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Friday Odds and Ends

Friday, September 21st, 2007

… cold, dead hands. (Really, I’m not a bad person. I’m very sorry his dad died, and that his girlfriend dumped him and that all of it drove him to drink. I just wish the man would shut up about all of his issues and play for once.)

•Marco Materazzi has to go to court in Cagliari, because a German tourist is accusing him of smacking his son. (Matrix claims he just “admonished” the lad.) I’m sorry, but of everyone in Serie A, the one who seems least likely to smack a child is …

WAG of the Week: Alessia Fabiani

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

… whose names are the same as hers), but we do know that she’s 29 and a model/TV personality/showgirl, and has also done at least one nude calendar. (Nipple-riffic, NSFW sample here.) She also has an unfortunate — or fortunate, depending on your perspective — habit of displaying her nether regions on live TV, episodes which inevitably live on and on and on, thanks to the magic of YouTube. Oh, and she likes to dance while she’s not wearing very much.

That’s more than enough …

Week 3: The Return of the Bobo (Oh, and Roma Go Top)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

… Fiorentina-Atalanta 2-2

Genoa-Livorno 1-1 : Hey look, a goal by That Guy With the Skanky Girlfriend !

Inter-Catania 2-0 : Cesar, who obviously trained at Inter this summer only because he’d not yet been loaned out, started his second game and scored his first goal. All hail Cesar.

Juve-Udinese 0-1

Lazio-Empoli 0-0 : If you missed it, be glad — surely a contender for most boring game of all freaking time.

Napoli-Sampdoria 2-0

Palermo-Torino 1-1

Parma-Cagliari …

Fiorentina v Atalanta: BOBO!!!!!

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

… moment, featuring “LOOK AT ME, BITCHES, I’M FIT!” shirt-removal by Bobo (though not his girlfriend, to the disappointment of everyone in the ground) and utter madness among the supporters.

It would have been even better, though, had Bobo or Zdravko Kuzmanović put away their subsequent chances, because 10 minutes later Vieri’s fellow awesome old man Riccardo Zampagna tied the game on a ridiculous chip over his own shoulder to grab a point for Atalanta. Doh! Atlanta have …

(Faux) WAG of the Week: Liz Solari

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

… branching out into Argentine reality shows, clearly with an eye to scoring a coveted, Italy showgirl gig. So far, Ms. Solari’s TV resume is limited to an appearance this past winter on a So You Think You Can Dance -type show, on which she was paired with a ordinary, dancing schmo named Daniel Meza Sánchez. ( The show itself sounds completely insane and gets very high ratings due to the harsh, personal bashing of celebrity contestants and judges by one another. Nice! And, to make it …

WAG of the Week: Magda Gomes (Take Two)

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

… have been briefly engaged to him a couple years ago. She seems to modeling less and doing more showgirling these days, in addition to spending a stint hosting Marketta on Italian TV (the sleazy-looking gent between her legs is Piero Chiambretti, her co-host on the show).

I chose this picture because of the a)awesome 80s sunglasses, and b)the presence on the TV of a leering man in a tux, just like there is on every Italian variety show. If it’s not to your taste, however, you are welcome …

Holiday Odds and Ends

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

… Which sounds nice and all, but it doesn’t do us much good, does it?

•According to a girl who claims to have Sven Goran Eriksson’s old cell phone number (I am not making this up), Inter recently offered him Cesar on loan. Via a text message. Of course they did.

•Torino are trying to tempt Fiorentina into a co-ownership deal for young striker Arturo Lupoli, who arrived from Arsenal just this summer. Desperate for firepower now that David Di Michele (who has been playing …

WAG of the Week: Melissa Satta

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

… a modeling career. The rest, as they say, is (WAG) history: Modeling, a footballer boyfriend, showgirl gigs, and a spot on the oddly irresistible Strip the News, which she “works” to this day. (And at least half the joy Fiorentina fans felt at Bobo’s signing was because they knew she’s be coming to town, too. No lie.)

WAG of the Week: Valentina Zambrotta

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

… has gotta so skinny his very fit wife must outweigh him by several pounds). But she’s no showgirl, this one: She’s an athlete in her own right. As you can see from this very glamorous photo, she’s a downhill inline skater, which apparently is a real sport. Smewhere.

She also seems to be a fairly smart, funny woman, which I daresay is a bit rare in the World of the WAG. Unfortunately for her, though, Valentina is known less for her wit than for her rather massive boobs (which Roma …

WAG of the Week: Debora Salvalaggio

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

… Italia pageant, an achievement which, as we’ve discussed, pretty much assured her at least a showgirl gig in pageant-girl lovin’ Italy. As far as I can tell, though, she avoided the showgirl route (apart from the odd topless photo, that is) and, instead, got a TV-hosting gig — on a show about football, no less. Go, Deb! (Granted, the job evidentially requires her to frolic, scantily clad, on the pitch while handling a banana, but still. At least she’s not on Strip the News, or …

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