Archive for the ‘Serie A’ Category
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
I’ve always been fascinated by the world of Italian Football – right across the board from the elegant players that grazed the turf of the San Siro (or the correct title ‘Giuseppe Meazza Stadium’) to the more cynical form of Catenaccio. I was pleased to find a book written by John Foot entitled ‘Calcio: A History of Italian Football’ and I was intrigued to find out more about Vittorio Pozzo (who I always believed to be aligned with the fascist regime enforced by Benito Mussolini) and the corruption that has always been rife within Italian football – from top to bottom. I wasn’t disappointed at all.
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Brazilian forward Ronaldinho saved AC Milan from another defeat and even more questions being thrown at under pressure manager Leonardo – who has had a torrid start to his managerial decision. The Brazilian came off the bench to strike six minutes from time to earn a 1-1 draw at 10 man Atalanta.
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Chelsea’s have made an offer for Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo which has been rejected by the seven time European Champions – AC Milan. Chief executive Adriano Galliani explained the the big is ‘too low’ to consider and prize yet another valuable asset away from the San Siro.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Javier Zanetti has spoken of the fact that he is ‘tired’ of all the talk surrounding the potential transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona and Samuel Eto’o to Internazionale. The Inter legend wants to deal to be ’sorted as soon as possible’ so that his teammates are ready for the new season.
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are rumoured to be involved in a transfer deal between European Champions FC Barcelona and Internazionale. It is being reported that Swedish striker Ibrahimovic is to be transferred to Barcelona in exchange for Samuel Eto’o and cash, believed to be in the region of £35Million. Aleksandr Hleb is also part of the deal – with the Belarus International going on loan to the Serie A champions for a year.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Juventus have made the transfer complete of Brazilian tough tackeler Felipe Melo from Fiorentina.
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Juventus bound Fabio Cannavaro equalled Paolo Maldini’s all-time appearance record for Italy when he won his 126th cap in the Confederations Cup 3-0 defeat against Brazil on Sunday. The 35-year-old former Parma defender, the captain of Italy, made his international debut in 1997 and won his 100th cap in the 2006 World Cup final against France.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Italian and AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini could be poised to join the backroom staff at Chelsea. Italy’s most capped player could follow former AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti to the 2006 Premier League Champions and become part of the back room staff – which includes former AC Milan midfielder Ray Wilkins.
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Brazilian playmaker Kaka has signed for Real Madrid in a world record transfer – that is if you’re working in pounds. The reported £56Million fee that Madrid are to pay AC Milan for the 27 year old eclipses that of the £48Million paid by the same club to Juventus in 2001.
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Swedish striker and Inter Milan’s top goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic would welcome a move to European Champions Barcelona, his agent said on Friday following reports the two clubs were discussing a deal.
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