(video gol highlights di Udinese-Fiorentina)
UDINESE (4-3-3): Handanovic, Basta, Coda, Zapata, Pasquale, Inler, D'Agostino (25′ st Sammarco), Asamoah, Lodi. (37′ st Romero), Pepe (37′ pt Corradi), Di Natale (6 Belardi, 18 Kitoko, 80 Domizzi, 4 Cuadrado). All: Marino.
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Frey, De Silvestri (10′ st Castillo), Natali, Kroldrup, Gobbi, Montolivo, Donadel, Marchionni, Santana (40′ pt Comotto), Vargas (40′ st Pasqual), Gilardino. Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlights di Basilea-Cska Sofia)
Svizzeri sempre più primi nel Girone E. Nulla può il Cska Sofia che deve incinarsi nuovamente e cedere al Basilea, vittorioso tra le mura amiche del St. Jakob Park, col punteggio di tre a uno. La squadra bulgara ha retto la prima mezzora, ma è poi caduta sotto i colpti di un devastante Frey (doppietta) Il gol della bandiera della squadra di Sofia porta la firma di Yanchev. Click to continue reading...

A few nice goals this week, but nothing extraordinary. Giuseppe Mascara scored one of his trademark wonder-goals, and Marco Borriello got back on the scoresheet with 2 goals (the second a nice scissor kick) after almost a year. Diego Milito got back to his scoring ways as well after being absent through injury, and Mirko Vucinic finally scored his first goal of the season.

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(video gol highlights di Genoa-Fiorentina)
GENOA (3-4-3): Amelia, Sokratis, Biava, Bocchetti, Rossi, Milanetto, Zapater, Modesto (35' st Esposito), Sculli (27' st Palacio), Crespo, Palladino (22' st Mesto). All.: Gasperini (squalificato, in panchina Caneo).
FIORENTINA (4-3-3): Frey, Comotto, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pasqual (37' st Castillo), Donadel (16' st Zanetti), Montolivo, Jovetic (10' st Marchionni), Mutu, Vargas, Gilardino. Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlihts di Napoli-Fiorentina)
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Frey; De Silvestri, Gamberini, Natali (28'st Comotto), Gobbi; Zanetti, Montolivo; Santana (30'pt Jorgensen), Jovetic, Vargas; Mutu (1' st Gilardino). (Avramov, Pasqual, Donadel, Castillo). All.: Prandelli.
NAPOLI (3-4-2-1): De Sanctis; Grava, Rinaudo, Contini; Maggio, Pazienza, Gargano, Aronica; Hamsik, Lavezzi (45'st Datolo); Quagliarella (42'st Denis). Click to continue reading...

(video gol highlights di Cagliari-Chievo)
Cagliari: Marchetti, Marzoratti, Canini, Lopez, Agostini, Dessena (86' Larrivey), Conti, Biondini (57' Lazzari), Cossu, Jeda, Matri (73' Nenè). Allenatore: Allegri
Chievo Verona: Sorrentino, Frey, Yepes, Morero, Mantovani (80' Ariatti), Luciano (79' Bentivoglio), Iori, Marcolini, Pinzi, Pellissier, Bogdani (63' Granoche). Click to continue reading...

For those who witnessed this game I don't need to say any more. For those who didn't, oh you missed a good one. We all know the history between these two teams. Epic games of monumental proportion. And Saturdays game lived up to any and all expectations.
It was a classic battle of speed and agility vs control and power. Click to continue reading...

(highlights di Siena-Chievo)
TABELLINO
SIENA (4-3-1-2): Curci, Terzi (26'st Rosi), Ficagna (45'st Rossi), Brandao, Del Grosso, Vergassola, Codrea, Fini, Ghezzal, Calaiò (23'st Jajalo), Maccarone. All.: Giampaolo.
CHIEVO (4-3-1-2): Sorrentino, Frey, Morero, Yepes, Mantovani, Luciano, Iori, Pinzi, Bentivoglio (30'st Marcolini), Bogdani (32'st Granoche), Pellissier (45'st Ariatti). Click to continue reading...

Lots of goals scored this week, with only one 0-0 draw (Napoli-Udinese) and many teams scoring 3+ goals. There were some nice ones this week. Goals after the jump.

Emanuel Rivas vs. Atalanta - The Bari midfielder scores a nice opening goal. Dribbles to the center and unleashes a laser strike from around 20 yards out.

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To start off with several of the Sodium team volunteered their time to help with the Summerset West Soccer Club's team picture day. Normally they hire high school students for this event but this year Sodium offered some of our very responsible players to help. Picture day went very smoothly and to show their appreciation, SWSC is donating to each volunteers player account. Click to continue reading...

La vittoria di Siena, nella terza giornata della Serie A, anche se ottenuta in maniera rocambolesca e con una buona dose di fortuna, sembrava aver rasserenato l'ambiente, a Trigoria e dintorni. I primi tre punti, dopo un difficile inizio nella Serie A di Calcio, sembravano aver fatto tornare il sorriso. Click to continue reading...

Domenech reflects on his French future

With France's spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa still unclear, the FFF must surely be pointing the finger of blame at the manager rather than the squad. Â Another draw last week leaves France chasing the leaders in the table and looking over their shoulders at who may take their place in the playoffs.

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ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!! We can do this!

Lyon:

Lloris
Reveillere - Cris - Toulalan - Cissokho
Pjanic - Makoun - Kallstrom - Bastos
Gomis - Lisandro

Bench: Vercoutre, Ederson, Govou, Clerc, Delgado, Seguin, Gonalons

Fiorentina:

Frey
Comotto - Gamberini - Danielli - Gobbi
Donadel - Montolivo
Marchionni - Mutu - Vargas
Gilardino

Bench: Avramov, Kroldrup, Jovetic, Natali, Jorgensen, Pasqual, Santana

Feel free to post commentary, frustrations, and thoughts here during and after the game.

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The 2009 fall league opened this afternoon with the lady warriors road trip'n down to Eugen to take on the always tough EMFC 95 Magic.
To prove a point the Sodium squad came out with something to prove, to squelch all the naysayers who said Sodium wasn't deserving of a Gold Division spot. Well, silence them they did. Click to continue reading...

(higlights di Fiorentina-Palermo)
La Fiorentina batte il Palermo grazie alla firma di Stephan Jovetic, nella seconda giornata della Serie A di Calcio. Fantastica prestazione del montenegrino, che con la sua zampata, sul cross di Comotto, regala tre preziosi punti ai viola. Una partita giocata per 90 minuti con due squadre che non si sono risparmiate e che si sono date battaglia fino al fischio finale. Click to continue reading...

(Fiorentina-sporting Lisbona 1-1)
In una folta cornice di pubblico, la Fiorentina soffre contro i portoghesi dello Sporting Lisbona ma poi, al fischi finale, può festeggiare l'avvenuta qualificazione al tabellone principale della Champions League. Finisce uno a uno al Franchi, risultati di calcio che permettono alla squadra toscana di brindare all'ingresso nel tabellone principale. Click to continue reading...

(Sporting Lisbona-Fiorentina 2-2)
Spettacolo ed emozioni, ieri sera, all'Alvalade di Lisbona. Nell'andata dei preliminari di Champions, i ragazzi di Cesare Prandelli impattano due a due contro i portoghesi dello Sporting, al termine di un incontro maschio e ricco di spunti di cronaca. Click to continue reading...

It's very early days, but the Championship table shows the Royals languishing in the bottom three after a drubbing at St. James' Park. An impressive crowd of 36,000 saw Brendan Rodgers' young side start impressively enough but fall behind to a Shola Ameobi header ten minutes before half time. Click to continue reading...

Ya tenemos nuevo killer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic se convierte en el recambio del león indomable Eto'o que emigra a Milán para jugar en el Inter, rival del equipo de su gran amigo Ronaldinho.
Zlatan es nuestro nuevo delantero centro, el hombre que tiene que marcar los goles. Si vemos y analizamos su trayectoria, Ibrahimovic ha marcado siempre muchos goles, en el Ajax, Juventus e Inter. Click to continue reading...

Following their return from the Confederations Cup, I caught up with Sacha Kljestan and Jonathan Bornstein on the impact of the Confederations Cup, MLS vs USMNT, and players to watch (Bornstein picks Stuart Holden; Kljestan picks Robbie Rogers, Stuart Holden, Sam Cronin, and is hoping Stefan Frey will switch to the US). Click to continue reading...

The madness escalates as we conclude another wild week in the world of transfers...

The talk this week has been mostly about Villa, as Barca's vice president confirmed the club's interest in him. Soon after word came that negotiations were ongoing with Valencia; before it was announced that Barca's president, Laporta, made an official bid.

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Akşam saatlerinde Victor Valdes'in Barcelona ile yaptığı sözleşme iyileştirme görüşmelerinin anlaşma gerçekleşmeden sona erdiği haberi geldi. Hatta Barcelona'nın Frey'i gözüne kestirdiği ve Valdes'i gözden çıkardığı lafları bile dolaşmaya başladı. Rijkaard-Valdes ilişkisini bilenler korkumun nedenini anlar. Click to continue reading...

(Fiorentina-Sampdoria 1-0)
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1) - Frey; Zauri, Dainelli (26'pt Kroldrup), Gamberini, Pasqual; Montolivo, Felipe Melo (11'st Donadel); Semioli, Jovetic, Vargas (33'st Gobbi); Gilardino. All.: Prandelli.
SAMPDORIA (3-5-2) - Castellazzi; Ferri (28'st Campagnaro), Gastadello, Raggi; Padalino, Palombo, Dessena (37'st Sammarco), Delvecchio, Ziegler; Pazzini, Marilungo (24'st Mustacchio). Click to continue reading...

(highlights di Chievo-Inter 2-2)
CHIEVO (4-3-1-2) - Sorrentino; Frey, Morero, Yepes, Mantovani (dal 76' Sardo); Luciano, Rigoni (dall'83' Malagò), Marcolini; Bentivoglio (dal 72' Esposito); Pellissier, Bogdani. All.: Di Carlo. INTER (4-3-2-1) - Julio Cesar; Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Maxwell; Muntari (dal 67' Burdisso), Cambiasso, Stankovic (dal 77' Jimenez); Figo, Balotelli; Crespo (dal 57' Cruz). Click to continue reading...

(Catania-Fiorentina 0-1. Jovetic)
(0-2. Zauri)
CATANIA (4-4-2) - Kosicky; Silvestri, Silvestre, Stovini, Capuano; Llama (57' Sciacca), Carboni (46' Paolucci), Biagianti (70' Izco), Tedesco; Martinez, Mascara. All.: Zenga. FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1) - Frey; Comotto, Dainelli, Gamberini, Pasqual; Montolivo, Felipe Melo; Kuzmanovic (69' Donadel), Jovetic (84' Zauri), Vargas (74' Gobbi); Gilardino. Click to continue reading...

(highlights di Udinese-Fiorentina 3-1)
UDINESE (4-3-3): Handanovic 5,5; Isla 6, Zapata 6, Felipe 6, Lukovic 6; Inler 6,5, D'Agostino 7,5 (40' st Obodo sv), Asamoah 7; Pepe 5,5 (32' st Domizzi sv), Quagliarella 6,5, Sanchez 6,5 (38' st Floro Flores sv). A disp. Belardi, Pasquale, Zimling, Ighalo. Click to continue reading...

(Frey spera ancora in una convocazione per i Mondiali del 2010)
Non ha perso del tutto la speranza di poter far parte del gruppo che sarà protagonista ai Mondiali di calcio del prossimo anno. Sebastien Frey, portiere della Fiorentina, e tra i primi al mondo, sogna ancora una convocazione ma, come ammette lo stesso estremo difensore viola, finchè ci sarà Domenech alla guida dei "galletti" sarà molto diffiche che ciò si avveri. Click to continue reading...

If you've been following the conversations in the comments on this blog, you know that last week Sébastien Frey followed in David Trezeguet's footsteps and announced his international retirement.

You also know that Frey is 28. Which is... Well, it may not be infancy for a goalkeeper, but it's not exactly retirement age either.

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Could it be? Could we have come across the first MLS Expansion scam?
In a sure sign that MLS is growing in popularity it appears one clever person has set up a donation scam site (as near as we can tell) called www.mlsdetroit.com
A casual search of the public domain name records uncovered:
Mlsdetroit
2700 Glenmore Drive
Westlake, Ohio 44145-3930
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy. Click to continue reading...

Yes, we are liveblogging this game. Since I am a hardcore France fan and my co-blogger Chris is a hardcore Italy fan, we decided to have this game liveblogged by a neutral -- Daryl, The Offside's editor. So be sure to stop by this site and leave Click to continue reading...

I'll be liveblogging this game also. Let's hope I can bring them more luck than I did on Monday. Stop by here and leave lots of pro-France comments! And here's a fun photo of Frey and Coupet. May they have many reasons to smile today! Click to continue reading...

If any of you don't visit UEFA.com's coverage of Euro 2008, you should because it's full of a lot of interesting things like articles, photos, trivia, statistics, and all those other details that we footie nerds find so gripping (or maybe it's just me...). One of the newer features is Click to continue reading...

Morning all. Still sick so not doing so hot. Not much in the news today but we'll get through most of it.
We'll start off with a story involving Kolo Toure. The Sun (yes I realize it's the Sun) reports that Kolo is fed up because he thinks Arsene Wenger is giving preferential treatment to William Gallas. Click to continue reading...