Articles tagged with "serie-a"
Week 24: It's All About Inter
By Martha | February 19th, 2007When even Luciano Spalletti admits the title is Inter's, you know it's a done deal. While it's been obvious for a couple of months now ...
Palermo v Chievo: That's it, I Quit
By Martha | February 18th, 2007Ok, not really. But if I could wrest myself out of their gasp, I would officially renounce my love for Palermo. Watching them has become ...
Inter v Cagliari: Yes, That's a European Record
By Martha | February 17th, 2007For the second week in a row, Inter were nothing more than functional, doing enough to win but rarely impressing. That said, however, it's hard ...
Siena v Milan: Goals, Goals, Goals!
By Martha | February 17th, 2007Holy freaking crap was that a great game to watch. I don't know if it was the coffee talking or what, but the first half ...
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 ...
YouTube Friday, Or: Singing, Dancing Footballers!
By Martha | February 16th, 2007It's a little known fact that, in addition to scoring (nudge nudge) and winning, Italian footballers (as well as foreign players who play their trade ...
Inter Want De Rossi and All of His Pretty Roma Friends
By Martha | February 16th, 2007You're not going to believe this: It's a big transfer rumor from Tuttosport that doesn't involved Juve! When you go out today, be on the ...
Wait, Juve Want Toni? You Don't Say.
By Martha | February 16th, 2007(First of all, does this picture scare anyone else? Is that his 70s porn star pose? Right. Moving on.) Though they were linked earlier this month ...
Nesta Interrupts Sunbathing to Announce He'll Stay in Milan
By Martha | February 15th, 2007Usually I can sense it when footballers are in the US (My instincts are particularly good when it comes to the clients of that one ...
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 ...
Coach Berlusconi is Back!
By Martha | February 15th, 2007For a while there -- back when he was Prime Minister and, apparently, less busy than he is now -- Silvio Berlusconi was a regular ...
Catania Fans Won't Have to Find a New Place to Riot if the City Fathers Have Anything to Say About It
By Martha | February 14th, 2007Not surprisingly, a sports judge has shut down Catania's now-notorious stadium (the deadly riot during the Palermo match was only the most recent in a ...
Tonis and Gilas and (a) Frenchman, Oh My!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007Apart from those about Figo and Zidane coming to New York, this is definitely the best rumor I've read in months: Tuttosport (which, you may ...
Catching Up, Or: So Much News, So Little Time!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007• You may not have heard, but Kaka is now Italian. This is good for Milan because it means he's no longer and non-EU player, ...
We're #1! We're #1!
By Martha | February 14th, 2007It's been almost 15 years in coming but, thanks to Portugal's kicking of Brazil's ass and the postponement of the Azzurri friendly against Romania, Italy ...
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 ...
The Layperson's Guide to Ibra, Courtesy of the Swedish Press
By Martha | February 13th, 2007As a part of an admirable, profoundly important effort to catch their readers up on the lives and loves of what they call "Sweden's celebrity ...
Wringing Another Picture More Drama From the Figo Situation
By Martha | February 13th, 2007
Just when we were sure the drama surrounding Luis Figo's decision to take his game to Saudi Arabia next year was over, he wanders by ...
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 ...
All Hell is Breaking Loose at the Viareggio
By Martha | February 12th, 2007A game in the Viareggio youth tournament was actually the first football played after the riot in Catania -- apparently the powers that be thought ...
I Guess This Means No Champions League Football in Newcastle After All. Damn.
By Martha | February 12th, 2007Well, hell. Just a few hours after the lovely people at Newcastle United offered St. James' Park up as a possible venue for Milan's home ...
You Guys, Stop Being So Mean to Gianluca Pagliuca!
By Martha | February 12th, 2007Stop press: We finally found someone who is pissed he had to play in front of fans yesterday. Ladies and gentlemen, Gianluca Pagliuca. Yes, he's ...
Spanning the Globe: The Sound of Silence in Italy, Romario Reaches 990
By Bob | February 12th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Week 23, Or: Did You Hear That? I Think a Pin Just Dropped in Row Z!
By Martha | February 12th, 2007After a depressing week away, calcio came back yesterday. And there was much rejoicing. Well, a little rejoicing -- everyone was happy to be playing again, ...
Fiorentina v Udinese: Problemi Muscolare
By Martha | February 11th, 2007In case you were wondering why Luca Toni and Adrian Mutu were both absent from Fiorentina's teamsheet today, the above is your answer. Problemi muscolare. ...
Chievo v Inter: For the Love of God, SHUT UP!
By Martha | February 11th, 2007An unforeseen side-effect of the creepy silence in many of the grounds around Italy this weekend is that it gives moronic English-language announcers more room ...
Berlusconi Does it Again, Or: Rejoice, the San Siro is Open!
By Martha | February 10th, 2007After working around the clock, Silvio Berlusconi's crack team of indentured servants well-paid employees managed to get 28 turnstiles in place* at the San Siro, ...
Totti Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot
By Martha | February 10th, 2007In only the latest chapter of the endless will-he-or-won't-he saga of Francesco Totti's possible return to the national team, Totti himself announced to the press ...
Pre-Weekend News Roundup, Or: Games! Games! Games! (And a Touch of Fascism)
By Martha | February 9th, 2007•Did you know all the games are being played on Sunday this weekend? What the hell am I supposed to do tomorrow? This is troubling ...
Kaka To Real, Take 409
By Martha | February 9th, 2007Despite Kaka's and Milan's oh-so-convincing mutual declarations of love late last year, the Spanish press is reporting today that the club might be willing to ...
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