Cari juventini tifiamo Bologna?

Non so se il mio sentimento al momento della conoscenza della notizia di Moggi al Bologna, quanto possa essere rappresentativo delle coscienze juventine.

Un sentimento misto di invidia per il Bologna e di amarezza se posto in relazione alla squadra che accompagna il mio cuore da quasi quarant'anni.

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Last week I posted the first edition of Transfer Tuesdays, where every week we round up what every Serie A club is doing on the transfer market. Today is the last day of June, which means tomorrow the transfer window is officially open and you'll see all the transfers made in the past few weeks become "official".

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This is the new Nike ball that you will see being kicked around next season. It's called the Nike Total 90 Ascente and will also be used in the EPL and in Spain's La Liga. The ball will be used in all Serie A, Serie B, and Coppa Italia matches as well as the SuperCoppa this August and in all Primavera matches.

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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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Con Massimiliano Maddaloni promosso a vice della prima squadra, è Luciano Bruni il nuovo allenatore della Primavera della Juventus. Bruni, che in passato ha già allenato la categoria con Fiorentina e Siena, nella scorsa stagione era all'Hellas Verona. La Juventus comunica anche che, a causa della promozione in prima squadra di Ferrara, Maddaloni e Rampulla, sono cambiati alcuni ruoli nella direzione sportiva: Renzo Castagnini è il nuovo Responsabile del Settore Giovanile, Mauro Sandreani il coordinatore degli Osservatori, Massimo Carrera il coordinatore del Settore Giovanile e Daniele Boaglio il nuovo team manager al posto di Pessotto, che affiancherà in qualità di responsabile organizzativo Castagnini.

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In Spagna è il Real a comandare le danze, per quanto riguarda il mercato. Gli acquisti di Kakà , dal Milan, e di Cristiano Ronaldo, dal Manchester United, hanno fatto scalpore, ma soprattutto stanno contribuendo al rilancio della squadra spagnola, fomentato dal ritorno a Madrid del presidentissimo Florentino Perez che si è dunque presentato con due acquisti bomba. Click to continue reading...

I thought now that the season is over and we've moved into the craziness of the off season where transfer rumors are posted by the minute on every calcio website possible, I would start a new weekly post called "Transfer Tuesdays" where we can sift through all these rumors and see what all 20 Serie A teams are up to during this summer's calciomercato.

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Livorno ended their one year stay in Serie B on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Brescia in the promotion play-off final second leg (first leg was 2-2). The Amaranto got two goals from their two star players Francesco Tavano and Alessandro Diamanti before Martin Bergvold added a third. The promotion is a great joy for Livorno, who were expected to be a force in Serie B this season and grab an automatic promotion place.

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The 2010-2011 season will be a little different for Serie A. The collective bargaining tv rights will go into effect which should mean more money for the little teams as the tv rights are shared throughout the whole league similar to the EPL model. But this also means they have decided to follow the EPL model in regards to schedule as well.

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Il calciomercato è sempre fermento, e piccoli o grandi che siano, gli spostamenti di calciatori da un club all'altro continuano. E' di oggi la notizia ufficiale del passaggio di Kharja, ottimo centrocampista e autore di una stagione molto positiva, dal Siena al Genoa. Click to continue reading...

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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Lucas Viatri (22), attaccante argentino in forza al Boca Juniors, potrebbe presto diventare un giocatore del Siena. Ad ammetterlo è lo stesso giocatore, che commenta: "Il mio trasferimento è fatto al 95%". La trattativa, che sembrava doversi concludere già negli scorsi giorni, ha subito un rallentamento poiché il Siena avrebbe disatteso la promessa di un pagamento di quattro milioni di euro per Click to continue reading...

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...

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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Chances are you've forgotten and we could've gotten away without assuming any responsibility whatsoever, but there's no integrity in that and we're nothing if not...nevermind. Back in September we listed the ten biggest transfer bargains of the summer and though one year is hardly enough time to properly assess a player's impact on a squad, it's [. Click to continue reading...

Serie A will get a major lift when the brilliant Diego starts pulling the strings for the "Old Lady" of Juventus. Here are some highlights of the dazzling skills and strengths of Diego Ribas da Cunha for your enjoyment, specially created by Ctheoson.


The closest I have seen to the great Diego Armando Maradona. Click to continue reading...

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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E' appena trascorso l'ultimo weekend calcistico, per quanto riguarda la Stagione 2008/09 in Serie A. Il calcio chiude i battenti, i principali verdetti sono stati emessi. Anche per quanto riguarda la giustizia sportiva, si chiude il lavoro di un anno con la comunicazione degli ultimi calciatori squalificati. Click to continue reading...

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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(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...

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...

The 32-year-old goalkeeper has been with the club since 2007, but now officials from Siena have announced that Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos will leave at the end of June.

The former Greek international has 12 caps with his national side and could return to his homeland this summer.

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Portugal announced the roster for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier against Albania and the Friendly against Estonia.Goalkeepers- Eduardo (Braga), Moreira (Benfica), Beto (Leixoes), Daniel Fernandes (VFL Bochum)Defenders- Bosingwa (Chelsea), Bruno Alves (FC Porto), G. Brandao (Siena), Miguel (Valencia), Jose Castro (Deportivo), Pepe (Real Madrid), Rolando (FC Porto), Carvalho (Chelsea)Midfielders 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...

(Siena-Juventus 0-3)

SIENA (4-3-1-2) - Curci; Rossettini 71' Del Prete), Ficagna, Portanova, Rossi; Vergassola, Coppola, Galloppa (51' Zito); Jarolim; Calaiò, Maccarone (63' Ghezzal). All.: Marco Giampaolo.
JUVENTUS (4-4-2) - Buffon; Zebina, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, De Ceglie (80' Mellberg); Camoranesi, Zanetti (70' Poulsen), Marchisio, Nedved; Iaquinta (82' Trezeguet), Del Piero. Click to continue reading...

Fratelli Bianconeri, inizialmente volevo solo inserire il mio commento al post del nostro grande Massim, ma poi ho deciso di scrivere un mio post perchè ritengo sia necessario fare alcune osservazioni. Ieri c'è stata la dimostrazione di come fosse totalmente "necessario" il cambio dell'allenatore, di come fosse una condizione assolutamente imprescindibile per arrivare al traguardo minimo stagionale, traguardo che, qualora si fosse continuato con il precedente mister, secondo me, non sarebbe stato raggiunto.

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John Arne Riise finally nails one with a blistering shot. Ambrosini answers in the second half as Artur parries Inzaghi's shot into his path. Menez puts the Giallorossi up catching the Milan defense flatfooted. I have to say this was not one of Maldini's best games. Ambrosini responds seconds later as Artur fails to stop Kaka's cross.

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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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Fratelli, che sia stato giusto o sbagliato esonerare Ranieri ormai è accaduto quindi le nostre discussioni in merito non hanno più alcun significato se non l'unico risultato di farci discutere tra di noi. In questo momento perciò, l'unica cosa che conta è tifare Juve domenica a siena ed in casa con la lazio il 31 maggio, nella speranza che si riesca a raggiungere una posizione in classifica che ci permetta di non fare i preliminari di Champions, senza stare a pensare a chi c'è e a chi non c'è più.

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Inter celebrated their 17th Scudetto and the 4th one in a row in front of a packed home crowd with a 3-0 drubbing of Siena. Goals came from Cambiasso, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic. Inter actually became champions the night before when Udinese defeated AC Milan 2-1 and the boys didn't wait to kick off the party that very night.

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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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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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