Barcelona battles with Real Madrid over the La Liga crown. Juventus narrowly edges out Milan for Lo Scudetto. Manchester City maybe wins the Premier League – but only after some mad spending. Porto wins in Portugal with Benfica as runners up. See the pattern? Am I the only one who’s tired of seeing the same … Continue reading »
Feb
29
Why we need goal line technology now
Does anyone remember Edinson Cavani’s Serie A debut for Napoli? I Do. It was a nice day in warm late summer Florence. Napoli played Fiorentina and gave debut to the much hyped Uruguayan forward. He had already shown his worth against Elfsborg in the Europa League and Serie A fans were eager to see how … Continue reading »
Nov
23
Why I support Milan in Europe
After Napoli’s triumph against Manchester City this Tuesday I went on Twitter to celebrate. Sad I know but that’s what you have to do when your interests are far from the mainstream – and Italian football is not mainstream where I live. On Twitter two of the people I follow had a heated discussion on … Continue reading »
Sep
29
Danes in calcio – Brian Laudrup
In the spring 1993 I was 13 years old and I was visiting Italy for the first time. Me and my parents spend three wonderful days in Venice and then three almost equally as wonderful days in Florence. While I lost my heart more to the city in the lagoon than to the capital of … Continue reading »
Apr
27
Jørgensen and the coaches – part 5
This is the last installment in our series on the former Udinese and Fiorentina star Martin Jørgensen and the coaches. We’ll follow Jørgensen as he speaks out on the legend Dino Zoff and the hopefully legend to be Cesare Prandelli. You can find the first four articles in the series here, here, here and …drumroll… … Continue reading »
Apr
10
Jørgensen and the coaches – part 4
After a bit of a hiatus here at Pondering Calcio we’re back with yet another part of the Martin Jørgensen and the coaches series. This time we’re at Fiorentina where Jørgensen played between 2004 and 2010. He came to the club just as they had returned from a brief, economy (or lack thereof) fueled trip … Continue reading »
Nov
26
A Game to Forget that Won’t be Forgotten
There are some games that just stick with you. Games that you know will forever be inscribed on that tabula rasa that was your mind to begin with, and which is steadily filling up if not already overflowing. A lot of stuff on that board slowly begins to whither away with time, but the rather … Continue reading »
Oct
06
Back to the 80′s?
Juventus, Roma, Verona, Napoli, Milan, Inter, and Sampdoria – does this string of teams ring a bell? If not you better delve into your Italian football history. It’s the line of clubs who won Lo Scudetto in the decade between 1982 and 1991. That’s right – seven different teams in ten small years. Are we … Continue reading »
Sep
19
The verdict – Riccardo Montolivo
Yesterday night I went to my local Copenhagen calcio bar Café Sporten, a bar I promise you all to write more about in the near future. I came there to eat and to watch Fiorentina – Lazio. I love to watch these bread and butter games of Serie A and to get to know the … 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...
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- Mikkel Gottlieb: Hi mate, First of all great to hear about your passion for calcio, and I can only agree on your...
- Omair Taibah: I would suggest even that coaches are given like three chances to challenge a decision. Not any...
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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...
- TT: Thanks for the comment. As far as I know Nielsen actually moved to Bergamo when he retired from work as an older...
- Claus Moeller: They won Coppa Italia in 62/63 with Flemming Nielsen – first and only title for Atalanta. So...
Sep
12
Calcio mysteries, part II
by TT
The season has at long last started. As the first balls are being kicked all over the peninsula some mysteries are puzzling us here at Pondering Calcio. This time it’s all about to very different but also very good footballers. Read this and ponder along with us.
Tags: Fiorentina, Milan, Palermo
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