Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged Luca Toni

Golden Ball 2008 - C-Ron Gets B-D’or, Italy Gets Nothing

2008-12-03T02:21:44+00:00

Chalk up one more trophy for CR7, this one the biggest and most important one of them all. In a decision that surprised no one given the player's outstanding performances over the past year (both domestically and in Europe), French magazine France Football has handed its prestigious Ballon d'Or award to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bayern Munich 2007-08 Jersey (REVIEW)

2008-11-21T15:00:49+00:00

Ahh Germany. The land of the great Nationalmannschaft, the team with such glorious World Cup and Euro Cup history (six trophies collectively) and who almost increased their collection by one in June, had it not been for the Spanish Armada and a certain Fernando Torres. Germany is also the homeland of prestigious club teams such as [.

Greece 1-1 Italy: Toni Wakes Up, Lippi Makes it 31 (International Friendly)

2008-11-19T23:53:59+00:00

The big story of Wednesday night's Greece vs. Italy friendly, which let's face it had the "boring" stamp written all over it before it even started (especially with Inter vs. Juventus coming up this week-end), is that Marcello Lippi is now officially the best Azzurri coach ever. Sure, winning the 2006 World Cup helped in [.

Italian Players Around the World (17/11)

2008-11-19T09:45:43+00:00

. Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!! Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 32 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 17 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

Italian Players Around the World (10/11)

2008-11-11T19:43:28+00:00

Donovan Training With Bayern Munich

2008-11-11T17:09:00+00:00

Today at Bayern Munich's 3 PM practice, a new face showed up alongside coach Juergen Klinsmann, a face familiar to many American fans. Yep, that's right, the LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan is in Munich to train with Bayern for a weeek or two to "stay fit." Hmmm.
Could Donovan, who last left Bayer Leverkusen in 2005 after playing in seven league and two Champion's League matches, be looking for for a ticket back to European soccer?

Franck Ribery vs. Luca Toni

2008-11-09T21:50:57+00:00

Video ansehen

Duellieren tun sich die beiden Fußballstars seit letzter Saison nur noch im Nationaldress, und dass Franck Ribery und Luca Toni sehr gut zusammen können, haben sie insbesondere vergangene Saison gezeigt, in der sie den FC Bayern zum deutschen Meister und Pokalsieger geschossen haben.

Bayern Running Out of Wins, Not Out of Beer…

2008-10-06T18:26:53+00:00

Things are NOT going well for Bayern Munich lately. The team has been winless in a serious competition (I'm not counting the DFB Cup) since September 17, and this week-end's 3-3 draw vs. Bochum at the Allianz Arena certainly didn't improve things with the supporters. Fortunately however, Die Roten can drown their sorrows at the Oktoberfest.

The Sync: Bayern 1-1 Lyon

2008-10-01T02:47:46+00:00

Blue days at the Allianz Bate and Bayern had the same idea in the second halves of their respective matches. Hold on for a home draw. However unlike Bate, Bayern Munich happened to be one of the 10 richest clubs in the world. Lyon visited the Allianz tonight and scraped by with a 1-1 [...]

Bundesliga Week 5: Goals that shook the World

2008-09-24T14:29:00+00:00

When Tim Borowski went to bed last Friday, he may have dreamed about scoring two goals for Bayern against his old team Werder Bremen the following day. If so, his dream did indeed come true as he scored a second half brace at the Allianz Arena. As long as we finish the story there, we can all rest assured that occasionally people's dreams do become reality and learn the true meaning of the Oktoberfest.

Italian Players Around the World (22/09)

2008-09-24T02:11:12+00:00

. Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!! Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 31 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

Query.

2008-09-23T20:54:00+00:00

So Landon Donovan may go to Bayern Munich, eh? My trusty volume of Wikipedia informs me that Bayern's current squad includes Luca Toni, Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose at forward, with attacking midfielders such as Franck Ribery and Ze Roberto.

Where does Landon fit in all this?

Donovan Linked To Bayern? Doubtful

2008-09-23T18:43:00+00:00

This week Andrea Canales got the US faithful abuzz with a nice article on a potential Landon Donovan return to Europe. Your faithful vagabond has been sniffing about this week checking on the possibility that Landon Donovan has attracted interest from Bundesliga power Bayern Munich. So far the results indicate that people have taken Andrea's speculation and twisted it into something it is not; a rumor.

Painful Lessons

2008-09-21T10:24:40+00:00

Most teams have a theme song they blast out in the dressing room before they take the field in a bid to get the blood pumping. Former England defender Stuart Pierce used to subject his fellow Nottingham Forest colleagues to "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols at ear-splitting volume before they took to the field of play.

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

2008-09-18T09:25:34+00:00

"BAYERN BACK AT THE BIG TABLE" screamed one of the more excitable but, after further investigation, shallow headlines after Munich's 1-0 Champions League win against Steaua Bucherest last night.
The bold type had it right. Bayern were back at the big table but what the heavy typesetting failed to add was that the manners of the team once they were seated were more reminiscient of lucky guests who'd been waiting for a cancellation all night only to find themselves amid a conversation which, at times, sailed over their heads.

Bundesbag Week 4

2008-09-17T18:52:00+00:00

You never quite know how a returning hero will be greeted in football. I remember when Ian Wright was sold from Palace to Arsenal he got a right earful from the fans. He replied by
scoring the goals that got The Eagles relegated and celebrated as though he'd won the World Cup.

Other players have a much better relationship with supporters of their old clubs.

Italian Players Around the World (15/09)

2008-09-16T19:57:21+00:00

. Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!! (with a brand new logo... d'you like it? ) Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 32 Italians (yup, number's gone up with Bellinzona's promotion in the [.

Landon Donovan to Bayern Munich?

2008-09-16T03:42:00+00:00

According to this article on Sports Illustrated's website, Bayern Munich were interested at one point in signing Landon Donovan and may still sign him during the winter transfer period. The article describes how Bayern's manager Jurgen Klinsmann was interested in signing Landon, but the Board of Directors were concerned because of Landon's previous experiences in the Bundesliga.

Bayern Keep Pace as Hamburg go Top

2008-09-15T12:24:50+00:00

Hanover ended a three-game goal drought with an emphatic 5-1 victory over promoted Borussia Moenchengladbach to move off the bottom of the German Bundesliga on Sunday.
Striker Jan Schlaudraff and midfielder Szabolcs Huszti scored two goals each as Hanover collected their first league win of the season after just one point and no goals from their three previous games.

Photo: The Hand Monster

2008-09-12T21:00:09+00:00

Bayern Munich players wave to fans from their bus. Would anyone care to explain what the guy behind Luca Toni is doing? (AFP/DDP/File)

Cyprus 1 - 1 Italy, Halftime Highlights

2008-09-06T19:53:42+00:00

Despite an early lead off a well struck shot by Di Natale into the bottom left-hand corner of the Cyprus goal, Cyprus with their attacking play, equalized in the 29th minute off the foot of Aloneftis. Italy have been the victim of poor defending however no blame can be given to Gigi Buffon the Italian keeper, as Cyprus kept pushing and eventually dominated the [.

Massimo Oddo starting anew in Germany

2008-09-05T19:19:49+00:00

One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back had a nightmare season last year. He wasn't himself at all, he played poorly, all his crosses ended up in Row Z, and he found himself left out of the national team set-up, missing Euro 2008.

Bayern Back on Form

2008-09-01T13:25:00+00:00

Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann can invest in a few new Buddha statues for the team's locker room after hammering Hertha Berlin 4-1 for the Bavarians' first win of the season. After two lackluster draws, the victory puts Bayern within two points of league leaders Schalke 04.
Luca Toni scored for the first time this season early in the match, and defender Philipp Lahm curled home a pretty shot for Bayern's second goal.

Subotic: Has The US Lost Him Already?

2008-08-28T19:16:00+00:00

After last night's excellent showing by Oguchi Onyewu in Standard's 1-0 Champion's League loss to Liverpool, his stock is peaking at just three days before the transfer deadline. Another American defender in Europe is also on the rise as young Neven Subotic continues to show he is a force to be reckoned with in the Bundesliga.

Oddo Gidici

2008-08-28T07:33:00+00:00

Savunmacı alacaksan İtalya'dan alacaksın fikrine güvenen Bayern Münih ve O. Lyon Milanlı Oddo'nun peşinde. Zambratto'nun gelişi ile boşa çıkan adam oldu Oddo. Transferin bugün yarın bitmesi gerekiyor, zira ligler başladı / başlayacak. Lyon'da İtalyan Grosso, Münih'te ise Luca Toni var.

Ramazan Özcan Haftanın Kalecisi

2008-08-18T06:51:00+00:00

Bayern Münih-Hamburg: 2-2
Schalke-Hannover: 3-0
Wolsfburg-Köln: 2-1
Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund: 2-3
Karlsruhe-Bochum: 1-0
Energie Cottbus-Hoffenheim: 0-3
Arminia Bielefeld-Werder Bremen: 2-2

Emirates Kupası'nı kazanırken iyi futbolu ile dikkat çeken Hamburg'un bu senenin iddialı takımlarından biri olacağı sezilmişti.

All You Need is Cash

2008-08-16T23:24:55+00:00

Apologies for starting this year's Bundesliga blog off with an entry based on ugly rumours (by which I mean allegations and not ex-British PM Tony Blair's ill-fated Stones-esque college band).
Since Euro 2008 ended, I've been feeding my soccer hunger by trawling my favourite sites for any morsel of information that can keep me sated.

California Dreaming?

2008-08-16T23:24:54+00:00

Jürgen Klinsmann will wake up in the morning to a warm Danish and frothy cappucino to find out it was all a nightmare. He'll swing himself out of his king-size bed, stretch in his cotton PJs before enjoying a leisurely frühstuck. He'll then grab the leash and go wandering along the golden sands with a happy retriever bounding in the surf and a light heart beating in his tanned, relaxed chest.

Bayern Kicks Off Bundesliga Season

2008-08-16T03:54:00+00:00

Defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich kicked off the new Bundesliga season with a 2-2 tie with Hamburg. Bayern who were playing without Luca Toni and Franck Ribery wasted a 2 goal lead. Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski scored to give Bayern a 2-0 lead only 19 minutes into the game. However, Guerrero scored for Hamburg in the 25th minute, and Trochowski scored in the 57th minute

Bundesliga Beats Premier League to the Kick-Off

2008-08-16T01:02:02+00:00

The 1. Bundesliga beat the English Premier League to the big kick-off today, opening with a Friday night game between Bayern Munich and Hamburg. New Bayern boss Juergen Klinsmann must have thought he'd made the perfect start - even without the injured Luca Toni and Franck Ribery - when his team raced into 2-0 lead through [.