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Serie A Mid-season Report Cards
Published 47 hours ago by Francesco at Italy
... A and Foti made the right decision in canning him. We’ll have to see if they can pull of another miracle, but if Bernardo Corradi signs for Bologna like the rumors say it will be very tough. Best player so far: I think it’s safe to say that this award goes to Francesco Cozza, Franco Brienza, and Bernardo Corradi equally. The attacking trio haven given their all for the Amaranto so far and they are very important to Reggina’s fortunes. ROMA Grade: B- This was not the Roma we were expecting this season. We ...

No League Matches, Let’s Do the Taça Dance
Published 11/7/2008 by Greg at Portugal Football League
... The aforementioned domestic competition is taking the weekend off for Round Seven Bazillion of the Taça de Portugal (the Cup of Portugal). Not to be confused with the Carlsberg (mmmm) Cup or the Cup of Life, this particular tournament is basically tantamount to the Coppa Italia in (you guessed it) Italy and the ...

Juventus v. Roma; a Liveblog of sorts
Published 11/1/2008 by alessio at Juventus
... 89′- So what’s the future of Roma? 5 consecutive defeats has to be some kind of record, and against Chelsea midweek it could be six. I’ll leave it to Chris and the Roma Offside to answer that, but it’ll be very interesting to see what happens. ...

An exciting Week of Champions League Action
Published 10/21/2008 by Rob at Champions League
Back then, to Champions League action, today and tomorrow, and some absolutely corking games to look forward to, including the ‘Battle of Britian’ between Celtic and Manchester United, a battle of two of last years Quarter-Finalists, Arsenal and Fener, and Nine times champions Real Madrid are taking on Italian behemoths Juventus. Fiorentina visit Bayern Munich. And that’s just Tuesday’s highlights. Wednesday, we have Athletico hosting a Torres-less Liverpool, and ...

Roma v Inter - Nella Bocca del Lupo
Published 10/18/2008 by Johonna at Inter Milan
... –> Totti. I will be interested to see if the sun really does shine out of Totti’s behind as has been reported. Right now, his absence is a great excuse for an under-performing team, but if he fails to bring home the points, what does that mean for the rest of the season? ...

The Weekend Watch: Superclasico Time
Published 10/18/2008 by chris at The Offside
... of the best teams on the planet. Streaming: Here. Hibernian v Hearts When: Sunday, 1500 local, 0900 EST. Where: Easter Road, Edinburgh. Why: All city derbies, all the time. This time coming from Edinburgh, Scotland, where Hearts and Hibernian combine to make up one of the oldest derbies in the game, having played their first over 130 years ago. They’re both above-average, currently fighting it out for European spots, so it should be quite the show. Streaming: Here. AS Roma v Internazionale When: Sunday, 2030 local, 1430 EST. Where: Stadio Olimpico, ...

Preview: Palermo - Poor Man’s Juve
Published 9/11/2008 by Steven at Palermo
... pull a shirt. With La Bestia at the back, the Roma-attackers will most likely end up shirt- and toothless, and covered in spit. Up front, Telephone Boy is most likely starting together with Pussy Can’t Score. Probable Lineup: Amelia; Raggi, Carrozzieri, Bovo, Balzaretti; Migliaccio, Liverani, Nocerino; Miccoli, Cavani, Succi Roma We don’t care, really. For more on Roma and their lineup, go visit one of Roma’s Offsides. Probable Lineup: No idea, depends on the leg-shaving skills of Totti, ...

Julio Baptista: That Little Plumber Guy With a Red Hat…
Published 8/16/2008 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... . Confused? The following video should help illustrate those last two points (credit to Chris of the always great Roma Offside blog for the find). ...

Ludovic Giuly joins PSG
Published 7/18/2008 by j at Paris St Germain
... I will provide a further update with complete details but the brilliant news today is that Ludovic Giuly has left Roma and just inked a three-year with PSG. As reported yesterday, the winger is an extraordinary acquisition for PSG and heralds a new beginning at Parc des Princes. Welcome home! ...

3 Marseillais in Raymond Domenech’s first list…
Published 5/18/2008 by Magnusson at Olympique Marseille
... in the 55 pre-list to be left-off the list As for the official list it goes this way: GOALKEEPERS : Grégory Coupet ( Lyon ) Mickaël Landreau ( Paris SG ) Sébastien Frey ( Fiorentina ) Steve Mandanda (Marseille) DEFENDERS : Eric Abidal ( FC Barcelona ) Jean-Alain Boumsong ( Lyon ) François Clerc ( Lyon ) Julien Escudé ( FC Sevilla ) Patrice Evra ( Manchester United ) William Gallas ( Arsenal ) Philippe Mexès ( AS Roma ) Willy Sagnol ( Bayern Munich ) Lilian Thuram ( FC Barcelona ) ...

UEFA Cup Thursday Preview
Published 4/3/2008 by Ian Rose at UEFA Cup
... a reason, and now that they can smell a trophy, they will be more tenacious than ever. They have the most loaded offense in the competition, and Getafe will have a very serious job just staying in the tie for the return leg. If they can keep it close, we could see an upset here, but betting against Munich in this competition is a very dangerous strategy right now. Fiorentina v. PSV Eindhoven Fiorentina Home Form: WWWWW PSV Away Form: DDWLW With Roma down two goals to Man United in the Champions League, the Viola are likely the last ...

Rudi Völler’s Career in Goals
Published 4/1/2008 by Jan at Bundesliga
…lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds and spans two rock songs and such illustrious clubs as 1860 Munich, Werder Bremen, AS Roma, Olympique Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen.

Champions League Preview: United (and the Fans) Hope Yet Again to Safely Navigate Rome
Published 3/31/2008 by Nick at Manchester United
It’s hard talk about Manchester United versus AS Roma without mentioning fan safety, and yep, once again it’s an issue. As far as matters on the pitch go, it looks like early injury concern has abated. There’s little doubt about the importance of Europe to United this season — might a little samba style be the key to our success? Sir Alex certainly seems confident.

Thursday Milan Musings
Published 3/14/2008 by Gianfranco at AC Milan
... | March 13th, 2008 To Stadio Olimpico the Rossoneri go on Saturday afternoon for a very pivotal game against a Roma side who is coming in hot. With a dispatching of Real Madrid and a handy win over Napoli Roma are firing on all cylinders and have their eyes squarely on Inter at the top of the table. Let’s talk about Inter for a moment before I preview Saturday’s game. This team is ripe for the picking, their coach might not be their coach by the time I post this blog, their attack from the midfield is non existent and their defense is in shambles. If this team was going to ...

The Cannon Loud, the Flag So High
Published 2/18/2008 by Brian at The Run of Play
... It’s the way you have of not thinking this site is terrible that inspires me almost every day not to forget that I started it. I’d also like to thank Ahmed and all the good people at Soccerlens: were it not for the way you created the awards and then nominated The Run of Play for them, I am genuinely not sure that we would have done so well. To my friends and favorite bloggers who were nominees and winners (Tom, Ian, Laurie, Chris, Tim, Chris O, Josh, etc.), congratulations. To my friends and favorite ...

Soccerlens 2007 Awards Winners
Published 2/18/2008 by Ahmed Bilal at Soccerlens
... The Best Serie A Blog Of 2007 Readers’ Choice: Italian Soccer Serie A Regular in-depth coverage plus a focus on building a strong community has helped Anna build one of the best Serie A blogs around. Runner Up: Roma Offside Voting Results: Best Serie A Blog Poll Editors’ Choice: Italy Offside The Offside win another award - although Chris at Roma Offside has built an excellent following, the Italy section as a whole deserves ...

SOS: Ligue 1 in Danger!!!!
Published 2/1/2008 by Inara at Lyon
... | February 1st, 2008 I woke up this morning to some very bad news. Chris has just informed me of the momentous decision that took place yesterday, which is that a player under 28 years old can now buy out the last three years of his contract for the remaining salary he is owed by his club. A player under 28 can do so after only two years. Chris describes this new “Webster Ruling” in far better detail than I’m capable of, so please head over to ...