American Danny Szetela kept up his string of 90 minute performances for Serie B side Brescia tonight in a losing effort to Ancona 2-0. The loss left Brescia in ninth place with six points after four matches. The home side, Ancona got its first win of the year while Brescia has a chance to redeem itself against Parma at home this Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Former Italian National Team manager Roberto Donadoni and former Parma and Chelsea forward, Gianfranco Zola have made the shortlist for new manager at West Ham United. What an amazing change of events, I can remember not to long ago Italian tactics and methods were despised by the English establishment, now it seems there is a shortage of originality in "the [. Click to continue reading...

Fenerbahçe iyi çalışmıyor, fizik kuvveti düşük temalı basın gazlamaları sonunda Zdenek Zeman Fenerbahçe'ye gelmişti. İstanbul durağından evvel epeyce bir süre aralarında Lazio, Roma, Parma gibi takımların da olduğu İtalyan takımlarında görev almıştı. Fenerbahçe'deki görevi Pendik destanı! Click to continue reading...

Crikey, as we say in England. The reasons why Robinho was willing to relocate to Manchester suddenly become clear:

The 24-year-old has agreed a four-year contract that makes him the highest-paid footballer in the history of the game, with a weekly salary of £160,000.

For those of you not used to the quaint habit that British newspapers have of expressing multi-million pound salaries in a working-class "weekly wage" fashion, let's put it this way: that amounts to about $15 million a year. Click to continue reading...

Secondo quanto riporta Sky, Paloschi è un giocatore del Parma. L'accordo sarebbe stato raggiunto poco fa. L'attaccante arriva in comproprietà. Domani è attesa l'ufficialità.

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Coppa Italia - 2° turno

Barletta-Sassuolo 1-3
Piacenza-Padova 0-1
Brescia-Foligno 2-1
Empoli-Ancona 2-0
Grosseto-Cavese 4-2
Mantova-Gallipoli 1-0
Pisa-Cittadella 1-2
Pro Sesto-Modena 0-1
Treviso-Benevento 2-2 (6-7 ai rigori)
Ascoli-Perugia 3-1
Frosinone-Crotone 0-2
Livorno-Novara 3-0
Rimini-Ravenna 3-3 (2-4 ai rigori)
Triestina-Sorrento 2-1
Vicenza-Monza 3-0
Salernitana-Cesena 3-1

Giocate sabato:

Albinoleffe-Pescara (6-5 ai rigori)
Parma-Portogruaro 3-2 (dopo i supplementari)
Bari-Bassano 2-0

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Mortgage prices are dropping, the credit crunch is hitting us all, and it seems the only things in life that are getting more expensive is food, petrol and footballers. The amount of money spent on individual players these days is ridiculous. Is Cristiano Ronaldo really worth 75 million? If we actually look at what Real Madrid would be getting for their money, it's a name basically. Click to continue reading...

I just saw an article on ESPN.com that Lillian Thuram has retired from soccer due to a heart condition. He had retired from the French National Team once again and was going to move from Barcelona to Paris St. Germain for at least one more season, but has to retire due to a heart condition. Thuram is one of the last members of the great French teams from the late 1990's and early 2000's to still have been playing and was there for all of those great moments. Click to continue reading...

French midfielder Johan Micoud, whose contract with Girondins Bordeaux has expired, wants to join a Major League Soccer outfit, according to somebody with direct ties to the player and his agent. The 34-year old last year completed his second stint for Bordeaux. His 16-year professional career also included stops at Parma and (probably most famously) Werder Bremen after starting at AS Cannes back in 1992. Click to continue reading...

His purported deal with Toronto FC has been scrapped (or never existed in the first place, according to some reports) but Turkey legend Hakan Sukur still wants to sign with a Major League Soccer team. The 36-year old "is free, available and wants to come to the U.S.," according to an individual with knowledge of the situation (don't you just love those? Click to continue reading...

According to this site and Lig TV the Turkish striker could be coming to BMO Field.

"According to Lig TV, the Turkish Super Lig's all-time leading scorer Hakan Sukur is close to signing a one year 4 million dollar deal with Toronto FC. Reports state that the veteran 37-year old, who has played for Galatasaray, Inter, Torino, Parma and Blackburn, has been offered a contract by the MLS club and looks warmly on closing out his career in North America.

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Lilian Thuram has always been one of my favorite French players -- a class act both on and off the field. He's thirty-six years old and has played for France since 1994. He's the team's most-capped international at 142 games. In the years since World Cup 2006, he's worn the captain's armband every time Patrick Vieira has been injured, which has been frequently.

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The impending move of Fiorentina's Samuel Di Carmine has been reported here, there and everywhere! - Video of Di Carmine Scoring on his European debut --- Celebrating his goal

EXCLUSIVE TMW - Roggi: "Di Carmine happy to QPR transfer"
23.06.2008 15.14 by Redazione TMW
Moreno Roggi, speaks of the fourthcoming transfer of Fiorentina's jewels Samuel Di Carmine, facing the the position of Giandomenico Mesto. Click to continue reading...

I went right down to the wire as Inter wasted chance after chance to seal their third Scudetto in as many years but on the last match day, Ibrahimovic came out to grab a brace against Parma and kick off the celebrations. Just enough to keep Roma in second but they couldn't go the double [...] Click to continue reading...

Sadly, Parma bid farewell to Serie A with their 2-0 loss away to Inter Milan this weekend, which in turn secured the title for the Nerazzuri.  I say sad because I like to think of Parma as my Italian club despite the fact that even calling myself an armchair supporter would be pushing it these [... Click to continue reading...

And that's a wrap folks. Serie A 2007-2008 is officially over. (Cue some graduation song, or some goodbye song). If you don't have time to read the review or you just don't like my musings about Calcio, Week 38 is summed up for you in the title. And in case you skipped past the title and still don't know who was crowned champion, the picture of Javier Zanetti on the left pretty much gives it away.

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And that's a wrap folks. Serie A 2007-2008 is officially over. (Cue some graduation song, or some goodbye song). If you don't have time to read the review or you just don't like my musings about Calcio, Week 38 is summed up for you in the title. And in case you skipped past the title and still don't know who was crowned champion, the picture of Javier Zanetti on the left pretty much gives it away.

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Veni vidi vici indeed. He came (or returned, rather), he saw, he conquered. While there is no doubt that this year's Scudetto was the result of team effort, the Nerazzurri have but one man to thank for achieving that objective on the last matchday of Serie A... and that man is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Returning from a [. Click to continue reading...

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Inter lead Roma by one point only one match to go, but have struggled without the team's top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Sweden international has recovered from a knee injury and returns to play this thrilling match against Parma. Inter need three points to ensure they held onto the title for a third year in a [. Click to continue reading...

Inter lead Roma by one point only one match to go, but have struggled without the team's top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Sweden international has recovered from a knee injury and returns to play this thrilling match against Parma. Inter need three points to ensure they held onto the title for a third year in a [. Click to continue reading...

Here's what I found interesting today:

-Livorno director Elio Signorelli assumed some responsibility for Livorno's relegation to Serie B. Why? Because he was the one that chose Livorno's strikeforce over the summer. He said that he was sure that Tavano, Rossini, Bogdani, Tristan, and Volpe would've scored a combined 20-25 goals during the season.

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Here's what I found interesting today:

-Livorno director Elio Signorelli assumed some responsibility for Livorno's relegation to Serie B. Why? Because he was the one that chose Livorno's strikeforce over the summer. He said that he was sure that Tavano, Rossini, Bogdani, Tristan, and Volpe would've scored a combined 20-25 goals during the season.

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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 after every referee has blown the final whistle.

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Week 36 (I incorrectly said it was Week 37 in the preview) turned out to be an interesting week in this last part of the 2007/2008 season. Here's what happened this weekend:

Milan-Inter: 2-1

In the match everyone was looking forward to, the Rossoneri won their first derby in 2 years after playing Inter off the pitch for most of the match.

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Sorry guys for the late post, but my internet has been down all day (Stupid Time Warner Cable!). So here's the weekend preview:

As you can see by the picture, the main event of Week 37 is the Derby della Madonnina between Milan and Inter. This derby has turned out to become one of the most important derbies in recent years.

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"Mission Champions League" is almost completed for Juventus. The Bianconeri, victorious 3-0 in the catch-up match vs. Parma today, have now a lead of 12 points over 5th-ranked Milan & Sampdoria and with 5 matches to go in the Serie A, the deal is pretty much sealed for La Vecchia Signora. Now, whether the game opener [. Click to continue reading...

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.

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Mancio decided to eschew tactical concerns during Saturday's game in favor of making shadow puppets and/or scary faces.

I'm busy packing for an early flight, so here's your one sentence wrap up for each Serie A weekend game. (The team blogs are more than adequate for the good stuff.)

Inter 1 - Lazio 1: Crespo got it early, Rocchi got it back in the second, and Mancio is going to get it from the media all week.

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Inter v Juventus: Bigger match review here.

Roma 2 - Empoli 1: On a day when the real Alessandro del Piero looked like magic but couldn't finish, Sebastian Giovinco did the same, though he managed to slot home a gimme on a wide open counter.

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Author: Jeremy (That's not him....I think.)
Page: Cagliari

Jeremy gave a little bit of a relegation breakdown last week, for reasons which you can probably figure out, and offers up his take on the week's action from those in danger in Serie A.

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Because it's been their week. Move aside.

• A real coaching vacancy was filled. The Cupernator made his illustrious return to the peninsula this weekend to fill in for Mimmo Di Carlo and fight the good fight. Like Claudio Ranieri last year (maybe they should be handing out 6 month contracts?

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It's kinda hard not to feel bad for teams which get relegated (unless they've been immersed in scandal, or something) or at least fight the good fight against the drop. Yes, they're professional athletes and most of their pay checks will buy them many, many boxes of Kleenex to drown their Serie B sorrows in; but still, they work their arses off for a whole lotta nothin' at the end of the year.

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Fiorentina came from behind in the dying minutes to snatch full points of Juventus and defeated them 3-2 in the 3rd vs 4th place battle. Fiorentina are now only one point behind them. See the highlights below. Roma defeated Parma in style, 4-0. The win sees them just 6 points off league-leaders Inter after the nerazzuri [. Click to continue reading...