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Crespo Has Some Anger Issues. Or … Does He?
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Apropos of nothing, Hernan Crespo wandered up the a reporter from London’s The Mirror and told him Chelsea is an evil, seething cesspool of hate and anger. Well, that’s (probably) not exactly what happened, but it’s sorta close — now that his one-time teammate Andriy Shevchenko is apparently miserable at Chelsea, Crespo is taking the […]
Category: Livorno (Very Nearly) Crash Out of UEFA Cup; Parma Continue to Roll
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I’ve always wanted to say “crash out” — thanks, Livorno! And they lost points in the most painful way possible, too: Our of desperation, they field a full-strength side and led most of the game only to see Maccabi Haifa tie it in injury time, all but ending Livorno’s already shaky dreams of moving on. […]
As the Sheva Turns
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Yes, friends, it’s that time again — time for your daily update on the endless Sheva soap opera. When last we met, life was hell in England and his on-loan arrival in Italy was eagerly await by people in both countries. Now, however, the tunes have changed. First of all, it seems as if that […]
Coppa Italia Roundup, Or: Aw, Mariano González Loves His Teammates!
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There were a couple Coppa Italia games last night and, as you might expect, severely under-strength teams were trotted out by everyone in sight, what with actual, important matches coming up in a few days. Sadly for the smaller clubs, however, “under-strength” for Inter and Roma means that people like Figo, Solari and Motella are […]
Oh My God — the Gadaffi Spawn is Back!
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Depending on how long you’ve been following Italian football (or what books you read), you may be unaware that (former?) part-Juventus owner and Libyan international Saadi Gadhafi (yes, his dad is who you think he is) actually played briefly in Serie A. Not, mind you, because anyone thinks he’s actually a good footballer, but rather […]
Don’t Look Now, But Milan Have Won Two in a Row
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Sure, one of them was a Coppa Italia game against Brescia in which Borriello and Antonelli started but still — wins is wins, right? With a season as dismal as the one Milan have so far endured, this is a winning streak to be celebrated. Plus looking ahead they’ve got Cagliari and Torino on the […]
A Milan-Heavy News and Rumor Roundup
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•So, it seems you have to pay to read Corriere dello Sport online. What the hell is that? And how do they have the balls to publish a headline that says “Milan: Sheva-Gerrard” and just leave it at that?! And the subheader totally doesn’t help, since it seems to say two totally different things, one […]
Tags: Serie A, Cannavaro, FIFA Player of the Year, Sculli, Shevchenko, AC Milan, Serie B, News, Azzurri, Tag IndexThe Man Cracks Down on Zamparini, Or: That’s What You Get for Speaking Your Mind, Punk
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You know how we talked yesterday about Palermo bigman Maurizio Zamparini pulling out the big corruption guns while discussing the (in his humble opinion) horrendous officiating of his club’s loss to Inter last weekend? Well, as you might expect from a league trying really, really hard to prop up that pretty facade of legality and […]
Apparently, Monica Bellucci’s Canna Love is Newsworthy. I Love Italy.
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Clearly, we were not the only ones who noticed that one Monica Bellucci was having some trouble concentrating on the task at hand when she handed the Golden Ball to Fabio Cannavaro* the other day. In fact, someone at La Gazzatta Dello Sport found her gaga-ness so significant that he actually arranged an interview with […]
Professor Amelia
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The Livorno website today is reporting that Marco Amelia is not only the most sought-after goalkeeper in Italy, but also something of an academic. No, really. After giving up two goals in Sunday’s draw with Reggina, Amelia wandered over to the University of Pisa and held forth on journalism and communications before a class of […]
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