Articles tagged with "serie-a"
On Diving
By Martha | November 8th, 2006Call me crazy, but I think the issue of diving is much more complicated than the well-muscled American who shouted about pansies while watching the ...
Reason #391 to Love The Official Inter Website
By Martha | November 8th, 2006I need to say this up front: Luis Figo is my favorite footballer on earth. (At times Eugenio Corini provides a degree of competition, but ...
Is There Actual Substance to Milan's Conspiracy Theory? And Will That Fact Make Anyone Stop Laughing?
By Martha | November 8th, 2006It's sort of a truism in Italy that even the most utterly outrageous conspiracy theories have a kernel of truth at their cores. (Like, you ...
Will Amauri Pretend to be Italian?
By Martha | November 8th, 2006In the comments on another post, we've been discussing the possibility of Palermo's outrageously in-form striker Amauri pulling on the Azzurri shirt. As Paul rightly ...
A Pair of Injuries to Italians, One Slightly Older Than the Other
By Martha | November 7th, 2006Talk about adding insult to injury (or something): After picking up both a loss and a nasty shiner during Milan's match at Atalanta, Gennaro Gattuso ...
Oh, and Speaking of Maradona ...
By Martha | November 7th, 2006He's coming back. No, really. According to a recent interview, when Juve and Napoli return to Serie A (they're currently tied for fourth and sixth, ...
A Golden Ball for Buffon?
By Bob | November 7th, 2006We've learned before to take rumors involving Gianluigi Buffon with a grain of salt, but this is another juicy one. Martha on the must-read ...
Milan Can't Win Because the Refs are Mean, Or: Welcome to the Real World, Suckers
By Martha | November 6th, 2006The Italian press (as well as the team's homepage) today is full of quotes from the Milan camp about the injustice that has been visited ...
In Which Entirely Too Many Words Are Devoted to Adrian Mutu
By Martha | November 6th, 2006Watching the Roma-Fiorentina game yesterday -- particularly the uninspired first half -- I had a lot of time to think. And, apart from the obvious ...
Week 10, Or: Happy Birthday, Figo -- You're on the Bench
By Martha | November 5th, 2006Thanks to the ever-vigilent official Inter website, I not only know that Luis Figo turned an ancient 34 yesterday, but also that, instead of have ...
Things to Ponder as You Wonder Which Bank Julio Cruz is About to Hit
By Martha | November 3rd, 2006•Why is Andriano back in Milan already? I thought he was going to spend a long a time sunbathing and eating recharging at home. •Is the ...
Palermo v Newcastle, Or: UEFA Cup, USCHMEFA Cup
By Martha | November 3rd, 2006Here's what I think: Palermo are good. Inconsistent, but good. Newcastle are bad. Depressingly, laughably, horribly bad. (And yes, they're my favorite EPL team and ...
When Celebrations Go Bad
By Martha | November 1st, 2006Apparently what the rest of us saw as a joyous celebration was, in fact, a vicious attempt on the part of Cafu to devour a ...
The Definition of a Hometown Announcer
By Bob | November 1st, 2006If you are an AC Milan fan you have to love the excitement of announcer Tiziano Crudeli. If you're not an AC Milan fan, ...
Inter Freeze Asses, Score Champions League Win
By Martha | November 1st, 2006The short story: Inter beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 in a game that was way more exciting than the scoreline suggests. The long story? A synthetic ...
Francesco
By bob | October 30th, 2006I fell in love with Italian Calcio since I watched it for the first time as a little toddler. I love everything about it: the ...
A Milan Derby for the Ages
By Bob | October 30th, 2006Sometimes the big games fail to live up to the hype, but Saturday's version of the Milan Derby was as exciting as any of the ...
Milan Derby: AC Milan vs. Inter Milan
By Bob | October 27th, 2006The San Siro stadium in Milan is the home of this weekend's featured rivalry game between two teams who both call the stadium home. ...
Putting MLS Attendance Numbers in Perspective
By Bob | October 25th, 2006It is almost a national pastime for soccer fans in the United States to talk about and lament the attendance numbers for Major League Soccer. ...
Footballers are Keeping the Lawyers Busy Today
By Bob | October 13th, 2006The legal affairs interns at The Offside have had a tough time keeping up with things the last 24 hours as footballers both past and ...
A Name to Remember: Fabio Simplicio
By Bob | October 12th, 2006A name like Bob just doesn't sound very poetic. Sure it is easy to spell and it is even easier to make fun of, ...
Final Judgment: Spying on a Referee is not in the 'Spirit of the Sport'
By Bob | September 27th, 2006Before today, we were kind of 50-50 on the whole matter of spying on referees. Part of us thought it would be fun to ...
Great Nike Italy Print Ads Featuring World Cup Winners
By Bob | September 26th, 2006While we're still kind of nonplussed by the Nike commercial featuring everyone's favorite headbutt target, we do dig the series of print ads that Nike ...
Palermo would like to remind you that the Mafia disgust them
By Bob | September 25th, 2006Palermo is taking the high road (kind of) in their small little feud with West Ham ahead of Thursday's UEFA Cup showdown. The Italian ...
The Mother of all Derbies in Sicily
By Bob | September 19th, 2006When most people think of Sicilian rivalries they probably have images of Mafia gangsters in black hats shooting at one another on the streets, not ...
A Name to Remember: Yoann Gourcuff
By Bob | September 14th, 2006We're always on the lookout for the next big thing. Before any other kid on the block had a pet rock, we had an ...
They'll be the Favorites in Serie C Next Season
By Bob | September 11th, 2006It was a less than wonderful start for Juventus this weekend as they opened up their Serie B campaign with a 1-1 draw on the ...
Serie A Season Previews
By Bob | September 8th, 2006With the swirl of scandal still in the air, the kids in Italy kick off the Serie A season this weekend. The match-fixing mess ...
Daily Dose 09.01
By Bob | September 1st, 2006Some stories for you to read while you wonder where summer went.... The pants are on fire at Manchester United (United Rant) Let's nail that transfer window ...
Christian Vieri's Stock has dropped a Little Bit
By Bob | August 29th, 2006It doesn't seem that long ago that Christian Vieri moved from Lazio to Inter Milan for a then-record $49 million deal. My, how the ...
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