http://italy.theoffside.com News from the Italian Serie A Tue, 13 May 2008 15:07:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the past few days, many newspapers have been making predictions about what Roberto Donadoni's final roster for Euro 2008 will look like. These rosters are purely speculation and shouldn't be trusted at all. Although yesterday, the newspaper Informazione reported that television channel Antenna 3, a television station based in ... http://italy.theoffside.com/azzurri/donadoni-preliminary-roster-supposedly-found.html Week 37 turned out to be a very interesting round of Serie A. It was filled with some much joy and so much drama. Inter, as we know by know, did not win the Scudetto. The 2-2 draw at home was not enough for the Nerazzurri to claim the title. ... http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/atalanta/serie-a-week-37-review.html Here we are at the penultimate day of the 2007/2008 Serie A season. It has been a long, interesting season with lots of battles in the table but this second to last day is really becoming more important than the last day, because lots of scenarios can be decided tomorrow ... http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/livorno/serie-a-week-37-preview-2.html I thought I'd start posting a video of the week. This week we travel back in time to the 1990s, when the Serie A was arguably the best league in the world. In this video we'll see some of the greatest goals in Serie A in the '90s. http://italy.theoffside.com/video-of-the-week/video-of-the-week-great-serie-a-goals.html Roma-Catania was a match where both teams came in focused on other objectives. Roma, of course, are still alive in the battle with Inter for the Scudetto, while Catania are in relegation trouble and are focused on saving themselves from the inferno of Serie B. Roma came into the game ... http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/catania/coppa-italia-roma-eases-past-catania-roma-inter-for-the-4th-consecutive-time.html For another consecutive year, Inter will be in the final of the Coppa Italia. The game finished 2-0, with goals coming from Pele and Cruz. Inter started the game with a 4-5-1, with David Suazo as the lone striker and and a young central midfield pairing of Francesco Bolzoni and ... http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/lazio/coppa-italia-inter-reaches-the-final-yet-again.html 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 ... http://italy.theoffside.com/azzurri/nazionale-news.html 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 ... http://italy.theoffside.com/rumors-news/daily-calcio-news-and-notes-5608.html Hey Italy Offside Readers, this nice post comes from Steven of the Palermo Offside. He writes about the decline of storied club Hellas Verona. The Hellas Verona Tragedy http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/the-hellas-verona-tragedy.html There is no denying that Christian (Bobo) Vieri in the late 1990's and early 2000's was one of, if not the deadliest striker in the world. The Aussie-born striker was a goalscoring machine, and scored with such ease. He would just power past defenders and put the ball into the ... http://italy.theoffside.com/players/bobo-vieri/farewell-bobo-vieri.html