Articles tagged with "parma"
Week 32: Signs of Life From Palermo!
By Martha | April 16th, 2007[Note: I'm in a meeting and then on a plane today, so this'll be it from me. If I can get home through the storms ...
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 ...
Inter v Parma: Oh, the Awesomeness
By Martha | April 1st, 2007Well that game was a totally unexpected pleasure to watch -- full credit to Parma for turning up to play, rather than bunkering in and ...
Parma Give Up on Season, Turn to Gimmicks
By Martha | March 23rd, 2007When I saw a story in La Gazzatta dello Sport earlier today about Parma signing a middle-aged comedian, I figured Google translate was just having ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Juventus - Piacenza Preview.... Nocerino's Derby
By Gianfranco | March 4th, 2007Today 2:30 PM EST Projected Line Ups Juventus (4-4-2) Buffon; Birindelli, Boumsong, Chiellini, Balzaretti; Marchionni, Zanetti, Paro, Nedved; Del Piero, Trezeguet. Bench- 12 Mirante, 15 Marchisio, ...
Week 26, Or: Look Out for Flying Pigs
By Martha | March 1st, 2007Yes, that's right: Inter actually dropped points yesterday. Let's have a moment of silence for The Streak, shall we? Thank you. I know it's going ...
Hide the Children, There's an Ugly Basement Battle on the Way
By Martha | February 28th, 2007Ascoli and Parma, AKA the two worst teams in Serie A, meet today at Ascoli in a desperate battle for three points. Though the game ...
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 ...
UEFA Cup: And Then There Were None
By Martha | February 23rd, 2007Both Italian teams who managed to escape the group stage of the UEFA Cup lost yesterday and, since both had also lost in the first ...
Giant, Honking News Roundup For Your Weekend Reading Pleasure
By Martha | February 16th, 2007•A quick update on stadium news: 1)The San Siro has been cleared to host Milan's Champions League match again Celtic in March, albeit with a ...
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 ...
Ranieri Wastes No Time in Offending the Masses
By Martha | February 13th, 2007On the job at Parma for less than 24 hours, Claudio Ranieri has already been forced to issue his first apology. Didn't I tell you ...
Holy Crap, It's Claudio Ranieri!
By Martha | February 13th, 2007Before the arrival in England of the great Jose Mourinho, my heart belonged to his predecessor at Chelsea, one Claudio Ranieri. On an international walk-about ...
Milan v Parma: The Times They Are A-Changin' (As They Say)
By Martha | January 28th, 2007When I started watching Serie A way back the day, the team that got me hooked was Milan. The team were so silky and skilled ...
Odds and Ends Headed into Week 21
By Martha | January 26th, 2007•Remember that Parma auction? Well, sucker savvy businessman Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club yesterday. Ghirardi -- who is only 31 bloody years old -- won ...
Week 20: U-S-A! U-S-A!
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007Sure, sure -- there were a lot of story lines this weekend, from Inter's unstoppable run to Totti's sending off; from Oddo's non-appearance to Palermo's ...
Obligatory Coppa Update
By Martha | January 19th, 2007For those of you who failed to pay attention, the second legs of the Coppa Italia quarterfinals were played this week and the final four ...
It's an American Invasion!
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Hot on the heels of the arrival of NY Red Bulls prodigy Gabriel Enzo Ferrari in the Sampdoria youth team, fellow American starlet Giuseppe Rossi ...
If You Know What's Good For You, You'll Shut Up and Pretend You Care About the Coppa
By Martha | January 11th, 2007I know we usually try to ignore all domestic cups just on principle, but since the Coppa Italia is all we have right now, it's ...
Right Then: Who Wants a Football Club?
By Martha | January 2nd, 2007Since former owners Parmalat went bankrupt in 2004, Parma (then AC, now FC) has been in administration, run by a legally appointed board. The main ...
That Other Cup. You Know, the One With All the Teams Nobody Knows Anything About.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006I was going to talk about the UEFA Cup draw (yes, that also happened today -- talk about bad timing), but first things first: Parma ...
Palermo Go Out of Europe, Dammit.
By Martha | December 14th, 2006Despite the fact that it's for the best if they want to keep feeding that Scudetto dream, it's still sad that Palermo's European run is ...
Parma v Palermo: I Think This is Officially a Crisis.
By Martha | December 3rd, 2006Those of you who recorded the game and plan to watch it later, ERASE IT NOW. Those who, like me, watch it live, please join ...
Livorno (Very Nearly) Crash Out of UEFA Cup; Parma Continue to Roll
By Martha | November 30th, 2006I've always wanted to say "crash out" -- thanks, Livorno! And they lost points in the most painful way possible, too: Our of desperation, they ...
A Name to Remember: Fabio Simplicio
By Bob | October 12th, 2006A name like Bob just doesn't sound very poetic. Sure it is easy to spell and it is even easier to make fun of, ...
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