and then they turned on the sprinklers!
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October 7, 2008
Goal of the Century
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Goal of the Century from this weekend
better than his goal in Euro 2004? maybe
better than his goal for Ajax? Possibly
reminds you of this Roberto Mancini (Lazio) goal back in the day:
Mancini goal
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March 11, 2008
Mancini Is Done
He can win all the Scudettos he wants, but the club expects more. That’s why Mancini resigned:
Roberto Mancini has revealed he intends to quit Internazionale at the end of the season.
Speaking after Inter were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool, Mancini told reporters of his desire to move on in the summer.
The former Italy international has been in charge at Giuseppe Meazza since 2004 and has enjoyed success at the helm.
Inter are on course for a third consecutive Serie A title this season, but it will not be enough to tempt Mancini into staying.
Insisting his decision was not a knee-jerk reaction to losing to Liverpool, Mancini confirmed he does not intend to fulfil his contract.
Aside from Zanetti, that team looked like they were in a crisis. Rumors of infighting showed on 2 chances in front of goal where Julio Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimovi? attempted difficult shots instead of squaring to an unmarked man. Zlatan, again, not showing up in the big games and Mancini took forever to bring on his subs. You can see why Roma feel they can catch Inter in the league tables, only 8 points behind now.
You won’t stay at a glamour club for long without winning in Europe. It’s what Madridistas are used to and what has saved Rafa Benitez at Liverpool and Carlo Ancelotti at AC Milan. But now with Inter, Real Madrid, and AC Milan out of the last 8, and with Rikjaard’s time looking short, it appears there will be a bidding war for Jose Mourinho’s services. And if Avram Grant doesn’t win something this year, Mourinho’s old job could be vacant as well.
England’s Big 4 are in Europe’s Elite 8 but out of the FA Cup’s Final 4. With the foreigners outnumbering the Englishmen, that sounds about right, don’t you think?
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December 23, 2007
Scattered Thoughts on 2007-12-23
- Kaka just broke Inter’s Samuel’s knee just from his skill on the ball. #
video - I wonder, how many penalties have Man Utd been awarded in the last 5 minutes of home games in which they didn’t have the lead? 80%? Must be #
- I think Rijkaard might soon be giving his parking space to Mourinho. #
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El Classico: Ronaldinho is done. He might be headed the way of Denilson (not the one at Arsenal)
Milan Derby: Ancelotti is still winless in Milan. Pirlo’s free kick was a thing of beauty.
Premiership: David Bentley is the future of England. Cristiano Ronaldo is a baad maan!
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October 2, 2006
The EPL Funkiest Haircut Award Goes To
Joleon Lescott of Everton FC. He must have lost a bet or something.
Drogba can get all the hat tricks he wants against lesser competition in Europe, Andy Johnson is still the man in England. 6 Goals in 7 weeks.
Jagielka gives Sheffield the 3 points in the 90th minute!! Richards equalizes for Man City in the 94th!!! DRAMA!!!
Van Persie had the Goal Of The Season so far. And Joey Barton continues his shenanigans.
Can Portsmouth or ManU take advantage of the Aston Villa draw at Chelsea?
No. Well Pompey didn’t. ManU are now back at the top with a GD lead on Chelsea. Pompey meanwhile have lost 2 straight – even though Spurs were gifted a goal with a Graham Poll-like penalty.
Barca and Valencia are on top in Spain and there was a noticable shot
of Beckham and Ronaldo on the bench to start the game. The both got in late, but did nothing to break the 1-1 tie.
Both Inter and AC Milan trudged ahead to draws and Francesco Totti’s Roma is now tops in Serie A. Anyone hear anything from Juve recently?
Finally, Brian Ching had a nice overhead scissor kick goal in MLS.
Euro 2008 qualifiers and other International play this weekend.
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September 30, 2006
Matchday 2 Thoughts
Due to some unfortunate blunders with my cable provider I ended up having to “watch” yesterday’s Barca-Bremen game online (thanks, UEFA). Needless to say it was looking bleak down 1-0 and Eto’o carted off (he’s out 5 months!!) but my namesake and future mancrush Lionel Messi came on, mixed it up, attacked the back line and levelled in the 89th minute! YES!!!
Arsenal are back, baby!! Henry 2 headers in 4 days. He hasn’t headed a goal since 2004.
Again, I say Sheva who? Didier Drogba is continuing his assault – with 3 against Levki Sofia. Hats, please.
Wayne Rooney in the midfield? That’s what Louis Saha’s great start to this season has meant to England’s next big thing. Both Saha and Drogba are looking every bit as dangerous now as before they made the move to their respective high profile clubs.
Paul Scholes? Homophobic remarks? Ohh, Paulie …
Crouchaldinho aka The Pipe Cleaner probably scored the goal of the week with his inverted, half-pipe, 135 degree bicycle kick. I swear, his playing footy defies physics.
Valencia did a number on poor Roma who could only manage a penalty kick from the birthday boy Francesco Totti.
Inter is bottom of it’s group after 2 games. and worse – they ammassed 2 red cards yesterday, one to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Italy’s not doing that well in this tournament.
In 3 weeks, the world will grind to a halt as Chelsea and Barcelona renew their rivalry on Halloween (right?) and Estrella Bucharest try to hold off a hungry Real Madrid. Celtic and Benfica have a pivotal game at Parkhead.
As an American and a student of Beavis and Butthead, the word BUNG is just hilarious to me.
and OH YEAH…
READING ARE INTERESTED IN FREDDIE ADU!!!
Major League Soccer team DC United have cooled speculation linking teenage midfielder Freddy Adu with a move to Reading, insisting he is going nowhere. The regular MLS season ends in the United States in October and Reading were reportedly set to sign the 17-year-old on loan in January. However, a DC United spokesman told BBC Sport: “We expect Freddy to be in our uniform for the foreseeable future. “He is the focal point of the team and a very popular figure at the club.” Adu’s agent Richard Motzkin revealed in February that Manchester United and Chelsea had both mooted their interest in the teenager. In 2004, Adu became the youngest professional MLS player when he signed a deal with DC United – at the age of 14.The Ghana-born midfielder also became the youngest player to compete for the USA when he was handed his senior debut against Canada in March. However, he was left out of their World Cup squad this summer. Reading are thought to be keen for Adu to line up with fellow Americans Bobby Convey, a winger who also played for DC, and goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. Adu’s registration with DC United, who have won the championship four times, means he is playing for the most successful club in the 10-year history of the MLS. “DC United have always been a big draw and Adu is also a big draw,” said the spokesman. “We are pleased with the way he has developed.”
Freddy – GO NOW! MLS – Send Him!! He is our future! He needs proper training! Send Him! Look what the EPL did for McBride, Reyna, and Friedel!! Look what staying in MLS did for Donovan.
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September 20, 2006
Champions League – Matchday 1 – Sep 13, 2006
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, ESPN has ramped up it’s coverage of live champions league action – showing the prime game live on ESPN2 at 2:30 followed by another match at 5:00 on ESPN Classic as well as offering online coverage on ESPN360.com (which I still can’t get) and ESPNDeportes.com (which I haven’t tried yet). What does this mean? Perhaps I didn’t need to switch cable companies. Oh well, I’ll call them and cancel.
Barcelona and Levski Sofia should have played water polo because that’s what the Nou Camp turned into after the downpour that knocked out the satellite feed for about 10 minutes. Barca won 5-0 and even though #10 had a fantabulous goal in the dying minutes, Samuel Eto’o is rapidly becoming one of my world favorites. I still can’t believe they added Zambrotta, Gudjohnsen and Thuram.
Chelsea didn’t seem to have much problem with Bremen – especially with the friendly referee whistle at The Bridge. Liverpool seems to have caught Arsenal’s Hit-The-Post-Itus. Roma and Bayern won 4-0 (Totti got one in) and Olympiakos lost 4-2 after pulling level in the 66th and holding the draw until late. A seemingly revived Fernando Morientes scored a hat trick. Also Inter lost to Sporting Lisbon 1-0 on a beautiful goal, after which Patrick Vieira was sent off for his second yellow. Not good, but there’s always one favorite that starts off slow.
Wow – tomorrow the Hoops and the Red Devils along with Real Madrid and Lyon. Wayne Rooney is back from his ban and Gordon Strachan vs Fergie should be fun. But Arsenal have to face Hamburg without Thierry Henry as he has a foot injury and didn’t make the trip. And who can forget Steaua heading to Kiev 
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Also – the goal of the week goes to Patrick Agyemang (sp?) – he had an incredible bicycle kick goal at the end of Preston’s match against West Brom that turned out to be the difference. Now that’s how you finish off.
New look West Ham vs Palermo on Thursday and Chelsea vs Liverpool and Manchester United vs Arsenal on the weekend! WOOOOOOO!!!!
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