20/11/2009Vicenza - Frosinone 2 - 021/11/2009Albinoleffe - Modena ore 15.30Ascoli - Ancona ore 15.30Brescia - Lecce ore 15.30Crotone - Reggina ore 15.30Gallipoli - Mantova ore 15.30Grosseto - Salernitana ore 15.30Padova - Empoli ore 15.30Sassuolo - Piacenza ore 15.30Triestina - Cittadella ore 15.3023/11/2009Cesena - Torino ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Il nipote di Vycpalek

Certo che la musica è sempre la stessa per i perdenti. La colpa è sempre di qualcuno quando sono gli altri a vincere. Solo gli onesti, quelli veri, vivono la consapevolezza del senso di umiltà col dubbio legittimo che forse qualcosa mancava in se stessi. Click to continue reading...

23/10/2009Torino - Reggina 2 - 0 Highlights e Gol24/10/2009Empoli - Ascoli ore 15.30Cesena - Grosseto ore 15.30Gallipoli - Lecce ore 15.30Padova - Triestina ore 15.30Piacenza - Modena ore 15.30Ancona - Frosinone ore 15.30Salernitana - Crotone ore 15.30Brescia - Albinoleffe ore 15.30Sassuolo - Cittadella ore 15. Click to continue reading...

22/09/2009Ascoli - Cesena ore 20.45Brescia - Sassuolo ore 20.45Cittadella - Vicenza ore 20.45Crotone - Grosseto ore 20.45Frosinone - Reggina ore 20.45Gallipoli - Ancona ore 20.45Mantova - Albinoleffe ore 20.45Torino - Padova ore 20.45Triestina - Lecce ore 20.45Modena - Empoli ore 20.45Piacenza - Salernitana ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Tante occasioni, nessun gol

Il Crotone ha giocato a Lecce una discreta gara. Forse si tratta per i pitagorici del miglior macht finora disputato da quando è iniziato il campionato cadetto. L'unico problema per i calabresi è stato l'attacco, dove è mancata la solita cattiveria nel trasformare in rete le tante occasioni avute. Click to continue reading...

11/09/2009Modena - Lecce ore 20.4512/09/2009Cittadella - Grosseto ore 15.30Crotone - Cesena ore 15.30Frosinone - Padova ore 15.30Gallipoli - Sassuolo ore 15.30Mantova - Reggina ore 15.30Piacenza - Brescia ore 15.30Torino - Albinoleffe ore 15.30Triestina - Salernitana ore 15.30Vicenza - Ascoli ore 15. Click to continue reading...

Il mercato, per le squadre di calcio, chiude i battenti anche quest'anno. E' terminata da poco l'ultima frenetica giornata di trattative all'Ata Hotel di Milano. L'anno scorso, con Milito, l'affare dell'ultimo secondo era riuscito. Quest'anno, invece, è fallito. Infatti, il Genoa, vicinissimo a Mancini, non è riuscito ad acquistare il brasiliano per il 'no' di Mourinho. Click to continue reading...

29/08/2009Modena - Ascoli ore 19.00Piacenza - Lecce ore 19.00Reggina - Padova ore 19.00Triestina - Grosseto ore 19.00Vicenza - Sassuolo ore 19.00Cittadella - Albinoleffe ore 19.00Crotone - Brescia ore 19.00Frosinone - Mantova ore 19.00Ancona - Salernitana ore 19.00Gallipoli - Cesena ore 19.0030/08/2009Torino - Empoli ore 20. Click to continue reading...

After scoring 207 goals in 7 fantastic years at Liverpool, Ian Rush left for Juventus in 1987. A year later he was back at Anfield after finding it hard to settle in Italy. Ever since then, the popular myth seems to be that Rushie failed at Juventus. There is, however, a difference between failing to settle and actually failing overall, and in my view, the idea that Rush 'failed' in Italy is totally wide of the mark. Click to continue reading...

The Inter squad will train this morning before heading off to Japan ahead of Wednesday's Copa Suruga match against Japanese club Oita Trinita.
As the squad travel to Japan, speculation surrounds the future of several players as international transfer window opens.
D'Alessandro's agent, Fernando Oto has joined Fernando Carvalho in publicly denying suggestions that the Argentine could move to Europe. Click to continue reading...

Popescu, antiga glória do futebol romeno e ex-companheiro de Luís Figo, Vitor Baía e Fernando Couto no Barcelona, admitiu que foi informador no regime ditatorial de Nicolae Ceausescu, na Roménia. O ex-futebolista tinha garantido, há três dias, que a notícia de que tinha sido espião do regime comunista era mentira, mas agora recuou e confessou-se. Click to continue reading...

Legendary Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant once remarked "a tie is like kissing your sister." Still to this day - because the coach was from Alabama - no one knows whether he was implying that ties were good or bad things. But, to this Commish, kissing your sister is always frowned upon.

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In Italy, if you want to watch all things calcio, you watch Sky. Sky shows every Serie A game plus analysis shows and other shows about calcio. They also make some clever commercials, and some are like the "This is Sportscenter" commercials in the USA on ESPN. Commercials after the jump.

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Dopo il cambio di panchina, arriva il primo rinforzo in casa dell'Atalanta. Ed è un arrivo "pesante", un combattente e un bravo attaccante, nato a Fiumicino, nel litorale romano nel 1978, e cresciuto nelle giovanili della Lazio. E' la stessa società bergamasca, che da poco ha accolto l'ex tecnico del Vicenza, Angelo Gregucci, in panchina (al posto di Del Neri, partito per sostituire Mazzarri a Genova, sponda blucerchiata), con un comunicato ufficiale, a dare il benvenuto a Simone Tiribocchi. Click to continue reading...

In the past, European clubs saw in Brazilians the road for success. So many players were hired that things may be changing. Below a list of Brazilians sent to second division in the main European leagues. Spotted here.

GERMANY
Energie Cottbus - Gilberto
Karlsruhe - Antonio da Silva

SPAIN
Real Bétis - Edú, Lima e Ricardo Oliveira

FRANCE
Nantes - Douglão
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So, three clubs have now officially ended their search for a new boss. Atalanta, Juventus, and surprisingly Palermo have all appointed new managers today. Atalanta and Juventus choosing a new manager was expected, but Palermo appointing someone new was very surprising, especially considering that Davide Ballardini hasn't even been fired yet.

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So we all know in American sports there are statistics for everything. On base percentage, field goal percentage, runs batted in, how many times a player blows his nose at half-time, etc. Soccer as a whole is relatively new to statistics, and especially Italian calcio. Up until a few years ago assists weren't even recorded.

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So since this is the last time we'll be seeing Serie A goals until late August, this week I figured I'd show a video of all the goals of week 38. Since it was the last day and most teams were just playing for fun, there were many goals, and many nice ones to boot. There is also a video of all 25 of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goals that won him the capocannoniere title this season.

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The last day of the season was a Sunday of goodbyes. Goodbye Maldini (retirement), goodbye Nedved (retirement, but may come back with another team), goodbye Figo (retirement, desk job with Inter probably), goodbye Ancelotti (Chelsea), goodbye Mazzarri (has to look for a team), goodbye Zenga (all signs are pointing towards Lazio, but maybe taking a year off), goodbye Quagliarella (signed for Napoli), goodbye Torino, Lecce, and Reggina (Serie B), goodbye Milito and Thiago Motta (off to Inter), goodbye Serie A every weekend, and then the two almost goodbyes that will be followed all summer by the press are those of Ibrahimovic and Kaka (who if reports are right will be playing each other in La Liga next season).

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Torino became the third and final team to be relegated from Serie A on Sunday when it lost 3-2 at AS Roma in the last round, while AC Milan secured a direct spot in next season's Champions League. Torino needed to win and hope relegation rivals Bologna dropped points to avoid joining Reggina and Lecce in Serie B next season. Click to continue reading...

(highlights di Genoa-Lecce 4-1)
TABELLINO:
GENOA (3-4-3) - Scarpi; Papastathopoulos, Ferrari, Bocchetti (71' Mesto); Rossi, Milanetto, Thiago (dal 48' Van den Borre), Criscito (78' Modesto); Sculli, Milito, Jankovic. All.: Gian Piero Gasperini.
LECCE (4-4-2) - Rosati; Vives, Ingrosso, Esposito, Ariatti; Giacomazzi, Zanchetta (61' Stendardo), Edinho (65' Caserta), Basta; Konan (80' Cacia), Tiribocchi. Click to continue reading...

30/05/2009Inter - Atalanta 4 - 3Udinese - Cagliari 6 - 2Bologna - Catania ore 3 - 1Napoli - Chievo 3 - 0Juventus - Lazio 3 - 0Genoa - Lecce 4 - 1Fiorentina - Milan 0 - 2Palermo - Sampdoria 2 - 2Reggina - Siena 1 - 1Roma - Torino 3 - 2Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Clicca sull'immagine sottostante per iscriverti! Click to continue reading...

Today the list of 35 players was announced that will play in a friendly on June 6th in Pisa vs. Northern Ireland and the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup. 22 players were called up for the Northern Ireland game, while 13 will skip that match and go straight to South Africa. Lippi said in recent weeks that the roster for the Northern Ireland match would be mainly experimental and would give national team experience to the players that merited a call-up based on their play throughout the Serie A season.

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I'm sorry there was no Weekend Round-up this week, I was away for Memorial Day Weekend and then yesterday my internet was down, so I figured by now it's Wednesday and everyone knows the results of this past weekend. So I'll just post the goals of the week for everyone to admire. Goals after the jump.

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(Tutti i gol della 37° giornata)
I risultati:
Atalanta - Palermo 2-2
Siena - Juventus 0-3
Cagliari - Inter 2-1
Chievo - Bologna 0-0
Torino - Genoa 2-3
Milan - Roma 2-3
Lecce - Fiorentina 1-1
Catania - Napoli 3-1
Sampdoria - Udinese 2-2
Ecco la Classifica di Serie A (ad una giornata dalla fine):
Inter 81, Juventus 71, Milan 71, Fiorentina 68, Genoa 65, Roma 60, Palermo 56, Udinese 55, Cagliari 53, Lazio 50, Atalanta 47, Sampdoria 45, Napoli 43, Catania 43, Siena 43, Chievo 38, Bologna 34, Torino 34, Lecce 30, Reggina 30. Click to continue reading...

Jose wins another title

By Glezos Alberganti, La Settimana Sportiva

After a week of speculations about Mourinho's future, Serie A 2008-09
Champions Inter went to Cagliari for what looked almost like a training
session: the Nerazzurri lost 2-1, Ibrahimovic scored his 23rd goal in his
best season and then let mid table Cagliari run away with three deserved
points.

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Miglior esordio non poteva esserci per Ciro Ferrara, che al debutto sul ponte di comando della Juventus porta a casa un 3-0 sul Siena ma soprattutto la qualificazione alla Champions League. In virtu' del pareggio della Fiorentina a Lecce, infatti, i bianconeri salgono a +3 sui viola ma la situazione favorevole negli scontri diretti gli consente di festeggiare l'Europa che conta.

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It's time for another post of beautiful goals from the peninsula. There were 32 goals scored this weekend, and here we'll have a selection of the best of week 36.

Simone Perrotta vs. Catania - Mirko Vucinic does all the work to win the ball near Catania's area, and Perrotta makes a perfect run (which he is famous for) and heads home Vucinic's perfect cross.

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Italy / Serie A
The title race is all over in Italy as Jose Mourinho's Inter side sealed the championship with a comfortable 3-0 win over Siena yesterday. The only team that could have caught them on points, Milan, surprisingly lost 2-1 to Udinese on Saturday leaving Inter to turn on the style against their hosts with a display of skill and flair that the triumphant home fans lapped up. Click to continue reading...

We've expected it for most of the year, but this weekend Inter were officially crowned Campioni D'Italia for the 17th time (now they are level with Milan for all-time Scudetto wins, but both clubs are still 10 behind Juventus). For those that don't understand the banner. "Il Biscione" (the snake) is the traditional symbol of Inter, and it says "Il Biscione is the champion again".

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16/05/2009Roma - Catania 4 - 3Udinese - Milan 2 - 117/05/2009Juventus - Atalanta 2 - 2Reggina - Cagliari 2 - 1Genoa - Chievo 2 - 2Palermo - Lazio 2 - 0Bologna - Lecce 1 - 1Fiorentina - Sampdoria 1 - 0Napoli - Torino 1 - 2Inter - Siena ore 20.30Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Clicca sull'immagine sottostante per iscriverti! Click to continue reading...

Ha regalato al Bari, dopo otto anni, la promozione in Serie A e, soprattutto, la gioia di ripresentarsi sul prestigioso palcoscenico del calcio che conta. Antonio Conte, l'artefice di questo trionfo, ha un accordo di massima con il presidente Vincenzo Matarrese, ma la firma sul contratto non c'è. Come sappiamo, soprattutto nel calcio moderno, se non c'è la sigletta, avoglia te a parlare di futuro. Click to continue reading...

Un guerriero svedese, che impressionava per forza fisica e per la grande grinta che metteva in ogni gara, è ora costretto a lottare contro un brutto male: la leucemia. Klas Ingesson, ex Bari, Bologna e Lecce (negli anni 1996-2001, ha impressionato nel campionato di calcio per la sua grande forza, da vero e proprio vichingo) si trova a dover affrontare la partita più importante. Click to continue reading...

Usually I just include the goals of the week into the Serie A weekend round-up but as Roberto stated in the comments this week there were just too many nice goals to only choose the 4 best goals. So after the jump enjoy the beauties that were on display this weekend.

Simone Perrotta vs.

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Due to Livorno's loss on Friday, Bari were mathematically promoted to Serie A and will return to paradise after 8 long years of Serie B. The last time Bari were in Serie A they had players like Antonio Cassano and Simone Perrotta on the books. This season they were expected to at least contend for a play-off spot but nobody expected them to dominate Serie B.

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