Author Topic: Serie A (Read 315115 times)

It’s incredible how consistent he is in this regard: it’s like an actual law of physics.

Even weirder is how his span at the very best leagues seems to have shortened to two seasons max, but he can still go three seasons in a weaker like Serie A before it all explodes. He is ageing like a footballer ages, even though he is a coach.

So bizarre. You can even re-hire him, and he will be fine for a bit—as in Chelsea. He is one of the strangest cases in coaching.

stockdam · « **Reply #3686 on:** January 16, 2024, 01:31:28 pm »

Quote from: Fromola on January 16, 2024, 09:58:04 am

3rd season Mourinho is the definition of insanity.

He just got sacked

oojason · « **Reply #3687 on:** January 18, 2024, 08:41:41 pm »

In the Italian Super Cup tonight - Napoli vs Fiorentina - in Saudi Arabia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Supercoppa_Italiana

^ the KSU Stadium has a 25,000 capacity stadium - this match was obviously a 'sell out' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSU_Stadium_(Riyadh)

Stream: https://vipleague.im/football/italy-super-cup-napoli-vs-fiorentina-streaming-link-1 (it is also on ViaPlay Sports in the UK)

Napoli [1] - 0 Fiorentina; Giovanni Simeone 22' - https://streamin.one/v/b8d95199 & https://twitter.com/ViaplaySportsUK/status/1748064781120974849

Napoli [2] - 0 Fiorentina; Alessio Zerbin 85' - https://streamin.one/v/8a577a2e & https://twitter.com/FootColic/status/1748083952307331378

Zerbin collided with the post in scoring that - looked a full on hit to the head there with the post. Hope he'll be okay. He's fine - he's back up and scored again (no concussion check?)...

Napoli [3] - 0 Fiorentina; Alessio Zerbin 87' - https://streamin.one/v/15455261 & https://twitter.com/ViaplaySportsUK/status/1748086395254587429

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #3688 on:** January 20, 2024, 08:21:32 pm »

Maignan appears to have been racially abused by Udinese fans

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #3689 on:** January 20, 2024, 08:23:22 pm »

Booing him now as he walks back to the goal. Disgusting.

In the Name of Klopp · « **Reply #3690 on:** January 20, 2024, 08:26:04 pm »

Udinese fans gone full-blown fascists!

DangerScouse · « **Reply #3691 on:** January 20, 2024, 08:33:23 pm »

Some amount of vermin in Italy. The far right are emboldened all over Europe sadly, scum.

DangerScouse · « **Reply #3692 on:** January 20, 2024, 09:46:24 pm »

Great stuff Meelan, fuck those c*nts!

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #3693 on:** January 20, 2024, 11:41:25 pm »

Will continue to happen until the powers that be take action

They're spineless c*nts, the punishments are so fucking feeble. They dont give two shits about racism

oojason · « **Reply #3694 on:** January 22, 2024, 09:35:12 pm »

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RIP Gigi Riva.

'Luigi Riva, all-time leading scorer for Italy men’s national team, dies at 79':-

www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-italy-cagliari-sardinia-serie-a-b2482921.html

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-gigi-riva-italy-dies-31942372

www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/22/gigi-riva-italy-cagliari-dies-aged-79-after-heart-attack

Wikipedia page (for all you whippersnappers): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Riva - and a few articles on the man...

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/08/02/gigi-riva-and-the-unstoppable-thunder-of-serie-a

www.gentlemanultra.com/2016/06/14/gigi-riva-the-silence-before-the-thunder

www.italyonthisday.com/2016/11/luigi-riva-azzurri-great.html

www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240122-gigi-riva-the-thunderclap-who-stayed-true-to-his-sardinian-family

www.sportsjoe.ie/football/on-the-day-he-turns-70-why-gigi-riva-remains-the-ultimate-italian-striker-991

https://football-italia.net/riva-and-zoff-remember-pele-ahead-of-us-all

'Gigi Riva, Rombo di Tuono [Best Goals]':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/-QpeVNcXUGk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/-QpeVNcXUGk</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/-QpeVNcXUGk

'Luigi Riva Skills and Goals' (top video; though most may want to turn down the audio):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8LPq_i2Ri80" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/8LPq_i2Ri80</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/8LPq_i2Ri80

'Gigi Riva - Eroi Azzurri':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/xvmQpzUfkNw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/xvmQpzUfkNw</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/xvmQpzUfkNw

'Gigi Riva: The Roar of Thunder | Throwback | Serie A TIM':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/n55mstz5JH0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/n55mstz5JH0</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/n55mstz5JH0

'I Gol di Gigi Riva':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/uqV8SldHuIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/uqV8SldHuIs</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/uqV8SldHuIs

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #3695 on:** January 22, 2024, 09:44:59 pm »

Nice stuff Jason.

scouse neapolitan · « **Reply #3696 on:** January 22, 2024, 11:33:28 pm »

Sorry Jason. I started a thread about Gigi Riva without looking on here. Sorry and thanks. This fella was something else both as a player and a really down -to -earth bloke. RIP Gigi

oojason · « **Reply #3697 on:** January 23, 2024, 11:14:13 am »

Quote from: scouse neapolitan on January 22, 2024, 11:33:28 pm

Sorry Jason. I started a thread about Gigi Riva without looking on here. Sorry and thanks. This fella was something else both as a player and a really down -to -earth bloke. RIP Gigi

No worries mate - and the man deserves his own thread - nice one. I'll copy across my post into your thread

and thanks Yorky, mate.

Scottymuser · « **Reply #3698 on:** January 28, 2024, 10:36:08 am »

AC Milan v Bologna match was mad. 2 missed penalties by AC (first one from Ground was saved, second from Hernandez hit the post, and then stuck it in on the rebound but was disallowed for touching the ball twice as nobody else touched it on the rebound). Then two goals from Ruben loftus cheek before a late pen to bologna to equalise

disgraced cake · « **Reply #3699 on:** February 16, 2024, 08:45:03 pm »

Surprised to have seen few mention Simone Inzaghi in the next manager thread. Inter seemingly cruising to this Serie A title with consistent wins building on their run to the Champions League final last season, he would certainly be a strong candidate in my mind but whether he would leave Italy is another matter. Would be nice to see a different Inzaghi do something positive with Liverpool actually.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #3700 on:** February 16, 2024, 08:55:58 pm »

Quote from: disgraced cake on February 16, 2024, 08:45:03 pm

Surprised to have seen few mention Simone Inzaghi in the next manager thread. Inter seemingly cruising to this Serie A title with consistent wins building on their run to the Champions League final last season, he would certainly be a strong candidate in my mind but whether he would leave Italy is another matter. Would be nice to see a different Inzaghi do something positive with Liverpool actually.

Italian league. It's pedestrian. What goes on there is of no relevance to the Premier League. We don't want their players, and certainly don't want their managers.

Air Jota · « **Reply #3701 on:** February 16, 2024, 09:26:47 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on February 16, 2024, 08:55:58 pm

Italian league. It's pedestrian. What goes on there is of no relevance to the Premier League. We don't want their players, and certainly don't want their managers.

True however Conte did win the league here with 95 points and had success.

DangerScouse · « **Reply #3702 on:** February 17, 2024, 07:04:44 am »

Quote from: Air Jota on February 16, 2024, 09:26:47 pm

True however Conte did win the league here with 95 points and had success.

Ranieri did okay too.

thaddeus · « **Reply #3703 on:** February 29, 2024, 12:29:38 pm »

As he who shall revolutionise midfield as we know it amazingly doesn't have his own topic I'll add this here:

Quote from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68436828

Paul Pogba: Juventus midfielder banned for four years for doping

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years for a doping offence.

He was provisionally suspended in September after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in the former Manchester United player's system.

France international Pogba, 30, was randomly tested after Juventus' first match of the season on 20 August.

He was handed the ban by Italy's national anti-doping tribunal (Nado).

The failed drugs test was confirmed by Nado in a second sample in October, and the anti-doping prosecutor's office had requested the maximum four-year suspension.

Unless he gets it reduced on appeal then that's pretty much his career over.

Ciara (with a capital "C") · « **Reply #3704 on:** February 29, 2024, 12:41:22 pm »

Quote from: thaddeus on February 29, 2024, 12:29:38 pm

As he who shall revolutionise midfield as we know it amazingly doesn't have his own topic I'll add this here:
Unless he gets it reduced on appeal then that's pretty much his career over.

Is this the kind of thing that will be appealed and reduced?

sinnermichael · « **Reply #3705 on:** February 29, 2024, 12:54:49 pm »

Can't have been performance enhancing drugs.

thaddeus · « **Reply #3706 on:** February 29, 2024, 12:55:13 pm »

Quote from: Ciara (with a capital "C") on February 29, 2024, 12:41:22 pm

Is this the kind of thing that will be appealed and reduced?

According to the radio he's going to appeal to the Court of Arbitration on the grounds that he accidentally ingested the substance. It's pretty much the standard defence and rarely, if ever, works.

disgraced cake · « **Reply #3707 on:** February 29, 2024, 01:48:27 pm »

The word overrated (and underrated) is terminally overused describing footballers of today but I will hear no criticism of Paul Pogba other than that he is without question the single most overrated footballer of his day. Absolute fucking crap, carried to his best achievements with Juventus behind the likes of Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio etc.

His status as the most expensive flop ever luckily covered up by the likes of Maguire/Antony etc, all bizarrely at the same club.

Samie · « **Reply #3708 on:** February 29, 2024, 02:17:39 pm »

Appeal what exactly? His B sample came back positive too. He somehow whichever way you look at it had PED's in his body.

thaddeus · « **Reply #3709 on:** February 29, 2024, 02:23:24 pm »

Quote from: Samie on February 29, 2024, 02:17:39 pm

Appeal what exactly? His B sample came back positive too. He somehow whichever way you look at it had PED's in his body.

Intent. That he accidentally ingested the substance. Good luck with that.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #3710 on:** February 29, 2024, 04:35:55 pm »

Quote from: Samie on February 29, 2024, 02:17:39 pm

Appeal what exactly? His B sample came back positive too. He somehow whichever way you look at it had PED's in his body.

Perhaps he's hoping for a reduced ban upon appeal. Because his career is essentially over otherwise

Vegeta · « **Reply #3711 on:** March 2, 2024, 08:31:25 pm »

De Rossi has done some job since he took charge of Roma I can see them giving Brighton a real thrashing in The Europa League

Vegeta · « **Reply #3712 on:** March 3, 2024, 08:32:42 pm »

Thiago Motta is the manager who people think De Zerbi is

oojason · « **Reply #3713 on:** April 3, 2024, 07:30:39 pm »

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Fiorentina vs Atalanta in the Copa Italia semi-finals tonight (for anyone wanting to check Atalanta out before our match vs them next week) - an 8pm kick off...

Fiorentina XI: Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Parisi; Mandragora, Bonaventura; Nico González, Beltrán, Kouamé; Belotti.
Atalanta XI: Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Holm, De Roon, Pasalic, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; Miranchuk, Lookman.

The match is live in the UK on Viaplay Sports 1. TV channels around the world (+ great for IPTV etc) - www.livesoccertv.com/match/4874301/fiorentina-vs-atalanta

Streams: https://streambtw.com/iframe/ch7.php & https://vipleague.im/football/coppa-italia-semi-finals-fiorentina-vs-atalanta-streaming-link-1 & www.elixx.xyz/roma.html
& https://reddit5.sportshub.stream/event/f%D1%96%D0%BEr%D0%B5nt%D1%96n%D0%B0_%D0%B0t%D0%B0l%D0%B0nt%D0%B0_199318310 (multiple)

Fiorentina [1] - 0 Atalanta; Rolando Mandragora 31' (Great-strike) - https://streamin.one/v/5cfa2c0e & https://v.redd.it/duqb12qugbsc1

whtwht · « **Reply #3714 on:** April 14, 2024, 06:46:11 pm »

Udinese v Roma. .currently 1 all. Stopped with 10 mins to go .matched called off due Ndicka of Roma having fallen to the ground holding his chest.

BobPaisley3 · « **Reply #3715 on:** April 14, 2024, 08:16:10 pm »

Quote from: whtwht on April 14, 2024, 06:46:11 pm

Udinese v Roma. .currently 1 all. Stopped with 10 mins to go .matched called off due Ndicka of Roma having fallen to the ground holding his chest.

How is he? Is there an update on this?

In the Name of Klopp · « **Reply #3716 on:** April 14, 2024, 09:05:29 pm »

Quote from: BobPaisley3 on April 14, 2024, 08:16:10 pm

How is he? Is there an update on this?

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Roma later posted on X that Ndicka was conscious and is receiving treatment at hospital.

AS Roma @OfficialASRoma 20:06
"Following Evan Ndicka's illness on the pitch, Udinese v Roma was suspended," said the statement.
"The player is conscious and was transported to hospital for checks.

"Come on Evan, we're all with you."

BobPaisley3 · « **Reply #3717 on:** April 14, 2024, 09:17:24 pm »

Thanks

Boston Bosox · « **Reply #3718 on:** **Yesterday** at 09:00:59 pm »

Cagliari 2 Juventus 0
Gaetano (30'minutes pen), Mina (36'minutes pen)

Half Time