Category Archives: Serie A

The Greatest Soccer Headlines Never Blogged

The soccersphere has become a very introspective place. Blogs, media, money, turnover. These topics rule the day. On the one hand, the battle for attrition has left us sans redranter, with a burned out Tom Dunmore, and sent OzCitySoccer into … Continue reading

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Pirlo's Pearl – Eternity awaits, but waits for now

Soccer creates the cruelest of dynamics. On the one hand, the softness of the foot marks the difference between the good and the very good. On the other hand, the sport demands more cardiovascular fitness than meets the eye. Thus, … Continue reading

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Marx, Engels, Mao, Castro, & now…Vucinic

Check out this goal video of Vucinic, courtesy of DirtyTackle… You saw the well-timed run. You saw the diving header. And you saw the fiery celebration. But what you didn’t see was….

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Photo Batch/Haikus to Match

The time has come to revisit our roots. And our roots are tethered to the shifting sands of the Egyptian Nile, where the first haiku mocking an athlete was engraved into a tablet that later came to be known as … Continue reading

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Soccer News – Part Round-up, Part Sound Off

Not quite original content, not quite a link-up, we present a special new post here at Futfanatico: the sarcastic one. Novel, no? Now on with it. First, the Guardian reports that Inter faxed an offer for Javier Mascherano to Liverpool. … Continue reading

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I just really wanna ask John Arne Risse…

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Deceptive Double Mantard – Burn the Boxer!

So, everybody knows about the Cristiano Ronaldo campaign for Armani. The Portuguese wears little clothing and everybody coos, even Florentino Perez. But what about when lesser known Jesus Datolo, a young Argentine of Boca Jrs fame and currently at Napoli, … Continue reading

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Your Love/Ignore Relationship with 'Dinho

Look, I am no grief counselor. Yeah, I’ve worked with victims of trauma and taken some psychology classes, but I do not make myself as an expert. But even me, the average joe, can see that your relationship with Ronaldinho … Continue reading

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Ronaldinho is alive…and, well, chew on that

Kaka left for Madrid, Maldini retired, and Ancellotti set sail for England. Surely the Serie A has nothing left to offer in terms of entertainment. Wrong. With newfound (read: low) expectations, ‘Dinho has actually looked half decent. He is actually … Continue reading

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Caplleo´s Sleight of Tongue…

Fabio Capello recently spoke at a conference and mentioned Michael Owen. But, to be honest, I don´t care. What interested me more was the sleight of tongue when discussing a return to Juventus. Browse the article, skimming the Owen nonsense … Continue reading

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