Articles tagged with "results"
Sampdoria v Inter: Typical Bloody Matrix
By Martha | January 28th, 2007About eight minutes in, Sampdoria went down to 10 men and, though they put up a good fight, for all intents and purposes the game ...
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 ...
Palermo v Lazio: Sigh
By Martha | January 27th, 2007Alright, it's becoming increasingly clear that the technical, confident Palermo we saw during the first months of the season was some sort of aberration. The ...
With Ronaldo Watching, Milan Strikers Pretend They Can Score; Reality Eventually Intervenes
By Martha | January 26th, 2007In the first 25 minutes of yesterday's home leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final against Roma, Milan looked like world beaters. With Ronaldo -- on ...
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 ...
Inter v Fiorentina: Lucky 13
By Martha | January 21st, 2007And Inter roll on. Man alive. The more I watch this team play, the more willing I am to believe that they're not going to lose ...
Reggina v Palermo: Life Without Amauri Blows
By Martha | January 20th, 2007Last week's win against Udinese got us all thinking that maybe, just maybe, Palermo would be able to stay near the top of the league ...
Ascoli v Atalanta: Welcome to Hell
By Martha | January 20th, 2007Well, now that I've seen Ascoli play, I feel even sorrier for them and their pitiful nine points from 20 games. Though they ended up ...
Week 19, Or: Is There Such Thing as a One-Horse Race?
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Because if there is, I fear we're heading rapidly in that direction. Inter really look nearly unbeatable right now, and with Roma drawing, Inter's lead ...
Messina v Roma: Handbags!
By Martha | January 14th, 2007This game -- a ragged, nasty 1-1 draw -- was so chaotic that I'm entirely incapable of writing about it coherently, so bullet points will ...
Torino v Inter: 12 Wins and Counting
By Martha | January 13th, 2007It was sort of anticlimactic, but Inter set a league record for most wins in a row today with a pretty easy 3-1 win over ...
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 ...
And Today, in Bizarro World, Adriano Can't Stop Scoring
By Martha | January 10th, 2007Look out world, here comes Adriano! The man who spent the first half of the season as unarguably the biggest waste of space in Serie ...
Week 18, Or: While I Was Out
By Martha | December 26th, 2006As I was settling into the good cable-less Midwestern bosom of my family for the holidays, the first half of the Serie A season was ...
Week 17, Or: God and Palermo Keep Ascoli Miserable. (Sorry, Ascoli.)
By Martha | December 21st, 2006Whew. Thanks in large part (obviously) to my intervention on their behalf with the Lord, Palermo thumped poor, winless Ascoli 4-0 yesterday. (In case you're ...
Juve Win With a Handball -- Where Have We Heard That One Before?
By Martha | December 20th, 2006Karma, meet Pavel. Pavel, meet Karma. The wise among you may have blocked out Pavel Nedved's endless whining by now, but the man has been ...
Matchday 18 - Business as somewhat usual
By Sam | December 18th, 2006Gotta love that picture! This weekend, one match was on everyone's mind. THE big 'un, the newest 2nd-place team, Racing Club de Lens was welcoming ...
Week 16, Or: And the League Recedes in Inter's Rear View Mirror
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Another round of settling in for Serie A, with Inter continuing to roll (thanks in part to a goal by the ever-modest Matrix, who described ...
Roma v Palermo: Doh!
By Martha | December 17th, 2006Well, that was a thrashing. It was a fun game to watch, though, because until the third goal, Palermo were standing tall and fighting like ...
Inter v Messina: Why Yes, That Is Nine in a Row
By Martha | December 17th, 2006So, at halftime, I wrote this: I don't know how Inter players or fans can stand Materazzi. His persecution complex combined with an emotional age of ...
Fiorentina v Milan: Forget the Game, Let's Kill Ray Hudson
By Martha | December 16th, 2006Reasons Ray Hudson should never be allowed near an open mic again: 1)He either doesn't know what "brave" means, or doesn't know any other adjectives. Either ...
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 ...
Week 15, Or: It's Rosetti's Fault Yet Again
By Martha | December 11th, 2006Hmm, Roberto Rosetti. Where have we heard that name before? Oh yeah, he was the referee Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini accused of corruption after his ...
Lazio v Roma: Well, That Was a Surprise
By Martha | December 10th, 2006Talk about an unjust scoreline -- a 3-0 loss for the team that pretty much dominated the first 45 minutes is awfully harsh. That said, ...
Empoli v Inter: Inter Continue to Roll
By Martha | December 10th, 2006After a toothless first half during which Empoli were so careless you wondered how on earth they got so high in the table, this turned ...
Palermo v Livorno: Crisis? What Crisis?
By Martha | December 9th, 2006That noise you heard earlier this afternoon, friends, was a collective sigh of relief escaping the lungs of Palermo fans. After a couple of bad ...
Champions League: So Tell Us, Carlo, How Do You Really Feel?
By Martha | December 7th, 2006In the wake of by what all accounts was a pathetic capitulation by his team (Little tip: when the first word in a match report ...
Champions League -- It's Almost Knockout Time
By Martha | December 6th, 2006Yesterday while I was away from the internets and my precious cable TV, Roma secured the point they needed (plus two more) to advance to ...
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 ...
Roma v Atlanta: Totti, Totti, Totti!
By Martha | December 3rd, 2006I can't tell you how much I love it when small teams comes out fully prepared to kick ass. Atalanta walked into the Olimpico with ...
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