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...

Fairly good week for goals, as only one game finished 0-0 (Catania-Napoli, but ask Takayuki Morimoto about that). The top scorer table is still wide open, as Di Natale started strong but now has cooled off so he remains at 9, while Hamsik is second with 7 and that's impressive for a midfielder.

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06/11/2009Empoli - Reggina 2 - 007/11/2009Ascoli - Cittadella ore 15.30Brescia - Triestina ore 15.30Cesena - Albinoleffe ore 15.30Crotone - Ancona ore 15.30Gallipoli - Frosinone ore 15.30Padova - Salernitana ore 15.30Piacenza - Mantova ore 15.30Sassuolo - Modena ore 15.30Vicenza - Grosseto ore 15.3009/11/2009Torino - Lecce ore 20. 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...

Napoli's head coach Roberto Donadoni has been sacked by president De Laurentis after a disappointing start to the season, two won, one drawn, and four lost, Napoli is now 15th in the Serie A. The club was looking to have a powerful start to the season with new players like Quagliarella, De Sanctis, and Cigarini, but the team was not producing results under Donadoni. 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...

Let's start by saying that Roberto Baronio isn't exactly a household name in Italian calcio. The casual fan may not even know who Roberto Baronio is or what position he plays (Baronio is a classic regista that plays in front of the defense and dictates the play. His passing skills are excellent, especially his long passing, and he is good at set pieces).

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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...

The new Italy U-21 side (who lost their first friendly August 12 vs. Russia 3-2) will now start qualifying for the 2011 UEFA U-21 European Championship to be held in Denmark. The Azzurrini will play two games, one on September 4th away to Wales in Swansea, and the other on September 8th at home vs.

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So the big transfer news in recent days is the deal between Inter and Barcelona to swap Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o. The deal is expected to be finished by the end of the week, and after a 4 hour meeting today it seems the stumbling block is the wage demands of Eto'o (wants 10 million euro a season, Inter want to give him only 8.

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There have been some interesting moves involving present members of Les Rosbifs, who have moved from one foreign club to another. One of the most interesting has been the permanent move to FC Ujpest of Tony Stokes from West Ham United. Having been released by the Hammers in early June, the 22 year old was [. Click to continue reading...

L'ultima stagione è stata abbastanza travagliata, per il calciatore di Asola (cittadina della provincia mantovana). Ha trascorso la prima parte dell'annata calcistica a Genova, sponda blucerchiata (ceduto alla squadra della Lanterna proprio dalla Reggina), fino alla metà di Gennaio, quando poi Garrone lo ha dato in prestito alla Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you fall victim to the always deadly 45 yard free kick...... ManU to further The Brand by opening up cafes in India. (BBC) Jose Mourinho shows no signs of taming with age. (Serie Aaaaargh!) Man City usher in Tevez and a 2-3-5 formation. (Man City Offside) Kevin Doyle's agent is quite the character. Click to continue reading...

As we get further into July and teams get further into pre-season training, we see more and more transfers becoming official. The big clubs are pretty much at a stand still, but the smaller clubs are working out deals to improve on last season's finish and maybe turn a few heads next season.

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We are now at the third volume of Transfer Tuesdays, and now we dig further into the transfer market. Most teams have started training again, and the new season is quickly taking shape. Now with all teams in pre-season training the sporting directors are moving frantically to make deals so that new signings can start pre-season training with the team.

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Se ne va in Serie B, pur di seguire l'amato tecnico. E' davvero qualcosa che non si vede spesso e che merita di essere sottolineato. Richiesto espressamente da Novellino, il giocatore risponde "Obbedisco", come fece per diversi motivi Garibaldi tanti anni fa, e cambia squadra per riabbracciare il mister con il quale ha condiviso tante esperienze professionali. Click to continue reading...

I think everyone who has ever watched a match of soccer would agree: the sport could use a little more goal scoring. Don't get me the STO Commish wrong, I appreciate soccer for what it is. Soccer is a sport of strategy, precision, and patience. Unfortunately, I am not a very patient person.

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Now regular listeners to the Italian Football FanCast and the Manchester United Football FanCast will be very aware of my liking for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, some of my colleagues would even call it a blind obsession. After weeks of mockery, I have decided to take it upon myself to explain why I think Zlatan is truly world class and up there with the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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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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Pozzo annuncia, ufficialmente, l'arrivo di Bernardo Corradi all'Udinese. Il 33enne bomber toscano, originario di Siena, passa dalla Reggina ai friulani, a parametro zero. Non è riuscito nonostante le dieci rete siglate nel campionato appena concluso, a salvare la compagine calabrese che ha conosciuto l'amara retrocessione in serie B. 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 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 Reggina-Siena 1-1)
TABELLINO:
REGGINA (3-5-2): Marino; Camilleri (19' st Basso), Valdez, Costa; Alvarez, Barreto, Carmona, N. Viola (24' st A.Viola), Barilla' (40' st Hallfredsson); Brienza, Stuani. All: Orlandi.
SIENA (4-3-1-2): Manitta; Del Prete (32' st Belmonte), Rossettini, Brandao, Rossi (29' st Galloppa); Jarolim, Vergassola, Zito (10' st Packer); Ghezzal; Calaio', Maccarone. Click to continue reading...

It's Zlatan the great!

By Glezos Alberganti, La Settimana Sportiva

A brace by Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealed Inter's last game at San Siro this year against a lively Atalanta side. Mourinho's boys played one of the best games of the season, coming back in the second half. The Nerazzurri went ahead after 6 minutes thanks to Muntari, but Atalanta equalized four minutes later with Doni.

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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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Italy / Serie A
A thrilling 3-2 win for Roma over Milan on Sunday means the former have secured a place in the Europa League for 2009/10 while Milan need to get a draw against 4th-placed Fiorentina next week to enter next season's Champions League.
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It's Memorial Day here in the United States, so before I get into a quick look at what happened in the world of footy over the weekend, I want to highlight how soccer can be used for good.
Earlier this month, Mitch Howard wrote an article for MLS Talk about U.S. Soldiers using soccer to foster partnership with Iraqi soldiers. 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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20/05/2009Lazio - Reggina 1 - 024/05/2009Chievo - Bologna 0 - 0Lecce - Fiorentina 1 - 1Torino - Genoa 2 - 3Cagliari - Inter 2 - 1Siena - Juventus 0 - 3Catania - Napoli 3 - 1Atalanta - Palermo 2 - 2Milan - Roma 2 - 3Sampdoria - Udinese 2 - 2Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Clicca sull'immagine sottostante per iscriverti! Click to continue reading...

Remember how the Champions League final being held in Rome would interfere with Lazio's match with Reggina? Well they played the game yesterday, and Lazio won 1-0, with a goal from Mauro Zarate. Unfortunately the loss condemned Reggina to Serie B for the first time in 7 years. Reggina actually surpassed expectations by sticking around in Serie A this long, especially since they were only promoted to paradise for the first time in 1999.

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The Eastern European grip on the UEFA Cup, drawing to a close in the wake of the rebranded Europa League, stiffened as Shakhtar Donetsk became the first-ever Ukrainian team to win a European contest following on from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Brazilian duo Luiz Adriano and Jádson stole the accolades for Shakhtar, who were forced into extra-time once opposing compatriot Naldo equalised from a 30-year free-kick for Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen. Click to continue reading...