What Serie A Players/Managers are asking Santa for...

First and foremost I'd like to wish a Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope its a great time for everyone, and I'd like to thank ...

And the Ugliest Serie A Footballer award goes to...

So, everyone had a week to vote and crown the Ugliest Serie A Footballer. It was a tight race, but it in the end ...

Photo: This Is What Happens When A Car Falls Off A Bridge.

Torino defender Angelo Ogbonna has surely had better days than yesterday, when he was merrily driving along only for his car to plunge off a ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 17

I'm not just putting this picture up to rile up the Inter fans, but this shows just how bad the linesman was Saturday night. Actually, ...

Rossi, Rocchi and a Round-Up

It is becoming difficult to escape the rumours that are circulating at the minute and ultimately it is starting to annoy me. The speculation over ...

Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: The Final Round

So, the results are in and now it is time for the Final Round of Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. The footballers with the top 10 ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 16

Alessandro Del Piero and Paolo Maldini. Two Italian legends, inspirational captains, and "bandiere" going at it (and for one of the last times since Maldini ...

A Statistical View of Serie A

I know statistics are big mostly in American sports. You'll turn on Sportscenter and here a random sportscaster be like "This player has a 65.7893034% ...

And the Bidone D'Oro (Golden Trash Can Award) goes to...

In Italy, famous players that flop at top clubs, big money transfers that wind up not fulfilling their potential, or players that just plain flat-out ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 15

Diego Milito. Who would've thought that he would turn out to be possibly the best signing a Serie A side made this summer? 12 goals ...

Serie A's Ugliest Footballer: Voting Time!

OK, so here on the Italy Offside we are searching for Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. We have all the nominees, and now it is time ...

Serie A's Ugliest Footballers

So Lorenzo and Alessio had a good idea for a post, we are going to crown Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. There are quite a few ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 14

Palermo and Italy goalkeeper Marco Amelia said saving Ronaldinho's penalty kick was "like playing Playstation". Now I bet tons of clubs will be getting calls ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 13

Del Piero salutes Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a fake smile thinking "You kept me on the damn bench all that time you were with us..." Results after ...

Torino vs Milan

The Path of Success...

During times of prosperity we as humans have little reason to question the path towards success. It is the polar opposite of times of ...

Keep Your Pants On, Catania Wins

No shortage of Rossoblu headlines this week. Lets begin with the result. Beppe Mascara recorded a hat-trick, including one from an impressive free kick as Catania ...

Catania Players Drop Shorts, Score Goal Through Indecent Exposure.

I'll let Yahoo explain this one: Catania's forward Gianvito Plasmati, right, is seen with his shorts down as his teammate Giuseppe Mascara, left, scores on a ...

Catania invent new way to distract the goalkeeper (and scar him for life)

Funny and odd thing happened in this weekend's game between Catania and Torino. Catania had a free kick from about 25 yards out and Catania ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 12 (plus Serie B and other news)

Roma, languishing in the relegation zone before the derby, took on Lazio, who are flying high in the upper echelons of the table. Roma needed ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 11

Can anyone tell me what type of performance enhancing drug Alessandro Del Piero is taking right now? (Juventus fans don't jump on my back, that ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes - 11/4/08

Here's what I found interesting after reading various calcio news sites today: -First, we have another managerial change in Serie A. Chievo haven't won since the ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 10

Wow can you believe we're already at Giornata 10? I feel like Serie A was just starting just yesterday. The highlight of the weekend was ...

Cagliari visits Stadio Luigi Ferraris

In a mid-week Serie A match, Cagliari travels from beautiful Sardinia to Stadio Luigi Ferraris riding a three match unbeaten streak that includes successive victories ...

Juventus FC 1-0 Torino FC, A Derby Review via mCalcio

More chicken soup, it seems we're finally getting back to our winning ways, but we've got a nasty schedule ahead of us. Midweek game at ...

Weekend Watch: Chelsea vs Liverpool, The Turin Derby, O'M vs PSG

GAME OF THE WEEK: Chelsea vs Liverpool When: Sunday, October 26th, 16:00 GMT Where: Fortress Stamford Bridge Why: Because this decides who sits on top of the Premiership. Definitely ...

Serie A (and B) Weekend Round-up: Giornata 7

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new Bologna and Siena blogs here at the Italy Offside. Every Serie A club now has ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 6 (Plus Serie B + National Team Call-ups!)

At the end of the 6th Giornata we still saw surprises. Inter is top of the table, but they share a place with Lazio and ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 5

When looking at the schedule of the 5th Giornata, all eyes had to be on Milan-Inter. The Derby was important not only for fans of ...

Lazio 3 - Torino 1

Well, there was bound to be a bit of a drop off for the first place Biancoceleste following their destruction of the Viola midweek, and ...