Archive for November, 2007

Champions League Day 5 - AC Milan Through to the Next Round, Lazio Now Need a Miracle

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

With Inter and Roma already through to the next round, it could have been “carton plein” for Italian teams in the Champions League. Alas, only Milan achieved their objective today, and there’s going to have to be some serious miracle work for Lazio to pull through in the last round.
In Lisbon, Benfica was a real […]


From Soccer to Basket-Ball: Luigi Turci Still Using his Hands, but now Shooting Hoops Instead

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Spending a long time in a region or country can leave quite a mark on a person, a mark so big that sometimes you feel drawn to return to that region later in your life. And once you do, you actually might start doing things you never thought of doing before, or things which at […]


Champions League day 5 - Inter & Roma Earn the 3 points for an Early Playoff Ticket

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

With Matchday 5 of UEFA’s top European competition and all 4 Italian teams on the verge of earning their ticket to the next round, Inter and Roma have started the party early on Tuesday: the 3-0 and 4-1 victories against respectively Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev are sending the Italian clubs through to the Last 16. For […]


Futsal Euro 2007 - Spain beat Italy to Claim their Third European Indoor Soccer Crown

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Such a shame for Italy! The Azzurri Futsal team did all they could against current World and European Champions Spain, but in the end the Furia Roja proved to be too strong in the Euro 2007 Futsal UEFA Championship final game. It is decidedly a Spanish curse the Azzurri are under: just like in the […]


Italian Players Around the World (25/11)

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues.
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Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 27 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 15 of them stepped on the field this week-end.
The table below includes the team the player belongs to, […]