Archive for the ‘Serie A’ Category
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The Fiorentina and Italian play maker Riccardo Montolivo believes he is the ideal replacement for Andrea Pirlo, who will miss the early stages of the tournament through injury. The AC Milan deep lying play maker is set to miss the Italy’s opening two group games against Paraguay and New Zealand after injuring his calf muscle in a recent friendly against Mexico. Italy are the defending World Champions and will be aiming on July 11th to reach a joint record five World Cup titles – currently held by Brazil.
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
The build up to this World Cup has been as much about who may not be there as to who will be there. Players have been ruling themselves out of matches or getting serious injury scares. It seems that a high proportion of these players, often influential players, are based in England and play in the Premier League.
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Tags: Doron, England, Injuries, Premier League, SA2010, South Africa, WC2010, World Cup
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, Championship, Domestic Cups, Europe, FIFA, Injury News, International, La Liga, Ligue 1, Opinion, Players, Premier League, Primera División, SPL, Serie A, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 4 Comments »
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Head coach of Denmark, Morten Olsen, has named his final 23 man squad for the World Cup. He has included the promising Palermo centre back Simon Kjaer despite picking up what looked like a potentially serious injury against Senegal yesterday. Kjaer will still undergo some scans so the extent of his injury can be assessed and monitored but the early expectations are that he will be able to play a part at the World Cup.
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Tags: Denmark, Doron, Kjaer, Palermo, Simon Kjaer, South Africa 2010, World Cup
Posted in Europe, Injury News, International, Serie A, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | No Comments »
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
In his first season with a ‘big’ club, Diego Milito has excelled. After yesterdays Champions League final he has now brought his tally to 30 goals for the season; a very healthy return bettered only in the current Argentine squad by Lionel Messi. Yet, it is feasible that Milito may not feature at all in Diego Maradona’s plans.
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Tags: Argentina, Diego Maradona, Diego Milito, Doron, Maradona, Milito, World Cup
Posted in International, Serie A, South Africa 2010, South America, Statistics, WC Squads, World Cup | No Comments »
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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