Articles tagged with "totti"
Fiorentina v Roma: A Moral Victory, if Nothing Else
By Martha | March 18th, 2007You know how, sometimes, watching a match on TV you just ache to be there? Not necessarily because it's so high-profile, or because the teams ...
If Fiorentina-Roma Isn't on TV, I'm Blowing Something Up
By Martha | March 15th, 2007You've been warned, RAI. This game should be awesome: A fantastic match between two pretty awesome teams, in addition to a great test of Fiorentina's ...
Mmm ... Blackmail
By Martha | March 14th, 2007So, it turns out this wave of blackmail in Italy is due not to a bunch of individuals catching footballers (and others, it turns out) ...
Good News, Bad News on the Totti Front
By Martha | March 13th, 2007First, the bad news: To the surprise of no one, it's been revealed that Francesco Totti once again will not be in the Azzurri side ...
Roma v Udinese: Totti Strikes Again
By Martha | March 11th, 2007Are there any Udine fans around here? This may have been the first time I watched them play a full 90 minutes all season and, ...
Week 26, Or: Look Out for Flying Pigs
By Martha | March 1st, 2007Yes, that's right: Inter actually dropped points yesterday. Let's have a moment of silence for The Streak, shall we? Thank you. I know it's going ...
Stop Talking, Totti: Or, When You've Been an Idiot, Just Shut Up About It Already!
By Martha | February 26th, 2007I'm not one of those people who hates Francesco Totti because he's beautiful (you know who you are), or can't stand his diving calculated winning ...
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 ...
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 ...
Quick Odds and Ends for Tuesday
By Martha | January 23rd, 2007•Javier Zanetti, Inter captain and example to all who share his ancient age, is in such great form that he is being considered for a ...
Rumors and News for Monday: Everyone Loves Rossi and Andriano
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007•Giuseppe Rossi's agent has seized the occasion of his spectacular goal to shout far and wide about how many of the big clubs want to ...
Messina v Roma: Handbags!
By Martha | January 14th, 2007This game -- a ragged, nasty 1-1 draw -- was so chaotic that I'm entirely incapable of writing about it coherently, so bullet points will ...
Newsie Bits: A Weekend of Conflict Resolution
By Martha | January 13th, 2007•Though I somehow missed that it was happening in the first place, the legal battle between Paolo Di Canio and Lazio is at an end. ...
Totti Hanging Up His Azzurri Kit?
By Martha | January 8th, 2007Say it ain't so! Since Italy's victory in Germany last summer, Francesco Totti has been "on leave" from the under-performing national team, supposedly getting healthy. Every ...
No News on Him, But: Look, Totti's Wife!
By Martha | January 4th, 2007It's been requested that, to offset the beefcake photos I just happen to have been choosing to illustrate posts lately, I post a picture of ...
A Roundup of the Holiday Odds and Ends
By Martha | December 27th, 2006•Francesco Totti, whose current contract doesn't run out until 2011, is already talking about a three year extension which would see him ending his career ...
Lazio v Roma: Well, That Was a Surprise
By Martha | December 10th, 2006Talk about an unjust scoreline -- a 3-0 loss for the team that pretty much dominated the first 45 minutes is awfully harsh. That said, ...
It's a Big Week for Blackmail in Italy
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Yesterday, our beloved Totti was being blackmailed -- and apparently paid -- over compromising photos of him with one Flavia Wind (Could that be a ...
You Many Not Have Heard, But Roma and Lazio Are Playing This Weekend
By Martha | December 8th, 2006In case you've been in a personal media blackout or something, a little thing called "The Rome Derby" will be taking place on Sunday. Needless ...
A Totti-Heavy Rumor and News Roundup
By Martha | December 7th, 2006•Don't look now, but it sounds like the great and saintly Totti might have been photographed with (gasp!) a lady who wasn't his wife, and ...
Roma v Atlanta: Totti, Totti, Totti!
By Martha | December 3rd, 2006I can't tell you how much I love it when small teams comes out fully prepared to kick ass. Atalanta walked into the Olimpico with ...
Sampdoria-Roma: There's the Guy Totti on Roma -- Maybe You've Heard of Him
By Martha | November 26th, 2006Holy crap is Totti flying. The fact that he scored two goals today is only half the story, though -- the other half is that ...
Week 12, Or: How Can Seven Goals Be Grim?
By Martha | November 20th, 2006Is it weird that I found the Roma-Catania match really depressing? You'd think any game that featured seven goals would be thrilling and exciting and ...
Totti to Milan? Please.
By Martha | November 14th, 2006Apropos of nothing, tribalfootball.com (AKA the least reliable news site on earth) is reporting this morning that Francesco Totti was spotted lurking around the San ...
Milan-Roma: Is That a Sign of Life I See?
By Martha | November 11th, 2006Despite the loss, that's the first time I've enjoyed watching Milan in ages. Until Totti's second goal, there was a spark to the team that ...
Looking Ahead to Week 11, Or: Please, Milan -- Do Something Resembling Anything
By Martha | November 10th, 2006Though I'm trying to rein in my excitement with a bit of reason, I'm nevertheless incredibly stoked for the Milan-Roma game tomorrow. The big question, ...
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 ...
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