Serie A
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How To Ruin A Season, by Adrian Mutu
By: chris |
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It has been an altogether fantastic season for the Viola, their first with a clean slate after the turmoil of Calciopoli. They’ve spent most of the season in fourth place and made a deep run into the UEFA Cup, before running into the Scottish team bus. Boasting a young, promising nucleus, the two unquestioned stars […]
Tags: Serie A, English Premier League, Mutu, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Red Card, Suspension, Champions League, Tag IndexGattuso’s Summer of Change
By: chris | 8 Comments
The big news of the week on the market front has been the less-than-shocking revelation that Mathieu Flamini is leaving the Emirates for Serie A - only mild surprise being it’s not for Torino, seemingly his destination, but for big bucks in Milan. Given that he signed a deal for (an absurd) 5.6m, it’s doubtful […]
Title Watch Update
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
A couple of titles were settled this weekend, and a couple of challenges got more complicated. Here’s what the Title Watch looks like after this weekend’s games:
Italy: Serie A
In an odd turn of events, AS Roma were AC Milan’s biggest fans this weekend as Milan dispatched cross-town rivals Inter, 2-1. Roma beat Sampdoria […]
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By: Laurie | 9 Comments
The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You’ll never guess.
I’ll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a “pop-star” wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing the game. ($6.5 million of that from […]
Tags: World Football, MLS, Bundesliga, Serie A, English Premier League, Europe, Spain La Liga, Player pay, pay, salaries, money, Beckham, Kaka, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko, Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Raul, Thierry Henry, Fabio Cannavaro, Wayne Rooney, Francesco Totti, Allessandro Del Piero, Lionel Messi, Tag IndexMarcello Lippi Is Not Worried About Making English Friends
By: chris | 16 Comments
Marcello Lippi has earned a ton of respect in the last decade, with a trophy cabinet enough to make any coach blush. When Lippi speaks, people listen. One of the few coaches to be worthy of sitting at the same table is another Italian in Fabio Capello, now the coach of the English national team […]
Tags: Serie A, English Premier League, Lippi, Donadoni, Capello, McClaren, England, Three Lions, Italy, Spain, Tag IndexDaily Dose 4.30.08
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Some news to read as you get arrested for trying to cash a $360 billion check:
Our Red Bulls Offside blogger Dave Martinez interviews Hunter Freeman (Red Bulls Offside)
Great soccer ads (18 yards)
The Premier League Moaning XI (And how happy was I to see that Anelka didn’t make this kind of list for once?) (The Spoiler)
David […]
Zlatan, Crissy & Uncle Fester Throw The Media Some Bones
By: chris | 4 Comments
They should know better by now. The sensationalist media outlets will take anything and everything they can get their greasy hands on and twist it to sell copy (or get hits, nowadays). Take Zlatan’s recent “I don’t know what will happen in the future” statement which was followed by “England and Spain”. According to less-than-reputable […]
Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By: Inara | 4 Comments
Though there’s still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thanks in part to a court decision).
This weekend could see a few more clubs step into the […]
Berlusconi Says Those Naughty Words
By: chris | 8 Comments
Milan owner and soon-to-be reinstalled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has done gone and made Michel Platini fume behind closed doors by airing out his thoughts on those potential/inevitable eleven dirty letters: “SuperLeague”. Silvio certainly isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last, but every day someone brings it up is every day we […]
Tags: World Football, Berlusconi, Milan, A.C. Milan, Arsene, Wenger, Voyeur, Super League, UEFA Cup, SuperLeague, Serie A, Champions League, Tag IndexDaily Dose 4.23.08
By: Laurie | No Comments
Some news to read as you engage in penis theft:
MLS: Longest unbeaten and winless streaks (Climbing the Ladder)
Young Poles say “Nein” to Germany (Poland World Cup Blog)
Best of the worst own goals (and Liverpool’s Riise isn’t #1) (Run of Play)
Spain will (probably) get to compete in Euros after all (Euro2008 at World Cup Blog)
Want […]
Luciano Moggi Somehow Stoops To A Lower Level
By: chris | 4 Comments
There are a few things all Italians can agree on when it comes to calcio. One is obviously the Azzurri. Another is that they’d all have Gianluigi Buffon’s babies, which is kind of a subcategory of the first one, but worthy of its own statement regardless. And yet another is that everyone despises Luciano Moggi, […]
Category: Serie APhoto of the Day: Football Can be Painful
By: Laurie | 12 Comments
This is AS Roma’s Francesco Totti, after recent knee surgery, as he shakes hands with Rome political candidate Francesco Rutelli.
I guess with enough post-surgery painkillers, even manly political handshakes don’t hurt.
Another photo with even more skin a post-surgery pic is here.
(Although I, myself, averted my eyes.)
(Photo AFP/Getty Images)
Is This the End of the Road for Paolo Maldini?
By: Inara | 9 Comments
Almost everyone loves Paolo Maldini. Even I can’t help admiring him, though as a Les Bleus fan, I tend to ignore anything coming out of Italy as a general rule of thumb.
The 39 year old defender has been with AC Milan as long as I’ve been alive (I’m 24), and though he announced a […]
Category: Serie ADaily Dose 4.18.08
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Some news to read as your toilet explodes:
Want to play with the big boys? Pick your birthdate carefully (Craven Cottage Newsround)
Will Liverpool be forced to sell Torres? (The Spoiler)
Should we nurture kids or buy them? (Lyon Offside)
Slaven Bilić sings Croatia’s Euro anthem. (Euro 2008 at WCB)
Is Pippo still Azzurri worthy? […]
All About Promotion: Who’s Coming Up in Europe?
By: Laurie | 13 Comments
The other day we talked about the rather depressing subject of relegation. Today though? The sun is shining, so let’s move on to a much happier topic: Promotion. What second-level European teams may be moving up to the top flight?
This is not just a pride issue. It’s a huge […]
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