Feb
7
Buffon back after crazy red card
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Gianluigi Buffon returned last night for Juventus in their Serie A 1-1 draw vs. Livorno, after missing the game vs. Lazio last week due to a red card. But what a red-card it was, surely one of the best – or worst you will see all season.
He was sent off in Juve’s last home game [...]
Feb
1
Mutu foiled by mom’s pills?
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Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu has tested positive for an anti-obesity drug called subutramine, an illegal substance that could see him banned for up to four years from football. He failed a second drug test following the Serie A match vs. Bari on January 10th, and has been suspended by the Italian Olympic Committee. What’s interesting [...]
Jan
27
Italian defender Marco Materazzi sure knows how to celebrate a victory. Serie A’s massive derby this past weekend saw Inter beat second-placed AC Milan 2-0 and uphold their top spot in the league. After the end of the game, Materazzi, who was on the bench, put on a rubber mask of Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime-minister [...]
Jan
12
Hiddink heading for Juventus
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Russia’s national team coach Guus Hiddink is being primed to take over as manager of Juventus, which would really be the perfect move for the struggling Italian club. They will be hoping he can emulate his spell last season at Chelsea, where he re-energized the team and led them to the Champions League semi-final.
Many are [...]
Jan
3
Toni heads back to Serie A
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Two of the most popular Italian players Luca Toni and Francesco Totti will finally get to play alongside each other at club level. This became a fact when Bayern Munich allowed the deal taking Toni to Roma for half a season to be completed. After a huge bust-up with the coach, the former Fiorentina striker [...]
Dec
29
Beckham Returns To Milan
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David Beckham is back at AC Milan and rearing to go. The deal to bring him back to the Italian side from LA Galaxy was made some time ago, but first he had to play in the MLS final where his team lost narrowly on penalties. He will be eager to put that disappointment behind [...]
Dec
6
Serie A Looking For New Horizons
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There has been talk in Europe about moving national league or cup games abroad to bolster global appeal, and now it is finally happening. For 10 million Euro, the Italian FA has moved its Super Cup game between the league and cup winner to China. The competition, which occurs annually before the start of each [...]
Apr
22
Rumors from Italy are that Adriano’s 8 year career with Inter Milan will be coming to an end soon. So soon in fact that it could happen in the next 24 hours. The event that triggered the events was the player’s refusal to return to Italy and join his team after a brief absence to [...]
Apr
5
Serie A recap 5/4/09
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Today was a very interesting day in the Serie A. The title was just about sewn up, in my opinion, when Juventus failed to beat relegation threatened Chievo at home. Juventus trailed early on after Pellissier scored on 25 minutes before Chiellini equalised on 34 minutes with a fine strike especially for a defender, however [...]
Feb
26
Nedved to retire at the end of the season
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Nedved announced shortly after his team’s loss to Chelsea for the Champions League that he plans to retire from soccer at the end of the 2008-09 Serie A season. The Juventus midfielder has been playing in Serie A since 1996 when he transferred from Sparta Prague to Lazio. In 2001, he signed with Juventus and [...]