A stroll through Italy's Serie A

 
Milan striker Alberto Gilardino may be forced to spend more time on the bench after Ronaldo's triumphant return. [link]

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The World's Top 25 Soccer Clubs, Jan. 14, 2008

Italy's Serie A returned to action last week, meaning that the Bundesliga is the only major European league (at least the ones that I follow) still on its winter break. The Germans will be back in action soon enough. In the meantime, there was plenty of other stuff that went down. Click on the link to see how it affected the rankings.
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Empoli v Reggina: Football in a Swamp

Granted, I’ve only seen three or four matches a week this season, so I could well have missed some awful pitches, but the conditions at Empoli today were by far the worst of any match I’ve seen. There was standing water all over the ...
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Week 18, Or: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Pato!

Milan not only scored at the San Siro, but they won there, too. And it’s all down to Pato ! ALL HAIL PATO! Wait, what? You say Ronaldo scored twice, and that Pato didn’t sprout wings and fly around the ground while choirs of angels sang ...
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Zidane considers soccer return

Zinedine Zidane has said he would like to return to the world of soccer, but admitted he did not know in which role. One of the sport's all-time greats, Zidane retired after France's defeat by Italy in the 2006 World Cup final, where he was sent off for his infamous head-butt on Marco Materazzi.
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Football Italia

Parma have surprisingly signed Shakhtar Donetsk striker Cristiano Lucarelli on a permanent basis. The 32-year-old hitman has been looking for a Serie A club since the Ukrainians were eliminated from the Champions League in the Group stage. Lucarelli ...
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Both Cristiano Lucarelli and Maniche are, at long last, expected to complete their moves to Italy today, news that finally relieves us of the duty to keep talking about them. The Maniche deal, apart from the stutter last week when Inter and ...
With Leather - Postmodern sports news and gossip for the enlightened masturbatorRONALDO LOVES THEM HO'S. LITERALLY. AGAIN.
I'm a little late to this story, but things have been so damn sexy around here that the "Soccer star hires more hookers yet again" had to take a back seat.  So, yes: Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo, whom you may remember ...
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•Even though we’re still months from the start of Euro 2008, it’s evidently not too early to think about World Cup qualifying, as the schedule of qualifying fixtures was announced today (and how delightfully optimistic of C4 to ...
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Good evening folks. I'm coming to you from my seat on a plane in Ft. Lauderdale bound for Newark, New Jersey. We're a few minutes from takeoff and I wanted to add one more post. Apologies for not posting more today but it was just a hectic day ...
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•The first FIFA rankings of 2008 are out , and nothing has changed among the top three — it’s still Argentina, Brazil and Italy, in that order — let alone the top 18. (The US did, however, manage to drop down to 20, having been ...
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Brazilian teenager Alexandre 'the Duck' Pato has drawn rave reviews on his Milan debut against Napoli on Sunday.
Inter Milan sign Maniche on loan from Atletico Madrid (Reuters)
Portugal midfielder Maniche has joined Inter Milan on loan from Spanish side Atletico Madrid until June, the Serie A leaders said on Tuesday.
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World champion Italy will open qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a match at Cyprus on Sept. 6. The schedule was announced Tuesday by the Bulgarian Football Federation following negotiations between team representatives, including Italy manager ...
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Juventus advanced in the Italian Cup, but there was a high price to pay for the Old Lady's coach Claudio Ranieri.