As Diego Maradona prepares to return to the forefront of international football it is quite fitting that he will make his managerial debut of the Argentine national squad in the cauldron of all English hatred, Hampden Park.  Anyone that can somehow contribute to the demise of the England national football team is embraced with great [. Click to continue reading...

Roma, languishing in the relegation zone before the derby, took on Lazio, who are flying high in the upper echelons of the table. Roma needed a victory over their rivals to kick-start their season and boost morale, while Lazio were looking to confirm themselves as a side to be reckoned with this season.

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LIVE Coverage of Atalanta vs. Napoli Napoli currently sit third tied with AC Milan on 23 points, and a win today could lift the Southerners into second place if the Rossoneri fail to take all 3 points against Chievo at the San Siro.  I would think AC Milan should win that one comfortably and Chievo have recently switched [. Click to continue reading...

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Because of the Italian National Rugby Team playing a game at the Stadio Olimpico in Torino on Sunday, Juventus-Genoa had to be played today. Juventus have been playing well as of late and have been led by the inspirational play of Alessandro Del Piero. Genoa have proved a tricky opponent this season and have seemed almost unbeatable at home.

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Since retiring from the calcio world, Roberto Baggio has dedicated himself to his family and has stepped out of the limelight, preferring to live the normal life. Every now and again he'll give the odd interview, and when he does it's always interesting to see what the most skillful player Italy has produced in the last 25 years has to say about the current state of the calcio world.

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Can anyone tell me what type of performance enhancing drug Alessandro Del Piero is taking right now? (Juventus fans don't jump on my back, that was my attempt at humor). Another inch perfect free kick, and on his 34th birthday to boot. Serie A results after "il salto" (the jump).

Bologna-Roma 1-1
Scorers: 68´ Totti (Rom); 92´ aut.

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Saturday November 8th Torino 1 - 0 Palermo Bologna 1 - 1 AS Roma    Sunday November 9th  Catania 2 - 1 Cagliari Chievo 0 - 2 Juventus Fiorentina 2 - 1 Atalanta Genoa 4 - 0 Reggina Inter Milan 1 - 0 Udinese Lazio 3 - 0 Siena Napoli 2 - 0 Sampdoria Lecce 1 - 1 AC Milan Roma come up short again and I'm not [. Click to continue reading...

As intriguing as the current edition of the Champions League may be, there's a chance the 2009-2010 tournament could be one of the strangest, parity-rich events in football history. Seems someone has taken the snowglobe that is European football, given it a good shake and the flakes aren't landing where people expect. Click to continue reading...

Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite Serie A club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Serie A club so that you [...] Click to continue reading...

Brescia continued its slide in Serie B, losing its second match in a row, this time to 15th place Piacenza, 1-0. American Danny Szetela appears to have fallen out of favor with coach Nedo Sonetti, having been bumped by 23 year-old Marco Zambelli the past two weeks. Of course the more Sonetti seems to tinker with the lineup, the more inconsistent (and less successful) the side has been. Click to continue reading...

If you find yourself watching the Serie A game of your choice this Sunday and start yawning (not due to tiredness but due to the boredom of the game), try and find a way to switch over to Napoli-Sampdoria. With Ezequiel Lavezzi leading the Partenopei and Antonio Cassano leading the Blucerchiati, there should be fireworks.

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Here's what I found interesting after reading various calcio news sites today:

-First, we have another managerial change in Serie A. Chievo haven't won since the first week of the season and manager Beppe Iachini has been sacked. Taking his place will be Domenico Di Carlo, who was in charge of Parma until March of last season.

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Wow can you believe we're already at Giornata 10? I feel like Serie A was just starting just yesterday. The highlight of the weekend was undoubtedly Milan-Napoli. Napoli have been the surprise of the campaign so far, led by young starlets Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marek Hamsik, and Fabiano Santacroce, and playing excellent, attractive football.

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Saturday November 1st Reggina 2 - 3 Inter Milan Juventus 2 - 0 Roma Sunday November 3rd Atalanta 0 - 0 Lecce Cagliari 5 - 1 Bologna Lazio 1 - 0 Catania Palermo 3 - 0 Chievo Sampdoria 1 - 0 Torino Siena 1 - 0 Fiorentina Udinese 2 - 2 Genoa AC Milan 1 - 0 Napoli Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...

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CATANIA 0 UDINESE 2 Udinese remained on top of Serie A as forward Alexis Sanchez unleashed an unstoppable drive from just outside the area. Fabio Quagliarella then scored from an improbable angle to keep Udinese riding high. - - - - CHIEVO VERONA 1 LAZIO 2 An own goal by Andrea Mantovani gave the SS Lazio victory in wet [. Click to continue reading...

ATALANTA BERGAMO 0 AC MILAN 1 AC Milan's renaissance continued as Kaka scored 10 minutes from time away to Atalanta on Sunday. The Brazilian struck his shot into the ground from Marco Borriello's pass and the ball bounced over the goalkeeper and into the net for David Beckham's proposed future club. LAZIO 0 NAPOLI 1 Ezequiel Lavezzi's 61st minute [. Click to continue reading...

There are teams who, when unexpectedly leading their league after a few weeks of play, will eventually crumble under the hype and the rarified atmosphere. After all, oxygen tends to get scarce in the upper floors of Serie A, especially for those who haven't been living there since the early 90's. Napoli isn't one of [. Click to continue reading...

American readers quickly grasp my play on words and  Italians of course know all too well the North-South rivalry alive and well in game and nation.  This season has seen a parity of representation from both halves of the Italian nation, yet the biggest Serie A surprise thus far is a table race in which [. Click to continue reading...

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Prophet Diallo celebrates Diego Armando Maradona & acknowledges cyberspace & ask God's blessings on owners of the site for releasing this football dribbling skills video
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El 10 Diego Armando Maradona esta en plena campaña por alcanzar la dirección técnica de su selección argentina, decenas de comerciales, entrevistas a diarios, televisión y radio en la historia de este jugador donde Maradona habla y ama a su selección nacional lo preceden. Click to continue reading...

After a week of Champions League and UEFA Cup are you ready Italia fans for what should be some very very even match ups on match day 8?  After missing predictions for match day 7 I thought I should get back on track but this weekend is proving to be one of the toughest thus [...] Click to continue reading...

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new Bologna and Siena blogs here at the Italy Offside. Every Serie A club now has it's own blog here at the Offside, and that's really great! Round-up of Giornata 7 after the jump. But before you go there, just analyze this picture of Mourinho. Saturday Night Fever?

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AC MILAN 3 SAMPDORIA 0 Ronaldinho converted a 55th-minute penalty conceded for handball by Sampdoria defender Stefano Lucchini, who was sent off, and combined well with Kaka to fire in Milan's second 11 minutes later. Filippo Inzaghi dodged past keeper Luca Castellazzi to slip the ball home in stoppage time and make sure Samp stayed without a [. Click to continue reading...

Before you answer that question, ponder the following. Your team is tied 1-1, the match is still very much left to play, and you, as a manager, are left with a choice. You can either keep fighting, trying to get the winning goal (as the spirit of the game compels you to do: you win [...] Click to continue reading...

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Those of you who have been reading the Italy Offside blog longer than 8 months now, know that February 13, 2008, was a sad date for Serie A fans worldwide. On that day, one of the greatest and most entertaining bloggers I've ever had the pleasure to read stepped down from her post, leaving hundreds [. Click to continue reading...

Cannavaro's contract with "Los Merengues" runs out in June 2009, and reports have suggested the Real Madrid defender could be set for a return to Napoli.  At the age of 35 we will be witnessing yet another great football career coming to a close. The player has won some pretty prestigious silverware in his time on [. Click to continue reading...

At the end of the 6th Giornata we still saw surprises. Inter is top of the table, but they share a place with Lazio and Udinese, two squads who have been impressing in this start of the season. Both clubs are putting in good performances and don't look like calming down any time soon. Inter beat Bologna (with a splendid goal from Ibrahimovic), while Lazio needed a late equalizer from Simone Inzaghi (his first goal in Serie A in 4 years) to draw with Lecce.

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One team short. Serie A's chance to get a "perfect quartet" into the UEFA Cup GS round will have to wait another year. Indeed, three of Italy's four UEFA Cup contenders are through to the group stage as AC Milan, Sampdoria and Udinese all won their first-round ties. Udinese needed a penalty shoot-out to thwart [. Click to continue reading...

When looking at the schedule of the 5th Giornata, all eyes had to be on Milan-Inter. The Derby was important not only for fans of those teams but for fans of other teams, as everyone had to hope Inter were stopped. And they were stopped, as the Rossoneri prevailed with a thunderous header from Ronaldinho, who scored his first goal in a Milan jersey.

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Genoa striker Diego Milito is making quite an impact his second time around at Genoa.  For this type of performance Alfio Basile gave the former Zaragoza man a callup to the national team.  If there were any doubts that about his worthiness to wear his country´s colors, maybe the win last week against AC Milan [. Click to continue reading...

27/09/2008

Sampdoria - Juventus ore 18.00
Fiorentina - Genoa ore 20.30

28/09/2008

Bologna - Napoli ore 15.00
Catania - Chievo ore 15.00
Lecce - Cagliari ore 15.00
Palermo - Reggina ore 15.00
Roma - Atalanta ore 15.00
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 Here are the scores for last night's Serie A matches: Sampdoria vs. 0 Final Siena 0 AC Milan vs, 2 Final Reggina 1 Palermo vs. 1 Final Napoli 2 Fiorentina vs. 1 Final Lazio 1 Share This Click to continue reading...