Napoli has after a recent slump seen two important encounters against Atalanta and Torino won 3-2 and 5-3. While results like these are great for the neutrals they are absolutely nerve wrecking for fans of the Partenopei. The games were considered winnable beforehand and everything else than victories would have been considered disappointing. The wins … Continue reading »
Dec
29
Viva el revolucion siempre – Genoa style
Writing a piece on the madness that is Genoa C.F.C. is the closest a calcio writer gets to be taking candy from a kid. With a main character as Enrico Preziosi the post nearly writes itself. Genoa is most likely the least ambitious wealthy club in Italy. As revolutions come and go in other clubs … Continue reading »
Sep
21
More awkward animals in football logos
Last year I wrote a post on awkward looking animals in Italian football logos. I must admit that I was ridiculing the poor animals to some extent. As an animal enthusiast I feel bad about this, and I’ve chosen in this new installment of ”Animals in football logos – the awkward way ®”, to view … Continue reading »
Aug
23
Please check out my post on Bettingexpert
I have made a preview of Lo Scudetto battle on the Danish part of the international betting advice site www.bettingexpert.com. The article is in Danish, but it would be awesome if you checked it out anyway. Maybe you’ll even learn something about Serie A AND become familiar with a fabulous new language. Go here – … Continue reading »
Aug
13
Two good things about calcio starting again
With the controversial Juventus Supercoppa victory this Saturday in China calcio is back. With Euro 2012, the Olympics, and the ever running transfer gossip mill it feels like it has never been away however, and it’s hard to understand that it has been been more than two months since Napoli beat Juve in the Coppa … Continue reading »
May
04
Calcio the gathering – the green magic of Atalanta
In our attempt to pair the five colors of the trading card game Magic the Gathering with five different Italian football clubs, we have now reached the point where it’s time to go on with green. In earlier articles we have dealt with the blue magic of Napoli and the black magic of Milan. Today … Continue reading »
Mar
20
Novara and the InTesseresting future
Last summer Novara Calcio was promoted to Serie A for the first time in half a century. Surprisingly they swept directly through Serie B and into the top division. They have however, as expected, found it hard to make their presence felt in Serie A. They have even fired, and rehired, their successful coach Attilio … Continue reading »
Mar
12
Calcio the Gathering – the black magic of Milan
In this second article of five where I will try to match the five colours of the fantasy card game Magic the Gathering with five different Italian football clubs I will deal with the colour black. While black has traditionally been connected with death, infestation, and evil it is also the colour of sacrifice, pride, … Continue reading »
Feb
23
Calcio the Gathering – the blue Napoli magic
As any well educated young man I have plenty of interests – Italian football obviously being one of them. I am however also fond, to put it nicely (obsessive with be another and probably more suitable term) with the card game Magic the Gathering. Some of you might play it yourself, and for you I’m … Continue reading »
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- TT: Don’t get me wrong. I respect Conte and what he has done for Juve. His choice of hair is his own, even if I...
- shushu: The man likes his hair. He wants to have hair. Finds out about hair transplant. Does it. Gives absolutely...
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- Nicola: This article brings back some memories when we played football at school and had also some tournaments.
... - Alex: As you pointed out,it has become a tradition. Last season Juventus were moaning about referees about lack of...
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- Claus Moeller: They won Coppa Italia in 62/63 with Flemming Nielsen – first and only title for Atalanta. So...
May
05
On the Götzedammerung of Dortmund’s dreams
by TT
When the news of Mario Götze’s move the Bayern Munich broke some people were defending his choice and others lambasted it. I’m firmly placed in the latter camp. It’s not just a move to another, and bigger, club. It’s betrayal.
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