

Articles tagged with "sampdoria"
Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: The Final Round
By Francesco | December 16th, 2008So, the results are in and now it is time for the Final Round of Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. The footballers with the top 10 ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 16
By Francesco | December 15th, 2008Alessandro Del Piero and Paolo Maldini. Two Italian legends, inspirational captains, and "bandiere" going at it (and for one of the last times since Maldini ...
A Statistical View of Serie A
By Francesco | December 11th, 2008I know statistics are big mostly in American sports. You'll turn on Sportscenter and here a random sportscaster be like "This player has a 65.7893034% ...
Transfer Talk: Juande Ramos to Sign Half the Spurs Squad?
By Daryl | December 10th, 2008Can you play right midfield? Then new Real Madrid boss Juande Ramos gives you the thumbs up. According to The Daily Star, Ramos could be ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 15
By Francesco | December 8th, 2008Diego Milito. Who would've thought that he would turn out to be possibly the best signing a Serie A side made this summer? 12 goals ...
Derby della Lanterna summary
By j | December 8th, 2008As expected the ninety-eighth Derby della Lanterna between Sampdoria and Genoa was a hot-blooded affair with the Rossoblu winning 1-0 on the strength of Diego ...
Derby della Lanterna preview
By j | December 6th, 2008Stadio Luigi Ferraris is the home for the ninety-eighth Derby della Lanterna that pits Sampdoria versus crosstown rivals against Genoa later today. The Blucerchiati own ...
Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: Voting Time!
By Francesco | December 5th, 2008OK, so here on the Italy Offside we are searching for Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. We have all the nominees, and now it is time ...
Serie A's Ugliest Footballers
By Francesco | December 3rd, 2008So Lorenzo and Alessio had a good idea for a post, we are going to crown Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. There are quite a few ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 14
By Francesco | December 1st, 2008Palermo and Italy goalkeeper Marco Amelia said saving Ronaldinho's penalty kick was "like playing Playstation". Now I bet tons of clubs will be getting calls ...
Happy Tacchino-Day!
By Francesco | November 27th, 2008Happy Thanksgiving (or Tacchino Day) to all the Italy Offside readers! Enjoy your day and eat lots of food! I tried to find a picture ...
Happy Tacchino-Day!
By Francesco | November 27th, 2008Happy Thanksgiving (or Tacchino Day) to all the Italy Offside readers! Enjoy your day and eat lots of food! I tried to find a picture ...
Markus Babbel leads VfB to UEFA Cup
By 21 | November 26th, 2008In a statement that will surely have you standing in-line as a supporter of Markus Babbel he said of the UEFA Cup match against Serie ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 13
By Francesco | November 24th, 2008Del Piero salutes Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a fake smile thinking "You kept me on the damn bench all that time you were with us..." Results after ...
Trounced by Samp. Maybe its the Ugly Away Jerseys.
By Chris | November 24th, 2008It was as if Sampdoria was waiting for this particular game to spring back to form. Earlier in the week it seemed an ideal fixture ...
Let's talk tactics..
By Moka | November 19th, 2008Milan don't play wingers and they don't have wingers so even if Carlo wanted to play with wingers, he won't have the players to put ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 12 (plus Serie B and other news)
By Francesco | November 17th, 2008Roma, languishing in the relegation zone before the derby, took on Lazio, who are flying high in the upper echelons of the table. Roma needed ...
1 month (and a little) in 1 post..
By Moka | November 15th, 2008If you're a student in a Canadian university (York U, excluded b/c of that strike), then you probably know that October is a terrible, terrible ...
Juventus-Genoa and Coppa Italia round-up
By Francesco | November 13th, 2008Because of the Italian National Rugby Team playing a game at the Stadio Olimpico in Torino on Sunday, Juventus-Genoa had to be played today. Juventus ...
Antonio Cassano releases his autobiography, and he's not afraid to tell it like it is (like always)
By Francesco | November 12th, 2008News today is that Antonio Cassano has (with the help of writer Gianluigi Pardo) authored his first autobiography, entitled "Vi Dico Tutto" (I'll tell you ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 11
By Francesco | November 10th, 2008Can anyone tell me what type of performance enhancing drug Alessandro Del Piero is taking right now? (Juventus fans don't jump on my back, that ...
Video of the Week: Lavezzi vs. Cassano- Spectacle at the San Paolo
By Francesco | November 7th, 2008If you find yourself watching the Serie A game of your choice this Sunday and start yawning (not due to tiredness but due to the ...
Video of the Week: Lavezzi vs. Cassano- Spectacle at the San Paolo
By Francesco | November 7th, 2008If you find yourself watching the Serie A game of your choice this Sunday and start yawning (not due to tiredness but due to the ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes - 11/4/08
By Francesco | November 4th, 2008Here's what I found interesting after reading various calcio news sites today: -First, we have another managerial change in Serie A. Chievo haven't won since the ...
Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 10
By Francesco | November 3rd, 2008Wow can you believe we're already at Giornata 10? I feel like Serie A was just starting just yesterday. The highlight of the weekend was ...
Cassano Returns To Chaos
By chris | October 28th, 2008UPDATE: Game postponed due to the falling of the heavens. Makeup date to be announced. Roma v Sampdoria How fitting that Cassano's first trip back to the ...
finalmente!!!!!!
By Alberico | October 27th, 2008Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Breath of fresh air. That was my first reaction when the final whistle blew yesterday. Why? Because we finally got our deserved victory of ...
can we turn the page now or not yet???
By Alberico | October 24th, 2008Well, let me tell you, yesterday i tried to do everything possible to watch this game somewhere. As always I had my matchtracker on from ...
Serie A (and B) Weekend Round-up: Giornata 7
By Francesco | October 20th, 2008I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new Bologna and Siena blogs here at the Italy Offside. Every Serie A club now has ...
The Devil is in Ronaldinho
By Gianfranco | October 19th, 2008A Dinho brace, a start for Antonini, and three points for the Rossoneri, what more can you ask for...





