Articles tagged with "serie-a"
Monday's Mostly Ill-Tempered News Roundup
By Martha | December 18th, 2006•More whinging about the referees: This time, it's Messina chief Pietro Franza who is playing the corruption card, blaming his team's loss to Inter on ...
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 ...
Morning News to Reminds Us That, Sometimes, Nobody Really Cares Where Kaka Plays
By Martha | December 16th, 2006Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, two players in the Juve youth setup, died yesterday after falling into a freezing lake on the Juve campus. The ...
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 ...
Oh, Snap: Berlusconi in Sheva Smackdown Shock!
By Martha | December 15th, 2006Ah, old love. Why, just a few weeks ago, Silvio Berlsuconi was waxing nostalgic about the good times he'd shared with Andriy Shevchenko, and publicly ...
Champions League Draw: It's Getting Serious Now, Bitches.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006The draw for the first knockout stages of the Champions League took place earlier today, and all three Italian team had their most fervent prayer ...
Hooray -- It's Christmas Time in Milan!
By Martha | December 14th, 2006I know I shouldn't admit this, but I actively look forward to the Inter Christmas parties. Not, sadly, because I get to go, but rather ...
Breaking News: Berlusconi, Kaka Declare Eternal Love
By Martha | December 14th, 2006Not surprisingly, the recent flurry of press reports about Kaka leaving Milan for Real Madrid have led to an explosion of denials from Milan's powers ...
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 ...
Today's Milan Rumor Roundup, Or: Whatever Will We Do When the Transfer Window Closes?
By Martha | December 13th, 2006On any given day this week, I swear I read 10 different rumors about which players Milan will be bring in to rescue them from ...
Because you can never see too many splendid bicycle kick goals
By Bob | December 13th, 2006For all of you kids out there who have asked for a bicycle for Christmas, here is an early present. It comes courtesy of ...
Jonathan Zebina on the Wrong Side of the Bed
By Martha | December 12th, 2006There's been so much inspiring press coming out of Turin lately -- Juve are at the top of the table on the verge of promotion, ...
Kaka Going Spanish? For Real (ha-ha) This Time?
By Martha | December 12th, 2006It looks like Milan's dismal season is making a certain wildly gifted Brazilian midfielder doubt his commitment to the club -- and, believe it or ...
Ancelotti is Gone! (It Must be True, the Papers Say So)
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Despite the endless love and votes of confidence being draped all over Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti by Silvio Berlusconi and the non-blackmail paying (just so ...
Daily Dose 12.12
By Bob | December 12th, 2006Some stories to read while you call the cops to report your drugs have been stolen.... A case for why Henry should get in his Renault ...
Ascoli Are SO Hating Life Right Now
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Until today, the only thing that was keeping poor, poor Ascoli off the bottom of the table was the fact that Reggina started the season ...
Newsie Odds and Ends for Monday
By Martha | December 11th, 2006•Before that whole Calciopoli thing, Fiorentina were sitting pretty: After being dead and buried as a club just a few year before, they capped a ...
Inter's World-Beating Kiddie Squad -- Nothing But Class, Baby
By Martha | December 11th, 2006Those of you who don't spend as much time on the Inter website as I (read: everyone) may not be aware of the incredible depth ...
Everything Looks Awfully Good in Palermo Today
By Martha | December 11th, 2006It's amazing what a convincing win can do for a team, huh? Just a few days ago, everyone who loves Palmero (including yours truly) was ...
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 ...
Delicious Breakfast Rumors (And a Bit of News)
By Martha | December 9th, 2006•Not so fast, Inter -- Juve, too, are interested in the media circus that follows David Beckham around bringing England's most famous aging winger to ...
High Culture for the Inter Crew
By Martha | December 8th, 2006I could be misunderstanding the Google translation of this article (though with phrases as clear as "Five debuts in five various ones sample," confusion would ...
More Big-Name Shopping for Inter
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Apparently the current line of thinking in the Inter half of the San Siro is "Today, Italy. Tomorrow? The world!", because hot on the heels ...
It's a Big Week for Blackmail in Italy
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Yesterday, our beloved Totti was being blackmailed -- and apparently paid -- over compromising photos of him with one Flavia Wind (Could that be a ...
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