Saturday, November 28, 2009

More Roberts and Chicago Chatter; Could He Remain In A Baltimore Uniform For The Near Future?


Here's more chatter about Brian Roberts, this time again from ESPN's Jayson Stark.

Again, take all this talk for what it's worth, because in the end, there are only a handful who really, really know what's going on.
STRIKE ONE -- MR. ROBERTS: Clubs that have spoken with the Cubs report that their frustration with the Orioles is mounting, after three months on the Brian Roberts trail. Despite all the names rumored to be in this deal and all the scouts who have hovered around all those names all spring, the Cubs have been indicating they still haven't been told by Baltimore what it would take to g! et this trade done.

Now add in the fact that it's less than two weeks to Opening Day, and that The Angelos Factor could gum up these talks for who knows how long, even if they make progress. And it's no wonder the Cubs are beginning to think this seemingly inevitable trade won't ever happen after all.

There's been more talk on this trade than I can even fathom. Although the vast majority of feel something will happen; however, it may not.

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McLaren Blows Up: What Must Erik Bedard Be Thinking?


Ah, Erik Bedard, perhaps he might now regret going to Seattle and not staying with Baltimore. As for us, man, does Andy MacPhail look more like a genius each and every day.

I feel for Mariners fans, this deal has needless to say not worked out in their favor.

Now Seattle skipper John McLaren has blown a gasket, and his tirade now will perhaps inspire -- however, not likely -- they're simply not a good team.

Oh boy, what will happen next?

The Idiot File: PacMan Jones Suspended By The NFL...



Well, sometime people don't learn, and "Pac-Man" (no, not the Orioles Adam Jones) Adam Jones, of the Dallas Cowboys is in trouble again, and has been suspended -- indefinitely -- again.

What a dumb ass.
From ESPN: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The verdict is in: Pacman is out again.

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has been suspended for at least four games for his most recent violation of the league's personal conduct policy, the NFL announced Tuesday.

The league said Jones was involved in an alcohol-related inci! dent at a Dallas hotel on Oct. 8. Previous reports indicated Jones was involved in an alcohol-related scuffle with a bodyguard assigned to him by the Cowboys, and that hotel employees called the police.

Jones will not be paid during the suspension. Commissioner Roger Goodell will determine the ultimate length of Jones' suspension after Dallas' Week 11 game against Washington on Nov. 16.

"He does need to address the kinds of things that seem to be with him at various times and one of those that he's dealt with for a really long time, he needs to address in a way that most of us might understand -- alcohol issues," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas.

When you're given a second chance in life, you take it and do your best to not screw up.

Pacman Jones screwed it up royally. Nothing ever good happens after mid-night as I always would say to my younger brother, and too bad someone in the position of Jones ca! n not figure it out.

Now, he's going to pay literal! ly. Of c ourse, as long as he's got talent, there will be someone knocking on the door to have him sign a contract to play football.

Some people never learn. Did you all really think he found Jesus considering his rap sheet?


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Mark Teixeira To Be Guest of Peter Angelos at Today's Ravens Game?


While the Angels made their landmark offer to Mark Teixeira last week, are the Orioles are now stepping it up in the sweepstakes? It may be a case of maybe or maybe not.

Roy Firestone posted on the popular Orioles Hangout forum causing a flurry of activity last night as he reported that slugger Mark Teixeira will be a guest of Peter Angelos in his box at today's critical Ravens-Steelers game.

Thus, the Examiner had piggy-packed on the announcement as well as ESPN and apparently Comcast Sportsnet.

However, just a few minutes ago, Peter Schmuck and MASN's Roch Kubatko have seemingly debunked this rumor...

Ah, the Hot Stove season. Who really knows what's going on?


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The New Economy Hits WBAL


I live down further near Washington, so I listen to WBAL on the radio perhaps maybe a handful of times here and there while driving on I-95. Today, it looks like the economic downturn has hit the station as Steve Davis -- the host of "Sportsline" -- has been laid off. From what I know, some hated him, some appreciated him; however, it's disheartening to her yet another voice in the market disappear.

I'm assuming with some sponsors not buying ad-time, or revenues not being as high as they used to be, eventually someone would have to be on the chopping block from WBAL to maintain profitability.

Too bad.

From DCRTV.com: BAL Radio Cuts Steve Davis - 1/26 - Ray Frager at baltimoresun.com tells us that WBAL radio's sports talk h! ost, Steve Davis, was laid off today. "We done some realigning because of the economy," WBAL VP and Station Manager Jeff Beauchamp said. "This was an economic move" unrelated to Davis' performance. For the time being, Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck will fill some of the talk hours in the evening, Beauchamp said...

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Your 2009 Baseball Odds From Vegas Watch


Folks, here are your win totals caculated by Vegas Watch for your favorite team. Hey, at least the Orioles are predicted to improve -- somewhat. The usual suspects -- The Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Phillies, Mets, Cubs and Tampa Bay are expected to do fairly well.

I would say everything else is fair; however, there's not much love for the AL Central as they think Cleveland barely wins the division. It looks like Pittsburgh, Seattle, Baltimore, Kansas City, Washington, and San Diego are picked to be the bottom feeders in their respected divisions.

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John Madden Retires from Broadcasting...


John Madden has decided to retire this morning from broadcasting after doing pretty much everything conceivable in the booth with all the networks. He's been in the field since 1979, and before that was a legendary coach of the Oakland Raiders where he won Super Bowl XI.

Godspeed, John. Thanks for your service and the memories.

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Matusz and the School of Hard Knocks; Sights From the Weekend...











08-15-09: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Baltimore Orioles

On Saturday, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 5-1, as they used a huge five-run t! hird inning to secure the victory. He was lights-out in the fi! rst two innings, but walks -- including a base loaded one to Vladmir Guerrero -- along with a groundout that plated two runs and a single made the difference.


Here's some images from both Friday and Saturday:





Former Orioles Dave Johnson, Mickey Tettleton, Dave Schmidt and Mike Deveraux signing autographs for fans outside the 'Bud Light' warehouse on Friday night.



Mike Deveraux and Micke! y Tettleton throwing out the first pitch before Friday's game...



Deveraux and Tettleton pose with Jason Berken and Brian Matusz





Former Oriole Mike Deveraux speaks with Tom Davis and Dave Johnson during the Orioles pre-game radio show at the 'Bud Light' Warehouse Bar on Eutaw Street.



Former Orioles catcher Mickey Tettleton chats with fans right in front of MASN's "O's Xtra" outdoor studio in the centerfield picnic area.



Mickey Tettleton with MASN's Jim Hunter and Rick Dempsey


Eklund's Sources Revealed


Hey - you've all heard of that guy Eklund right? You know the mysterious blogger with the bazillion inside sources (aka internet messageboards)....

His sources now revealed at this website! See what rumors you come up with.

Rangers (40-28-9) at Carolina (42-28-7)





7pm ET on MSG


Another important game tonight as the Rangers continue to push for a playoff spot. It won't be easy as they play a surg! ing Hurricanes team that is looking for its 10th straight win at home. The last game between these two teams resulted in the Hurricanes winning 3-0.

Cam Ward is expected to make his 25th straight start tonight for Carolina, going 16-6-2 during that stretch. Henrik Lundqvist is expected to start again tonight for the Rangers after posting his 3rd shutout of the season on Monday against the Devils (who by the way got demolished 6-1 last night by the Penguins). Lundqvist has only played the Hurricanes once so far in the previous three games between the teams this season, Valiquette was in between the pipes for New York for a win and a loss in the other two games.

Game previews at [NewYorkRangers.com] [NewsDay] and [Rangers Report].

Scott Walker of Carolina who has missed the last 11 games will be back in the lineup tonight. [Link]


In other games affecting the Rangers playoff positioning the Canadiens play the Islanders on Long Island. As a Ranger fan it's hard to cheer for the Islanders, but look at it two ways; first the win directly will help the Rangers by keeping Montreal from gaining ground on the Rangers and second it will lessen the chances of the Islanders getting the first overall pick in this year's draft.

Update (2pm): Michal Rozsival will not play tonight, he'll miss his 5th straight game. [Link]

Brent Sutter Resigns As Devils Coach



This was discussed mid-season as a possible scenario that would play out when the season was over because Brent Sutter was missed his family and farm in Calgary.

According to TSN:

Brent Sutter has stepped down as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, citing personal and family reasons.

"It might not be the right decision for some people and that's fine," Sutter said during a Tuesday conference call from Red Deer, Alta. "I don't look at it like I am quitting on anything. I threw two years of my life and made a big commitment 3,000 mil! es away from where my life was and tried to do everything I possibly could to accomplish a goal.

"So by me doing that my life has suffered in other areas, and those areas to me are bigger than the game."

Sutter has a year left on his contract with New Jersey.

"I resigned my position as head coach and if there is anything that needs to be done I'll be there for them," Sutter told the Canadian Press on Tuesday.

"Although disappointed, we respect the reasons for Brent's decision and appreciate everything he has accomplished over the last two years," Devils president, CEO and general manager Lou Lamoriello said in a media release.

If Sutter is to become a candidate for the vacant Calgary Flames' head coaching position, the Flames would have to ask permission from New Jersey Devils' GM Lou Lamoriello to speak with Sutter.

Lamoriello would be within his rights to refuse that permission because Sutter owes the Devils a year on his contract! and, technically, if he's going to coach in the NHL next seas! on it mu st be for the Devils.

But if Lamoriello wanted to effectively let Sutter out of the final year of his contract, Lamoriello could do so by simply giving permission to the Flames to talk to Sutter.

NHL rules do not permit for compensation so if Lamoriello were to grant permission, he would be doing so knowing he would be freeing Sutter of his contractual obligations in New Jersey.

That scenario, were it to play out, would pave the way for Sutter to coach in Calgary.

If not, though, Sutter would be content knowing that he's back in Red Deer with his family and focusing on his ranch and his Western Hockey League franchise, the Red Deer Rebels.

At the end of the day, it's Lamoriello who holds the cards on whether Brent Sutter is a candidate in Calgary.

I don't see Lamoriello releasing Sutter from his contract for the upcoming season. I think that Brent Sutter will eventually coach the Calgary Flames, but he may have to ! sit out an entire season in order to do so. In the mean time, his brother Darryl (currently the Flames GM) may step in and fill the coaching position next season, until Brent is no longer contracted to the New Jersey Devils.

Let the rumors commence as to who will be behind the bench for both the Devils & Flames next season. Will John MacLean finally get his shot in New Jersey as the head coach? Will Larry Robinson come back again? What say you Devils fans?


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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Hockey Fans Get On Twitter



Personally up until about two months ago I thought that Twitter was possibly the dumbest thing that was ever invented. Honestly, I still think it's lame to update your Twitter account to say stupid stuff like "walking dog" or "at the gym" - who cares?? In my opinion, it was basically a rip off of the feature of Facebook at the top of your profile that says "What's on your mind?", which was also basically a tool used by people to let others know what they are doing. Once again, how important do you think that you are that the rest of us honestly care what you a! re doing?

But, there are some very useful benefits to Twitter that I've discovered since joining it a few months ago. I'll focus on it from a hockey fan's perspective, since that's what you are if you are reading this blog (well, at least that's what I would expect). If you "follow" the right people you can get a lot of useful information (ie. trades, signings, waiver claims, injuries) before they are reported on any of the major media outlets or websites.

Many of the major hockey sources now have twitter accounts that are updated regularly and often the updates are just seconds after news is confirmed.

If nothing else, sign up for it and give it a try, it only takes a few minutes. I've put together a comprehensive list of hockey websites, beat writers, players, agents and bloggers that have the best information (in my opinion) and update their pages with the least amount of non-relevant information (like "I like chocolate ice cream!").

The list below is in no real particular order, but I di! d list t he ones that I feel are the very best at the top of the list. To follow these people, just go to Twitter and in your internet browser address bar put the name below after the "/". For example, my Twitter account name is "PuckCentral", so my Twitter account url looks like this in the url bar: http://twitter.com/PuckCentral

Here's the list:

PuckCentral
kuklaskorner
wyshynski
mirtle
NHL
DarrenDreger
SteveZipay
Russostrib
nyipointblank
CraigCustance
kausatoday
TarikElBashir
walsha
benhankinson
martinhavlat
KevinWeekes
SpectorsHockey
Rossi_on_Pens
BenThrashers
OnFrozenBlog
TheProspectPark
StanFischler
MaxHockey
rangersreport
DobberHockey
MattBarnaby36
morrisonHNIC
SNYRangersBlog
JapersRink
OilersNation
HockeysFuture
CanesCountry
JKFischerTheFourthPeriod
NYRNation
DefendingBigD
Buccigross
TheHockeyNews
FrozenNotes
illegalcurve
htmbigcountry
andystrickland
Pokecheck
globehockey
hockeyfights
hockeychannel
HockeyNow
BigDHockey
canescorner
hockeywildernes
aportzline
darenmillard
rileecoyote
nucksmisconduct
Sully26
dchesnokov
NHLdigest
BlueJacketsBuzz
motherpucker
mlse
Sean_Leahy
FlyingFrenchmen
ongoalanalysis
predsontheglass
AGrossRecord
TGCcom
JimCerny
GreenLife52
earlsleek
insidehockey
pathoffman35
tsnbobmckenzie
habsinsideout1
TGfireandice
MichelleKenneth
philabright
OneSeasonNHL
dbrashear87
DP_57 (David Perron)
commie22 (Mike Commodore)
FanballNHL
Steve_Dangle
dellis39 (Dan Ellis)
Forechecker
HockeyWebCast
TheoFleury14
LAKingsTrainer
Eric! Engels
EJHradek_ESPN
DNFlyers

As the l! ist is u pdated people will be added to the bottom of the list so it is easy for you to keep track of who you are following and who you have to add to your follow list.



And if you already have Twitter, just use the button titled 'retweet' at the bottom of this post to send this list via Twitter to all of your followers




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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Bundesliga 2009/2010 | Toni Ke Napoli?


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Luca Toni yang sudah tidak kerasan di Bayern Munich menyebut Napoli sebagai salah satu opsi pelabuhan barunya. Ia memiliki sejumlah alasan mengapa memasukkan Partenopei dalam daftar klub yang menjadi tujuannya.

Sudah bukan menjadi rahasia lagi soal ketidakbetahan Toni di Bayern. Hal itu disebabkan oleh minimnya kesempatan bermain yang diberikan padanya. Malah ia dibuang ke tim! Bayern Munich II yang bermain di divisi tiga.

Toni pun sebelumnya telah mengatakan bahwa dirinya ingin mendapat kejelasan soal masa depannya pada jeda transfer musim dingin. Belakangan mantan pemain Palermo ini mengatakan bahwa Napoli merupakan salah satu alternatif yang cocok untuknya.

Menurut Toni, Napoli merupakan tim yang memiliki potensi untuk mendobrak dominasi tim besar dengan dukungan hebat dari presiden dan fans.

Sedangkan untuk kansnya menembus tim inti jika benar akan berlabuh ke 'Si Biru' kelak, Toni tidak merasa khawatir karena dia memandang dua penyerang andalan Napoli saat ini, Fabio Quagliarella dan Ezequiel Lavezzi bukan sebagai pesaing.

"Hal itu tidak akan buruk. Quagliarella merupakan pemain yang hebat dan semua orang tahu tentang Lavezzi," tuturnya di Football Italia.

"Napoli merupakan tempat yang hebat. Presiden-nya memiliki ambisi yang besar begitu juga den! gan pendukung. Namun masih terlalu dini untuk membicarakan ini! ."



9 Luglio : Il Giorno della Memoria



PER NON DIMENTICARE............

GGGGGGOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

....e allora diciamolo TUTTI insieme per 4 volte, siamo.....
CAMPIONI DEL MONDO
CAMPIONI DEL MONDO
CAMPIONI DEL MONDO
CAMPIONI DEL MONDO

ABBRACCIAMOCI FORTE e VOGLIAMOCI TANTO BENE

Perchè abbiamo vinto, abbiamo vinto TUTTI stasera.....

GUARDATE DOVE SIETE, PERCHE' NON VE LO DIMENTICHERETE MAI,
GUARDATE CON CHI SIETE, PERCHE' NON VE LO DIMEN! TICHERETE MAI.

.....abbracciatevi forte, una abbraccio lungo, forse uno dei più lunghi della vostra vita.

E abbracciate soprattutto questa meravigliosa squadra, che ha vinto soffrendo,
che ha vinto come l'Italia non era mai riuscita a vincere.......ai rigori
che ha vinto contro la Francia che ci aveva sempre eliminato,
contro i francesi che ci hanno sempre battuto dal '78 in avanti, e...
QUESTA VOLTA NO,
QUESTA VOLTA NO,
QUESTA VOLTA ABBIAMO VINTO NOI.


ALZA LA COPPA, CAPITANO!!!
Alzala alta al cielo, capitano,
perchè questa è la coppa di tutti gli italiani,
perchè oggi grazie a voi abbiamo vinto tutti!!!!

ALZALA ALTA CAPITANO..........
PERCHE' OGGI E' PIU' BELLO ESSERE ITALIANI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"Brano tratto da Sky in una serata NON qualsiasi del Luglio del 2006"

SHEVCHENKO ANOTHER NAME FOR REAL MADRID


Friday, November 20, 2009

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/09 - WEDNESDAY GROUP QUALIFYING GAMES: ATLETICO DE MADRID & FC BARCELONA


FC BARCELONA DEFEAT CHIVAS GUADALAJARA 2-5 (SEE VIDEO)


SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 32/ 2008 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS


VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: ATLETICO DE MADRID - FC BARCELONA & RECREATIVO - REAL MADRID 2008


MOTOGP AND FORMULA 1: SPANIARDS WORKING HARD


SPANIARD FERNANDO TORRES HELPS STEER LIVERPOOL


SPANISH FOOTBALL NEWS


SPAIN 3 - NTH.KOREA 0. U/17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS


SPANISH FOOTABALL TRANSFER RUMOURS


IS FC BARCELONA ATTEMPTING TO LURE KAKA?


Thursday, November 19, 2009

FC BARCELONA NEWS & TALK


LA LIGA: HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY!


ENZO ZIDANE: VIDEO OF SON OF ZINEDINE


REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA 2009: A PREVIEW


REAL MADRID: SNEIJDER & VAN DER VAART FOR FRANCK RIBERY?


REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA: TRANSFERS COMPETITION - FRANCK RIBERY, XABI ALONSO, DE ROSSI & CESC FABREGAS


SFS FLASHBACKS: LUIS SUAREZ


CRISTIANO RONALDO NOW SINGS - SEE VIDEO


González Praises Getafe


Ronaldo To Spurn Fergie Meeting?


Zaragoza In Nilmar Move


Sneijder Ready For Return


La Liga Weekend Preview: Round 9


David Silva To Return For Valencia This Week


Emery Praises Valencia Despite Villarreal Draw


Barcelona's Márquez Ruled Out For A Fortnight


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Juande Ramos Hints At Real Madrid Debut For Faubert


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Elia ready for move


Fuentes close to new deal


La Liga round-up


Sunday, November 15, 2009

Capsules on top men's Wimbledon players


Chygrynskiy joy at 'dream' move


M'Bami opts for Almeria


Guus Hiddink: Man Behind Russia







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Mendes To Stay


By Jaymes Payten-Marsh
For THBN

Tottenham's Portuguese midfield maestro is to stay at the club. Pedro Mendes told friends recently:

"I am very happy at Tottenham. The players and coach have made it very easy for me to settle in. My family and I do miss Portugal, but not the cooking as my wife is a very good cook and so I still have a little bit of home with me here.

"I played the beginning of last season in the center, but then played on the right. I am prepared to play in any position the coach [Martin Jol] wants me in. The new season will be better, as the players have come to know each others strengths, and we have all become close friends".

This is very good news for most Spurs fans. Many of them view the cultu! red midfielder as the most technically gifted player at the club.

We all wish him luck on the coming season.

Spurs Sign Bentley


I just received a text message from a very reliable source.

Text message reads as follows;

"We've just signed Bentley re! About 9.5 mill rising to 12 mill on apps. Still to take medical".

Well, there you have it. If we're right, then it's great news. If wrong. We do apologise. I am pretty sure that we're right though.


Regards

THBN

Azza & Pavs out?


The Mirror have reported that Harry's trying to get rid of Roman Pavlyuchenko.

We personally feel that the paper is way out on their prediction.

At the moment, Harry has preferred Pavs to Bent and so we think that story was another knock at Spurs.

The same article stated that Lennon could be on his way to Real Madrid if Ramos convinces his bosses to stump up £20 million.

There could be some truth in that story, but would Real sanction a £20 million deal now? They're still unsure that Ramos will be there next season and so an investment of that proportion could be risky, especially if Ramos is ousted at the end of the season and the new Real manager doesn't fancy Azza.

It's rumoured that Appiah will be coming in for a trial with us within the next 2 weeks. That should be interesting.

Anyone else heard any transfer tittle-tattle relating to our beloved club? Post it here!

Pirlo Bantah Keinginannya Ke Chelsea


MILAN - Gelandang AC Milan Andrea Pirlo mengeluarkan bantahan mengenai berita yang menyebutkan kalau dirinya tertarik untuk bergabung bersama Chelsea.
Dalam edisi The Irish Independent kemarin, media tersebut menerbitkan kutipan yang diduga berasal dari Pirlo yang menginformasikan kalau ia tengah memikirkan untuk pindah ke The Blues.
Kini lewat situs resmi Rossoneri, Pirlo menyangkal dengan tegas kalau ia pernah berbicara mengenai Chelsea. Saya tidak pernah berbicara kepada The Irish Independent atau orang lain mengenai kutipan yang katanya berasal dari saya itu. Y! ang jelas bukan saya yang mengatakan kalimat tersebut."
Bantahan ini dapat membuat semua rumor yang mengaitkan Pirlo untuk bertemu kembali dengan Carlo Ancelotti di London akan mereda dalam sementara waktu. Ia sendiri tengah berada di Afrika Selatan untuk memperkuat tim nasional Italia dalam turnamen Piala Konfederasi dan dapat turun di pertandingan kedua melawan Mesir.

Milan Tidak Dijual!


MILAN - Masalah keuangan yang dikabarkan tengah menimpa AC Milan membuat klub tersebut diisukan bakal dijual Oleh Silvio Berlusconi. Tapi hal tersebut disanggah oleh kubu Rossoneri.
Penjualan Kaka disebut-sebut sebagai bukti nyata kalau Milan saat ini tengah diterpa masalah keuangan. Media Italia banyak mengabarkan kalau uang sebanyak 68 juta euro yang didapat dari Real Madrid akan digunakan untuk menyeimbangkan neraca keuangan klub tersebut.
Bulan lalu malah sempat beredar isu kalau Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum telah mempersiapkan 350 juta poundsterling u! ntuk mengakuisisi 40% saham klub berjuluk Diavolo Rosso tersebut.
Pemerintah Dubai kemudian memang menyangkalnya, meski isu itu tak juga padam. Dengan jabatannya sebagai perdana menteri Italia, Silvio Berlusconi juga tak bisa menanamkan uangnya dalam jumlah besar buat Milan. Maka opsi yang kemudian muncul adalah mencari penanam modal baru dengan menjual sebagian saham. "Milan tidak dijual. Keluarga Berlusconi bahkan tak punya keinginan menjual saham minoritas Rossoneri.
Itu tidak masuk akal dan kami tak membutuhkannya (investasi), juga karena Kaka telah dijual ke Madrid, kami telah memenuhi apa yang kami butuhkan," sanggah Manajer Umum Fininvest, sebuah perusahaan keuangan yang juga dimiliki Berlusconi, seperti diberitakan Channel. Berlusconi membeli Milan pada tahun 1986.
Dengan ambisi besarnya, dia sempat mengucurkan dana yang sangat besar untuk mengembalikan kejayaan klub tersebut. Upaya tersebut tak sia-sia karena Milan kemudian menjadi klub terbaik Eropa! saat dibesut Arrigo Sacchi.

Leonardo Genggam Sertifikat Pelatih


MILAN - Arsitek anyar AC Milan Leonardo Araujo kini bisa tersenyum lega. Ia berhasil menggenggam sertifikat pelatih setelah lulus ujian yang diadakan oleh UEFA untuk para pelatih profesional Serie A, Kamis (16/7/2009).
Leonardo resmi ditunjuk sebagai pelatih Rossoneri setelah Carlo Ancelotti memutuskan hijrah ke Chelsea, akhir musim lalu. Meski termasuk pemain favorit di San Siro, namun sejumlah pihak merasa cemas karena dirinya belum memiliki pengalaman sebagai pelatih.
Meski ini memang! pengalaman pertamanya menjabat sebagai pelatih, setidaknya Leonardo kini dinilai layak memimpin Ronaldinho dkk oleh UEFA. Kepada Sky Sports, pelatih 39 tahun itu mengungkapkan kegembiraannya. "Ujian tetaplah ujian, hal itu selalu membuat perut Anda mulas," gurau Leonardo.
"Saya selalu berkomunikasi dengan pengajar-pengajar saya dan merasa senang dengan hasil ini." Lebih lanjut, mantan punggawa Paris St Germain dan Flamengo itu pun mengaku tidak sabar memimpin armada Il Diavolo berlaga di Serie A maupun Liga Champions, musim depan. "(Sertifikasi kepelatihan saya) resmi diumumkan hari ini.
Menjadi pelatih membuat saya gembira, melatih Milan merupakan kejutan dalam hidup saya. Pelatihan dari UEFA berjalan lama dan sulit, tapi itu merupakan keputusan yang tepat," paparnya. "Para pemain telah menunjukkan motivasi yang hebat, kami tak sabar untuk memulai (musim 2009/2010)," tegas Leonardo.

Milan Kembali Incar Huntelaar


MILAN - Milan mengalami kekalahan lima kali berturut-turut dalam pertandingan pra-musim. Ini merupakan hasil terburuk yang pernah mereka capai dibandingkan tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Para suporter mendesak klub kesayangan mereka mendatangkan beberapa pemain baru.
Keinginan itu sebenarnya juga menjadi agenda utama Leonardo. Pelatih baru Rossoneri itu berharap bisa mendatangkan setidaknya dua pemain baru, seorang bek dan seorang striker. Menurut Gazetta dello Sport, nama Huntelaar kembali disebut-sebut Leonardo sebagai tambahan pemain yang diperlukan timnya.
Sayangnya p! ara petinggi Milan belum mau menggelontorkan dana untuk menarik pemain asal Belanda itu dari Bernabeu. Mereka hanya mau meminjam Huntelaar, dan permintaan itu sudah ditolak presiden Madrid Florentino Perez, yang memang berencana menjual sejumlah pemain. Usaha Milan untuk mendatangkan Huntelaar akan semakin sulit, karena pemain berusia 25 tahun itu juga sedang diincar tiga klub Liga Primer Inggris; Arsenal, Liverpool dan Tottenham Hotspur.

Gattuso: Ronaldinho Dapat Angkat Prestasi Milan


MILAN - Bukan hal mudah bagi AC Milan untuk bersaing di Serie A Italia pada musim kompetisi 2009/10 jika membandingkan kekuatan dua rivalnya Juventus dan Inter Milan.
Bahkan dengan perjalanan buruk di laga pra musim, Rossoneri banyak yang memprediksi sulit meraih Scudetto. Namun prediksi ini tak menyurutkan semangat para pemain Milan.
Gennaro Gatusso misalnya, meski ia juga meyakini langkah Milan akan lebih sulit namun dengan masih diperkuat Ronaldinho semua masih terbuka lebar. "Juve! ntus dan Inter (Milan) mungkin lebih di favoritkan, tapi kami memiliki Ronaldinho.
Dia pemain penting bagi kami, dan jika ia dapat menemukan kembali levelnya seperti sebelumnya, saya yakin dia dapat mengangkat klub ini," kata Gattuso seperti dilansir Sky. "Selama 20 hari ia bekerja cukup keras dalam latihan, untuk memastikan dirinya fit pada musim baru nanti. Dengan adanya dia berada tepat di posisinya. Kesempatan bagi kami terbuka lebar."

Milan Kejar 'The New Kaka'


MILAN - AC Milan tengah bergerilya mencari pemain baru pengganti Ricardo Kaka. Kabarnya, I Rossoneri tengah mengejar pemain baru yang digadang-gadang sebagai The New Kaka.
Siapakah dia? Seperti diketahui, saat ini Milan memang gagal mencari pengganti Kaka, yang memutuskan untuk bergabung dengan Real Madrid melalui bandrol 57 juta poundsterling pada bursa transfer musim panas ini. Kini, I Rossoneri tengah melakukan persiapan untuk mencari pemain baru pada bursa transfer jilid kedua yang akan di! buka Januari nanti.
Seperti diberitakan Footbal-Italia, Senin (7/9/2009), Milan tengah mengejar bintang muda Marquinhos. Kabarnya, I Rossoneri tengah mencari cara untuk membujuk Palmeiras supaya bersedia melepas bintang muda Brasil yang digadang-gadang sebagai ?
The New Kaka' tersebut ke San Siro pada Januari mendatang. Masalahnya Milan sudah kelebihan stok pemain untuk non uni eropa di skuad. Tapi, I Rossoneri kabarnya siap memutus kontrak pemain muda asal Uruguay Tabare Viudez, guna mempermudah langkah Marquinhos mengenakan kostum Milan.

Moratti: Milan Belum Habis


MILAN - Leonardo tengah mengalami masa sulit di awal karirnya melatih AC Milan. Simpati pun datang dari Presiden Inter Milan Massimo Moratti yang meyakini si pelatih bisa segera membawa Rossoneri keluar dari krisis.
Milan yang ditinggal dua bintangnya Kaka dan Paolo Maldini serta Carlo Ancelotti musim panas ini masih belum bisa menunjukkan performa yang memuaskan. Di lima laga awal Seri A musim ini, Milan sudah menderita dua kekalahan, di mana skor 0-4 di derby Milan lalu jadi yang pertama serta semalam saat ditekuk U! dinese 0-1.
Hasil tersebut membawa Il Diavolo Rosso tertahan di urutan ke-11 dengan tujuh poin. Meski di Liga Champions, Milan berhasil menekuk Marseille 2-1, tapi hasil itu tidak serta merta bisa menghapu mimpi buruk Milan.
Apakah ini pertanda tahun ini menjadi titik nadir prestasi Milan dalam beberapa musim terakhir? Kalau pertanyaan itu dilemparkan kepada Moratti, bos Nerazzuri itu tak sependapat dan mengatakan masih terlalu dini untuk memvonis musim Milan telah habis. "Kita masih berada di awal musim, segalanya masih baru.
Aku tidak melihat ada rasa putus asa dari Milan saat ini," tukas Moratti dalam wawancaranya dengan Ansa yang dikutip Goal. "Ini hanyalah soal waktu saja. Para pemain dan pelatih Milan mempunyai intelejensia," demikian Moratti berkesimpulan. Kesimpulan singkat dari pernyataan Moratti di atas adalah Leonardo dan skuadnya masih punya waktu untuk memperbaiki kekurangan yang ada saat ini.
Taipan minyak ini percaya dengan sederet pemain ! berkualitas yang dimiliki bisa bikin 'Tim Merah Hitam' bangkit! di sisa musim berjalan. Bari bisa jadi tes awal Milan ketika keduanya bertemu di San Siro, Senin(28/9/2009) dinihari WIB.


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Bola:Arsenal Meringis- Manchester United Tertawa


Bola:Manchester United Vs Tottenham
Hai bola lover... ini dia berita bola dari Liga inggris.pada pertandingan hari sabtu tanggal 12 septmber arsenal melawan manchester city.namun pada pertandingan ini arsenal menelan pil pahit dengan kalah dengan skor 4-2 (sungguh ter lalu...)...

Setelah arsenal bertanding,giliran tim bola Manchester United yang bertanding melawan Tottenham...! (yeah,maju tim kesayangan ku)pada cerita kali ini,MU memetik hasil manis. Setan Merah meraih kemenangan dengan skor 3-1 melawan Totenham.Pada babak pertama MU tertinggal tertinggal terlebih dahulu dengan tendangan salto yang sangat indah dan membobol gawang MU. Pada menit 25 Mu mendapat tendangan bebas dari jarak 15 Meter,dan yang mengeksekusi adalah Ryan Giggs.Ryan Giggs berhasil membuat bola masuk ke gawang tottenham dan skor imbang 1-1. Pada menit akhir pemain bola muda MU, Anderson biasa begitu ia di sebut membuat gol dari luar kotak pinalti memanfaatkan bola muntah pemain Tottenham dan membuat MU unggul 2-1. Namun pada menit 58 petaka di dapat MU karena Paul Scholes mendapat kartu kuning ke-2 dan mengharuskan meninggalkan lapangan.. pada menit 78 counter attack cepat yang di lakukan rooney dimanfaatkan dengan baik oleh rooney untuk melesatkan bola ke! gawang Tottenham dan membuat MU unggul 3-1 atas Tottenham. Ha! sil ini berakhir hingga pertandingan bola ini usai. Silahkan cari berita lain di Google.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Benitez blasts below-par Reds


The Reds were soundly beaten at Artemio Franchi as teenager Stevan Jovetic scored both goals in the first half of the Group E encounter.

Benitez's team, who won the competition in 2005, improved after half-time, with Lucas Leiva wasting a glorious headed opportunity, but there was no way back.

The former Valencia boss confessed that his team were second-best in every area of the pitch in Florence.

Benitez told Sky Sports: "We were giving the ball away, they were regaining and playing counter-attacks.

"We were not winning any second ball or challenges.

Carragher frustration
"In the second half we had chances at the start. You can see the difference in football if you take your chances, like they did in the first half.

He added: "We were disappointed, everyone was disappointed. You cannot play at this level because it is the Champions League and you know the other team is good.

Benitez did not wa! nt to blame the defeat on the absence of injured midfielder Javier Mascherano.

The Spaniard said: "We had too many problems, not just one player. We were not the best in any part of the pitch.

"If we had scored in the first minute, it would have been completely different with the way we were playing. Again, in football, if you want to win, you have to score.

He added: "I was really disappointed because we were talking a few days before.


Bounce back
"We knew that they were a good team and were organised and played good counter-attacks.

"We were giving the ball away all the time and giving them good chances to go behind our defenders."

Defender Jamie Carragher admitted the Reds were well beaten by Fiorentina, but is confident of bouncing back.

He said: "We didn't perform well enough, we know that. We were slightly better second half, but still not good enough."

Carragher added: ! "Nothing went to plan. It was a massive game for them, and a m! assive g ame for us, but they seemed to be more ready for it from the start, for whatever reason.

"It is something we have got to sort out but fortunately in the Champions League we have still got four games to put that right."

Terry: Jangan Remehkan Tim Kecil


Nicosia,-

John Terry melihat tim kecil di Liga Champions tak bisa dipandang enteng. Kapten Chelsea ini yakin kekuatan tim-tim tersebut semakin membaik setelah mereka menghadapi Apoel Nicosia.

Saat bertandang ke GS Pancypria Stadium, Chelsea mampu mengatasi Nicosia 1-0. Chelsea sudah unggul di menit ke-18 lewat gol tunggal Nicolas Anelka namun mereka harus bekerja keras mempertahankan kemenangan itu.

Terry pun mengakui bahwa mereka mendapatkan pengalaman yang lebih sulit saat menghadapi Nicosia. "Ini merupakan tempat yang sangat sulit untuk didatangi," ungkapnya seperti dilansir Sky Sport.

"Kami melihatnya di tahun ke tahun di Liga Champions. Tim kecil terus semakin membaik. Pada laga ini kami memang bermain sedikit lambat tapi kami meresponnya dengan kemenangan ," tegas Terry.

Kemenangan tersebut memang cukup penting bagi Chelsea untuk mengamankan tiga poin untuk bertahan di puncak klasemen. Apalagi skuad besutan Carlo A! ncelotti ini baru saja dikritik setelah kalah dari Wigan Atletic 3-1.

"Tiga poin telah membuat kami memimpin grup dan itu adalah enam poin dari dua pertandingan, dimana itu adalah awal yang sangat baik," ujar bek internasional Inggris ini. (*)

INTERCETTAZIONI INTER,PAOLILLO" SOCIETA' ESTRANEA AI FATTI"



MANCINI chiede a BRESCIA "due stampelle con urgenza"26 ottobre 2006MANCINI: "Quando torni?"BIZZOZZERO: "Sto aspettando la Cassazione, magari ce la faccio per Natale..."27 ottobre2006MANCINI chiede a BRESCIA un aiuto rapido per far aggiustare la macchina della moglie19 aprile 2007MANCINI: "Che fine ha fatto Bizzozzero?"BRESCIA: "L'hanno arrestato"MANCINI: "E come mai? Sempre per quella cosa? Era a Montecarlo poi è andato a Parigi... glielo avevo detto di stare lì ad aspettare l'indulto..."BRESCIA: "Quello è uno stupido!"MANCINI: "Con me si era sempre comportato bene... ma quanto deve scontare?"BRESCIA: "Cinque o sei"20 aprile 2007MANCIN! I manda un MMS al BRESCIA con la foto di una bella donna, amica del sarto, con il seno al ventoDI STASI (dipendente Inter): "Quella roba lì, guardalo bene, che c'è i brillanti di... lì c'è scritto tremila e cinquanta... duemila e cinque dobbiamo prenderli eh, perchè quella non è roba... quella è roba regolare, a posto eh..."BRESCIA: "Sì, sì. Tranquillo, ci penso io"
Alla vigilia della sfida scudetto di domenica, in casa Inter la vicenda delle intercettazioni telefoniche tra il pregiudicato Domenico Brescia e alcuni esponenti nerazzurri è piombata come un macigno che rischia di mandare in frantumi definitivamente un ambiente già fragile. La società per ora si nasconde dietro un "non sapevamo nulla". "Non conosciamo i fatti riportati dai giornali e non abbiamo alcun commento da fare. Posso solo precisare che Domenico Brescia non ha avuto mai alcun rapporto di lavoro con l'Inter e quindi non è mai stato un dipendente nerazzurro", ha detto l'amministratore delegato, ! Ernesto Paolillo.Il dirigente interista non esclude, però, eve! ntuali r apporti dello stesso Brescia con i giocatori: "Aveva forse contatti con loro, ma non ha mai avuto nulla a che fare con la società Inter, che non gli ha mai affidato alcun lavoro".Intanto, il pm di Milano, Marcello Musso, ha annunciato che sta valutando l'ipotesi di "aprire un fascicolo per fuga di notizie". Le conversazioni, infatti, non erano ancora state depositate alle parti.

SPINELLI-DONADONI,PROGETTO MONACO



Le loro strade si divisero a Livorno e si potrebbero incontrare di nuovo a Montecarlo. La storia di Aldo Spinelli e Roberto Donadoni sembra sul punto di arricchirsi di un nuovo capitolo. Il presidente del Livorno resta dell'intenzione di vendere la società e di cambiare aria. L'obiettivo principale è divenuto il Monaco (il cui budget nemmeno si avvicina a quello dello Zenit San Pietroburgo)A stretto giro di posta, una volta portato a compimento l'affare, si porterebbe il tecnico. Che sarebbe Donadoni, con il quale il rapporto di lavoro a Livorno si interruppe nel febbraio del 2006 con la squadra arrivata in zona Uefa (l'anno precedente l'aveva trascinata fin! o all'8° posto subentrando a Colomba). Jerome de Bontin, attuale numero uno del club monegasco (lo è da metà maggio), ha recentamente dichiarato di voler riportare la squadra nell'elite del calcio europeo dopo una serie di stagioni nere. Spinelli, con il placet del Principe Alberto, ricomincerebbe sulla costa francese il discorso interrotto sul mar Ligure. Insieme con il ct della Nazionale, destinato, a quanto pare, a lasciare la panchina dei campioni del mondo.

SPALLETTI CONTENTO,BAPTISTA ARRIVA



La Roma è pronta a chiudere per Julio Baptista. Le difficoltà incontrate per arrivare a Silva hanno indotto la società giallorossa ad accelerare la trattativa. Per martedì è fissato a Madrid un incontro tra Pradè, Mijatovic e il consulente di mercato Ernesto Bronzetti per definire il trasferimento. La Roma vorrebbe il prestito con diritto di riscatto fissata a 14 milioni, Calderon punta invece alla cessione a titolo definitivo.

La chiusura della trattativa (intavolata appena sfumato il passaggio di Mutu dalla Fiorentina) è quindi ormai ad un passo. La volontà del giocatore è chiara (con ! il probabile arrivo di Van der Vaart a Madrid il suo spazio si ridurrebbe ulteriormente), quella di Spalletti lo è altrettanto. Con "la bestia", infatti, il tecnico giallorosso avrà un giocatore duttile e in grado di garantire forza e centimetri ad una squadra soprattutto tecnica.
L'unico ostacolo che rimane da superare nell'incontro di martedì è la formula con cui chiudere l'accordo. La Roma vorrebbe il prestito con diritto di riscatto a una cifra fissata intorno ai 14 milioni, il giocatore (ma soprattutto il numero uno merengue Ramon Calderon) puntano alla cessione a titolo definitivo. Di certo c'è che Spalletti entro questa settimana avrà Julio Baptista. E a questo punto alla Roma 2008/09 mancherà un ultimo tassello: quello dell'esterno sinistro.

NESTA FUORI DALLA LISTA UEFA


Milan in Coppa Uefa senza Alessandro Nesta, perlomeno fino a tutta la fase a gironi. Il difensore non è stato iscritto dal club alla "lista dei 25" che parteciperanno alla prima fase della manifestazione, quella comprendente il primo turno eliminatorio contro lo Zurigo e all'eventuale fase a gironi valida per la qualificazione ai sedicesimi di finale. Nesta è segnalato in progresso, ma per la sua guarigione serviranno tempi lunghi.
La discopatia di cui l'ex-centrale azzurro continua a soffrire consiglia allo staff medico di Milanello di prenderla molto alla larga: la schiena di Alessandro sta meglio, la terapia (fatta di lunghe sedute di fisioterapia e poco altro lavoro muscolare) per attenuare la protrusione discale di cui soffre sta funzionando, ma anche al momento del rientro, ancora impronosticabile, Ancelotti preferirà utilizzarlo solamente in campionato e non rischiarlo in Coppa Uefa. Dove, forse, avrebbe potuto tuttavia giocare match meno impegnativi dal punto di! vista tecnico e agonistico e comunque utili per il ritorno alla migliore condizione fisica. Il timore, più o meno diffuso, è che in realtà Nesta non sia veramente recuperabile entro l'anno solare in corso.Buone notizie invece da Kakà e Borriello, che verranno testati mercoledì prossimo a Lugano contro la squadra locale. Anche Senderos sarà della partita: se non ci saranno imprevisti, il trio sarà convocato per la partita di domenica 14 col Genoa, con il brasiliano e il neo-acquisto seriamente indiziati per un posto da titolare.

IBRA CERCA IL SORPASSO PER IL PALLONE D'ORO


INTER-ANORTHOSIS(TVCALCIO H 20.40)
Non molla più una partita, campionato o Champions che sia, Roma o Anorthosis, come non facesse alcuna differenza. Ibra continua il suo privatissimo tour de force e lo fa con la certezza di poter ancora inseguire l'obiettivo Pallone d'Oro, apparentemente lontano ma ancora non irraggiungibile. Di qui la voglia dello svedese di esserci anche contro i ciprioti e cercare, attraverso i gol, luci buone per il premio di miglior giocatore.E la cosa, per dirla come in realtà è, ha una logica pazzesca. Perché il cerchio si stringe - mentre stringe il! tempo - e qualche rivale eccellente perde colpi surclassato dai colpi di tacco di Ibracadabra. La lista dei pretendenti "seri" - perché alcuni nomi servono al solito a far mucchio - è più o meno questa: Cristiano Ronaldo, superfavorito, Messi, prima alternativa, gli spagnoli campioni d'Europa capitanati da Casillas e Fernando Torres e nada otro, o quasi. Che, nel caso specifico, sta per Ibrahimovic, il giocatore cioè che negli ultimi mesi ha fatto vedere le cose più belle.

E qui vale la pena aprire una parentesi. Il Pallone d'Oro, numeri da circo a parte, normalmente viene assegnato al giocatore che ha trascinato, con gol e altre leccornie, la propria squadra al successo in qualche competizione importante: Champions League, Mondiali (quando ci sono), Europei o Olimpiadi. Ibra ha fatto scena muta ovunque ma Cristiano Ronaldo, per parlare del favorito, è dalla finale di Champions dello scorso maggio che non dà segnali di vita o quasi. Ha scialacquato parte del suo! vantaggio, fino a qualche mese fa enorme, litigando con il Ma! nchester per il fallito tentativo di accasarsi a Madrid e, complice anche l'infortunio, non ha cominciato la stagione di Premier nel migliore dei modi.

Gli spagnoli, che hanno dominato gli Europei, hanno impressionato più come squadra che a livello individuale. In più, e la scelta non pare politicamente delle più azzeccate, spingono Casillas. Che, sia chiaro, bravo è bravo, ma se non ha vinto Buffon dopo i Mondiali... Resta Messi, e qui le cose si fanno serissime. Intanto perché piace a tanti, da Kakà a Maradona alla maggioranza dei tecnici europei. E poi perché l'oro olimpico potrebbe avere quest'anno incredibilmente il suo peso. Non basta: tornato dalle fatiche cinesi, Messi non ha smesso nemmeno per un attimo di entusiasmare anche con il Barcellona. E non smetterà, a naso, nemmeno nei prossimi mesi.

Ecco quindi spuntare Ibra, ancora lontano dal traguardo, certo, ma tecnicamente unica alternativa all'altezza. Specie con Mourinho l'Inter attira su di sè le att! enzioni di tutto il mondo. La seguono di più, la osservano con attenzione da Portogallo e Inghilterra e per "spiare" dal buco della serratura del calcio estero lo Special One si scontrano inevitabilmente in quello che davvero è speciale: Ibra, appunto. Che non perde un colpo, non si lascia scappare una partita e mette in mostra tutto il suo repertorio: destro e sinistro, rasoterra o pallonetto, di testa o di tacco. Ibra show, braccia aperte, faccia da schiaffi e prenotazione già in tasca per il Pallone d'Oro. Oggi o domani, è solo una questione di dettagli.

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BUFFON:"NULLA E' PERDUTO"



Due gol subiti, buon compleanno Buffon. I regali di Quagliarella e Di Natale non sono piaciuti al portiere della Juventus. Il mercoledì di campionato ha rovinato i piani bianconeri, che cercavano l'aggancio all'Inter e si ritrovano dopo la sconfitta ad Udine a meno sei.

INEVITABILE - "Purtroppo non è stato il compleanno che speravo- dice Buffon sul suo sito- Per la prima volta da quando sono alla Juve sono uscito dal Friuli con una sconfitta. Purtroppo doveva succedere, è normale avere una battuta d'arresto dopo una lunga serie d! i risultati positivi. Il risultato di Udine non pregiudica comunque il nostro campionato. Sabato ci attende la partita con il Cagliari, la squadra più in forma del momento: se riusciamo a vincere tutto tornerà alla normalità e avremo le stesse possibilità di riuscire nell'impresa finale. Soprattutto adesso che stiamo tornando al completo"

ZARATE RETURNS


A secco da metà dicembre, Mauro Zarate è tornato al gol, regalando alla Lazio un'importante vittoria sul Bologna nel primo anticipo della 26.a giornata di Serie A. All'Olimpico la partita è stata decisa da una doppietta dell'argentino: punizione al 35' del primo tempo, destro su Antonioli in uscita al 36' della ripresa. Per il resto, partita con poche emozioni. Rossoblù deludenti e senza vittoria da un mese esatto.

Entrambe le squadre vogliono vincere, almeno a parole, ma con i fatti dimostrano il contrario per tutto il primo tempo. Ci prova un po' di più la Lazio (che reclama un rigore per un "muro" su Foggia), anche se Antonioli compie giusto un paio di interventi degni di nota. Sul fronte opposto, isolato Di Vaio, solo Rodriguez ha sulla testa un pallone ghiotto, che però spreca malamente.

Insomma, per sbloccare il risultato ci vuole una prodezza personale, che arriva poco dopo la mezzora. Merito di Zarate: l'argentino pennella una punizione dal limi! te sulla quale il portiere rossoblù resta un po' colpevolmente sorpreso. La partita decolla di colpo e prima dell'intervallo ancora Rodriguez da una parte e Kolarov dall'altra si vedono stoppati in extremis.

Così Mihajlovic decide di rivoluzionare la formazione, inserendo Mutarelli e Marazzina al posto dei deludenti Valiani e Rodriguez. Il Bologna si fa maggiormente intraprendente, sopprattutto grazie a Marazzina, ma non crea mai pericoli a Muslera. Si va avanti per tentativi approssimativi su entrambi i fronti finché Rocchi inventa un assist al bacio per Zarate, che firma la doppietta. E chiude il match.

Poi arriva il triplice fischio di Russo. Che per la Lazio significa tre punti importantissimi per la rincorsa alla zona Uefa e per i felsinei il riaffiorare di un vecchio incubo.

Lazio-Bologna 2-0

Luca Toni al Napoli? secondo studio sport sì !



Secondo un servizio di Studio Sport, andato in onda su Italia 1 ed evidenziato da "Napoli Magazine", il Napolista pensando di rinforzare l'attacco a gennaio con Luca Toni. La punta del Bayern non sta giocando in Germania e sogna i Mondiali: per arrivare in Sud Africa, Toni ha bisogno di giocare.

La punta potrebbe arrivare a Napoli in prestito: 2 milioni di euro l'ingaggio che dovrebbe pagare il club azzurro al calciatore, con gli altri 4 milioni dell'ingaggio che sarebbero garantiti dal Bayern. Sul fronte terzino sinistro torna di moda il nome di Castellini del Parma.

Dico l'ultima sul meeting del 6 dicembre a Roma..


Piove sul bagnato


Altra tegola in casa Roma: Alberto Aquilani a Genova non ci sarà. Il mediano giallorosso non si era allenato a pieno regi! me con il gruppo, svolgendo lavoro in palestra in virtù di un versamento alla coscia. Lo staff medico della Roma aveva consigliato lavoro in palestra per il centrocampista di Talenti, ma nello svolgimento del lavoro fisico ha avvertito un indurimento al quadricipite. Aquilani è stato portato subito a Villa Stuart dove è stato sottoposto ai test medici di rito che hanno escluso lesioni particolari. Il centrocampista dovrà restare a riposo e salterà la sfida di Genova mentre proverà a recuperare per la quinta gara di campionato di questo fine settimana.

A questo punto è ipotizzabile un impiego di Perrotta, recuperato pienamente dopo i 20 minuti finali con la Reggina ed autore del goal del 3-0, con De Rossi e Brighi in cabina di regia. Gli unici dubbi di Spalletti sono a questo punto quelli tra Cassetti-Cicinho per il terzino destro e di Menez-Cassetti ! per l'esterno alto anche se la prima soluzione resta la più pr! obabile in entrambi i casi.

Pubblicato da Fabio Capannini - CAPOREDATTORE A.S. ROMA


Inter, è pronto il grande scippo al Milan!!




MILANO - Secondo L'Equipe, l'Inter starebbe pensando ad Aly Cissokho, calciatore del Porto che ha visto sospendere il proprio trasferimento al Milan per un problema ai denti durante la visita medica. I nerazzurri potrebbero approfittare della situazione per tesserare il calciatore franco-senegalese, regalando alla fascia sinistra un'altra alternativa a Maxwell. In caso dovesse arrivare Cissokho, l'inter potrebbe davvero dire addio a Maicon, giocatore che piace sia al Real Madrid sia al Chelsea.

Gabriele Gussoni

Prandelli: Citadel watershed for the Fiorentina and my future



Welcome between the trainers. Eh yes, because after to have covered in the Fiorentina also the roles of comunicatore and man image, being made to catch a glimpse manageriali qualities and a future to the Ferguson (with the pretension pure to decide the market…), Cesar Prandelli returns to only make its trade. That one dell ? trainer, exactly. That is of who he will try to pull outside the best "from the rose that has put to me on hand" that "from aziendalista", "in a phase of general cri! sis" it has accepted and that "is an average enterprise to train between a field and l ? other". Demotivato? Not. He still believes Cesar to us, he the dream to win to Florence, to fight here for the badge he always cultivates, it, and "not there will be day in which every single minute of my engagement in the Fiorentina he will not be dedicated to strengthen it, that dream". But not chiedetegli, at least quest ? year, to make also from guarantor.

In Prandelli a meaningful mutation has been taken place that also, is right to repeat it, does not make a dent motivations, engagement and professionality. From he who it put the face on Plan and ambitions, to he who works with what it has.

"É a year thus, of transition", says Prandelli. A lot regarding the objectives does not age them, than "the Fiorentina it will try however to confirm themselves or to improve themselves", even if "it must be realistic…"! . Because a trainer can give an added value, but in order to s! ay it to the Corvino, the wool is wool and the silk is silk. The transition is ? an other. And it regards the Plan, to a crossroad. From a part c ? it is capital P and dall ? other the p very small. To take or l ? an other road will mark the future of the Fiorentina. And its future to Florence: "I do not exclude nothing" will close l ? interview thus Cesar, without controversy, but without to hide. The Citadel admits "is crossroads of all", but hung a lot, very many, also l ? absence of a sport center that says, it repeats and it, "gives not only those sette-otto points all ? year but, in general terms, solidity, credibility, spirit of body. It concurs to work, to give and to hand on the just examples". Serious trainer does not exist, with to heart the risen ones of the club, than between a champion and the structures choose the first one instead of the second ones. Prandelli is tired with many, too many daily, nonexistent difficulties in many limited truths very more than Florence.! And then this "year of transition" can also be defined "l ? year of the gratefulness". That which feels for the society, the city and people and it has convinced that it to accept all, without to expect, nell ? waited for of knowing what will happen. But the gratefulness is not eternal.

The slid year of these times reigned l ? enthusiasm. Today, in spite of the caught up Champions, restlessness is breathed malumore and. It comprises, shares or she is astonished?

"I say that it must understand that we are in a phase of general economic crisis in which the society it has made of the choices. In primis that dell ? self-financing. You do not ask to me to enter in the accounts, it is not up to me to establish the mount engages or how much must cost and earn ! x or y. The referring ones for these things are others. I from! azienda lista, recognizing to this club, have accepted social politics and with it all the consequences".

Beginning from the market… Corvino l ? has pulled within: "Cesar was d ? agreement".

"The market is along, part in a way, can end in an other. There are first choices, second and third. Sometimes there are alternatives, sometimes it is to take or to leave. It depends…" Part with Crespo and is ended with Castillo?

"Crespo has been ? an opportunity begins them, l ? I engage did not re-enter in the parameters and I this must respect it. We have moved o! urselves on other roles, when we are returned sull ? attack the availabilities ulteriorly had been reduced. But Castillo deserves respect, it has been introduced in the just way and it will give a hand to us".

From guarantor of the Plan to aziendalista…

"The Plan exists, but a phase of transition lives, will have to see what happens in other centers.

To be aziendalista is not a ? ? diminutio ? ? at the level of engagement, indeed it pushes to make to you more still. Doublings the forces in order to improve what you have on hand, in order to try innovation in the game, to give again stimuli, to put on the table all your acquaintances, widening them, working with the staff in way still more careful, with seriousness, concentration, dedication,! without for this losing the serenity and also the smile in th! e manage ment of the relationships".

How is relit l ? enthusiasm in the tifosi?

"Through the game, with pleasant and offensive a continuity of performances that bind together solidity and show and show a maneuver choral. We are on the good road, l ? aggressiveness, l ? intensity, the rhythms, l ? attitude and many movements that I have seen in the first time with Palermo very make me to hope.

Group c ? is, works. It believes to us, wants to grow. And we do not forget that the first goal l ? we have already caught up with l ? approached in Champions. We have not been most shining, is true, but it was not easy to be it: the open market, the distractions, l ? engagement from ? ? within or outside ? ? w! hen still the season must begin. It knows them the tension, you feel the responsibility. The era most important to catch up the result, ce l ? we have made".

And nell ? attended that l ? enthusiasm lathes, Of Goes they are made bitter them. To thus it has seen Corvino them…

"É a feeling that I have perceived anch ?. Above all in Andrea, than last month has been much neighbor nell ?. I hope or only a moment, that it can serve like ? ? provocazione ? ?. But their bitterness I perceive it anch ?".

The accounts at least are sweet. From January today they are entrances 55 million and of they are escapes less than 20. Without to count the Champions returns. If it! cannot be invested on the men, it could itself be made on the! structu res.

"From four years I repeat that a sport center lacks us. A house where to live with, to at best prepare the games and the season. A structure all ? height gives 7-8 to you points in more to championship. We instead work in the most difficult conditions. We are sballottati to right and to he lacks. The dressing rooms from a part, the arena from ? an other, know it massages-fisioterapia to it from ? an other anchor. In order to arrive in it knows it press you must cross the stage. We go to run on a field, we make tactical training on an other. To eat entirety is ? an enterprise. The center and the offices are to part. A club would have to be a family, instead many players does not know not even the dependent of the Fiorentina because we live in reality separated. The Franchi is ? ? a port of sea ? ?, same I sometimes cross! faces in the corridors and I ask myself if they are of the society or not… It is not thus that one creates the cohesion and the sense of belongings".

Between big and juvenile, little contacts?

"I have worked years nell ? Atalanta, structures all concentrated, technical that can be confronted and young that learns from the large ones. Not always enough the talent, the behaviors are important. A club is made of tradition, of values that are breathed and that they pass also through the walls. Thoughts for a child to have the privilege of ? ? growing ? ? beside like Jorgensen with its professionality, education, punctuality, attention to the behaviors. It would be enough to me dirgli: you see he? Here it learns, l ? example to follow ce l ? you have davanti, in meat and boneses".

Recorded it has been ? a lost occasion. It would! have go ne to us?

"The problem is not the place, is the structures where to work. It serves a house for the Fiorentina, if to It were recorded we went to Recorded".

From the Franchi to the Campini: l ? grass this disowned…

"When I was still in withdrawal, every three days I telephoned for having news on the field. ? ? You are calm… ? ?, answered to me.

Calm ? na it saws. Watched as the Franchi is put! (We confirm, we are come down on the land of game, much earth, little grass, many holes, ndr). And the Campini? Still worse. When we a! re returned c ? they were of the large holes thus. Aspect that comes arranged, for the time being we must be pleased of thirty meters insufficient of space where to work. It seems possible".

But also you… But of it was not shrewed nobody between the dependent before that it returned?

"The satisfied Fiorentina a rent for having of the fields all ? height, but if it they are not would be better to move for time. It was enough also to throw a distracted eye to us in order to see in that pietose conditions were the game lands".

From the Campini to the campioncini. É Jovetic the better purchase of the Fiorentina?
"Savicevic supports that between 2-3 years he will be a large one. And I am d ? agreement. Meantime must continue to grow and to improve without too many responsibilities. To Bologna after a time it had been massacred. Now you say that he is indispensable. I l ? have made to play the past year so much. And quest ? year will still play more. Left Dall ? beginning or to in course, based on the requirements. It is understanding like is played with the ball and without, in phase of possession and not possession, in order to put its talent and its fantasy to the service of the square, without that this loses the equilibriums".

L ? equilibrium risks to lose it Mutu with that fine on the head. É returned with the Becali and recommences the market voices. Worried É?

"Mutu is living a difficult situation, but at the moment it must recover the physical condition in the first place. The rest will come natural. But the serenity is important".

Zanetti has said that it must head to win all.

"Christian he is a experience player, has lived in great truths, it understands the moments and it knows what serves in order to create group spirit".

With Montolivo in field but l ? harmony still c ? is not.

! "Little complementar! y? The t ask in opposite way. The quality players can always play together. Two three years ago I have proposed a centrocampo to Kuz-Liverani-Montolivo, all to say that he lacked l ? incontrista and instead we have played our better soccer".

Montolivo must have of "the world-wide" motivations…

"We must have them all, always and independently from the Sudafrica. But certainly the wish to go to us can help he and other candidates. Riccardo I do not ask the played one, but the game continuity. I do not want assist a Vincente, but 80 passages made in the just way".

"Hello boys, hello": to the list Kuz has joined.

"And me it is dispiaciuto a lot. In last the two years it has been between those which I had made to play more, although had 20 years. Because we were investing on he. But Kuz is one that, if put in argument, loses tranquillity and motivations quickly, and has asked for being yielded. L ? bitterness for he joins to that for other young people that they have preferred to go via rather than to put in competition being demonstrated all ? trainer to deserve a mesh".

Why you have not replaced it?

"A great centrocampista in 24 hours is not bought. Better to give confidence to who is already here. Jorgensen and Santana can play also to the center".

The Fio! rentina in field still seems a scholastic P2o: low barycentre, nothing fuorigioco, little low overlaps, the maneuver still does not convince.

"We go with order: the fuorigioco for me it is a consequence of an opposing pressure sull ?, the attempt to steal ball high. Without aggressiveness it is a suicide to make it, like happened the slid year to us to the Franchi with the C#lecce. Care the exteriors, or high that low, we must improve the triangolations in order to find the depth. Sul game in general terms, for first thing we must be propositivi, always. There are two ways in order to try to arrive to the goal. If you have extraordinary a technical base it you can make through the dominion of the ball. But in soccer they puts into effect in order not to make to reorganize the adversaries does not have to hold it too much, but to arr! ive in area in little second ones. We try this strategy".

With l ? goodbye of Spalletti he has become the technician with greater seniority on the same park bench: 5 years.

"In one it classifies then are first… Me spiace for Luciano, in these years it has had extraordinary intuitions. Inventing a offensive phase without points of reference, it has expressed for due-tre years better soccer in Europe, above all if rapportato to the material on hand".

The difficulties of Milan and Rome make to reflect. It was enough indeed little to the Fiorentina on the market in order to become the third force of the championship.

"The task anch ? I, was enough little…"

And instead?

"And instead it we are not and we play to us with the Milan, the Roman, the genovesi, Naples, Palermo. The scissor goes from the third party all ? eighth place. A lot will depend from the European engagements".

Thanks for l ? assist. Girone the Champions introduces you a revenge and a fascinating challenge.

"We begin with saying that the Lione, although someone supports the contrary, has not been weakened but reinforced. When you have two men of I often detach like Benzema and Juninho the square i! mpigrisce entrusting itself only to they. Yielding them and acquiring well, they have redistributed the responsibilities, having held high the quality".

And the Liverpool?

"The Liverpool word me filler to the mind the tragedy dell ? Heysel, is passed 25 years and remains all clear like then. We did not know of the dead men, said to us after. Boniperti did not want to make to play the square, was forced. Thus they asked as us to go under the curve. But nobody of we taken an euro for that goblet, all the prizes was devolven in beneficienza".

Dall ? Heysel to Anfield…

"I c ? have played and know what I want to say. An extraordinary atmosphere, l ? hymn, l ? impact. You must arrive to us from join! ed, compact square, without fear. You must be able to think ? ! ? we are not predestined victims ? ?, there are also we. In order to make it you must come down in rich field of acquaintances, of conviction, attention. And in order to obtain them you must work, impegnarti, try and try again in training".

And we return to the structures, to the Plan. Cesar, the Citadel is the watershed?

"Yes it is useless to deny it. With the Citadel they would have entered important, could be resumed sure programs, be rethought in large".

É a watershed also for your permanence?

"I do not want to exclude nothing. I have made the choice to remain to Florence because convinced that this is a Vincente plan in a pair d ? years, but if they had to change the scenes will prevail a careful reflection. Then one can chase other ambitions or remain equally for love towards a city that me has been near in difficult moments of my life. Nothing is eternal, sooner or later will end also the professional relationship with the Fiorentina. But to this city and this people I will be always recognizing".

The day that had to go via would prefer: grandissimo an Italian club, national or ? a foreign experience all ??

"? a experience outside. All the colleagues who l ? have tried have told me of being returned enr! iched humanly and that the quality of the life is better. A da! y I woul d want to try, in order to see if it is true".

Andrea Di Caro - Fiorentino Courier
http://www.fiorentina.it/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=76065