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 »
Jun
29
The verdict – Simon Kjær
Danish defender Simon Kjær is a man with a mixed reputation. By some he’s seen as a world class defender in the making, and by others as a young player who’s already over the top. It’s time for Pondering Calcio, the official and correct source of anything calcio related, to look beyond all of that … 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 »
Jan
26
Danes in calcio – Klaus Berggreen
Now that Serie A has seen the arrival of Danish midfield fighter Daniel Jensen, who has recently joined Novara I have been inspired to bring you another installment in the series ”Danes in calcio”. This time we’ll deal with another Danish fighter. He graced the peninsula for six seasons, probably much longer than will be … Continue reading »
Jan
06
The lows of calcio 2011 part I
2011 saw an overwhelming majority of good things for calcio. The national team doing well, a new and ground breaking Juventus stadium, three Italian teams through the CL group stages, and wonderful club hero as Toto di Natale topping the goal scorers chart once again. But some bleak things also occurred. Bad moments, idiocy, lack … 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 »
Oct
21
Lessons from a derby – part 2
The Rome derby in the weekend carried some lessons along with it – some personal, some universal. This is the second and last installment dealing with them. I like this Lazio team Of the two Rome teams I have always been more fond of Roma. When I was a small kid they seemed more interesting … Continue reading »
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- Claus Moeller: They won Coppa Italia in 62/63 with Flemming Nielsen – first and only title for Atalanta. So...
Oct
26
Calcio the gathering – the red magic of Roma
by TT
When I started this series of articles on how certain Italian football clubs fit the five colors of the strategic trading card game Magic The Gathering I had only one team in mind for the red slot – AS Roma. Red in Magic is all about attack, chaos, anger, and the joy of acting before … Continue reading »
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