A stroll through Italy's Serie A

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

natbaker posted 1/14/2008 from soccer-source.blogspot.com

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.

Empoli v Reggina: Football in a Swamp

The Offside found this 1/14/2008 on italy.theoffside.com

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 ...

Week 18, Or: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Pato!

mCalcio.com found this 1/15/2008 on italy.theoffside.com

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 ...

Newfound Nemesis Torino, Once Again

Italy found this 1/16/2008 on roma.theoffside.com

Roma (1) - Torino (3) Il Grande Torino is making its most glorious return against Roma and only Roma, or so it seems. The draw was bad enough, especially when the granata would’ve won that game had David Di Michele not gone into Grand Mal ...

Video of the Day: Torino Goals

Italy found this 1/18/2008 on roma.theoffside.com

Since all of 5 people outside of Europe got to see the game, the goals of the game. Studs all around. Combined MOTM goes to two second half subs, Lulu and Jesus. (Courtesy of Mike) And is that Mexes beating the backline on that penalty? I love my ...