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All Italian Offside coverage has been moved to SB Nation. I will give you guys more information when I can, but for now that’s it really. My first post is a season preview on Novara. Let me know what you think.
Pre-Season Friendlies…
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It’s the time of year again, and as I count down the days (38) until the Serie A season starts, we have to entertain ourselves with pre-season friendlies. Meaningless games where showboating is not encouraged and where provincial sides lose by double figures. So I thought I would do a round-up: Inter flew out to Germany [...]
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Two Day Old News
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I wrote this article two days ago, but Wordpress hates me, so I could only get it up now. Sorry if it feels old… It’s exactly forty days until the Serie A season officially begins (28th August 2011). I think I’ll take a break from criticising the FIGC to write about some recent transfer rumours [...]
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Why? FIGC Why?
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The Italian FA have somehow confirmed that they can not strip Internazionale Milano of their 2006 Scudetto. Now maybe it’s because I’m looking at Italian football through my corruption-free tinted glasses, but I expected at least some action to me taken. The FIGC’s “executive committee” met in Rome today, and the decision was confirmed. Twenty-three [...]
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Legal Action And A Powerful Ant
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So the news is back! Sorry for the delays with some of my recent articles, but Wordpress has been acting up. The transfer window is very much alive, unfortunately. Juventus continue to pursue a striker in La Liga, but it’s no longer Sergio Aguero, instead Villarreal’s Giuseppe Rossi might be on his way to Turin. His [...]
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The Udinese Model
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After a goalless draw with Serie A Champions AC Milan on the last day of the 2010/11 season, Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in five years. An extremely unpredictable result considering they were in the midst of a relegation battle the season before, eventually finishing fifteenth. They also lost key [...]
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Una Ventunella (21)
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This post isn’t really going to be about Serie A, or professional football in general. Instead I’m going to explain the rules of game that is played all over Italy called Ventuno. Ventuno is a game that is best played in about four or five people, but the minimum is three. A football is required, but proper [...]
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A Tsunami And Luciano Moggi
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This is another news type article, just wanted to ask you guys how often you would like to see them. Maybe daily, or every two or three days, let me know. La Gazzetta dello Sport are reporting that Chelsea’s Andre Villas-Boas is interested in Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi. The Italian international has one year left [...]
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Memories…
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9th of July 2006. The fact that we won the World Cup meant very little to me, it was the way in which we won that made us special. The cancer that still is Calciopoli had just been let loose. Italian football was entering a very dark place. Corruption and fraud were a common sight. Yet [...]
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Moratti Calls For Boycott Of The Pink Paper
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Following the news that evidence of former Inter President Giacinto Facchetti involved in match-fixing back in 2006 was released, newspapers all in Italy have been all over the story. Many of them claiming that Inter should give their 2006 Scudetto back. One of these newspapers was La Gazzetta dello Sport, not only one of the most [...]
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Team News
Catania's Game against Roma and Udinese Results and Preview for Parma
Catania and Roma game went to hell thanks too the rain but Catania did come`on very strong and opened the score when Lodi crossed the ball which found the head of Nicola Legrottaglie. Nicola Legrottaglie has been great with the club so far with 3 goals this season. But Roma ...
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OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL: Martin Caceres Returns to Juventus
In the back of my mind, I always had hope that one day Martin Caceres would again wear bianconero.
He was one of the few good things to happen to Juventus in a 2009-10 campaign full of absolute suck. He was everything that Juventus hadn't been that season. He filled a void at right back that our beloved Old Lady had been looking to fill in a post-Calciopoli world. And even though he was on loan, he showed plenty of talent and promise and played with a certain grinta that made it easy to become a fan of his.
But the realization was that when he went back to Barca after his season-long loan spell ended — and subsequently sold to Sevilla for a bag of balls and a candy bar — the prospects of the high-sock wearing Uruguayan coming back to Turin were not all that bright. It wasn't because Beppe Marotta didn't rate him, but due to the fact that Barcelona weren't budging from the fixed price (€12 million) that was established in the original deal.
And when there were rumors of a potential return, it seemed like they might be too good to be true. We all know how the Italian press can be. They are the ultimate tease. Worse than anything there is. Damn rumor mongering fools they are.
Milan 3 Lazio 1
I have to admit when I saw Reja’s 3-4-1-2 formation I was nervous that Milan would be unable to cope with Lazio’s width and that they would lose the vital numbers game in the midfield. Cisse’s early goal seemed to affirm that point with a lack of pressure from the midfield causing disarray in the defense and poor marking leading to the goal. But the disarray was only for a fleeting second as Milan began to possess the ball and exploit Lazio’s back three and their inability to link the ball from the midfield to attack with Hernanes looking less like the player he can be and more like a headless chicken.
Jan 27, 2012 | Read this article...
Catch Up Mode
Okay, I’ve been out for a while with a couple of issues, none of them serious, but all time consuming and important, so I wanted to get an apology out of the way first – yeah, yeah, I know, ‘ings is tough all ovah…
On to more important questions like "How can I watch the Inter Babies beat Sporting?" or "Is Andrea Poli the man to make me forget all about Galloppa?"
Napoli v Inter - Liveblog
Will The Pandev Effect reign supreme at the end of tonight's proceedings? Join me 15 minutes before game time to find out!
Jan 25, 2012 | Read this article...
Napoli - Inter Live Blog
Napoli's lineup is very uncertain. Some reports have Campagnaro being rested and Fernandez in, other have Hugo Boss starting. Other reports have Dzemaili in and Inler resting, and with Cavani and Lavezzi confirmed the third tenor will be one of Hamsik or Pandev. Zuniga looks certain to start in place of Dossena.
De Sanctis - Campagnaro/Fernandez, Cannavaro, Aronica - Maggio, Gargano, Inler/Dzemaili, Zuniga - Hamsik/Pandev, Lavezzi - Cavani
Wednesday Milan Musings
With the transfer window still a week from closure we may as well fill ourselves in...
Jan 25, 2012 | Read this article...
Napoli v Inter: Coppa Deja Vu
If all this seems a little familiar, that's because it is. Inter and Napoli met last year in a Coppa Italia quarterfinal. The game was a stalemate through to 120 minutes, went to penalties, and poor Lavezzi sent his over the bar. Inter went through and Napoli stayed home. This time they are hoping for a very different outcome, and, given Napoli's excellent home record, they just may get it. But Inter wont go down without a fight. Also just like last year, this sad little tourney may be our best bet yet for some silverware this the season (and everyone likes something shiny).
Jan 24, 2012 | Read this article...
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