

Articles tagged with "maicon"
Transfer Talk: The Post-Ronaldo-pocalypse.
By chris | June 12th, 2009Everybody watch out, Fergie's swingin' a big stick. With close to €100m euros in his pocket from the impending CRTBA sale, plus whatever was in ...
Transfer Talk: Mmmm...Barca.
By chris | June 10th, 2009A Spanish newspaper has reported that Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barca for Samuel Eto'o plus cash (€10m or so) is as good as his name. Italian ...
Transfer Talk: Youth Is Served.
By chris | May 22nd, 2009Liverpool mounted a €22m bid, which was then firmly swatted away by Aurelio De Lorentiis with a Dikembe Mutumbo finger wag, for Argentinian wild child ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Champions?
By Laurie | March 15th, 2009This one was tougher than I thought it would be, since if you're playing in Champions League you're pretty much by definition a well-known player, ...
Brazil Closes Beautifully An Ugly Year
By Bruno Romani | November 19th, 2008Brazil 6 - 2 Portugal Can I even argue against this score? It was one of those matches perfect for being used in TV commercials. If ...
A Few More Man-Love Photos
By Amanda Leerat | November 18th, 2008I have been collecting these photos for a few weeks now. I believe it's time to share them with you so I can take ...
3 Rounds, 2 Clubs, 1 Title
By Bruno Romani | November 18th, 20083 rounds left and the fight for the title has come down to 2 clubs. São Paulo seats 2 points ahead of Grêmio. Both clubs ...
Brazil 0 - 0 Colombia: You're from here, Remember?
By Bruno Romani | October 16th, 2008The disconnection between Brazil and the Brazilian squad reached a limit tonight in Rio. Brazilian players forgot how to play in Brazil. Tonight’s result was ...
Inter 2 - 1 Catania
By Johonna | September 14th, 2008Ok, so it wasnt pretty and technically both those goals for Inter were Catania own-goals, but damn it, we get the 3 points anyway. And ...
Brazil 0 - 0 Bolivia: Back to Normal
By Bruno Romani | September 11th, 2008Dull midfield. Check. Extreme Slow Pace. Check. Lack of Agression. Check. Excessive Arrogance. Check. Lack of Passion. Check. Chaotic Organization. Check. Fading Stars. Check. General laziness. Check. Fans booing. Check. Yes, after the .
News Roundup As We're Forced to Think of WC 2010
By Martha | January 15th, 2008•Even though we're still months from the start of Euro 2008, it's evidently not too early to think about World Cup qualifying, as the schedule ...
News Roundup As Everyone at Milan Gets a Day Older
By Martha | December 28th, 2007•Sampdoria's world-class whiner Andrea Caracciolo could be on his way out of yet another club this winter, possibly to Atalanta. I wonder if it's ever ...
Inter v Lazio: Poor Lazio (In More Ways Than One)
By Martha | December 5th, 2007Man alive. Inter were anything but good in the first half, but ended it up 2-0 just because they put some pressure on the Lazio ...
Some Brawlers Have Sentences Reduced on Appeal, Others Not So Lucky
By Martha | March 28th, 2007After hearings today, Inter's Maicon and Ivan Cordoba had their suspensions for that whole Valenica throwdown reduced -- clearly UEFA's disciplinary committee is a bunch ...
BREAKING: UEFA Lays Down the Post-Brawl Law
By Martha | March 14th, 2007UEFA's disciplinary committee just finished their meeting on the Inter-Valencia brawl, and the following punishments were handed down: •David Navarro: Seven months •Nicolas Burdisso: Six matches •Maicon: Six ...
UEFA Considers Bigass Bans for Brawlers
By Martha | March 13th, 2007According to reports in unnamed Italian papers, the central participants in the Inter-Valencia post-game brawl could be facing some serious bans. UEFA's disciplinary committee meets ...
A News Roundup That Started Out Brawl-Free But Isn't Anymore
By Martha | March 7th, 2007•A Celtic supporter died in Milan late last night. While the death apparently had nothing to do with Champions League or Milan fans (he was ...
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 ...
Catching Up, Or: So Much News, So Little Time!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007• You may not have heard, but Kaka is now Italian. This is good for Milan because it means he's no longer and non-EU player, ...





