Vincenzo Montella hangs up his boots
Today it was reported that at 35 years of age, Roma striker Vincenzo Montella has decided to retire. Montella was one of the best strikers Italy has ever produced and one of Italy’s deadliest strikers in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Short in stature and nicknamed “L’Aeroplanino” (Little Airplane) for his trademark goal celebration (pictured), Montella had a lethal left foot and seemed to find the net from any angle, scoring some beautiful goals. Along with his finishing ability, Montella had awesome technical ability for a pure striker, technique that you would often see in attacking midfielders, not a clinical finisher like him. The one problem Montella had was injuries. He was too frail to take himself to the top level of the game. However he still made an excellent career for himself. Montella story after the jump.
Want to buy the whole Fiorentina roster? All you need is 185 million euro
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Fiorentina’s Pantaleo Corvino is known to be one of the best sporting directors in all of Italian calcio. Over the years Corvino has discovered a wealth of talent, including Fabrizio Miccoli, Valeri Bojinov, Mirko Vucinic, Christian Ledesma, and Stevan Jovetic just to name a few. [...]
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Transfer Tuesdays - Volume 2
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Last week I posted the first edition of Transfer Tuesdays, where every week we round up what every Serie A club is doing on the transfer market. Today is the last day of June, which means tomorrow the transfer window is officially open and you’ll see all [...]
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Casiraghi signs contract extension and remains U-21 manager until 2011
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After Italy’s elimination from the U-21 Championship last Friday, Gigi Casiraghi was unsure about his future. He said that he would let the night pass and consider his options. The media were expecting that Casiraghi would decide to leave after 3 years at the helm and go [...]
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Nike unveils new Serie A match ball
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This is the new Nike ball that you will see being kicked around next season. It’s called the Nike Total 90 Ascente and will also be used in the EPL and in Spain’s La Liga. The ball will be used in all Serie A, Serie B, [...]
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Players of the Season
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It’s been nearly a month since the end of the 2008/2009 Serie A season. I would’ve put this post up earlier, but the Confederations Cup and the U-21 Championship distracted me from Serie A talk. So I thought we’d discuss who was the best foreign player and [...]
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Azzurrini defeat Belarus 2-1 and march on to semi-final vs. Germany
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The Italy U-21 side went into their last group game with 4 points and only needed a draw to advance to the semi-final, but a win would assure first place in the group. Italy were without Mario Balotelli, who was serving his one-match ban and there was [...]
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Transfer Tuesdays
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I thought now that the season is over and we’ve moved into the craziness of the off season where transfer rumors are posted by the minute on every calcio website possible, I would start a new weekly post called “Transfer Tuesdays” where we can sift through all [...]
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Livorno returns to Serie A and all the other promotion verdicts in Italy plus where all the Serie A teams will be spending their summer
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Livorno ended their one year stay in Serie B on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Brescia in the promotion play-off final second leg (first leg was 2-2). The Amaranto got two goals from their two star players Francesco Tavano and Alessandro Diamanti before Martin Bergvold added [...]
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Serie A to change game times for 2010-2011 season
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The 2010-2011 season will be a little different for Serie A. The collective bargaining tv rights will go into effect which should mean more money for the little teams as the tv rights are shared throughout the whole league similar to the EPL model. But this also [...]
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Team News
New Day, New Speculation
I wake up every morning to find a new name or two enter the fray and today was no exception. The latest players to be linked with us are Ricardo Oliveira of Real Betis and Nicola Pozzi of Empoli. Both are very different players and admittedly, the latter intrigues me ...
Jul 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Hey everyone
First post at this Napoli blog so I'm looking forward to getting to know all you guys (and gals?) ahead of what is sure to be an interesting season given the nature of this summer mercato so far. Before we get down to footballing business (and I can't wait ...
Jul 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Despair...
This whole week I have struggled for something to say. As I watch transfer rumor after transfer rumor fly by, I can’t help but sit here dumbfounded and ask quite polity WTF is going on!? Sure if you like Real Madrid this may be the best transfer season in history; Kaka, CRON, Benzema, and the possibility for more like Ribery and Villa. If you like Milan however it is a far different feeling, with the Cissokho failure, the Dzeko failure and now the courtship of the likes of Fabiano, Toni, and even the horrible Peter Crouch maybe things really are taking a turn for the worst for the Rossoneri and Serie A.
Jul 02, 2009 | Read this article...
I Like the Motta/Milito Signing. Am I alone in this?
We say goodbye to a beloved Inter player in Julio Cruz this week, but also we say goodbye to an Inter Philosophy this week too.
First, I have a few thoughts about Cruz. Cruz has something, a certainty maybe that the goal would happen when he needed it too. Cruz always had that goal somewhere in a big game (ahemJuventusahem) that was the difference between winning or drawing and losing… between living and dying that week.
Like Johonna said, it’ll be hard to say goodbye to him, I am used to seeing him on the bench, or on the field in the best looking shirt in the world, but at the same time I am excited at what seems to be a new departure for the club from the Mancini era – who for the record, I didn’t have any problems with as the manager of The Beloved. On the contrary, I was happy that we found a manager that we could keep for a few years and actually implement his ideas.
But that time is now officially over. Mourinho and Moratti are saying goodbye to that era and bringing in a newer one. Again, I am happy that we are giving a manager multiple years – so far – to implement his plan.
SECCO SACKED!!
And now you're the Director of Sport.
Jul 02, 2009 | Read this article...
The New Season Begins
Technically, the new season is now upon us so it makes sense to wipe the slates and start afresh. I know I haven't been posting regularly of late. That's not because I have disappeared or have left or anything like that. Plain and simply, nothing pre-July interests me. It's mainly ...
Jul 01, 2009 | Read this article...
Unlike Michael Jackson...
..I'm still alive and kicking, and not touching little boys' wieners. It's been a while, but really, there hasn't been too much going on in the Palermo department. And as the transfermarket officially opens today, let's make things up with a little round-up of the incoming transfers so far.
First ...
Jul 01, 2009 | Read this article...
Buena Suerte y Gracias por Todo, El Jardinero
Well, it is official, today was the last day of Julio Ricardo Cruz's contract. As of July 1, he will no longer be an Inter player.
Jun 30, 2009 | Read this article...
The Grim Keeper gets a Little Older
It’s time for yet another birthday at Juventus. This time it is Antonio Chimenti’s turn to celebrate. The goalkeeper from Puglia turned 39 and is about to embark on yet another season as a professional, the 6th for Juventus.
Best wishes from all the Juventus supporters go to Antonio.
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Jun 30, 2009 | Read this article...
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