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Palermo Prez Turns Out to be Clairvoyant. Who Knew?
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In an unusual step, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini started bitching about the referee assigned to his team’s match with Milan today — a man by the name of Matteo Trefoloni, who happens to also officiate World Cup and Champions League matches — even before the game kicked off. Said the always-quotable Zamparini, “Trefoloni is not […]
Palermo v Milan: Football, Making a Long Week Much, Much Better
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That was one of those thrilling 0-0 games that football-haters refuse to believe actually exist: Despite ending scoreless, it was full of end-to-end attacking play, little explosions of skill, and great defending (most of the time). Just an incredible pleasure to watch — for me, at least. I’m in a better mood than I’ve been […]
Is God Preparing a Cosmic Joke for Kaka?
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In an interview* with La Gazetta dello Sport today, Milan’s Ricky Kaka joined the chorus of voices calling for the summer capture of the newly fat Ronaldinho. Like everyone else, he was very careful to preface his desire with the words “If Barca decide to sell him, then … ,” but it’s clear he’s quite […]
Hide the Children, There’s an Ugly Basement Battle on the Way
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Ascoli and Parma, AKA the two worst teams in Serie A, meet today at Ascoli in a desperate battle for three points. Though the game is likely to be grim and ugly, I almost wish it was on TV — you know it’s going to be full of passion, if nothing else. With his endless […]
Category: Serie ANesta is Back, Nesta is Back! [Insert Squeals of Joy Here]
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Those are Carlo Ancelotti’s squeals of joy, by the way. Who did you think, those of millions of smitten women? Come now, this is terribly serious business. No, really.
Ancelotti is so desperate for a fit, available (nudge nudge) defender at this point that he’s actually squeeing over the return of Alessandro Nesta to Italy. It’ll […]
Well, Who Wouldn’t Pick Fiorentina Over Arsenal?
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Nineteen-year-old Azzurrini striker Arturo Lupoli, who is headed home to Italy this summer after three years in England, has told the press that he gleefully snubbed Arsenal’s offer a contract extension in favor a deal to join Fiorentina. Smart lad, that Arturo.
Despite some success on loan this season with Derby County in the Championship (including […]
Inter Prepare to Challenge Juve for Sheer Volume of Transfers
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If by some miracle all the Inter transfer rumors floating around lately turned out to be true, they’d have to build an extension onto the changing room at the San Siro. Take a gander at this list, compiled over just two days: Buffon, Henry, Villa, Nani, Moutinho, Riquelme, the pretty Ronaldo and Quaresma. Whew. That’s […]
Milan’s Latest Transfer List Has Herr Berlusconi Considering New Mortgages
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Taking a break from reporting on Juve’s summer plans, the papers today are full of the big-name targets being tracked by Milan (and Inter — more on that later), some of them confirmed and others alleged.
In the former category for Milan are that classy devil, Gianluigi Buffon, and Ronaldinho, whose name has been fancifully associated […]
Tags: Serie A, Ronaldinho, Buffon, Berlusconi, AC Milan, Rumors -amp; News, Inzaghi, Cassano, Boruc, Robinho, Tag IndexMancini, the Latest: Going Nowhere? But That’s So Boring! And Logical.
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I know the endless array of stories about Roberto Mancini’s future gets tiresome after a while, but it’s also sort of fun to read about all the possible iterations of the Inter managerial gig. Plus, they give me an excuse to talk about Jose Mourinho, which is never a bad thing.
After months of rumors that […]
Stop Talking, Totti: Or, When You’ve Been an Idiot, Just Shut Up About It Already!
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I’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 of free kicks, or despises him for his failure to shine for the Azzurri. I actually have tremendous respect for the man and quite like watching him play. All of […]
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