As We Ride the Zampa Crazy Train
By Martha | November 26th, 2007•Manuela Prandelli, the wife of Fiorentina manager Cesare Prandelli, died this morning after a long illness. I'm trying to resist the old chestnut about it ...
Tavano + Tristan = Livorno Wins AGAIN!
By Marco | November 25th, 2007*highlights and box score at the bottom With a stellar performance Livorno leap out of the relegation zone thanks to Francesco Tavano’s brace and a surprisingly ...
Kaka is the New Goldenballs
By Daryl | November 24th, 2007Word on the Italian media grapevine is that we have a Ballon d'Or winner for 2007, and his name is Kaka. The Corriere della Sera ...
Someone Told Kaka He Won the Golden Ball. Maybe.
By Martha | November 24th, 2007According to reports in the always reliable Italian media, Ricky Kaka has already been unofficially informed that the Golden Ball will be his. Apparently his ...
Zlatan to be Ceremonially Buried in Money?
By Martha | November 21st, 2007Every major Italian sports paper this morning is exploding with the story of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's pending mega-deal with Inter, one which will apparently involve regular ...
News Roundup as Milan Try Frantically to Find Michael Jordan's Number
By Martha | November 19th, 2007I'm traveling Tuesday morning; will get back to the grindstone as soon as is humanly possible. •Kaka's dreams: 1)To captain Brazil; 2)To meet Michael Jordan; 3)To ...
Wednesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | November 14th, 2007I have just about made peace with this weekend’s catastrophe. After absorbing a ton of great articles here at the Offside and elsewhere I ...
Odds and Ends as We Lose Another One to Jesus
By Martha | November 14th, 2007[All posts related to the death of Gabriele Sandri and its aftermath are collected here. The most recent is on top, and this one is ...
[Insert Wildly Clever Headline About Kaka's Golden Balls Here]
By Martha | November 9th, 2007Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a very confident post about how Gigi Buffon was going to become the first goalkeeper since Russia's legendary ...
Sergio Ramos to Milan? Wha?
By Martha | November 8th, 2007The Italian newspapers today are full of the news that Milan are considering a bid for Real Madrid's dreamy (so I hear, anyway) Sergio Ramos. ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, I want a Cut
By Gianfranco | November 6th, 2007If you all took my gambling advice and bet on Milan I would like to take a 2-5% cut on all earnings, hey its the ...
Champions League: Six Points for the Italians
By Martha | November 6th, 2007With a quick two-goal flurry late in the match, Milan had all they needed to down Shakhtar, and Pippo Inzaghi grabbed his second in injury ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, Coco Calls Milan
By Gianfranco | October 30th, 2007Former Milan golden boy, Francesco Coco, would like to return to football, and more importantly to Milan. Talking about a player like Coco, is ...
Real Madrid finally get the Hint about Kaka
By Bob | October 29th, 2007It seems like a lifetime ago when we all first heard the rumors that Real Madrid were trying to pry Kaka away from AC Milan ...
News Round-Up When There's Not Much Going On
By Martha | October 29th, 2007•Luigi De Canio has finally been confirmed as new QPR boss. (And that is officially the last time I mention that club here, I promise.) •Inter-haters ...
Champions League: Milan Go Crazy, Lazio Lose Unbeaten Record
By Martha | October 24th, 2007Get this: Not only did Milan win at home and score four goals, but Alberto Gilardino had two of them. Both within the first 15 ...
Wednesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | October 23rd, 2007With a Champions League fixture slowly approaching Milan looks to be in a bit worser shape than I had imagined. The lack of depth ...
Brazil Plays Like Brazil and Scores 5 Against Ecuador
By Bruno Romani | October 18th, 2007This is why Brazil has to play in Brazil. Forget fancy stadiums in Europe and Asia. To play like Brazil, Brazil has to play IN ...
The Don goes with a Milanista Midfield
By Gianfranco | October 15th, 2007-The Don's Rossoneri midfield this weekend against Georgia paid big dividends. This was arguably the best and most offensive Azzuri game under the reign ...
2007 FIFA World Player of the Year (Kind of) Shortlist
By Bob | October 10th, 2007Every year FIFA's technical committee releases a list of the players who have been shortlisted for the FIFA World Player of the Year award and ...
Monday Milan Musings, a second look
By Gianfranco | October 8th, 2007Well after a win like yesterday’s it easy to forget all the problems that the Rossoneri really have, now that I have been able to ...
Lazio 1 - Milan 5
By Gianfranco | October 7th, 2007Well, well, well...I have to admit I have been a reclusive hermit since Milan's loss to Celtic midweek. Even one of the boys on ...
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