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10 years of FIFOnly 3 weeks to go and from the 11 to the 18, all the teams can be relegated.
Messina and Ascoli already SERIE B teams.
--------points--------------next matches---------------
Siena - 34 - Empoli (F), Palermo , Lazio
Parma - 35 - Messina, Lazio (F), Empoli
Chievo - 35 - Reggina (F), Ascoli, Catania (F)
Reggina - 35 - Chievo, Empoli (F), Milan
Torino - 36 - Roma (F), Livorno, Inter (F)
Livorno - 36 - Sampdoria, Torino (F), Atalanta
Catania - 37 - Milan, Sampdoria (F), Chievo
Cagliari - 37 - Fiorentina (F), Roma, Ascoli (F)
(f)= not at home.
Messina and Ascoli already SERIE B teams.
--------points--------------next matches---------------
Siena - 34 - Empoli (F), Palermo , Lazio
Parma - 35 - Messina, Lazio (F), Empoli
Chievo - 35 - Reggina (F), Ascoli, Catania (F)
Reggina - 35 - Chievo, Empoli (F), Milan
Torino - 36 - Roma (F), Livorno, Inter (F)
Livorno - 36 - Sampdoria, Torino (F), Atalanta
Catania - 37 - Milan, Sampdoria (F), Chievo
Cagliari - 37 - Fiorentina (F), Roma, Ascoli (F)
(f)= not at home.
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This is interesting... so many clubs so close to Relegation
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Forum Supporter10 years of FIF
Most Important MemberI certainly hope that Parma stays. As much as I dislike them, Serie A is a much better league as Parma was a former member of the Seven Sisters and I personally like Claudio Ranieri; he's an interesting chap. 
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10 years of FIFForum SupporterI hope that Ascoli and Messina take Siena with them to Serie B. Every season that team adds nothing to Serie A.
I don't know how did they manage to stay in Serie A all these years. Well, too bad for Locatelli. :moan:
Same goes for Reggina, who always lose 0-4 or 0-6.
This should remind you:
Cannavaro.
Cruz.
Martins.
Van Der Meyde.
Emre (?).
Vieri.
I don't know how did they manage to stay in Serie A all these years. Well, too bad for Locatelli. :moan:
Same goes for Reggina, who always lose 0-4 or 0-6.
This should remind you:
Cannavaro.
Cruz.
Martins.
Van Der Meyde.
Emre (?).
Vieri.
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Forum Supporter10 years of FIFMost Important MemberWell, they are connected to Gobbi. :rollani:I hope that Ascoli and Messina take Siena with them to Serie B. Every season that team adds nothing to Serie A.
I don't know how did they manage to stay in Serie A all these years. Well, too bad for Locatelli. :moan:
In exact order, Canna, Oba, VDM, that-Valencia-player-who-only-got-his-chance-under-ZacSame goes for Reggina, who always lose 0-4 or 0-6.
This should remind you:
Cannavaro.
Cruz.
Martins.
Van Der Meyde.
Emre (?).
Vieri.
(FJF), Cruz, Vieri.On a sidenote, it's a pity how his career has turned sour. Alongside Kily, Gerard Lopez, Mendieta, he was one of the reason why Valencia reached the CL final in 2000, beating Lazio and Barcelona spectaculary in the process. However, as soon as he joined us, his career was over.
Can anyone remember if he plain didn't perform or perhaps he wasn't given enough chances by the coaches? I found it very funny that Cuper didn't use him at all, considering that Cuper was the coach when he was at his prime.
And out of curiosity, what was his exact position on the pitch? Ballwinner? 2-way ala Cambiasso/Vieira? Deep playmaker like Pirlo?
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10 years of FIFFor me he was similar to Cambiasso and if I remember well we paid huge amounts for him and Dalmat.:wallbang: I think he even play like GK in one game,not sure.
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10 years of FIFsiena WAS a moggi team, now they are free, like birds.
I don't really care who gets relegated, but it would be sad to see Reggina down, they have done a great season, also Cagliari and Toro should stay, maybe in the last game we should let Toro win, i don't want to see the best club of Torino in B and the most corrupt club (Rubentus) in A.
I don't really care who gets relegated, but it would be sad to see Reggina down, they have done a great season, also Cagliari and Toro should stay, maybe in the last game we should let Toro win, i don't want to see the best club of Torino in B and the most corrupt club (Rubentus) in A.
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Because Cuper realized what our transfer board didn't, that a spanish midfielder rarely makes it in Serie A.
And that Valencia team owed Cuper alot, he made Mendieta, Lopez's (Gerard and Claudio) and Farinos into respectable players. But I think Cuper's biggest mistake was not using Aimar fully, specially in that CL final, subbing him was a mistake.
And that Valencia team owed Cuper alot, he made Mendieta, Lopez's (Gerard and Claudio) and Farinos into respectable players. But I think Cuper's biggest mistake was not using Aimar fully, specially in that CL final, subbing him was a mistake.
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10 years of FIFForum SupporterThat was against Feynoord in Coppa UEFA. I thought that someone like Materazzi was going to replace Toldo, not Farinos who's 173cm.
Right now Farinos is somewhere in the Spanish second division with Jorge Tote (if you remember him). He's too young for a B team, I think he's only 30-31. :|
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wonderful stuff from the man..
taly's Mr Grump makes stunning comeback
After almost quitting the game last summer, Christian Vieri reappeared in an Atalanta shirt to score one of the goals of the season.
James Richardson
May 8, 2007 8:49 PM
Who is the grumpiest man in football? Is it Jose Mourinho? Big Sam Allardyce? Or whoever is in charge of keeping Richard Keys' chest waxed? Just possibly, readers, is it actually top Aussie-Italian sourpuss Christian Vieri, a man so very glum that he once refused to celebrate scoring goals for a whole season? Let's be frank; it is.
Vieri, you'll recall, has a puss so sour that during his dismal showing at Euro 2004 he informed journalists at an Italy press conference: "I'm more of a man than all of you put together. I can walk down the street with my head held high. I can look at myself in the mirror, but you [waving a finger at the astonished hacks] cannot." And this was on one of his good days. No, rarely has the game of football seen a player as unmoved by his own success as Vieri (possibly because he actually much preferred cricket), but this weekend brings startling news of the man. Christian is now reborn; he's now not only scoring again, but he's (sort of) celebrating too.
Vieri's comeback goal came 10 minutes after he took the field in Atalanta's 3-1 win over Siena. Take a look, because it's a stunner. What makes it so remarkable is not just the physical feat of scoring from that position, but the fact that this was Vieri's first goal in 18 months, a period during which he had spent more time out of the game than in it.
A former top scorer in both Serie A and La Liga, Vieri's career was already starting to slide when he opened his fat-headed gob at that infamous press conference in 2004. After a poor campaign for Inter the following season, the Milanese club offered him £6m to buy out his contract, only to then see him join arch-rivals Milan on a free just days later. However, five months with the Rossoneri saw him score a grand total of just one goal, and in January 2006 he left Milan for Monaco, spurred on by Marcello Lippi's frankly unfathomable notion that an Italy place might still be his. Instead, a ruptured knee brought any remaining World Cup ambitions to an end.
Italy didn't miss him in Germany, but for Vieri the disappointment proved almost impossible to stomach. He hinted at quitting the game. There was talk of the notoriously press-shy striker joining a reality TV show. July saw him sign up at Sampdoria, but just two weeks later he'd left again, apparently in the grips of a world-class depression. His career looked over, but Vieri - who by now had become one of the world's highest-earning players with a portfolio of restaurants, bars, two clothing lines and a range of sunglasses to his name - had a surprise up his sleeve.
In September he signed for Atalanta, the Bergamo-based side where he'd played as a young lad more than 10 years before, alongside another of life's great smilers, Pippo Inzaghi. This time Atalanta offered him a minimum-wage deal and a huge bonus for any goals he scored, which, given his recent form and the fact he didn't even begin training until November, looked a bit of a long shot.
But lo, in his fifth appearance off the bench for the Orobici, comes a goal that Vieri describes as his "greatest ever". His fans might dispute that - there was a screamer for Inter against Parma that springs to mind - but this was certainly something special: Vieri receiving the ball with his back to goal 40-odd yards out, flicking it up, spinning and slamming it into the Siena net almost half a pitch away. Footage then appears to show him celebrating, although naturally his face retains all the resolute grimness of a man repossessing a sick kid's wheelchair.
"I'm happy," muttered the big man post-match. "It's a very emotional moment for me after a year out of the game. Scoring is tough enough, but from 40 yards out..." The strike was enough to eliminate a year's worth of doubts over his future as a player, with rumours already building that a move to Fiorentina or another big side could follow. "We'll see at the end of the season," glowers Christian. "I'm grateful to Atalanta and the faith they showed in me. Right now I'm just concentrating on these last three games."
And no prizes for guessing on which of those games he's concentrating most, for in 10 days Atalanta will be facing Vieri's former side Inter. Here there is a bit of history: just last autumn Inter's president Massimo Moratti admitted that the club had regularly spied on Christian during his time there and even tapped his phone. Vieri, ever one to see the lighter side, responded with a £14m lawsuit citing "moral and existential damage" to his public image. A goal against Inter now and, who knows, even scary Vieri might crack a smile.
Before that, next weekend sees the relegation battle continue. Last Sunday's games confirmed Ascoli and Messina as the first two sides down, with Siena now in the hot-seat to join them courtesy of that loss to Atalanta. However, with another seven teams within just three points of them and with three games to go, this race is still wide open. Parma fans will be sad to hear that the Emiliani are back near the wrong end of this group again after their winning streak ended at Chievo, but at least they have the easiest fixture of any of the eight threatened teams next week, hosting Messina. Details of that and much, much more in next week's column.
Last weekend's results: Milan 0 - 0 Fiorentina, Atalanta 3 - 1 Siena, Cagliari 2 - 1 Udinese, Chievo 1 - 0 Parma, Empoli 2 - 1 Catania, Lazio 1 - 0 Livorno, Messina 0 - 1 Inter, Palermo 1 - 2 Roma, Sampdoria 0 - 0 Reggina, Torino 1 - 0 Ascoli
taly's Mr Grump makes stunning comeback
After almost quitting the game last summer, Christian Vieri reappeared in an Atalanta shirt to score one of the goals of the season.
James Richardson
May 8, 2007 8:49 PM
Who is the grumpiest man in football? Is it Jose Mourinho? Big Sam Allardyce? Or whoever is in charge of keeping Richard Keys' chest waxed? Just possibly, readers, is it actually top Aussie-Italian sourpuss Christian Vieri, a man so very glum that he once refused to celebrate scoring goals for a whole season? Let's be frank; it is.
Vieri, you'll recall, has a puss so sour that during his dismal showing at Euro 2004 he informed journalists at an Italy press conference: "I'm more of a man than all of you put together. I can walk down the street with my head held high. I can look at myself in the mirror, but you [waving a finger at the astonished hacks] cannot." And this was on one of his good days. No, rarely has the game of football seen a player as unmoved by his own success as Vieri (possibly because he actually much preferred cricket), but this weekend brings startling news of the man. Christian is now reborn; he's now not only scoring again, but he's (sort of) celebrating too.
Vieri's comeback goal came 10 minutes after he took the field in Atalanta's 3-1 win over Siena. Take a look, because it's a stunner. What makes it so remarkable is not just the physical feat of scoring from that position, but the fact that this was Vieri's first goal in 18 months, a period during which he had spent more time out of the game than in it.
A former top scorer in both Serie A and La Liga, Vieri's career was already starting to slide when he opened his fat-headed gob at that infamous press conference in 2004. After a poor campaign for Inter the following season, the Milanese club offered him £6m to buy out his contract, only to then see him join arch-rivals Milan on a free just days later. However, five months with the Rossoneri saw him score a grand total of just one goal, and in January 2006 he left Milan for Monaco, spurred on by Marcello Lippi's frankly unfathomable notion that an Italy place might still be his. Instead, a ruptured knee brought any remaining World Cup ambitions to an end.
Italy didn't miss him in Germany, but for Vieri the disappointment proved almost impossible to stomach. He hinted at quitting the game. There was talk of the notoriously press-shy striker joining a reality TV show. July saw him sign up at Sampdoria, but just two weeks later he'd left again, apparently in the grips of a world-class depression. His career looked over, but Vieri - who by now had become one of the world's highest-earning players with a portfolio of restaurants, bars, two clothing lines and a range of sunglasses to his name - had a surprise up his sleeve.
In September he signed for Atalanta, the Bergamo-based side where he'd played as a young lad more than 10 years before, alongside another of life's great smilers, Pippo Inzaghi. This time Atalanta offered him a minimum-wage deal and a huge bonus for any goals he scored, which, given his recent form and the fact he didn't even begin training until November, looked a bit of a long shot.
But lo, in his fifth appearance off the bench for the Orobici, comes a goal that Vieri describes as his "greatest ever". His fans might dispute that - there was a screamer for Inter against Parma that springs to mind - but this was certainly something special: Vieri receiving the ball with his back to goal 40-odd yards out, flicking it up, spinning and slamming it into the Siena net almost half a pitch away. Footage then appears to show him celebrating, although naturally his face retains all the resolute grimness of a man repossessing a sick kid's wheelchair.
"I'm happy," muttered the big man post-match. "It's a very emotional moment for me after a year out of the game. Scoring is tough enough, but from 40 yards out..." The strike was enough to eliminate a year's worth of doubts over his future as a player, with rumours already building that a move to Fiorentina or another big side could follow. "We'll see at the end of the season," glowers Christian. "I'm grateful to Atalanta and the faith they showed in me. Right now I'm just concentrating on these last three games."
And no prizes for guessing on which of those games he's concentrating most, for in 10 days Atalanta will be facing Vieri's former side Inter. Here there is a bit of history: just last autumn Inter's president Massimo Moratti admitted that the club had regularly spied on Christian during his time there and even tapped his phone. Vieri, ever one to see the lighter side, responded with a £14m lawsuit citing "moral and existential damage" to his public image. A goal against Inter now and, who knows, even scary Vieri might crack a smile.
Before that, next weekend sees the relegation battle continue. Last Sunday's games confirmed Ascoli and Messina as the first two sides down, with Siena now in the hot-seat to join them courtesy of that loss to Atalanta. However, with another seven teams within just three points of them and with three games to go, this race is still wide open. Parma fans will be sad to hear that the Emiliani are back near the wrong end of this group again after their winning streak ended at Chievo, but at least they have the easiest fixture of any of the eight threatened teams next week, hosting Messina. Details of that and much, much more in next week's column.
Last weekend's results: Milan 0 - 0 Fiorentina, Atalanta 3 - 1 Siena, Cagliari 2 - 1 Udinese, Chievo 1 - 0 Parma, Empoli 2 - 1 Catania, Lazio 1 - 0 Livorno, Messina 0 - 1 Inter, Palermo 1 - 2 Roma, Sampdoria 0 - 0 Reggina, Torino 1 - 0 Ascoli
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Good read!
Hehe, I just saw the goal on YouTube and for a bit (thanks to the uniform) I thought he was still with Inter
For the record, I still think his goal with Lazio against Mallorca is his best ever.
Hehe, I just saw the goal on YouTube and for a bit (thanks to the uniform) I thought he was still with Inter
For the record, I still think his goal with Lazio against Mallorca is his best ever.
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LOL I just read an article on Roma forums, about the first Rome derby this season.
Do you guys remember, that Delio Rossi had pledged to jump in a fountain, if Lazio won the first Rome derby this season? Lazio won that game 3-0, and Delio Rossi DID jump in to the fountain.
Too bad for him, he had already annouced which fountain he was going to jump in to, and some Roman fans pee'd in there, as soon as that game ended
Do you guys remember, that Delio Rossi had pledged to jump in a fountain, if Lazio won the first Rome derby this season? Lazio won that game 3-0, and Delio Rossi DID jump in to the fountain.
Too bad for him, he had already annouced which fountain he was going to jump in to, and some Roman fans pee'd in there, as soon as that game ended
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LOL I just read an article on Roma forums, about the first Rome derby this season.
Do you guys remember, that Delio Rossi had pledged to jump in a fountain, if Lazio won the first Rome derby this season? Lazio won that game 3-0, and Delio Rossi DID jump in to the fountain.
Too bad for him, he had already annouced which fountain he was going to jump in to, and some Roman fans pee'd in there, as soon as that game ended
Now this is on line of a good and a bad joke. Made me spill my coffee however. LOL.
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Milan secured the CL spot for next year and now we can prepare for Athens in peace..Important players should be rested next weak so I expect players like Gourcuff, Oliveira and Grimi to play the whole match..
It was pretty entertaining match vs Catania, Seedorf was again the best Milan's man and Nesta had another solid performance in defense..We had 3 goals disallowed for offside, all of them with Pippo being involved..
Good wins for Parma and Torino, Catania is the team I would like to see in Serie B again obviously cause of the riots their fans did and consequences that are still affecting Italian football..
It was pretty entertaining match vs Catania, Seedorf was again the best Milan's man and Nesta had another solid performance in defense..We had 3 goals disallowed for offside, all of them with Pippo being involved..
Good wins for Parma and Torino, Catania is the team I would like to see in Serie B again obviously cause of the riots their fans did and consequences that are still affecting Italian football..
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