After spending a the equivalent of the gross GDP of some small countries, Real Madrid were knocked out in embarrassing fashion by a team whose total budget is that of 1/94th of what was paid for Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite knowing that they had to score five or more goals to advance, they weren’t able to score until Rafael Van der Vaart did so in the 82nd minute. Too little, too late for the Merengues as their Copa woes continue. Madrid […]
Archive for November, 2009
Goal highlights from round 12 of Italia Serie A are here.This week saw Ranieri’s Roma stall Mourinho’s men. http://embedr.com/swf/slider/2009-10-serie-a-matchday12-highlights-serieaweekly-com/425/521/0x74a35d/false/std
Whether you love him or hate him, you definitely know who José Mourinho is. Moreover, you can’t help but being affected by what he says. The Portuguese mastermind is as famous for his work on the field as he is for his ability to deliver both highly entertaining and downright insulting – or sometimes even provocative –quotes on a consistent basis. The Inter Milan tactician has made himself many enemies over the course of his career – and he’s not […]
Gazzetta dello SportNerazzurri draw 1-1 with RomaMourinho: “Balotelli close to zero”De Rossi will have an operation on his cheekboneLeonardo: “My Milan will try for the Scudetto” Corriere dello SportRanieri halts InterRoma go in front through Vucinic, Eto’o equalisesAC Milan have booked their arrivalThe Rossoneri beat Lazio and move into thirdSuper Fiorentina also pass through UdineCagliari, what a poker against SampBari can’t stop: “the team are worthy of fourth place” Tuttosport“Thank you Ranieri”Former Coach makes Juventus happy then cuts Mourinho to […]
Serie A Weekly readers Puma Canada has been gracious enough to supply us with several team jerseys and we’ll be offering them as contest give-a-ways. The first on the list is the 09-10 SS Lazio Home Jersey. To win this month’s jersey post your ten winners for Match Day 14 of Italian Serie A before Friday November 27/09 in the post comments below as well as the full-time score in the Genoa Derby match (Genoa vs Sampdoria) for any tiebreakers. […]
Welcome to this episode of Minute+10, listen to Dov and Kevin discuss new arrival Stephen Appiah to Bologna, the return of Kaka to the San Siro, Cassano’s discontent and ponder if the Mourinho Experiment will bear fruit. You can subscribe to the podcast at itunes under owngoalnetwork , subscribe directly via our serieaweekly feed link at the top of the homepage or listen below via the embedded player. http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerlightsmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://ogn.podbean.com/mf/play/kjhbcr/ognminute10110209.mp3&autoStart=no If you wish to download the OGN/Serie A Weekly Minute+10 podcast […]
Have Napoli turned a corner? Many people, including myself, think they have indeed. It wasn’t so long ago that the Partenopei were conducting a magnificent summer transfer campaign, bringing in Juan Zúñiga from Siena, Hugo Campagnaro a surprise addition from Sampdoria and enticing Fabio Quagliarella back to his hometown club. While adding Azzurrini sensation Luca Cigarini to an already talented bunch of youngsters that included Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik.I could go on, as the amount of talent that Napoli […]
Nice one Marek Hamsik as the young Slovak midfielder scores a double for Napoli to win 3-2 over the proud and over confident Juventus. Several Bianconeri including keeper Buffon have made statements this week indicating the team wasn’t fully prepared and over confident after their victory against Sampdoria 3 days prior. Napoli’s Hamsik has scored 7 goals in 11 outting just 2 goals behind Serie A goalscoring leader Antonio De Natale. In other news AC Milan continue to climb the […]
