As rounds of Serie A, Coppa Italia, and European competitions come and go football fans all over the world gather at stadiums, in front of the television, and at murky online streams. Every day somewhere on the globe people take part in what is the football fans’ version of Bob Dylan’s never ending tour. While … 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 »
Jul
04
Dear Pocho
Dear Pocho I’m on my way on holiday today, but I felt that I could not go away without writing a letter to you. Obviously I don’t know you personally, even if I’ve seen you many, many times on the TV. So this is my public goodbye to you written here on my blog Pondering … Continue reading »
May
12
Football – Isn’t it just a wee bit boring?
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 »
Apr
16
Retire the shirt, ruin a dream
Napoli have done it, Milan have done it, Brescia have done it – retired a shirt to honor a great player of the past. On the surface it seems like an easy and beautiful way to show respect to a player, who one way or another has been important to the club and who still … 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 »
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 »
Feb
11
The best winter transfers – at last
The infamous January transfer window has shut. To everyone else it’s old news but here at Pondering Calcio we like to linger, or ponder you might say, a little longer on certain, if not all, things. Today I have put together a small list of the transfers I find the most wise of the winter. … Continue reading »
Your comments (and ours)
- 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...
- TT: Hey Mikkel – sounds cool! Maybe I should come by in a couple of weeks and try to make a deal with them...
- 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...
- Dante: Antonio Conte is looking good in his hair.. And remember women don´t like baldheads or skinnheads. It looks...
- 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...
Apr
03
Napoli, defense, structure, change
by TT
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 »
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