Articles tagged with "serie-a"
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 ...
The Last Post About the Stadium Situation. I Hope.
By Martha | February 9th, 2007While there is still time for a last minute reprieve (read: for San Siro), at the moment in Serie A only the Cagliari, Sampdoria, Roma ...
WAG of the Week: Martina Colombari
By Martha | February 8th, 2007Meet Martina Colombari (or sometimes Columbari, oddly enough), AKA Mrs. Alessandro Costacurta. Yes, homely (but loveable) Billy is married to this woman. I'll give you ...
The Fog of Uncertainty in Italy Lifts a Little
By Bob | February 8th, 2007The fog of uncertainty that has hung over Italian football since the death of a policeman last week has started to lift. What we ...
Berlusconi Wants A Brazilian Fiesta in Milan! (Or at Least the Rumor Mill Hopes He Does.)
By Martha | February 8th, 2007From the moment Ronaldo brought his tubby little gut to Milan, some in the press (and, it seems, in the Milan front office) have been ...
Winning the World Cup Finally Pays Off, Or: Mmm ... Pretty Motorcyles
By Martha | February 8th, 2007Though the AC Milan website seems to think the Azzurri are being given cars by MV Augusta Motor, as far as I can tell the ...
Whither Champions League?
By Martha | February 8th, 2007There's a lot of concern in Scotland about Celtic's upcoming Champions League matches with Milan, specifically the one on March 7 at the San Siro. ...
It's Official: Football is on for the Weekend; Five Lots of Grounds Will be Empty
By Martha | February 7th, 2007
The government today officially passed the previously discussed series of measures designed to improve safety in Italian football. In addition to the detailed stadium regulations ...
Italian Cabinet Votes to Keep Fans out of Stadiums
By Bob | February 7th, 2007Stadiums in Italy may remain empty until they meet security standards. That is the word according to a decree passed by the Italian Cabinet ...
Lovely, Welcome Fluff, Or: A Ranking of WAGs
By Martha | February 7th, 2007According to the ever-reliable Gazetta della Sport, British magazine Nuts (which, given that its website features a gallery called "Best New Boobs of 2007," seems ...
Toni to Turin? (Insert Further Alliteration Here)
By Martha | February 7th, 2007I'm so relieved the end of the transfer period didn't mean the end of the rumor madness. Where would we be if Juve wasn't linked ...
And the Whining Begins
By Martha | February 7th, 2007Among the less politically savvy club bosses, opposition to the government's planned crackdown on below-par stadiums is on the rise. While high-profile folks like Massimo ...
An Arsenal Inside the Stadium? Fan-Freaking-Tastic.
By Martha | February 6th, 2007According to Roman blogger Spangly Princess (who, despite her decidedly non-footballing name, is doing a fantastic job of covering the fallout from last Friday's events), ...
A News Roundup to Get Us Back on Our Feet
By Martha | February 6th, 2007I don't know about you, but after all this pain and seriousness, I feel like a little gossip. Just a little bit. •The Thierry Henry rumors ...
A Stadium Rundown, Or: Which Grounds Will Echo on Sunday?
By Martha | February 6th, 2007When (If?) football returns this weekend, there are only a few stadia which will be allowed to admit every ticket-holder. The rest will either be ...
Guus Hiddink, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo in trouble with the Law
By Bob | February 6th, 2007Russia national team coach Guud Hiddink was a wanted man leading up to the World Cup this year with countries and clubs from around the ...
In Other News, the Delle Alpi is Gonna Be Mighty Pretty Someday
By Martha | February 6th, 2007[Since life in Italian football is moving on despite everything, I'm trying to branch back out into less depressing news. Which, honestly, is a relief. ...
Meet the New Guidelines, Same as the Old Guidelines
By Martha | February 6th, 2007As expected, the safety measures which emerged from football's crisis meeting yesterday essentially mirror those created -- and never enforced -- by Interior Minister Giuseppe ...
Just in Case We Needed Further Proof that Football is an Industry
By Martha | February 5th, 2007Football League President Antonio Matarrese, railed in the press yesterday against the further suspension of calcio, saying "Football must never shut down." He's not worried ...
The Joy of Football
By Bob | February 5th, 2007Some days the football world is so discouraging. Crowd violence in Brazil, a stadium ban in Romania and the continued uncertainty in Italy after ...
Spanning the Globe: Soul Searching Serie A, Real Really Bad, A New Boss in the Bundesliga
By Bob | February 5th, 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 ...
At a Crossroads
By Martha | February 5th, 2007Filippo Raciti's body lay in state last night. Mourners filed by, leaving flowers, team scarves, and heartfelt notes. Those who couldn't attend sent tributes from ...
Thoughts on the State of Calcio
By Martha | February 4th, 2007While the dust from Friday's tragedy has in no way settled, the various options before football and the government are slowly taking shape, as are ...
Darkness
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007RIP, Filippo Raciti. It feels hopelessly naive to even ask, but may your death, unlike the many that have come before it at Italian football grounds, ...
Weekend Newsie Bits: A Pouting Trifecta
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007•On the back of Massimo Marracone's near meltdown and Luis Figo's gruff, swarthy whine comes a pouty little gem from Alessio Tacchinardi. Now on loan ...
Inter Roll to Third Consecutive Coppa Final, Or: Woo Hoo, Cruz is Back!
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007Yeah, yeah: So, Inter drew with Sampdoria yesterday (their first non-win in a million years, though since it wasn't in league it doesn't affect The ...
Not Content to Burn Them, Maccarone Blows Up Bridges, Then Runs The Pieces Through a Wood-Chipper
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007As Bob mentioned yesterday, Massimo Maccarone, the one-time golden boy whose services cost Middlesbrough £8.15 million in 2002, has celebrated his return to Italy with ...
Figo: "Mommy, Mr. Mancini Was Mean to Me!"
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007Sigh. You guys know I love Luis Figo beyond all reason, right? (I almost wrote "more than life itself," but decided that's not the sort ...
Massimo Maccarone Blasts Steve McClaren and Gareth Southgate
By Bob | February 1st, 2007I once had a job that I hated so much that for months I spent a bit of each work day trying to perfect my ...
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