Articles tagged with "serie-a"
Et tu, Silvio?
By Bob | February 1st, 2007It was a little over a month ago that AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi took the opportunity to kick the dog known as Chelsea's Andriy ...
WAG of the Week: Raica Oliveira
By Martha | February 1st, 2007Is there a better way to welcome Ronaldo to Italy than by naming his lovely (ex?) girlfriend our WAG of the Week? (That's a rhetorical ...
Torino Suddenly Wake Up, Realize It's Transfer Time
By Martha | January 31st, 2007In the last few hours of the January transfer window, Torino have suddenly pulled off more big(-ish) deals that pretty much every other club in ...
Meanwhile, In Transfers That Didn't Happen
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Deep breath (fingers crossed this is the last transfer post for a long, long time): •Despite the fact that Ronaldo is fully, officially a Milan player, ...
Transfer Talk: The Window is Closing
By Bob | January 31st, 2007After having a month to seal transfer deals, clubs all over the world are scrambling to get things done at the last minute. The ...
Ibra to Sweden Coach: "Suck it, Lars."
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Apparently Zlatan Ibrahimovic's personal statute of limitations on pouting hasn't yet been met, because he's skipping yet another Sweden match: Ibra was called into the ...
Yes, the Transfer Window Really is Closing. (Whatever Will We Talk About?)
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Here's a brief roundup of the latest signings, as well as a few rumor-y bits (one of which is an outright lie -- see if ...
Messina Part Ways (Or Are About to Do So) With Giordano
By Martha | January 30th, 2007According to the official UEFA website this morning, Messina coach Bruno Giordano has been canned, and the club are set to replace him with Alberto ...
Ronaldo: It is Accomplished
By Martha | January 30th, 2007After 24 hours of delay, during which time an impressive number of rumors -- ranging from Ronaldo going to MLS instead to Cassano heading to ...
Transfer Talk: Not Bent out of Shape, Ronnie & Gooch Deals Done, Starlets Star Bright
By Bob | January 30th, 2007The window transfer window officially comes to a close Wednesday so all around the world players, agents and clubs are scrambling to get those deals ...
Chaos in Palermo, Or: Someone, Hold Me -- I'm So Confused!
By Martha | January 30th, 2007Ok, so yesterday the person possibly on the verge of leaving Palermo was Andrea Caracciolo, who apparently couldn't handle a)not being good enough, and b)being ...
Another Day, Another Award for Canna
By Martha | January 30th, 2007The Italian football awards (If you can believe it, they're called "Oscars," a name all those who consider Italy a country of divers doubtless find ...
Odds and Ends from the Weekend
By Martha | January 29th, 2007•Now it's not just Juve who are supposedly tracking Frank Lampard, but Milan and Inter as well. All of this stems from Lampard's lack of ...
Carlo 'n' Roberto, Sittin' in a Tree, Or: When Google Translate Goes Too Far
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Speaking on Italian radio earlier today, Carlo Ancelotti spent most of his time talking about his team's chances of qualifying for the Champions League next ...
Domenech: Materrazi 'must have a weakness somewhere'
By Bob | January 29th, 2007If I thought Marco Materazzi had any brain cells left I would be worried about the effect of suffering two headbutts in less than a ...
A Name to Remember: Takayuki Morimoto
By Bob | January 29th, 2007The upside of being called the "Japanese Ronaldo" is that you can stuff yourself silly at the all-u-can-eat sushi buffet without having to worry about ...
Pouting Report: Inzaghi Plays Nice, Caracciolo Cries Like a Little Girl
By Martha | January 29th, 2007It's a little late to make the announcement, but, hey, Palermo fans? You should know you're not allowed to boo Andrea Caracciolo, no matter how ...
Transfer Talk: A New Toon for Gooch, Make Room for Mascherano, Cannavaro & Chelsea?
By Bob | January 29th, 2007The end is in sight. In just a couple days the transfer window will close and we can all go back to worrying about ...
Week 21, Or: A Headbutt and Another Win for Inter
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Until now, Inter have been winning by overpowering opponents with their superior ability, so there was always a chance of a slip-up. Now that we ...
Materazzi Headbutt #2, the Video
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Look, the video! The quality isn't great, but since you get to see the impact from roughly 40 different angles, it's hard to complain too ...
Sampdoria v Inter: Typical Bloody Matrix
By Martha | January 28th, 2007About eight minutes in, Sampdoria went down to 10 men and, though they put up a good fight, for all intents and purposes the game ...
Milan v Parma: The Times They Are A-Changin' (As They Say)
By Martha | January 28th, 2007When I started watching Serie A way back the day, the team that got me hooked was Milan. The team were so silky and skilled ...
Palermo v Lazio: Sigh
By Martha | January 27th, 2007Alright, it's becoming increasingly clear that the technical, confident Palermo we saw during the first months of the season was some sort of aberration. The ...
Odds and Ends Headed into Week 21
By Martha | January 26th, 2007•Remember that Parma auction? Well, sucker savvy businessman Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club yesterday. Ghirardi -- who is only 31 bloody years old -- won ...
Mancini Positions Himself for a Move (or a Huge Contract)
By Martha | January 26th, 2007London's The Sun is absolutely loving the whole "Will They or Won't They?" thing with Robert Mancini and Jose Mourinho. Today's on-line version of the ...
Transfer Talk: Cocu Cuckoo over MLS, Riquelme going Home, Gooch to Marseille?
By Bob | January 26th, 2007The winter transfer window is mercifully starting to shut, but there is still time for more absurd rumors, minor player movements and fun before we ...
With Ronaldo Watching, Milan Strikers Pretend They Can Score; Reality Eventually Intervenes
By Martha | January 26th, 2007In the first 25 minutes of yesterday's home leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final against Roma, Milan looked like world beaters. With Ronaldo -- on ...
Berlusconi Suing Football Because He's Losing Money
By Martha | January 26th, 2007Mediaset, AKA one of Silvio Berlsuconi's many media arms, is taking "legal action" against the Italian football league because, well, they're not making as much ...
Ronaldo in Milan; Berlusconi Tents Fingers Mr. Burns Style and Mutters "Eeeeexcellent"
By Martha | January 25th, 2007Various sources -- including irritated commenter RomaPete (whose irritation might stem more from his team's falling behind 2-0 after 20 minutes than anything Ronaldo is ...
Inter Crush Sampdoria, Or: Figo's Still Got It
By Martha | January 25th, 2007In the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final meeting with Sampdoria, Inter rolled to a 3-0 away win, with a certain Portuguese winger turning ...
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