Nazionale News

By: Francesco | 16 Comments

Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven’t they ever heard of bug spray?), so the FIGC has contacted the clubs of 48 players that Donadoni has on his possible selection list and has told them to administer the […]

Category: Azzurri, Rumors & News

Tags: Donadoni, FIGC, National Team, Italy, Serie A, Soccer, Calcio, Football, Futbol, Cassano, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Rumors - News, Azzurri, Tag Index

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/6/08

By: Francesco | 3 Comments

Here is todays main news from around the Peninsula:
- First let’s start off with news that can severely hurt two teams. The Disciplinary Committee handed out it’s weekly suspensions and it doesn’t look good for Livorno. Livorno, who will most probably be relegated on Sunday, had a few players suspended who did some bad things […]

Category: Rumors & News, Mutu, Serie A

Tags: Serie A, Italy, Soccer, Calcio, Football, Livorno, Malesani, Pippo Inzaghi, Mutu, Rumors - News, Tag Index

Sampdoria fan hit with ball, wants to be reimbursed

By: Francesco | 5 Comments

Funny (and peculiar) story out of Genoa today. A Sampdoria fan has asked for 280 euro from Sampdoria midfielder and captain Angelo Palombo (pictured) for an injury he suffered to his finger after a ball struck by Palombo landed in the stands. Most of the time you hear these stories, and then you see the […]

Category: Sampdoria, Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Sampdoria, Palombo, Serie A, Fan, Italy, Soccer, Calcio, Football, Funny Story, Wierd, Wacky, Rumors - News, Tag Index

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 4/30/2008

By: Francesco | 6 Comments

Here’s the news that passed the filter test for today:
- Let’s start with the man pictured to the left, Sebastian Giovinco. He has for the 187,786th time this season reiterated that he wants to return to Juventus at the end of the season. Talking about his similarity to Gianfranco Zola, he also said […]

Category: Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Serie A, Italy, Soccer, Calcio, Football, Daily News and Notes, Rumors - News, Tag Index

Daily Calcio News and Notes

By: Francesco | 10 Comments

Everyday I search literally every Italian calcio news site and read the news and rumors of the day. Here are the most interesting things I found today from my scrounging around:
- The Intertoto Cup, which only a few seasons ago was considered a waste of time by most Italian clubs because it ruined pre-season […]

Category: Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Serie A, Rumors - News, Daily News and Notes, Italy, Calcio, Soccer, Football., Tag Index

Ten Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend

By: chris | 3 Comments

Reggina Calcio needs better goal celebrations.
As you can see to the left.

Franco Brienza could be the surprise recall of the Euros.
The little man did pretty alright playing with Luca Toni on the island a few years back, and he’s looking like a man possessed for Reggina these days. Maybe The Don would like to rekindle […]

Category: Reggina, Sampdoria, Genoa, Siena, Rumors & News, Napoli, Palermo, Roma, Juventus, Inter Milan

Tags: Rumors - News, Burdisso, Amauri, brienza, Perrotta, Portanova, Maccarone, Materazzi, Toni, Borriello, Del Piero, Inter Milan, Palermo, Roma, Juventus, Napoli, Reggina, Sampdoria, Genoa, Siena, Tag Index

Week 27: 71.1% There And Loving It

By: chris | 16 Comments

Well, not so much if you’re Roberto Stellone. Move that ass, Moris. Figure it’s getting to about that point in the season…..
Top O’ The Table: Status quo. Three fairly comfortable 2-0 victories along with Francesco Totti and David Trezeguet goals and a controversial Inter (non)penalty. It’s like they set this thing on auto-pilot or something.
1. […]

Category: Torino, Udinese, Atalanta, Sampdoria, Siena, Genoa, Lazio, Rumors & News, Palermo, AC Milan, Results, Fiorentina, Napoli, Juventus, Inter Milan

Tags: Rumors - News, Results, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Palermo, Fiorentina, Juventus, Napoli, Lazio, Udinese, Torino, Atalanta, Sampdoria, Genoa, Siena, Tag Index

Friday News Dump

By: chris | 7 Comments

• La Viola took down Prem boys Everton by the score of 2-0 yesterday via Zdravko “I Heart Ana Ivanovic But She Doesn’t Heart Me Back” Kuzmanovic and Riccardo Montolivo in the first leg of their UEFA Cup Matchup. This win is crucial for calcio, because even if Inter pulls off a quasi-miracle against Rafa’s […]

Category: Rumors & News, Azzurri, Sampdoria, Juventus, Roma, AC Milan, Palermo, Fiorentina, Serie A

Tags: Serie A, Fiorentina, Cannavaro, Cassano, AC Milan, Palermo, Roma, Juventus, Azzurri, Sampdoria, Rumors - News, Tag Index

10 Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend

By: chris | 15 Comments

The Sans-Mutu Viola Are Just Fine
You know, just in case a huge offer for Mutu swoops in this summer and it like quadruples his wages and la Viola can’t possibly refuse that much money. But that would never happen, no siree.
In case the purple-tainted apocalypse does arrive, however, Papa Waigo and his short shorts seem […]

Category: Rumors & News, Results, Serie A

Tags: World Football, Diamanti, Kaka, Digao, Mutu, waigo, Osvaldo, Batigol, Totti, Del Piero, Serie A, Results, Rumors - News, Tag Index

Temp Agency Sends In Replacement

By: chris | 18 Comments

First of all, I’d be remiss if I didn’t applaud Martha for the contributions she’s made to the offside since her arrival. I personally found the page through her - first post was one involving Marco Borriello and STDs, which details the quality of my google searches - and ended up staying. Behind the scenes […]

Category: Rumors & News, Livorno, Juventus, Mutu, AC Milan, Serie A

Tags: Serie A, Ronaldo, Buffon, Torres, Capel, Diego, van der Vaart, AC Milan, Mutu, Juventus, Rumors - News, Livorno, Tag Index