Articles tagged with "totti"
Totti: Birth of a Dynasty
By Chris | May 19th, 2007“This trophy won’t be the last, but only the first of a long line that must follow.” As I read this quote I picture Totti standing ...
Welcome to AS Roma at The Offside
By Chris | May 17th, 2007I’d like to welcome you to the latest installment at The Offside, all things AS Roma. My name is Chris and I’ll be the offside’s ...
Is Someone Touching the Untouchable Daniele De Rossi?
By Martha | April 30th, 2007So far this spring, we've been poo-pooing the rumored desire of clubs not called Roma to acquire the services of one Daniele De Rossi. Not ...
Roma v Lazio: Clean Sheets All Around
By Martha | April 29th, 2007Not much in this one, really. Sure, there was the odd moment of brilliance from Mancini (who is really on fire lately), but it was ...
Quick Friday News Roundup
By Martha | April 27th, 2007•Maybe Roberto Mancini really has had a change of heart -- he's talking again about bringing more Italian players to Inter. Curiouser and curiouser! You ...
Inter v Roma: Well That Blows
By Martha | April 18th, 2007I know the penalty was a dodgy one and all, but for Inter to lose not only the game but also their unbeaten run on ...
Week 32: Signs of Life From Palermo!
By Martha | April 16th, 2007[Note: I'm in a meeting and then on a plane today, so this'll be it from me. If I can get home through the storms ...
WAG of the Week: Ilary Blasi (Take Two)
By Martha | April 12th, 2007Faithful readers will perhaps recall Ilary Blasi as the very first WAG of the Week, way back before we even knew there was a such ...
Champions League: Comprehensive Destruction
By Martha | April 10th, 2007Cripes am I glad that's over. Looking at poor Spalletti's face in the stand in about the 80th minute, you could tell he was thinking ...
Champions League: Totti Has an Owie
By Martha | April 10th, 2007The main focus of the Roma press conference in Manchester yesterday was evidently the health of Francesco Totti who we foolishly thought was all healed ...
Oh Happy Day: WAGs Make the Leap to Legit News Topic!
By Martha | April 9th, 2007Lest you think it's only us who are ever-so-slightly WAG obsessed, no less journalistic light that La Gazzetta dello Sport decided to temporarily ignore the ...
Champions League: Roma, Big Cheese Referee Travel to Manchester
By Martha | April 9th, 2007The combination of bank holiday and Easter Monday (a holiday I hear most of the non-US world celebrates, or at least has off from work) ...
Friday News Round-Up: No One is Going Anywhere
By Martha | April 6th, 2007•According to the PR wizards at Milan, their beloved Alberto Gilardino is not going anywhere the summer. Despite the fact that he rarely hits the ...
Champions League: Mancini Loves Himself, Totti Channels Irene Cara
By Martha | April 2nd, 2007You gotta love the Champions League run-up. As the number of teams decreases, everyone gets more tense and starts saying even stupider things. On the Mancini ...
WAG of the Week: Manuela Arcuri
By Martha | March 29th, 2007[Real life and work are kicking my ass right, so this is probably the last post for the day. Luckily, there's very little happening in ...
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 ...
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