Articles tagged with "rumors-amp-news"
Juve Are Cursed (But Also Blessed with at Least One Miracle)
By Martha | September 19th, 2007Negatives have been crashing down on Juve lately, particularly since last Saturday. First, they fell apart against Udinese and lost their perfect record. Boo. And, ...
Italy Go Top; Del Piero Puts His Foot in His Mouth
By Martha | September 19th, 2007First, the good news: As a result of the draw and win in the recent Euro qualifiers, Italy have climbed two spots to the top ...
Juve Fans Narc on Their Own; Are Celebrated Far and Wide
By Martha | September 18th, 2007At the end of the first half of the Juve-Udinese match on Sunday, an irate fan by the name of Nicholas Ravasio lobbed a smoke ...
Lazio, Milan Resume Champions League Play
By Martha | September 18th, 2007Two of the four -- Count 'em, four! -- Italian teams in the Champions League group stages open their play today, with Milan hosting Benfica ...
Chivu's Inter Career Off to a Flying Start
By Martha | September 18th, 2007As you may recall, Inter are headed to Turkey this week with about 1.5 defenders in their team, and rather than blaming the crew who ...
Quick Odds and Ends Ahead of the Weekend
By Martha | September 14th, 2007Everyone and his brother are proclaiming mad love for Gila. A memo must have gone out, or something. The FIGC are getting serious: Angelo Pagotto was ...
Corini Going Back to Palermo; Zaccardo Wants Him to Stay
By Martha | September 14th, 2007Normally there'd be little interest in Torino's trip to Palermo on Sunday (and I'll admit that I might be the only one who cares, even ...
Laugh it Up, Haters
By Martha | September 14th, 2007As you may have heard, Christian Chivu picked up a shoulder injury in Romania's game last weekend, and sat out their midweek friendly as a ...
Dema, Altidore and Mathis - Injury Updates
By Dave Martinez | September 14th, 2007First off, look at that armband on Dema . . . looks great! Ok folks, here are your updates on our injured Bulls, as we look ...
Ah, So Pay is Based on Tactical Genius, Then
By Martha | September 13th, 2007Note: I'm being Bob today (which is WAY harder than it looks), so I'll be back later with a WAG of the Week, but probably ...
Nevermind About the Match-Fixing, Or: Another Win for Falsini and Pantanelli
By Martha | September 12th, 2007Gianluca Falsini and Armando Pantanelli are having quite a summer. First, they were frozen out by Catania (Pantanelli has since moved to Avellino in Serie ...
Just So You Know, Donadoni's Job is Totally Not on the Line Tonight
By Martha | September 12th, 2007Really, it's not. How do we know this? Why, because Roberto Donadoni himself tells us so -- for your information, he feels he has the ...
Newsie Bits for Tuesday
By Martha | September 11th, 2007•Despite reportedly being outplayed for stretches by Albania, the Azzurrini pulled out a 1-0 away win today on a goal from Robert Acquafresca to remain ...
Cassano's Injury Not So Bad; Is Fit to Visit Ne'rdowell Friends
By Martha | September 11th, 2007When Antonio Cassano went down over the weekend in a friendly against Swiss side Bellinzona -- one organized in large part to help him get ...
Kaka May Be the Best-Paid Player in Italy, But Real Would So Totally Pay Him More
By Martha | September 11th, 2007There's a long article in today's La Gazzetta (and of course it's not online) detailing the salaries of each team, from the high rollers like ...
Mmm ... Blood Doping
By Martha | September 11th, 2007Good news, Milan fans: Ronaldo is due back in Italy very shortly. Woo hoo! There is, however, the small issue of that treatment he received ...
Calcio, Porn and Reality TV
By Martha | September 10th, 2007When Francesco Coco revealed last week (You have no idea if this is going to be the porn or reality TV part, do you?) that ...
Of (Formerly) Porky Brazilians
By Martha | September 10th, 2007Things are very different these days for the Brazilian strikers on either side of Milan. Ronaldo, for his part, is both no longer fat (Who ...
Azzurri v France: Yes, I Know I'm Behind
By Martha | September 10th, 2007The good news is that the defense looked surprisingly solid, Fabio Cannavaro seems to have remembered who he is and had a solid game 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 ...
The Draw For That Other Cup
By Martha | August 31st, 2007Holding the UEFA Cup draw a day after the Champions League groups are set will inevitably make the former pale by comparison, but today is ...
Transfer Market Bits, Or: A Run on 31-Year-Old Strikers
By Martha | August 31st, 2007In a bit of news so shocking it needed to be triple checked, it's being reported today that a player is actually moving from Manchester ...
Catching Up With the Champions League
By Martha | August 31st, 2007The Champions League draw was made yesterday and, as expected given their seedings, Milan and Inter have the easiest paths of the four Italian teams ...
Victor is Sick and Should be Excused from Gym Class Today
By Martha | August 29th, 2007Victor Obinna really, really doesn't want to play in Serie B. The highly rated, 20-year-old striker has been engaged in a summer-long dispute with Chievo ...
The Latest on Adriano: Still Breathing, Still at Inter
By Martha | August 29th, 2007Ok, this is actually getting sad. At last count, about 137 clubs from 14 nations have turned down the chance to sign Adriano on loan, ...
Of Coaches Suspended
By Martha | August 28th, 2007As we chortled gleefully about yesterday, the resident genius of French football, Raymond Domenech, has talked himself into a suspension for his team's upcoming match ...
Milan Totally Almost Signed Henry. Take That, Haters!
By Martha | August 28th, 2007Milan may have done fuck all this summer (apart from signing an infant Brazilian who may or may not be the Second Coming), but they ...
A New Gig For the Little Inzaghi
By Martha | August 28th, 2007These days, you could be forgiven for forgetting that Pippo Inzaghi has a little (and when I say little, I mean he's a child of ...
Odds And Ends As Adriano Preens in the Stand
By Martha | August 27th, 2007•Despite a weekend full of loan rumors and the Inter brass practically begging the Brazilian to take his unflatteringly snug Armani tops elsewhere, Adriano's agent ...
Your Weekly Azzurri Health Update
By Martha | August 27th, 2007In good news, Marco Materazzi has left the hospital. Woo hoo! Of course, he's out for anywhere from two to four months, so leaving the ...
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