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Re: Del Piero: The Legend All But Confirms Turin Exit

enzo1897 — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:13:13 -0000

I have this feeling too, but agree it could be wishful thinking. As Juventus being the club I have grown up with and Del Piero being the hero of my youth my head is probably denying this possibility. However, I'd love to see him stay another year before playing in the states.

Beside that, he could come back and play for Juventus during the winter break in MLS.

Re: Juventus’ Scudetto Glory: The Sweetest Of All

Ganco — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:44:10 -0000

Del Piero poem for sure..

Re: Juventus’ Scudetto Glory: The Sweetest Of All

Juventino to the end — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:03:24 -0000

Juve has a long way to go before they become their former selves.

But for now, I am exuberant about their 30th win of Serie A championship. Yes, like it or not, 30 frickin Scudetti.

Re: Down to the Wire: Four Scenarios for Third Place

Nick — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:06:37 -0000

I have an odd feeling Napoli is going to come out of this.

I like the matchups in their favor - home vs Siena... Udinese on the road vs a feisty Catania team as you mention is no gimme. Then it's just a hot Inter result against a banged-up Lazio from happening.

Color me crazy, but in a season where the #3 team constantly let their fans down, it'd be kharma if it happened one more time.

Re: Del Piero: The Legend All But Confirms Turin Exit

Juventino to the end — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:22:28 -0000

Perhaps it's wishful thinking that the club will extend Del Piero's contract. They could come to an agreement to extend the contract and then Alessandro can leave on HIS OWN terms.

We will all miss his departure no matter which way he exits BUT, the ownership should and MUST remember that the record-holder stayed with Juve when other turncoats went were the money was.

Forza Juve

Re: Folly Prevails in Genoa

SerieAWeekly — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:52:42 -0000

Good call Tomasso thanks for pointing it out

Re: Folly Prevails in Genoa

Tomasso — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:20 -0000

"It is a sad state of affairs for the players too. They now have to fight for relegation in the eerie silence of an empty stadium"
- no wonder the Ultras were angry with the players if they are fighting FOR relegation! :)

Re: Race to the End: Third Spot Up for Grabs!

Tomasso — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:59:10 -0000

Keep dreaming pal. If you are waiting for Roma to be one of the top teams in Europe I would advise you not to hold your breath.

Re: Race to the End: Third Spot Up for Grabs!

Paco — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:38:11 -0000

Big signings coming in the mercato. Recent season has seen more stars leaving the arriving. Competition is intense now in the world of football transfers. Malaga, City, PSG, Russia and even Arab and MSL leagues are stealing away top class players. We hope, but, financially it will be difficult for Italian clubs to spend enough to compete.

Re: Race to the End: Third Spot Up for Grabs!

Tima — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:04:45 -0000

What a pile of steaming horseshit... I wonder if you really did get paid to write here? If so, you have no idea...read more italian periodicals... There are big signings coming this mercato. Yes, Lotito had to be frugal to keep finances straight and became unpopular among some Lazio fans... but no team other than Lazio will be deserving to represent Serie a in CL. They have a ton of talent and you're just a hater...

Re: Race to the End: Third Spot Up for Grabs!

Nfaerber10 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:50:31 -0000

Roma is a brand new team that was built from scratch in the final month of last years transfer window and then the January window was spent signing de Rossi. We have huge defensive.problems but once that's cleared up and we find some consistency,we will be one of he top teams in Europe.

Forsake Roma.

Re: Race to the End: Third Spot Up for Grabs!

Tomasso — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:27:38 -0000

Blah blah blah. Have you ever heard the expression "the league table doesn't lie?" If Lazio finish third they will be there on merit and will deserve a shot at the CL. Third would be a fantastic achievement considering the fact that they have been missing key players through injury at every step of the season.

As for Roma, your suggestion that they would better represent Serie A in Europe is farcical considering their embarrassing "efforts" in European competition this year.

Forza Lazio!

Re: Juve’s New Soldier Proving His Worth

ms — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:16:28 -0000

I was cursing Marotta under my breath when he brought in Pepe and I'm happy to be proven wrong. Great article about one of this squad's less touted heroes. Youtube has some funny vids of him crashing in on Aquilani's interview and joking with Conte by hijacking the mic. :)

Re: Serie A in Freefall in Coefficient Rankings

Pcn600000 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:36:03 -0000

UEFA Europa League has too many games.How can The Europa League have MORE games than the CHampions League,which is for Europe's biggest teams and is more prestigious?

Re: Piermario Morosini: The Tragic Loss Felt By All

Pirandello — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:08:24 -0000

Another class article Matthew. Thanks.

Re: Serie A in Freefall in Coefficient Rankings

RContini — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:54:15 -0000

I have been worrying about this for some time and you have hit the nail on the head talkng about the europa league. It is my understanding that the Fa has the responsibility to enter the participants it wishes so i would first of all, give clubs the chance to opt out of the Europa if they have no plans to take it seriously, giving the place to someone who will. also if a team is deliberately not trying while they are in the competition, they should not be entered the following year. it really saddens me that no one takes into consideration what is good for the nation and often it seems the authorities will do the opposite of what is helpful to the teams representing us. I am convinced that moving the start of Serie A forward in line with north Europe would gives us a massively better chance in the European prelim rounds, Udinese and Samp would have been very grateful but as always in Italian football, everyone is out for themselves.

Re: What Next For Aquilani?

whosyourdaddy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:22:58 -0000

Hope he has a great euros and we get 20mil for him..chief..taken the biscuit out of my beloved LFC..!

Re: What Next For Aquilani?

Thecatsyl23 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:18:56 -0000

aforsterjunk....

absolutely right!!! milan can buy him for 6m euros if he makes a few appearances..acutally, milan will be forced to buy him when he makes 25 appearances.

Re: What Next For Aquilani?

James Cooper — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:01:20 -0000

Hope he returns to Liverpool. Exactly the type of player we are missing. Once Merieles left us it was obvious we made a mistake letting Aqua leave.

Re: What Next For Aquilani?

Cerasstar — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:27:41 -0000

nor does it mention that he didn't play against Barca Wed. night.

Re: What Next For Aquilani?

Aforsterjunk — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:02:36 -0000

Poor lazy journalism. The article refers to a totally inorrect transfer fee (commonly known to be c.6m euro) and doesnt even mention how aquilani has to play 25 games to trigger the transfer.

Re: The Inter-View: The Winds of Change

rizzosports — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:28:57 -0000

Really looking forward to see what the new coach can do. Inter is a pretty easy turn around if they just make a few smart changes.

Re: Italy versus England – The Never-Ending Story

Russ Contini — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:37:23 -0000

Ciao Giancarlo, what a pleasure to stumble upon your blog, I've seen you blog on the Football Italia website before i think? I’m an English-Italian based in Leeds and I’m always on the lookout for Serie A content on the web and great to hear from people who have had similarly tortured upbringings, defending the name of Calcio on British shores! while I agree most intelligent outlets have turned away from the stereotyping, unfortunately the vast majority of British football fans take their opinions from the tabloids, Sky and ITV, who continue to paint us as dirty cheats who play negative football, foul, dive and fix games. Even after the recent victories for Milan and Napoli, every excuse under the sun was trotted out, before the second legs and the “told you so’s” began. I have yet to find an Englishman with even a remote grasp of what Calciopoli actually was and what it involved. Of course this is worse for me as a Juventini (Sorry, i was born into it I can't help it!) who was introduced to football in the late 80's. England was considered to be the best and even the fact that Juve had beaten Liverpool at Heysel “doesn’t count, because Liverpool weren’t playing” this is hard to take when you are 8!

I saw Juve and Italy as a whole reclaim dominance over the following years but the barrage of insults never subsided, British fans would never accept anyone was better than or even comparable to them no matter how many victories we had. I always thought things would get better but how much would I give now to go back to those halcyon days? when we would swat Man Utd aside like an annoying fly, on a year in, year out basis. In 1999 I honestly felt the 3-2 reverse in the UCL semis was the most humiliating thing that had ever happened, (I’ve still not heard the end of it from some Utd fans) or ever could happen, but that would prove to be a massive watershed for Calcio as a whole and we never quite recovered our strength since. A few more years of toil prevailed before 2006 rolled around and the magnificent victory for the Azzuri felt like a vindication of my entire life up until that point! as I screamed at the top of my lungs in sheer delirium with my family dancing around with me, it all seemed worth it, finally it was our time, but you know what happened next. We barely had time to enjoy it before the rug was pulled from underneath us. The ultimate humiliation, and provision of enough bullets for us to be shot down again and again until the end of time. I doubt Italy will ever live this down in my lifetime, people are too stubborn. My personal feeling is that all football is corrupt to some extent (like anything in society involving a lot of money) it is just done in different ways by different people. I accepted that Juve had done bad things and resigned myself to the deserved punishment, I would never claim that we were innocent, that is until more facts started to emerge and suggested we were no more guilty than any other of the big teams, and evidence was carefully selected for submission by people with a clear vested interest in Inter and even the rules and punishments were carefully adjusted in the preceding months to allow the sentences which were handed down. The revelations by people like Christian Vieri were jaw dropping.

I’ll maintain till the day I die that the trial was biased and that all the teams are as guilty as each other, in Italy , England, Spain or anywhere else you care to mention, and we will get Moratti and Guido Rossi et al back one day, mark my words. The question I would like to ask you is how do you feel the guilty teams and Italian football as a whole can put this behind them and change the image we have abroad? How did you feel when you realised Fiorentina were involved? The betting scandal which followed is possibly worse in my view if actual matched were influenced. Is this going to come out in other countries too? and should we be commended as a nation for doing something about it rather than covering up, as surely must be the case in other countries? Would love to read a blog from you along these lines.

Re: Marco van Basten: Greatness That Could Have Been Greater

Michael Aboagye — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:15:12 -0000

Ibrahimovic u can never be on the same level as Marco Van Basten truelly legendary long live San Marco

Re: Serie B Focus : Torino, Sassuolo, Verona, Pescara. Who will leap into Serie A?

Alessandro Venturi — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:10:32 -0000

A-ha! With 4 poisoned meatballs in Ventura's dish Verona is turning tables now...