Si è arrivati ad un punto di non ritorno. Ciò che andava evitato è invece ormai maledettamente reale. Il momentaccio per la Lazio, e non parliamo solo dell'astinenza di punti nella Serie A di Calcio, proseguirà anche sui banchi del tribunale. A poche ore dal difficile match di Palermo (siciliani reduci dal pari ricco di gol con la Roma), con una situazione di piena emergenza in difesa (Kolarov squalificato per l'espulsione rimediata nell'ultima gara di Serie A con il Parma, Siviglia ko e Diakite' non in perfette condizioni), la squadra biancoceleste si trova ad affrontare la battaglia legale tra Pandev e il presidente Claudio Lotito. Click to continue reading...

The matches to watch after you realize Michael Ballack got a little more into the World Cup Qualifiers than you did.

Saturday

Manchester City v Arsenal at Eastlands Emmanuel Adebayor has continued to run his mouth about Arsenal fans (and his feud with Nicklas Bendtner), while praising the undying love Man City fans have shown him in the few weeks he's actually played for them.

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La gioia di una nuova esperienza professionale, nella Serie A di Calcio, si mescola con l'amarezza di "essere stato costretto" a lasciare la propria città e la squadra da sempre amata per poter trovare nuova linfa in un altro club. Questo mix di emozioni affolla la testa e il cuore del difensore, ex biancoceleste, Lorenzo De Silvestri. Click to continue reading...

Talented Serie A man on his way to east London.

In a surprising twist to this particular Lazio saga, English outfit West Ham United are believed to have agreed a fee for the Biancocelesti's Macedonian forward, Goran Pandev.

According to calciomercato.com, the Roman club have reportedly accepted West Ham's offer of an initial €5 million.

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This week's furor over Manchester United "stealing" Le Havre's Paul Pogba shows, to me, the deeply conflicted ethical issues at play regarding underage players in today's soccer world.
The player here, Paul Pogba, is a very highly rated 16 year old who plays for Le Havre. According to Le Havre, Man U have offered his family money/employment for him to end a contract he has signed with the French club. Click to continue reading...

E' ufficiale. Julio Ricardo Cruz è a tutti gli effetti un giocatore della Lazio. Bel colpo per la società di Claudio Lotito che regala a Ballardini un attaccante seguito anche dai "cugini" della Roma (il mister giallorosso Spalletti, qualche giorno fa, aveva detto "Cruz lo seguiamo, ci piace"). La Lazio è stata, tra le squadre di calcio interessate al puntero sudamericano, quella più veloce, la Roma ha atteso troppo facendoselo letteralmente "soffiare". Click to continue reading...

It was made known pretty early that the contracts of Julio Cruz and Christian Panucci were not going to be renewed by Inter and Roma at the end of the season. Both players were linked with a host of clubs but no offer became concrete and up until yesterday it was anybody's guess where Cruz and Panucci would wind up playing next season.

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Tension between Lazio's president and the Macedonian striker has reached a boiling point. Lotito threatened Pandev he would spend the entire season on the bench if he did not conform, while the player is being quiet and he keeps rejecting the offers the club want him to accept.

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Claudio Lotito is without a doubt one of the more entertaining owners in Serie A. He talks a mile a minute, his press conferences and interviews last forever because he likes to hear himself talk, and also he always likes to make it known that he constructed a very good side for very little money.

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With Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez likely to leave this summer, Federico Macheda has insisted he has no intention of leaving any time soon.

After hailing his brilliant and important goals against Villa and Sunderland, he claimed that United were the best in the World and he hoped to stay for a long time.

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Delio Rossi appartiene già al passato. Ora, dopo l'ufficializzazione dell'ingaggio da parte della società biancoceleste, il presente e il futuro della Lazio, almeno per i prossimi due anni, si chiama Davide Ballardini. Ottimo colpo, quello messo a segno da Claudio Lotito, visto che, il ravennate, classe 1964, che ha appena concluso la stagione alla guida dei rosanero, era uno dei mister più preparati ed appetiti sulla piazza. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are reportedly battling Juventus to sign £17million-rated Macedonia striker Goran Pandev.

The 25-year-old has told Lazio he needs a new challenge after five years in Rome and the Gunners are said to have joined the race for his signature.

Last month he was linked to Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Liverpool, while Bayern Munich and Fiorentina are now also reported to be interested.

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La Lazio ha vinto la Coppa Italia 2008/2009 e, forse, questo successo è servito anche al tecnico capitolino Delio Rossi per confermarsi sulla panchina biancoceleste. In attesa di sapere se la nostra supposizione verrà confermata dalla voce del presidente "factotum" Claudio Lotito, ieri sera, al termine dell'ultimo atto della manifestazione nazionale, il tecnico degli "aquilotti", intervistato dai giornalisti Rai, è apparso visibilmente emozionato e con gli occhi lucidi. Click to continue reading...

A cesare quel che è di Cesare

" Solo il tempo ci farà capire di che pasta è fatto Claudio Lotito. Troverà posto accanto al Patron dell'Udinese Pozzo, che all'Udinese, grazie all'importante contributo dell'ex general Manager Pier Paolo Marino, oggi al Napoli, ha costruito un club capace di andare a scovare giovani interessanti in sudamerica, oppure, senza fare nomi, allungherà la lista di mecenati senza scrupoli da un punto di vista della passione sportiva, che hanno invece cancellato gloriose società dal panorama calcistico nostrano?

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Tomorrow is a big day for Lazio and Sampdoria. Two sides who have performed under expectations throughout the season have a chance to salvage their season by winning a trophy, and more importantly, a place in the Europa League (I think the new name is so stupid) next season. Both sides have not won the Coppa in a long time (Lazio haven't lifted it since 2004, Sampdoria since 1994; both sides have won it 4 times in their history).

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Autor: Jorge Rubio
No lo digo por su posición, porque uno es delantero y el otro es centrocampista, ni tampoco por sus clubes, pues uno juega en el Manchester United y el otro brilla con luz propia en el Arsenal, donde también es capitán. Mucho menos es por sus nacionalidades. Uno es italiano, el otro español. Click to continue reading...

Lazio president Claudio Lotito says Liverpool have "zero chance" of signing Mauro Zarate this summer.
The Argentine forward is thought to be interesting a whole host of clubs - including both Liverpool and Manchester City - after scoring 12 league goals this term.
But Lotito says the former Birmingham City striker - who is on a season-long loan at Lazio from Qatari side Al Sadd - will stay in Rome. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are ready to approach Al-Sadd for Mauro Zarate as Lazio squander time in sealing a permanent move for him.
The Argentinean striker is only on loan at the Roman club, but president Claudio Lotito has not moved to sign him on a permanent deal from the Qatar-based club. Al-Sadd have already warned the Aquile that they would listen to other offers if the Serie A side failed to act swiftly. Click to continue reading...

The name Federico Macheda has been bandied around a lot lately, and not just because of his two stunning late goals against Aston Villa and Sunderland. Macheda has been the object of an international tug of war between Manchester United, his current club, and SS Lazio, the club that nurtured and developed him as a boy.

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Cadute di stile e incapacità di accetta la sconfitta. E' con queste parole, molto chiare e decise, che il presidente biancoceleste Claudio Lotito descrive l'atteggiamento avuto dalla Roma e da Spalletti durante e dopo il derby vinto per 4 a 2 dall'undici laziale nel sabato calcistico.
Al numero uno della formazione laziale non sono piaciuti gli episodi di nervosismo, in particolare di Philippe Mexes e Panucci, espulsi dall'arbitro Morganti, ma anche di altri calciatori romanisti che, nel corso dell'incontro, hanno "acceso" delle piccole risse sedate subito dal direttore di gara che ha messo mano al taschino sventolando cartellini in copiosa quantità . Click to continue reading...

Fortunately for Italy they have another young star on the horizon and his name is Federico Macheda.Yesterday the 17 year old debuted for Manchester United against Aston Villa and unleashed this stunner.
Federico Macheda is currently in the Italian national team fold.
Claudio Lotito the President of Lazio was very upset at having lost him a two years ago fully aware of what he had in Macheda as a talent. Click to continue reading...

So, if you can't already tell, I've pretty much spent 90% of my morning researching the new chosen one, 17 year old Kiko Macheda. Thus far, I think the best thing I've heard was reported by The Guardian.

"This young Italian, who has been at the club only 18 months, continues a tradition at Old Trafford of placing great faith – not to mention the future of the club – at the feet of young players.

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Maradona, Caniggia, Sensini, Balbo, Chamot, Simeone, Redondo, Batistuta, Crespo, Veron. The list of great Argentinian players to grace the pitches of Serie A can go on and on. And pretty soon we might have to add another name to the list: Mauro Zarate. The 21 year old striker is on fire, leading the Serie A scoring charts with 6 goals in the first 5 games and giving defenders nightmares.

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This has been news in the calcio world recently. When Lazio first met up for pre-season training in mid-July, coach Delio Rossi made a list of players that did not fit into his plans for the coming season. These players are: Roberto Baronio (considered as a youngster to be the next great Italian midfielder, never happened), Simone Inzaghi (Pippo's younger brother who has always been more technically gifted than Pippo, but not as successful), Massimo Mutarelli (a defensive midfielder who works hard all game, impressed at Palermo), Tommaso Berni (a young goalkeeper who was never given a chance), Alberto Quadri (another promising player as a youngster but has turned out to be an average player), and Guglielmo Stendardo (on loan at Juve last season, a decent defender who has also garnered interest from Milan and Inter).

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Non si è andati oltre un confronto informale e gli auguri reciproci per le rispettive attività, ma quello di ieri è solo il primo di una lunga serie di appuntamenti ai quali parteciperà anche Claudio Lotito. Alemanno, che non aveva ancora trovato l'occasione di incontrare la Sensi da quando è il primo cittadino, ha inserito nel suo programma elettorale la costruzione di due stadi di proprietà per le società romane e anche ieri ha ribadito di voler rispettare il suo impegno. Click to continue reading...

After making it publicly known that he does not want to return to Eastlands, Manchester City's on-loan striker is more than likely to stay at Celtic, but not if Lazio have anything to do with it. After a successful loan spell at Celtic Park, Gordon Strachan was very keen to make Georgios Samaras' deal permanent, as [. Click to continue reading...