Archive for the ‘Player Profiles’ Category

Alessandro Del Piero on The Offside

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Brace yourself blogging world!! After Soccerlens, the great Marco Pantanella has conquered yet another mountainous peak and landed at… The Offside. Ok using ”great” and “mountainous peak” might be exaggerating a tad, but it looked cool when I wrote it.
For those of you have been living under a rock since the 2006 World Cup, The Offside […]


Amauri-Juventus, It’s Getting Close…

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

His name is Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira. He’s a target of half the big teams of Serie A, on the shortlist of many more teams in Europe (Lyon, Valencia, and Real Madrid notably), and seemingly very close to heading to Juventus next year.
At least according to Gazzetta dello Sport: the pink newspaper is reporting that […]


AS Roma vs. AC Milan Preview - mCalcio Talks Tactics, De Rossi and Pirlo Talk Fun

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

It’s bound to be a very entertaining Serie A week-end: on Saturday, Udinese vs. Lazio to whet our appetite, Roma vs. Milan for the main course, Juventus vs. Napoli on Sunday for dessert. The main action however, will undoubtedly be on the field of the Stadio Olimpico of Rome, where a Scudetto-chasing Giallorossi will face […]


Goalfest in the Serie A, 86% Made in Italy

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

 
Strangers in the Serie A beware! The last week-end of the Italian league was really special for Italian players. Super Borriello scored a hat-trick (including a wonder-strike featured in my ‘Goals of the Week’ selection), thereby also seizing 1st spot in the topscorer charts. Meanwhile, Matchday 24 marked the renewal of players that everyone thought long-lost, and confirmed […]


Roma vs. Real Madrid and Cannavaro vs. Totti: Tale of an ‘Azzurri’ Derby

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Everything is ready for Roma vs. Real Madrid. Merengues supporters have arrived in the Italian capital, ready to face off against their Giallorossi opponents in a battle stadium chants. Meanwhile, the two managers Luciano Spalletti and Bernd Schuster have already begun their ‘battle of the mind’, a tactical showdown which will determine who holds the […]