With the biggest game probably being at the Artemio Franchi between Fiorentina and
Napoli, Serie A did not present too much interest this weekend. However Sampdoria were hoping that
Inter would drop points to jump above them to the top the table. Juventus needed a change in
fortunes after not winning in four while AC Milan wanted to continue their two
game winning streak against Chievo.
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Wow, writing this match preview feels like déjà vu. Oh wait, it's because I wrote one exactly
a year ago, involving the exact same teams and coaches. So here's hoping the outcome (which was a
2-2 last season) is at least more in our favor this time.
September 16, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
2:45 PM ET (20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT)
Match Background:
I was sorely tempted to copy and paste what I wrote about Fiorentina last year, simply because
their squad hasn't gone through any drastic changes since then.
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Pian piano è la volta di tutte. Dopo aver parlato dei vari raduni delle big (Juventus, Milan,
Inter e Roma), i riflettori si girano verso la Toscana e puntano, quest'oggi, un'altra delle
squadre di calcio, del torneo di Serie A, la Fiorentina di Prandelli. La compagine toscana si è
radunata al Franchi per iniziare, ufficialmente, la stagione che porterĂ ai mondiali di calcio del
Sudafrica.
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Fiorentina's Pantaleo Corvino is known to be one of the best sporting directors in all of Italian
calcio. Over the years Corvino has discovered a wealth of talent, including Fabrizio Miccoli,
Valeri Bojinov, Mirko Vucinic, Christian Ledesma, and Stevan Jovetic just to name a few. He is also
responsible for bringing players like Sebastien Frey, Luca Toni, Adrian Mutu, and Alberto Gilardino
to Florence.
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It's been nearly a month since the end of the 2008/2009 Serie A season. I would've put this post
up earlier, but the Confederations Cup and the U-21 Championship distracted me from Serie A talk.
So I thought we'd discuss who was the best foreign player and who was the best Italian player this
season.
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Calcioplus 12 June @ 12:06 PM EST
Sebastien Frey (29), a meno di clamorosi colpi di scena, difenderĂ anche la prossima stagione i
pali della porta della Fiorentina. Nei giorni scorsi si era vociferato di un'offerta da parte del
Bayern Monaco alla dirigenza viola per il portiere francese. A smentire tali indiscrezioni, ci ha
pensato il direttore sportivo del club tedesco, Uli Hoeness sulle pagine del quotidiano "Merkur":
"Offerta
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(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 sarĂ 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 sarĂ
Domenech alla guida dei "galletti" sarà molto diffiche che ciò si avveri.
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Italian footballers seek alternative employment This new advert for Sky Italia features some of the
biggest names in Serie A (well, you can#8217;t get much bigger than Quagliarella, can you?) trying
their hand in the fast-paced environment of a TV newsroom. Adrian Mutu, Sebastien Frey, Alberto
Gilardino, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella all take on bit-part [.
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mCalcio 29 May @ 12:40 AM EST
Since it's May 28 and all the Euro 2008 rosters have been finalized, let's take a look at Italy's
biggest rivals from Group C. It may be called the "Group of Death", but I am talking
of course about France. Coach Raymond Domenech had already made a "Pre-selection"
list of 30 players some weeks ago, eventually cutting [.
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mCalcio 02 May @ 02:57 PM EST
What a shame. They played better, they had more scoring chances, and they deserved a win, yet
Fiorentina's 2008 UEFA Cup adventure ends in the Semi-Finals. The cruel fate of penalty kicks,
which has plagued Italians so many times in the past (but which after the 2006 World Cup seemed to
be a forgiven affair), [.
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