Italy

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Naka to Italy? Baloney!
Published 7/3/2008 by Matt at Celtic
... that free kick and tin opening with his left foot specialist Shunsuke Nakamura would be heading back to Italy with recently promoted Serie A team Bologna. With only one year left in his contract and Naka not getting any younger, ...

Top One-Man Offenses in Europe
Published 5/25/2008 by Ian Rose at The Offside
... league in Europe, but I’m sure it’s possible I missed someone. If I have, let me know. Second, to eliminate the players on just plain awful teams, and to keep the list manageable, a minimum of 15 goals are necessary to qualify a player for the list. Okay, here goes. 1. Georgi Hristov (Botev, Bulgaria) - 21/36 = 58.3% of team goals 2. Oleksandr Hladky (Metalurh Donetsk, Ukraine) - 17/34 = 50% 3. Joseph Akpala (Charleroi, Belgium) - 18/41 = 43.9% 4. Marco Borrellio (Genoa, Italy ) - 19/44 = 43.2% 5. Zelimir Terkes (Zadar, Croatia) - 21/49 = 42.9% 6. David (Doxa ...

Soccerlens 2007 Awards - mCalcio Runner-Up in ‘Editor’s Choice’ category
Published 2/22/2008 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... . I can’t really say that we almost made it, because… well that would be untrue. The Readers’ Choice poll ended up ranking mCalcio in 4th position, shortly behind Italy Offside (which in my opinion deserved the win) and way behind vote winners ...

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 ...

The Person Who Made This Scares Me a Little
Published 2/14/2008 by Laurie at LA Galaxy
... These photos came to me from Martha, formerly* of Italy Offside, who got them from her brother from an art show in Madrid. The email title was, “Sign #216 the end is near.” ...

It’s Crazy Zampa-time, and Some Good News as well.
Published 1/21/2008 by Steven at Palermo
As Martha already said, Zampa has gone crazy again. And we all love it when he goes crazy, don’t we? According to Capt’n Crazy, Guidolin is not to blame for the recent lack of wins and above average performances. It’s all the fault of the players. In the article that was posted on ControCampo (not the world’s most neutral website), Zampa launched an attack on Barzagli, Bresciano, Simplicio and Migliaccio. Il Bresciano di quest’anno, per esempio, è irriconoscibile. Come Simplicio, che prima di Natale ...

A Little Dose of Reality & Then Some Fantasy
Published 12/20/2007 by chris at AS Roma
... bon fire was lit under everyone’s asses. (And you know, the cup ain’t over - I’d bet a significant amount of money they go through.) * - From the highlights, can I just say how much of a joy it is to see Mancini pick up the ball and just sprint towards net. I’d like to see a little more north-south movement and maybe tone down the east-west stuff which has seemingly been so prevalent the last few weeks. Onto Less Depressing, More Insane News; aka, The Rumors This photo was taken by Martha and sent to me as an early Christmas gift, and oh is it glorious. The idiots at the ...

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait - feedback from du Nord readers who saw the film
Published 3/30/2007 by brucio at du Nord
... Martha Fischer from The Offside - Serie A ...