As previously reported on DT, Thursday marks Francesco Totti's 20th anniversary as a Serie A player.
To mark the occasion, Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport has published a lengthy interview with the 36-year-old Roma legend, in which he reveals he would like to reach 300 goals (he is currently on 226), he wants to play until he is 40, his strongest opponent was (Brazilian) Ronaldo and that he would like to work with Jose Mourinho.
28.11.2011 - A Yanina Screpante, ex mujer de Del Potro(?) y actual de Ezequiel
Lavezzi, le dieron donde más le duele. Cuando entraba a su casa junto a una amiga fue asaltada
a punta de pistola y le llevaron el Rolex de oro que le había regalado el Pocho.
A poco, Yanina estalló vía twitter: "Después dicen que en Argentina
hay inseguridad.
According to reports in Italy this morning, Juventus and Italy centre-half Leonardo Bonucci escaped an attempted armed mugging completely unscathed earlier this week after belting the little shit in the face.
AC Milan midfielder Alberto Aquilani has revealed that the Serie A champions will be obligated to
sign him on a permanent basis from Liverpool for £5.2 million if he features in 25 matches this
term.
The 27-year-old is currently on a season-long loan deal with the Rossoneri after it became apparent
that first team opportunities at Anfield were not forthcoming.
Former Argentina international Matias Almeyda has written an autobiography which is currently being serialised in Gazzetta dello Sport, in which the midfielder who is currently head coach at River Plate makes some fairly scandalous claims about the state of the inner machinations of Italian football,including intravenous doping, pandemic match-fixing and mafia intimidation.
Carlo Ancelotti was interviewed by La Gazzetta dello Sport while he attended the Elite Football
Club Coaches Forum at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland and, like every other time the man
with the world's most powerful eyebrow speaks, it turned out quite entertaining. And wonderfully
odd.
Chelsea boss Roberto di Matteo was spotted at the
Udinese-Juventus game yesterday in a match Sebastien Giovinco the
shortest player at Euro 2012 (that needed to be said!)- scored a brace. The Turin side went on to
win 4-1, sending them to the top of the Serie A table, despite the fact that Antonio
Conte's ten-month ban has forced him to sit out all their upcoming games.
That is correct. La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that the deal is virtually done. Antonio
Cassano will leave for Inter along with a €7 million check written for Massimo Moratti, Giampaolo
Pazzini will come the other way. Yes, it is a terrible deal. Yet, Cassano wanted to leave. That is
right. The player Milan [.
Fiorentina is in the midst of a none-too-small upheaval, ousting their head of personnel and
bringing in Vincenzo Montella as coach, with rumors of Stevan Jovetic's departure ever lingering.
However, they could be rendering all that a series of non-stories by shepherding in a frightening
new experiment; one which could give a glimpse into a football wasteland:
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Coach Montella has decided to implement a new code of
conduct to keep his players in check.
Coming off a disappointing 13th-place finish in Serie A last season and revamping the squad, new
Fiorentina manager is putting some structure into the lives of his players. And that means an end
to thigh tanning.
From Football Italia:
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Coach Montella has decided to implement a new code of
conduct to keep his players in check.
An Italian footballer accused of match-fixing has chained himself to the headquarters of the
Italian FA to protest against his three-year ban from the game. Former Siena defender Emanuele
Pesoli, now with Hellas Verona, took the drastic measure after an FA disciplinary committee handed
the ban to him on Friday.
Speculation is increasing in Italy that Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to invest in AC
Milan via the partially state-owned utility company Gazprom.
Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister, told the club's own TV station
he was willing to speak to potential investors, marking a distinct change in outlook from his
previous stance.
Genoa have emerged as contenders to sign Liverpool target Juan Manuel Vargas, according to Italian
newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Vargas, 28, has been made available for transfer by his club Fiorentina, and Liverpool boss Brendan
Rodgers has been tipped to make an offer for the Peru international, who can play in defence and
midfield.
Liverpool have received a boost in their pursuit of Juan Manuel Vargas after Fiorentina put the
Peru international up for sale.
Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Fiorentina have decided to part ways with
the 28-year-old, who is currently training on his own in Florence while his team-mates are away at
a pre-season camp in Moena.
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani says the club will not make any further signings this
summer, despite being linked to Liverpool's Andy Carroll.
Pier Silvio Berlusconi, son of club owner Silvio Berlusconi, had acknowledged that he would love to
bring the 23-year-old to the San Siro - having seen him at Euro 2012.
"La Gazzetta dello Sport", realizó una caricatura del futbolista Mario Balotelli, que
enojo terriblemente al futbolista italiano, según dichos de su representante Mino Raiola.
En un comunicado oficial, el diario italiano salió a disculparse por la desafortunada viñeta:
"Decimos honestamente que no es la mejor viñeta de nuestro gran dibujante.
There were major fears of racism in Ukraine and Poland ahead of Euro 2012, but it turns out some
of the most egregious offenses have come from within the visiting players' own countries. Police in
England are investigating the racial abuse of Ashley Cole and Ashley Young on Twitter after the
pair failed to score in England's penalty shootout against Italy and around the same time, Italy's
best-selling sports paper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, decided to publish a cartoon depicting Mario
Balotelli as giant gorilla King Kong.
Maurizio Galdi, who follows football corruption for sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport, said
up to 12 Serie A sides, representing more than half the division's 20 teams, could be implicated.
"About 75 matches since 2009 are now being investigated and at the end of all this we could see
around 50 players sent for criminal trial," said Roberto Pelucchi, who also writes for the
paper
Serie A players in fear as fan violence and spectre of match-fixing return | Football | The
Observer
AC Milan are set to send the midfielder back to England this summer after declining to make the
move permanent, forcing Dalglish's side to find him a new club.
Aquilani is on loan at San Siro from Liverpool and once he completes 25
League games this season, AC Milan will be forced to sign him outright for €6m.
Vicente Del Bosque will attempt to supply evidence for those opposed to coaches going through a
second World Cup cycle that success can indeed be achieved under those circumstances.
The Spanish national team manager reportedly signed a contract extension that will have him in
charge of La Furia Roja through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
27.03.2012 - Con goles de Rashid Essa (´26 y ´74), Mariano Donda (´33
penal) y Juan Manuel Olivera (´67), Al Wasl venció (4-1) a Emirates (H.Matroushi ´74) en
el Zabeel Stadium por la 16º fecha de la Liga de Emiratos Árabes y se establece en el 5º puesto
(24 puntos) a 15 unidades del puntero Al Ain (39).
Brazilian play maker, Ronaldinho has been included in coach Mano Menezes preliminary squad for
the London Olympics games as one of the three senior players who could be given the chance to lead
Brazil to their maiden Olympic honour.
Other players also considered were Barcelona's Dani Alves, Chelsea's David Luiz, FC Porto's
Hulk, AC Milan's Thiago Silva and Inter Milan's Julio Cesar.
Her rumoured former fling once supposedly spoke of his super sized sexual adventures, so it was
only a matter of slow-news time until Raffaella Fico (Mario Balotelli's current girlfriend) spoke
out about her own partner preferences.
La Gazzetta dello Sport originally reports:
"Apart from Balotelli, I've only been with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Arriva +3, il settimanale del fantacalcista della Gazzetta dello Sport Dal 3 Marzo, in edicola ogni
settimana con la Gazzetta dello Sport, in concomitanza del primo anticipo di serie A (Sabato o
Venerdì eccezionalmente), arriva "+3", il settimanale dedicato a tutti giocatori di fantacalcio.
"+3" si propone di diventare un punto di riferimento per schierare al meglio la propria squadra e
puntare
Sport Italia by Simon Martin Published by I. B. Tauris August 2011, £22.50, ISBN: 9781845118204
If anyone had any doubt about sport's ability to warp society, Simon Martin's sumptuous Sport
Italia will leave them without arguments. A nation, remember, only since 1861; Italy has survived
its first one and a half centuries by following the path described in Benedict Anderson's
influential book, Imagined Communities – and sport has played an integral part in that.
It seem's their are alot of footie agents looking to jump on the PSG gravy-train now that the
club have more money than even Manchester City.
Former Chelsea manager Ancelotti told La Gazzetta dello Sport:
"I have received hundreds of phone calls from agents offering me players ever since I signed
with PSG.
Fascinating comments in the Mirror from former Chelsea boss, and new Paris Saint-Germain boss
Carlo Ancelotti about Fernando Torres.
PSG is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority and have money to spend. They are in the market
for a center forward and Ancelotti says that he has been offered many of Europe's top strikers
including Torres:
"I have received hundreds of phone calls from agents offering me players ever since I signed
with PSG.
Filthy stinking rich and proud of it, Paris St Germain are now loaded enough to bid for any
player on the planet, courtesy of the Qatar Investment Authority. And, according to new boss Carlo
Ancelotti, the agents of some of the Premier League's most high-profile strikers have been beating
down his door, looking to secure their clients a lucrative contract in the French capital.
Paris St. Germain's new manager Carlo Ancelotti claims that prolific Napoli Striker Edinson Cavani
is available for a move during the January transfer window. Cavani plays alongside Luis Suarez in
the Uruguay national team, and it appears that Napoli are willing to let him go despite handing him
a new 5-year contract last summer.
La Gazzetta dello Sport porta in edicola Mai Dire Story MAI DIRE STORY è l'esclusiva raccolta che
propone tutto il meglio della Gialappa's Band.25 anni di risate attraverso una collezione
imperdibile di personaggi leggendari, di filmati assurdi e degli sketch dei migliori comici
italiani (Teo Teocoli, Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo, Antonio Albanese, Maurizio Crozza, Claudio Bisio,
Luciana Littizzetto e
AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani claims his side are nearer to closing the gap on
European champions Barcelona than Real Madrid.
Milan have already played Barca twice this season in the group stages of the UEFA Champions
League with the Rossoneri earning a notable draw at the Nou Camp in September before losing 3-2 at
the Giuseppe Meazza last month.
On-loan AC Milan midfielder Alberto Aquilani believes that it is highly unlikely that he will
return to parent club Liverpool, given the simplicity involved in his release clause.
Italian champions Milan secured a loan deal for Aquilani this summer after Juventus, who had
loaned him from the Reds last season, could not reach an agreement regarding the permanent signing
of the player.
In the last year he was one of the best player for Juventus, but the advent of Antonio Conte's
era at Juventus seems to have stopped the rising of Milos Krasic in the club.
When he arrived in Italy in the last year he was received by Juventus fans as the "New Nedved",
both for his role in the field (left wing) and for his moves which are very similar to those of
former Juventus and Lazio player.
Operating under the supposition that the Mayans were right and Friday December 21st will bring the end of days, Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport used it's 'final' edition on Thursday to pay tribute to some of the greatest moments in sporting history.
Nominated events include Abebe Bikila barefoot victory in the 1960 Olympic marathon, Zinedine Zidane's transfer to Juventus and Maradona's ridiculous goal against Belgium at the 1986 World Cup.
