Coppa, Tiago & Make Up Lovin’

By: chris | April 16th, 2008

Coppa Stuffs

Roma 1 – Catania 0
Inter 0 – Lazio 0

Having watched the Roma – Catania match and simply judging by the scoreline of the Inter – Lazio game I’ve come to one conclusion: meh. Coppa first legs have never done much for me beforehand (afterwards can be a different story), and this was no exception. One goal scored in total isn’t ideal when you’re looking forward to second rate defenses and massive goal-scoring explosions*. Unfortunately, both Roma and Catania looked like they were performing a pregame walkthrough. The Inter – Lazio highlights provided some pretty good chances – appearing more exciting than the other semi – and a nice save from Grandpa Ballotta, but not a 12 goal explosion.

They’ll do it all again in a few weeks. We want some goals, dammit.

* – One look at the bracket and you’ll see what I mean.

Juventus 3 – Parma 0

(This was the makeup game from a few weeks back due to the death of the Parma fan.)

Juve managed to seal up a Champions League spot next year with a victory over Parma, who failed to use that game in hand to their advantage and move a bit away from the zone. The opening and closing goals were far from typical, with Tiago scoring the luckiest goal of his life, so just have a look-see:

Who Needs Some Love?

Walter Novellino, that’s who. How cruel was this?

“I was in the bank when they called me. I haven’t spoken to anyone yet and I don’t want to make any comment. I don’t need to say anything now, it’s a horrible moment but I don’t want to talk about it.”

Guy gets canned trying to cash his paycheck. Alright, it’s not terrible, but shouldn’t they do the cannings in person? That’s like breaking up with someone via text message or email….uncool.

Make Up Lovin’

So what’s the “in” thing to do in Serie A? Hire back the guy who was the coach before the guy you just fired. Duh. So as soon as Gianni De Biasi heard Cairo had broken up with his latest flame, GDB dumped his new girl Levante and ran straight into Urbano’s arms in Torino. Hooray for comfortable relationships.

Same deal as last year when GDB was brought in during February: avoid relegation. As long as Gianni can figure out how in the hell to get this team to score some damn goals, they should stay afloat. Easier said than done though; they have two in their last half dozen games….and those two came in the same game. Didn’t realize “impotence” translates to “Torino” in Italian.