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Moved all SuperCoppa discussions to its own thread since it doesn't technically belong here:
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The Inter captain has pledged his future to the Nerazzurri, hoping to have a future behind the desk as the club once he hangs up his boots to quit playing.
Javier Zanetti, captain of Inter, has made some declarations which will surely please all Inter fans, as he stated that he will never be friends with rivals Milan and Juventus.
"I have a lot of respect for Del Piero, and I would have given the Golden Ball to Maldini," he declared, "But I have a Nerazzurro heart, I could never be friends with Milan and Inter. Everything divides us, from the ideology to the way we work."
Zanetti continued talking about his future at Inter and the only time he considered leaving the Nerazzurri in his long career with the Italian club.
"I'm ready to play till I'm 40-years-old, then I could remain at the club, but not as a coach. The only delicate moment I had was with Tardelli."
The Inter captain went on to suggest new upcoming Argentinean stars.
"Amongst the young Argentineans there's Banega, who reminds me of Cambiasso, and he can become one of the best midfielders in the world."
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Javier Zanetti, captain of Inter, has made some declarations which will surely please all Inter fans, as he stated that he will never be friends with rivals Milan and Juventus.
"I have a lot of respect for Del Piero, and I would have given the Golden Ball to Maldini," he declared, "But I have a Nerazzurro heart, I could never be friends with Milan and Inter. Everything divides us, from the ideology to the way we work."
Zanetti continued talking about his future at Inter and the only time he considered leaving the Nerazzurri in his long career with the Italian club.
"I'm ready to play till I'm 40-years-old, then I could remain at the club, but not as a coach. The only delicate moment I had was with Tardelli."
The Inter captain went on to suggest new upcoming Argentinean stars.
"Amongst the young Argentineans there's Banega, who reminds me of Cambiasso, and he can become one of the best midfielders in the world."
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Perrotta appeals Palermo ban
Monday 20 August, 2007
Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta has launched an appeal against a one-match suspension after his bizarre dismissal in the Italian Super Cup.
The ex-Chievo star was sent off in the Giallorossi’s 1-0 win over Inter while standing on the sidelines waiting to brought on as a substitute.
A statement from the Lega Calcio asserts that Perrotta ‘turned upon an official and used abusive language to criticise the referee.’
The ban would rule the English-born star out of the capital club’s season opener against Palermo at the Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday evening.
While Perrotta is preparing an appeal, it is highly unlikely to succeed and his season will begin at the Stadio Olimpico against Siena on September 2.
Meanwhile, Inter received a modest fine of around £6,500 after fans in their area of the San Siro fired smoke missiles during the game.
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Monday 20 August, 2007
Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta has launched an appeal against a one-match suspension after his bizarre dismissal in the Italian Super Cup.
The ex-Chievo star was sent off in the Giallorossi’s 1-0 win over Inter while standing on the sidelines waiting to brought on as a substitute.
A statement from the Lega Calcio asserts that Perrotta ‘turned upon an official and used abusive language to criticise the referee.’
The ban would rule the English-born star out of the capital club’s season opener against Palermo at the Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday evening.
While Perrotta is preparing an appeal, it is highly unlikely to succeed and his season will begin at the Stadio Olimpico against Siena on September 2.
Meanwhile, Inter received a modest fine of around £6,500 after fans in their area of the San Siro fired smoke missiles during the game.
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The Juventus president is not worried about the recent friendly defeats and thinks his team will be ready for the first league game against Livorno.
It's been a very "up-and-down" kind of pre-season for Juventus - beaten in almost all the friendly games played abroad, then the spectacular victory over Roma (5-2 after going 2-0 down), then more defeats at the Trofeo Moretti against Inter and at the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy against Milan.
Bianconeri president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli is not worried, however, and knows that it always takes time for a team to find the right chemistry when there are so many new arrivals.
"The team is now how Ranieri had planned it," Gigli said, "a formation with many new players and also a lot of youngsters. Clearly it takes some time.
"But I am certain that already for the first league game against Livorno we will see a more solid, well-oiled team. In any cas, the team will find the right balance with time.
"When we are in full swing, you will see we are a good team in all departments.
"Our objective for this season? To gain direct access to the Champions League, but also fourth place would be fine by me," Cobolli continued. But the Scudetto is only a dream.
"Del Piero? Renewing his contract is imperative for us. This will not be a decisive week yet, but the negotiations will take place over the next few weeks."
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It's been a very "up-and-down" kind of pre-season for Juventus - beaten in almost all the friendly games played abroad, then the spectacular victory over Roma (5-2 after going 2-0 down), then more defeats at the Trofeo Moretti against Inter and at the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy against Milan.
Bianconeri president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli is not worried, however, and knows that it always takes time for a team to find the right chemistry when there are so many new arrivals.
"The team is now how Ranieri had planned it," Gigli said, "a formation with many new players and also a lot of youngsters. Clearly it takes some time.
"But I am certain that already for the first league game against Livorno we will see a more solid, well-oiled team. In any cas, the team will find the right balance with time.
"When we are in full swing, you will see we are a good team in all departments.
"Our objective for this season? To gain direct access to the Champions League, but also fourth place would be fine by me," Cobolli continued. But the Scudetto is only a dream.
"Del Piero? Renewing his contract is imperative for us. This will not be a decisive week yet, but the negotiations will take place over the next few weeks."
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Aurelio De Laurentiis on the swoop of Manuele Blasi and Marcelo Zalayeta.
“We have finalised a deal for two great players of experience,” noted the movie mogul on Tuesday evening.
“We wanted them to help create a perfect mix between young players and those already established.
“Our transfer campaign so far has satisfied us, but if we have the chance to add a cherry to the cake then we will do all that we can to make that happen.”
A cherry to the cake :rofl2: If they used Blasi as flour for their cake, then they'd better not add a cherry.
“We have finalised a deal for two great players of experience,” noted the movie mogul on Tuesday evening.
“We wanted them to help create a perfect mix between young players and those already established.
“Our transfer campaign so far has satisfied us, but if we have the chance to add a cherry to the cake then we will do all that we can to make that happen.”
A cherry to the cake :rofl2: If they used Blasi as flour for their cake, then they'd better not add a cherry.
Juventus President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli has insisted that an automatic Champions League qualification represents the limit of club’s ambitions this season after a year spent in the doldrums of Serie B.
It is hard to remember a time that the Bianconeri started a season without the top position as the objective but, considering everything that the club has gone through in the past 15 months, Gigli is doing well to stress that a top three finish would be a resounding success.
“Our objective for the season is to get an automatic Champions League spot,” admitted the Juve chief.
“But I must admit that fourth place would be fine. The Scudetto is only a dream this season.”
Indeed, the Bianconeri have found the going tough during preseason, but Gigli insists that there is no cause for alarm.
“The team is how Claudio Ranieri planned it,” he insisted. “Clearly it takes time for a side with so many new players and youngsters.
“I’m certain that even in the first game against Livorno we will look like a more solid, well-oiled team and over time we will find the right balance.”
Gigli concluded by assuring the fans that they are not being lackadaisical about committing Alessandro Del Piero to the squad for seasons to come.
“Renewing Del Piero’s contract is imperative for us,” he insisted. “The next week may not be decisive, but over the next few weeks there will be discussions.”
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It is hard to remember a time that the Bianconeri started a season without the top position as the objective but, considering everything that the club has gone through in the past 15 months, Gigli is doing well to stress that a top three finish would be a resounding success.
“Our objective for the season is to get an automatic Champions League spot,” admitted the Juve chief.
“But I must admit that fourth place would be fine. The Scudetto is only a dream this season.”
Indeed, the Bianconeri have found the going tough during preseason, but Gigli insists that there is no cause for alarm.
“The team is how Claudio Ranieri planned it,” he insisted. “Clearly it takes time for a side with so many new players and youngsters.
“I’m certain that even in the first game against Livorno we will look like a more solid, well-oiled team and over time we will find the right balance.”
Gigli concluded by assuring the fans that they are not being lackadaisical about committing Alessandro Del Piero to the squad for seasons to come.
“Renewing Del Piero’s contract is imperative for us,” he insisted. “The next week may not be decisive, but over the next few weeks there will be discussions.”
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Cicinho signs for Roma - official Thursday 23 August, 2007
Brazilian stopper Cicinho is a Roma player after agreeing a move from Real Madrid late on Wednesday night.
The 27-year-old Selecao star has been linked with the Giallorossi for weeks, but negotiations have been complicated by interest from Sevilla and the Mernegues’ busy summer in the market.
Just as it seemed that a deal would not be reached before the transfer window shuts, the transfer was completed during Roma sporting director Daniele Prade’s visit to Madrid.
The fee is around £6m and will be paid in three installments with an additional sum of £600,000 to be added for each season Cicinho takes part in the Champions League.
The Sao Paulo native has put pen to paper on a five-year contract worth in the region of £1.5m per season and will arrive in the Eternal City on Thursday evening.
While he will have to wait for paperwork to be processed before he can make his debut, Cicinho is due to watch Roma’s season opener at Palermo’s Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday evening.
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Brazilian stopper Cicinho is a Roma player after agreeing a move from Real Madrid late on Wednesday night.
The 27-year-old Selecao star has been linked with the Giallorossi for weeks, but negotiations have been complicated by interest from Sevilla and the Mernegues’ busy summer in the market.
Just as it seemed that a deal would not be reached before the transfer window shuts, the transfer was completed during Roma sporting director Daniele Prade’s visit to Madrid.
The fee is around £6m and will be paid in three installments with an additional sum of £600,000 to be added for each season Cicinho takes part in the Champions League.
The Sao Paulo native has put pen to paper on a five-year contract worth in the region of £1.5m per season and will arrive in the Eternal City on Thursday evening.
While he will have to wait for paperwork to be processed before he can make his debut, Cicinho is due to watch Roma’s season opener at Palermo’s Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday evening.
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I am not impressed by Cicinho. I think he game is completely shot down whilst his time in Madrid; too many coaches meddled with his game so it is blatantly clear the man is desperately short on confidence. I wouldnt have spent all that money on confident short-bad defender in Cicinho. But he is better than Cassetti who is really a midfielder playing as fullback. And this deal will allow down them to switch Panucci into CB role, where I think he is more suited now with his age.
How can you be impressed by Cicinho when guy was injured whole season...He is great signing for Roma and he will surely do well there.
Panuci will not play as CB,guy sux at that possioson.Anyway after Cicinho Roma made quck move and they are very close to sign Del Horno on loan with option to buy him for around 5 milion euros.
It will probably be
Del Horno-Mexes-Juan-Cicinho most likely.
Panuci will not play as CB,guy sux at that possioson.Anyway after Cicinho Roma made quck move and they are very close to sign Del Horno on loan with option to buy him for around 5 milion euros.
It will probably be
Del Horno-Mexes-Juan-Cicinho most likely.
Football sparks love and hate, just like politics
Milan - An increasing number of fans, pervaded by mounting disillusionment, look forward to the start of the Italian Serie A as it resumes action a year after its worst ever scandal. The paradoxical picture emerges from statistics and polls published in the days before the league's kick off set for Saturday afternoon.
Season tickets are on the rise compared to the previous season, up from 284,000 to 291,000, along with subscriptions to pay-television channels.
Sky TV reported 400,000 subscribers more than last year's 3.8 million, while mobile phone providers are also vying to offer football coverage to their clients.
And the prospects are good for the whole Serie A, according to Deloitte, a consulting firm which this season expects income from television and image rights to grow by 31 per cent.
But even though they are ready to flock to the big games or spend hours before the screen, Italians have not forgotten the match-fixing scandal that involved club managers, referees and high officials of the football federation.
A poll taken last April, a year after the scandal broke, showed that 45 per cent of Italians, mostly young people, claim to support a football team, more than two points up from 2005. But 88 per cent of them consider football on the whole a "little reliable," an eight- per-cent rise compared to 2005.
And 83 per cent still think that stadiums are not safe places, a large figure considering the efforts done to curb violence after the killing of a policeman in Catania last season.
Juventus, who regained the top flight after sports judges relegated them to the Serie B, remain the club with the most fans, despite falling from 32 per cent in 2005 to the current 27.7 per cent.
Trailing five points adrift are European champions AC Milan, who gained two percentage points, and title holders Inter Milan, who rose from 13 to 16 per cent.
A further look at the poll shows an increase in fans rooting against other clubs, as more than half of declared fans have a club they just cannot stand.
Juve are fairly steady at the top of the list ahead of champions Inter, whose hands-down triumph last season brought a rise from 2.7 to 7.3 per cent of anti-fans.
As Ilvo Diamanti, a Repubblica commentator on society and politics wrote, "scandals and suspicions have not lowered the interest for football ... and rather than dim the flags' colours, they made them brighter.
"It looks like football has become a field where people put their identities at stake ... Where suspects and difficulties, instead of creating disappointment and detachment, breed further involvement."
Diamanti spots glaring analogies with politics, where many Italians have long voted "against" rather than "for" parties and, while claiming to be disgusted by politics and by the politicians' privileges, they keep flocking to cast their votes and take to the squares for rallies.
The scenario he paints is a gloomy one, with both voting citizens and football fans showing little interest for policies and the quality of the game.
"There is little room for mutual respect, for dialogue."
DPA
Milan - An increasing number of fans, pervaded by mounting disillusionment, look forward to the start of the Italian Serie A as it resumes action a year after its worst ever scandal. The paradoxical picture emerges from statistics and polls published in the days before the league's kick off set for Saturday afternoon.
Season tickets are on the rise compared to the previous season, up from 284,000 to 291,000, along with subscriptions to pay-television channels.
Sky TV reported 400,000 subscribers more than last year's 3.8 million, while mobile phone providers are also vying to offer football coverage to their clients.
And the prospects are good for the whole Serie A, according to Deloitte, a consulting firm which this season expects income from television and image rights to grow by 31 per cent.
But even though they are ready to flock to the big games or spend hours before the screen, Italians have not forgotten the match-fixing scandal that involved club managers, referees and high officials of the football federation.
A poll taken last April, a year after the scandal broke, showed that 45 per cent of Italians, mostly young people, claim to support a football team, more than two points up from 2005. But 88 per cent of them consider football on the whole a "little reliable," an eight- per-cent rise compared to 2005.
And 83 per cent still think that stadiums are not safe places, a large figure considering the efforts done to curb violence after the killing of a policeman in Catania last season.
Juventus, who regained the top flight after sports judges relegated them to the Serie B, remain the club with the most fans, despite falling from 32 per cent in 2005 to the current 27.7 per cent.
Trailing five points adrift are European champions AC Milan, who gained two percentage points, and title holders Inter Milan, who rose from 13 to 16 per cent.
A further look at the poll shows an increase in fans rooting against other clubs, as more than half of declared fans have a club they just cannot stand.
Juve are fairly steady at the top of the list ahead of champions Inter, whose hands-down triumph last season brought a rise from 2.7 to 7.3 per cent of anti-fans.
As Ilvo Diamanti, a Repubblica commentator on society and politics wrote, "scandals and suspicions have not lowered the interest for football ... and rather than dim the flags' colours, they made them brighter.
"It looks like football has become a field where people put their identities at stake ... Where suspects and difficulties, instead of creating disappointment and detachment, breed further involvement."
Diamanti spots glaring analogies with politics, where many Italians have long voted "against" rather than "for" parties and, while claiming to be disgusted by politics and by the politicians' privileges, they keep flocking to cast their votes and take to the squares for rallies.
The scenario he paints is a gloomy one, with both voting citizens and football fans showing little interest for policies and the quality of the game.
"There is little room for mutual respect, for dialogue."
DPA
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