Articles tagged with "lucarelli"
News Roundup as He-Man Rages at the Foreigners
By Martha | December 11th, 2007•Bayern Munich's resident crotchety old man, Oliver Kahn, recently gave an interview in which he ripped the team's unnamed new arrivals, saying they need to ...
Lucarelli Ready to Move?
By Martha | December 5th, 2007Shakhtar Donetsk's shocking Champions League collapse (six points from their first two matches, none from their last four) has dumped them out of all European ...
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 ...
The Rumor Mill: Old Men Edition
By Martha | November 21st, 2007A far, far cry from the internationally adored youngsters who were all over the news yesterday (and will continue to be so until the transfer ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Livorno vs Parma, The Biggest Loser Serie A Edition
By Marco | October 27th, 2007Livorno walks on the Stadio Taridini pitch Sunday with 2 points on the books. They’ve been on a week long retreat in Salsomaggiore where ...
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 10th, 2007I want to share a quote from former Livorno hitman, Lucarelli. He likes Milan and wants to play there but had this to say, “I’m ...
Odds and Ends as Inter's U-11s Humiliate Their Opponents
By Martha | October 8th, 2007•Last season I got all righteously indignant about Inter's Pulcini A team (they're 11 years old, and under) beating opponents by scores like 39-0 and ...
Azzurri Squad Announced; Limited Room for Bitching Available
By Martha | September 3rd, 2007Roberto Donadoni, who has spent the last two weeks offering up sacrifices to a slew of gods in an effort to winpowers of miraculous recovery ...
Serie A Exodus
By Gianfranco | August 17th, 2007I wanted to take all this boredom and put it to good use, but alas laziness has taken its toll as well. I will ...
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 ...
Lucarelli: Staying, But Not 'Cause He Wants To
By Martha | June 12th, 2007Poor Cristiano Lucarelli. He had a falling out with the fans he loves and is disgusted with his club in general. He's finally had enough ...
What's Up With Lucarelli?
By Martha | June 10th, 2007Despite Livorno's ever-so-firm announcement last week that #99 was going to stay around for another season, Cristiano Lucarelli's name has been popping up in transfer ...
Tuesday News Roundup: Who Doesn't Love Lucarelli?
By Martha | May 29th, 2007•After tearing up Serie A all season, Cristiano Lucarelli finally scored an Azzurri call-up for a competitive match. And, according to Lucarelli, it's about damn ...
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 ...
Inter Dealing: Julio Cesar Renews, Moratti Eyes Lucarelli
By Martha | April 30th, 2007Though just yesterday our beloved Tribal Football was describing Julio Cesar as "unsettled" at Inter, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported this morning that the Brazilian ...
Lucarelli: Not As Cool As You'd Hope
By Martha | April 26th, 2007Since things between Livorno fans and Cristiano Lucarelli are a little hairy these days -- what with the team being accused of throwing games, and ...
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 ...
Livorno v Inter: The Hell?
By Martha | March 3rd, 2007Well that was a bizarre game. I need help understanding -- who saw it and speaks Italian? First of all, Maicon seemed to get a straight ...
UEFA Cup Update -- Or, if You Prefer, a "Cupdate." (Oh, Who Am I Kidding? No One Prefers That.)
By Martha | February 15th, 2007Playing with the inspiring accompaniment of their own echoing shouts, Livorno lost 2-1 to Espanyol last night, grabbing a late goal to head back to ...
All Hail Lucarelli, Or: That Sacking Was Just a Little Joke
By Martha | January 16th, 2007Last night I reported on the post-match firing of Livorno manager Daniele Arrigoni, and the subsequent player appeals -- lead by Cristiano Lucarelli, who is ...
Meltdown in Livorno!
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Despite being only four points out of the Champions League qualifier position, Livorno imploded this weekend. First, as mentioned earlier today, their 5-1 thrashing by ...
Monday's Mostly Ill-Tempered News Roundup
By Martha | December 18th, 2006•More whinging about the referees: This time, it's Messina chief Pietro Franza who is playing the corruption card, blaming his team's loss to Inter on ...
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