Here’s a bunch of unorganized,misspelled, mercato ramblings

Francesco Ceravolo leaves Livorno a winner and New DS is Nelso Ricci and he’s been working overtime already…

Spoke to Milan :

Ricci: Yo Galliani ! I’ll give you a cool Million and 50% of Cesena mid Diniz for all of Romano Perticone ?
Galliani : Ok
Ricci : Sweet! Thanks Uncle Fester

Then spoke with Juve :

Went something like this : Yo Secco ! You know how Rizza and Volpe are in comproprietà…well how about you keep Volpe and we keep Rizza ? (covering the phone while he’s laughing) Secco : Let me get back to you on this one. And please charge Dario Knezevic’s return to YOUR purolator account !
We’ll see what we do with him once he gets here. Rizza was won at le buste by Livorno with a 100 000 $ bid.

Met with Parma :

Ricci : How about that Cristiano Lucarelli fellow ? We’re looking at a 2 year loan and we’ll pitch in Massimo Loviso, Guidolin likes him no? How about Dario Knezevic…? Ghirardi\Leonardo : We’ll call you back. Spinelli now saying 99% sure Lucarelli will be back

Meanwhile Spinelli is calling Walter Mazzari, Mario Beretta and just got Antoni Conte’s number…

Then they met Udinese. Seeing how they don’t own all of Giovanni Pasquale, and they kind of like him, we should try and trade him for Antonio Candreva no ? Didn’t work out…Pasquale becomes a full on Udinese player for 1.8 M Andrea Migliorini and Candreva on loan for another year.( I kind of understand Udinese not wanting to let Antonio go, even 50% of him)

Ricci also brought back a bunch of Primavera kids from Lega Pro ; Di Bella of Potenza, Dionisi of Celano and Scognamiglio of Crotone…

Who’s coming ? :

Lucarelli…?…!…?…!

Word on the street is that Livorno are interested in Catania castaway ‘Zo Stovini, Ex-Leccese Stendardo and Caserta as well as Bologna’s Belleri for central defense

Grosseto Midfielder Valeri has been mentionned somewhere

28 year old Cristian Raimondi’s contract with Vicenza has ended

Allegretti and Agliardi from Triestina have been mentionned

Someone said something about Roberto Guana for free

I’d irrationnaly’d like to see Fabio Zambrella, Marco Andreolli, Stefano Okaka Chuka, Torino keeper Sereni and David Santon (screw Bonetto)

Who’s going ? :

There’s talks of Spinelli getting decent offers from West Ham and Inter. West Ham is offering good old cash and Inter has put 4M + Nelson Rivas on the table…(How about 50% of Santon inserted somewhere)

Seems as if Nico Pulzetti will be sold. Atalanta, Bologna and Palermo are all interested. Pulzetti is said to be worth anywhere between 2.5-3 M$ and when i mean $ i mean Euros

Fausto Rossini’s contract probably won’t be renewed

Paulinho who ?

Seems like Tommy Danilevicius will be the 4th striker…

I get the feeling Diamanti is staying nonetheless

I wanna see Volpe, Grandoni, Galante, Mazzoni, The twins, Pulzetti and Danilevicius gone

Today’s Line Up :
4-3-2-1 : De Lucia, Perticone,Miglionico,Knezevic,Rizza ; Candreva,Loviso,Bergvold; Diamanti,Tavano; Danilevicius

Acquisti :
Antonio Candreva (Udinese;1 year Loan), Andrea Magliorini (Udinese ;Full ownership(FO) Leo Martin Miglionico (Samp;FO) Romano Perticone (AC Milan : FO) Rizza (Juventus,FO)

Gone:
Riccardo Bonetto (d,Lazio(puked my mouth), End Loan ), Antonio Filippini (c,svincolato), Emanuele Filippini (c,svincolato), Fausto Rossini (a,svincolato), Emanuele Terranova (d,Palermo, EL), Aleandro Rosi (d,Roma, EL)Giovanni Pasquale(Udinese, FO 4M$)

What we’re working on :

IN :
Cristiano Lucarelli (a,Parma), Cristian Raimondi (c,Vicenza), Lorenzo Stovini (d,svincolato), Luigi Sala (d,svincolato), Simone Bentivoglio (c,Chievo), Aleandro Rosi (c,Roma) Bonnetto(Lazio) Zambrella(Brescia)

OUT :
Diamanti (Inter,West Ham, Samp…) Pulzetti (atalanta, Palermo,Lazio(more puke) Loviso(Parma) Danilevicius & Knezevic (Who ever)

Giuseppe Rossi scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win over reigning Euro Champions Holland/Netherlands. Rossi was the one wo dished out a great pass to Pablo Osvaldo for the 1st of the gfame. He then scored the winner on a solo effort from a long run. Royston Drenthe, the Real Madrid dollar whiz kid, scored the only dutch goal of the game.

Italia Started off the game with a Montolivo-Nocerino-Cigarini Midfield while Rossi and Cerci flanking Argentinian Hybrid Osvaldo. The dutch squad started the match well, controlling the ball and looking like the Euro Champs that they are, For their part, Italy looked extremely dangerous on the counter.

Then the Azzurrini kicked in to gear, 26 minutes in Osvaldo slipped a perfect Rossi pass under the Dutch Keeper for the opener. 1-0 ! Beppe Rossi scored the 2nd at the hour mark with a nice/lucky individual effort. Royston Drenthe profited from the Collective Amnesia of the Italia defense to narrow the gap 10 minutes later. Beppe Rossi and co. held on for the rest of the game !

The road to China looks good.

Italia-Olanda 2–1

Espulsi: al 78’Donk(O) per proteste

Beppe Rossi :

I know it’s not a smart thing to start bitching Beppe Rossi, but please allow me to. ( It’s a light bitching, don’t worry) Nobody’s denying the kid has crazy talent, can finish like the best of them and he’s still in his early 20’s. This Jersey-Born Wop has a huge upside and a great career ahead of him. With that said, Rossi needs to be a little bit less selfish with the Ball. It’s not a microphone, PASS THAT SHIT Beppe! Add a little unselfishness to his game and some hard work and Giuseppe Rossi has the chance to be up there with the Greats of the Italian game when his career is over.

Give the Kids a chance :

The Azzurrini were facing the European U21 champions and they proved their worth once again. Royston Drenthe, Holland’s most talented player, was purchased for 11M$ over the summer. Real Madrid gave Feyenoord a hefty amount of Money for a 20 year old who was playing in the Eredivisie. Imagine how Much Osvaldo, Cerci and Andrea Russotto would be worth if they played Week in and week out with a Serie A club. At least 11M$…

I can understand why pundits and experts are complaining about the lack of opportunities given to young Italians in Serie A. The clubs take a chance with a prospect after he’s been playing well with the U21’s or a Serie B/C club, rarely before. Thank god for Atalanta and their youth academy.

That is why I admire the Italian U21’s and the U21 program so much. They have won a Bronze Medal and 6 European Championships in the last 15 years.That’s more than 1 major trophy every 3 years! Not to Shabby…

The coaches and players that have gone through the program have almost all had success later on in their professional careers. Imagine if all these kids had a chance to play regularly. Unfortunately, The young Italian prospects don’t have that many chances to shine on the big stage, even less of a chance to learn from your mistakes.

This is possible in North American sports where you can just form young players and trade them off at the end of the season. Hell, that way you don’t need to worry about relegation and still get a great pick in the upcoming Pick in the draft. I would have loved to see The Expos go back to AAA Ball after sucking hard. We wouldn’t have to witness the likes of team like the Devil Rays play if North America adopted relegation.

Forza Azzurrini , Beijing here we come !