Matchday 21 is a duel of setplays. Great opener by Dejan Stankovic for Inter but that was all that was written for the scudetto holders as the homeside Udinese would play 3 in the back-netting one of which was off the set play of Di Natale with perfect placement in the lower right-hand corner, no chance for the keeper. Former Juventus now Parma player Giovinco would do the same except top right-hand corner this time great to see the precision [...]
Archive for January, 2011
‘La Magicast’ return with the fifth episode on everything AS Roma. This episode of La Magicast marks the return of Julian after a one-week absence along with the ever-present Greg (Alex misses out due to time constraints). topics include: Julian’s hatred for the Coppa, Menez and Mirko as super-subs, Totti’s locker room influence, Mexes and DDR’s revival. using four to five strikers at once, and Greg’s defense of Taddei. Podcast Powered By LaLigaWeekly Standard Podcasts: Download
Gazzetta dello Sport Everyone is buying Inter: Pazzini or Matri preferred to Luis Fabiano Milan: Van Bommel has arrived and will be on the field. Now for the fullback. Now it’s time for a full-back Muntari is leaving, today there is Kharja Sampdoria meet Cassano again Roma: the agreement in the USA is close Everything appears to be resolved with the consortium lead by the Italian-American Di Benedetto. Unicredit will remain a minority shareholder. Palermo to the semi-finals: Parma are [...]
Bari are staring down the barrel of the Serie A rifle after becoming the latest victims of the Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani show. A goal in each half from Napoli’s version of Batman and Robin was enough to ensure that Walter Mazzarri’s men left Puglia with all three points to leave Bari cut adrift at the foot of the table. In a game that will not live long in the memory, the difference between the two teams was clear, Napoli converted two of [...]
Scot Munroe presents Team of the Week for match-day 21. Formation 3-4-3 Goalkeeper Michele Arcari (Brescia) Denied Palermo on more than one occasion and did well to keep the score down. Both Pastore and Miccoli were denied by the keeper on numerous times. Sadly was beaten by a brilliant strike by Cesare Bovo Centre back Philippe Mexes (Roma) Replaced Nicolas Burdisso in the Xi and was Man of the match. He was an absolute rock at the heart of the [...]
The Italian Football FanCast is the podcast for fans of Serie A and Calcio. On this edition of the Italian Football FanCast, we look back at an explosive week in Serie A with goals a plenty and a mass brawl between Lazio and Bologna thrown in for good measure. Inter were thrown off course as Udinese swept the floor with the European Champions, leading to questions over Leonardo’s tactical acumen. Meanwhile, Milan continued their march to the Scudetto with a [...]
In episode 4.1 Adam and K travel south to Sicily and welcome Lorenzo Vicini (think I got that right this time) to the podcast. The boyz discuss all things Palermo as well as the full fixture list from Match day 21 of Italian Serie A. Lorenzo writes for the Palermo-offside and is dedicated supporter of the Azzurri as well. Give us a listen and LEAVE your comments! Powered by BundesligaFanatic.com Standard Podcasts: itunes | RSS feed |Download | Embeddable Player
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A return to Genoa for manager Gigi Del Neri after leaving Sampdoria for Juventus in the summer. Both teams wasted chances toward the end of the match but and had to accept the 0-0 draw result. Even the 1 point came with a cost as both sides suffered additional injuries. Things didn’t start well for Juventus as Armand Traore hobbled off after 2 minutes with a muscular problem, he would be replaced by Fabio Grosso. Sampdoria also had to make [...]
Internazionale swept all before them at this year’s Oscar’s; and Il Principe, Diego Milito, finally got the recognition he so greatly deserves. These awards are particularly significant as they are voted for by the Serie A players. “Il Principe” won the best Foreign Player and also Player of the Year. This was a reward for a momentous year which saw the Argentine score vital goals for his team as they won the treble. Manager of the Year was only ever [...]
Mirko Vucinic and Jeremy Menez are so effective coming off the bench that Claudio Ranieri may never start them again. The two creative stars for Roma shone during their cameo into the match against Cagliari, once again providing the attacking creativity to lead Roma to an overwhelming win. A game that was lost 5-1 in the previous fixture this season has been won 3-0 this time around and Claudio Ranieri is seemingly righting all the wrongs that Roma committed when [...]
Francesco Guidolin’s Udinese drew 4-4 against AC Milan at San Siro two weeks ago, and scored four more last weekend away to Genoa, winning 4-2. The most in-form side in Serie A did it again this past weekend, halting the instant improvement of current champions Inter winning 3-1 in a fast paced match. Antonio Di Natale, a man who despite being from Naples is so at home in Udine that he turned down a move to Juventus this past summer. [...]
