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		<title>Livorno e La Pareggite or Close, But No Cigar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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OK…OK&#8230;We&#8217;ve been clearly dominating all season&#8230;getting numerous chances on goal per game, we&#8217;re still in the top 3 even tough Tommy Danilevicius started a lot of games, one of the best-if not the best (just to lazy to look it up)-defences in Serie B, the only goals we&#8217;re conceding are consequences of individual brainfarts, squad [...]]]></description>
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<p>OK…OK&#8230;We&#8217;ve been clearly dominating all season&#8230;getting numerous chances on goal per game, we&#8217;re still in the top 3 even tough Tommy Danilevicius started a lot of games, one of the best-if not the best (just to lazy to look it up)-defences in Serie B, the only goals we&#8217;re conceding are consequences of individual brainfarts, squad is compact and playing the system well and are imposing their own pace to almost each and every game&#8230;so what the fuck is the problem?!? (And I say this as a loving Livornese tifoso, that expects them to have a 15 point lead, wants them back thriving in Serie A ASAP, let&#8217;s say I’m hard to please)</p>
<p>Saying coach Acori is too easy, and the past has shown us that too many coaches causes headaches. While Mr. Acori has clearly shown his excellent knowledge of the game and its tactics all season long. He&#8217;s a very good tactician; he adapts his formation well to every opponent and does the same during games. Solid coach, no doubt&#8230;but is he a good enough motivator to get the best out of his players each and every time they grace the pitch? Livorno needs to hire Tony Robbins!<br />
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<p>Not one player in particular is to blame&#8230;well maybe Francesco Tavano a little; i know he&#8217;s top scorer but that&#8217;s the minimum he would expect from himself given the circumstances&#8230;He has CL experience and ventured the fringes of Lippi&#8217;s Germany 2006 squad&#8230;that&#8217;s no small feat&#8230; Topping the Serie B charts is the least he could be doing&#8230;(I’d kick ass too if I could play little league baseball right now! (Please play; name that comedian in the comment section)) What Tavano needs to do is… Be consistent god damn it! And I mean that in a 90 minutes-focus-minded kind of way&#8230;Tavano needs to put his head down all game long&#8230;mentor Candreva, Diamanti, Rosi and Cellerino on what takes to be a pro and how easy it is to lose it all!!! Tavano needs to lead god damn it! And to do that he needs to show up 24/7&#8230;he&#8217;s the best paid player&#8230;and he needs to be more than just goals on the score sheet&#8230;just check out his reaction after his goal in Rimini!!!!</p>
<p>But the collective add up of individual stupid decisions here and there cost us at least 12 points this year&#8230;</p>
<p>Forza Amaranto!</p>
<p>Citadella&#8230;<br />
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<p>Rimini&#8230;<br />
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<p>See Tavano&#8217;s reaction when there is still some time to get a second one&#8230;.maybe that&#8217;s Livorno&#8217;s problem&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Pisa Merda &#8211; Livorno, Derbyssimo !</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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<p>Saturday&#8217;s members only derby is close&#8230;.FORZA LABRONICI&#8230;AVANTI AMARANTO !</p>
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		<title>Livorno Lunedi Leftovers : Leave Lucarelli Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A packed Picchi Stadium saw Livorno draw a schizophrenic Parma team on Sunday. Livorno managed to open the score with a sweet strike from, of all people, Jose Vidigal. The Portuguese geezer smacked in a Tavano pass passed Parma keeper Bucchi to make it 1-1 after 42 mins. Livorno looked like the likeliest to score [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/03/capt_4f70ab1dd6f24d758b4db5ab45b8a238_italy_soccer_liv104.jpg' title='capt_4f70ab1dd6f24d758b4db5ab45b8a238_italy_soccer_liv104.jpg'><img align='left' border='1' style='margin-right:7px' src='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/03/capt_4f70ab1dd6f24d758b4db5ab45b8a238_italy_soccer_liv104.jpg' alt='capt_4f70ab1dd6f24d758b4db5ab45b8a238_italy_soccer_liv104.jpg' /></a>A packed Picchi Stadium saw <strong>Livorno</strong> draw a schizophrenic <strong>Parma</strong> team on Sunday. Livorno managed to open the score with a sweet strike from, of all people, Jose Vidigal. The Portuguese geezer smacked in a <strong>Tavano</strong> pass passed Parma keeper <strong>Bucchi</strong> to make it 1-1 after 42 mins. Livorno looked like the likeliest to score all through the 1st half.<br />
Diego Tristan and Francesco Tavano showed some flashes of brilliance, and just need some minor fine-tuning to become semi-lethal.  The Amaranto’s Knezevic-less back line managed to avoid confusion and steer Parma’s rare chances away. Pavan slotted in well, proving he’s a decent back up. He almost put Livorno 2 up right after the half. Parma managed to get 1 back with <strong>Reginaldo</strong> slapping in a <strong>Lucarelli</strong> assist. Then 30 minutes later the fat lady sang <strong>Bella Ciao</strong> and that was the game. </p>
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<p>The <strong>Amaranto Liberation Army</strong> should have won this game. I’m not saying we deserved to, but certainly had more than 1 opportunity to take three points.</p>
<p>1-1	Livorno remains at an uncomfortable <a href="http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/risultati_classifiche/">2 points above the last relegation spot</a>. We will need to spank Reggina on Wednesday to give us a fluffier cushion, all that without Marco Amelia. On the bright side of things, all the remaining matches will be juicy and hard fought. Forza Calcio !</p>
<p>Highlights  : (Sorry, I can’t find actual highlight but here’s the Livorno goal )</p>
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<p><strong>LIVORNO-PARMA 1-1</strong></p>
<p>MARCATORI: 42’ Vidigal (L), 58’ Reginaldo (P)</p>
<p>LIVORNO (4-4-2):<br />
Amelia 7 (75’ De Lucia sv);<br />
Balleri 6 (65’ Filippini A. 5,5), Galante 5,5, Knezevic 5,5, Pasquale 5; Filippini E. 5,5, Pavan 5,5, Vidigal 6, Loviso 5,5; Tristan 5,5 (65’ Bogdani 5),  Tavano 5. </p>
<p>All: Camolese 5</p>
<p>PARMA (4-2-3-1): Bucci 5; Zenoni 6, Rossi sv (22’ Antonelli 6), Paci 5,5, Castellini 5; Morrone 5, Mariga 6; Gasbarroni 6, Pisanu 5 (68’ Dessena  5,5), Reginaldo 5,5; Lucarelli 5 (79’ Corradi sv). </p>
<p>All: Cuper 6</p>
<p>ARBITRO: Rosetti 6,5</p>
<p>AMMONITI: Vidigal (L)</p>
<p>ANGOLI: 3 &#8211; 3</p>
<p>RECUPERO: 0’ – 6’</p>
<p><strong>Disorganised thoughts: </strong></p>
<p>You can’t say anything about Fabio Galante’s work ethic, motivation or implication. He’s everywhere, running his ass off, trying to head out  in every corner/free kick. He puts in so much blood, sweat and tears, but for all his valiant efforts he lacks so much talent. If he had Andrea Gasbaronni’s work ethic, he’s be a Serie C1 player right now.</p>
<p><strong>Andrea Gasbarrrrronnnnni</strong> pisses me off ! This guy has immense talent. I remember him from his Palermo Serie B and Azzurrini glory days.He even managed some decent displays at Sampdoria. However, he has (had?) the potential to be nell’ giro of the Italy squad. He ‘s light years ahead of Pasquale Foggia in terms of pure skills but can&#8217;t manage any kind of consistency</p>
<p><strong>Lucarelli</strong> got mixed reviews from the fans, but they were whistling everybody at the end of the game. So a f( r )action of the fans whistled, big deal! The images showed otherwise. Unfortunately, on TV the whistles overwhelm the other fans. </p>
<p><strong>Cristiano Lucarelli’s a star!</strong> He worked his ass off all game. He provided a beautiful pass on the only Parma goal and didn’t even celebrate it. I’m guessing out of respect. I’m a Lucarelli fan, I don’t care what others think; the guy’s a class act. He has done too much for this team; he’s too emotionally attached to it to merit any kind of hate. His former team mates went to greet him with enthusiasm and sincere affection in the tunnel before the encounter. It’s not like he’s playing for <strong>Pisa</strong> god damn it !</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Ero preparato, sapevo che ambiente avrei trovato. E’ stato meno peggio di quanto pensassi. Si era parlato anche di altre iniziative dimostrative, quindi non sapevo cosa potevo trovarmi di fronte. E’ giusto che la gente abbia fatto il tifo per il Livorno. Io ho fatto la mia partita, cercando di portare rispetto a tutte le persone che mi hanno voluto bene. E’ rimasto tutto in un clima molto civile. Va bene così, poteva andare molto peggio. Ero sicuro che oggi sarebbe stato diverso rispetto a un anno fa, quando dopo Livorno–Reggina mi diedero del venduto. Lì fu diverso e rimasi molto più ferito. Oggi ci poteva stare perché venivo qui da avversario</em></p>
<p><strong>FT :</strong> I knew what kind of ambience it was gonna be. It didn’t turn out as bad as I thought it would. I heard talks of demonstrations and other initiatives, so I was in the dark. I’m happy that the fans were rooting for Livorno. I played my game trying to bring some respect to the people that have always appreciated me. Everything remained very civil in my opinion. It could have been worse. I knew today was going to be different than a year ago. After the Reggina game they were screaming to me, calling me a sell-out. That was different, it hurt me. Today could have been worse seeing I was an adversary.</p>
<p>I only have respect for the guy and the fact that he has big enough balls to take a stance on issues. </p>
<p>If someone deserved the whistling, it was <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> !</p>
<p><strong>Here’s the classic Le Iene Di Canio vs Lucarelli Interview</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Jose Vidigal </strong>looked impressive! And that’s only because a step above adequate is the best you can get out of the aging Portuguese player. And he wants you to know that, contrary to Kaka he doesn’t belong to Jesus, but he hearts Gesù nonetheless! </p>
<p>Minchia these 2 teams have good attackers. But none of them can get them a decent number of useful ball !</p>
<p>Purely in terms of brut talent, <strong>Diego Tristan </strong>was clearly a step above everybody on the field on Sunday. But he has the stamina of a Fried chicken breakfast eating, 3 pack a day smoker and version of Bobo Vieri. His stamina bar is empty after 45 minutes at best!</p>
<p>Hit the fuckin’ gym, you rich bastard! He better start scoring goals on the way to salvation.</p>
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GC Camolese</strong> needs to know how to usefully sub in <strong>Diamanti</strong> or start getting <strong>Bogdani</strong> to play half decent.</p>
<p><strong>Marco Amelia</strong> was as solid as usual. Maybe that’s why he’s so underestimated. His goal-keeping mini miracles are taken for granted week in and week out. He suffered a bad knock during the 2nd half and needed to be replaced. Nothing more than a nasty ass contusion and should miss 1-2 games at most, if any. A Marco Amelia at 42% is better than Alfonso De Lucia any day. Roma should purchase his ass and profit from  Doni’s sale. Marco Amelia’s a Romanista at heart and has never denied it. Doni cost absolutely nothing (I believe he personally paid for his own  &#8221;cartellino&#8221;) 1 less brazilian on Roma and 1 more Italian. Roma could even loan out Curci to Livorno to sweeten the deal. Considering the money from the sale of Donadoni + the Curci induced rebate, he wouldn’t cost <strong>Roma</strong> that much.  That way <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> doesn’t have to move to London or Kiev, and he gets to play CL football for his hometown club. </p>
<p>Aho Aldo! Send <strong>Rosella Sensi</strong> a Louis Vutton gift certificate and get the negotiations started. Amelia deserves that at least that you try.</p>
<p><strong>Forza Ragazzi! Prendiamo i tre punti a la  Reggina !</strong></p>
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		<title>9 Reasons Livorno Loves Lucarelli</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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As we all know by now (Thanks to Martha and Francesco ) Lucarelli is going to Parma. He&#8217;s not coming back to the little Tuscan town by the sea, he&#8217;ll be finishing off his days in Emilia-Romagna. I mean who can blame him, Parma has sister cities like Moncton, Canada, Milwaukee, USA and Worms, Germany [...]]]></description>
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<p>As we all know by now (Thanks to <a href="http://italy.theoffside.com/">Martha</a> and <a href="http://parma.theoffside.com/">Francesco</a> ) <strong>Lucarelli</strong> is going to Parma. He&#8217;s not coming back to the little Tuscan town by the sea, he&#8217;ll be finishing off his days in Emilia-Romagna. I mean who can blame him, Parma has sister cities like <strong>Moncton</strong>, Canada, <strong>Milwaukee</strong>, USA and <strong>Worms</strong>, Germany !  How the hell can <strong>Livorno</strong>, with sisters like of <strong>Bat Yam</strong>, Israel , <strong>Novorossiysk</strong>, Russia and  <strong>Haiphong</strong> ,Vietnam, compete with that ?</p>
<p><strong>Lucarelli</strong> has heard that <strong>Bobo</strong> wants <strong>La Nazionale </strong> again and he doesn&#8217;t want to miss out on <strong>Euro 2008</strong>. So I think Lucarelli&#8217;s return to the boot, from his Ukrainian pelerinage, is to show <strong>Bobby the Don Doni </strong> how slow and archaic Bobo looks compared to him. (That&#8217;s right Martha, i said Archaic)</p>
<p>Seeing how the <strong>Livorno</strong> offence is super potent with <strong>Tavano/Tristan/Bogdani </strong>out there, Parma might have been the right choice for Lucarelli (<em>The fact they&#8217;ll be paying him well &#8217;till he&#8217;s 36 must help</em>)</p>
<p>But, apart from some Ultras gone mad, Livorno still loves Lucarelli and here are 9 reasons why ;<span id="more-149"></span></p>
<p><strong>#1</strong></p>
<p>He has always been active in the City, he&#8217;s a big time <a href="http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/ccu/lucarelliccu.html">Communist</a> and He started the <a href="http://www.corrieredilivorno.it/"><strong>Corriere Di Livorno</strong></a> newspaper with a coop of journalists in his hometown .The 1st player rating the paper ever gave him was a 5.5 rating for the his showing in the Azzurri shirt</p>
<p><strong>#2</strong> </p>
<p>When Lucarelli was still with Torino. He went to the game that earned Livorno promtion to Serie B, and he was in the group of supporters that stormed the pitch afterwards in celebration.</p>
<p><strong>#3</strong>	</p>
<p>He has the <strong>Livorno</strong> crest tattooed on his left forearm (so you can see it with his Jersey on) and his jersey number, 99, is symbolic with Left-wing ultras group <strong>Brigate Autonome Livornesi</strong>, which was founded in 1999.</p>
<p><strong>#4</strong></p>
<p>Playing for the <strong>Italia U21</strong> side in 1997&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>#5</strong></p>
<p>It has been reported in the past that, 1 of his <em>telefonino</em> ringtones was <strong>The Red Flag</strong></p>
<p><strong>#6</strong></p>
<p>He has scored 92 goals in 146 matches <strong>FOR</strong> Livorno, that&#8217;s a 0.64 goal per game AVG </p>
<p><strong>#7</strong></p>
<p>He gave us the wonderful Paolo Di Canio vs Lucarelli Ideological battle/Rivalry, (Great post <a href="http://cultureofsoccer.com/2007/05/01/di-canio-vs-lucarelli-an-ideological-battle-seen-in-salutes/">by <em>Culture of Soccer</em>)</a></p>
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<p><strong>#8</strong></p>
<p>I had the choice between a good one with bad music or a good one with crappy music</p>
<p>So here are both :</p>
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<p>Was that some 80&#8217;s attitude music or something?</p>
<p>a bit more Italian kitsch or Quétaine as we say in my neck of the woods&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>#9</strong></p>
<p>He reduced his salary to play with Livorno (he was still making a cool 1M$ but in this Football era, we all know what 1M$ is worth) I truly believe he isn&#8217;t like  other football players out there and that he gave his <strong>all</strong> for the Livorno shirt. Playing with a Bi-polar/ maniaco-depressive President like Aldo Spinelli must of been hard. Me thinks that if it was Franco Sensi type president, Lucarelli would have scored more than a 100 goals for Livorno by now.</p>
<p>But in the End&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong> Arrivederci Cristiano !</strong></p>
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		<title>Livorno for Sale or Aldo Spinelli is Cranky</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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During the Italian winter holiday, Mr. Spinelli took in the soothing breezes that the beautiful Republic of Mauritius  had to offer. From his vacation hideout, Mr. Spliffs declared that his Livorno adventure will come to terms at the end of the current season. Of course he’ll do it after assuring safety once again. 
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<p>During the Italian winter holiday, <strong>Mr. Spinelli</strong> took in the soothing breezes that the beautiful <strong>Republic of Mauritius </strong> had to offer. From his vacation hideout, Mr. Spliffs declared that his <strong>Livorno</strong> adventure will come to terms at the end of the current season. Of course he’ll do it after assuring safety once again. </p>
<p>So <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> is once again claiming that he’s going to sell Livorno. Big Deal! His «Fuck it! I’m selling this club!» rants come every 2 years or so, just like the Olympics.</p>
<p>Even in Africa, Aldo needs the spotlight. Only he can announce plans to sell a club from an Island just off the coast of Africa. Maybe it was the famous <strong>Mauritian Mojitos </strong> talking but I suspect that this time he maybe a little bit more serious than usual ;<span id="more-135"></span></p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;Sono nove anni che faccio il presidente e adesso penso che sia arrivato il momento di lasciare &#8211; il calcio è in crisi, gli spettatori calano, nel nostro impianto non riusciamo mai a superare le diecimila unità e devo ringraziare specialmente quelli della curva Nord che non fanno mai mancare il loro sostegno. E una persona intelligente deve capire quando è il momento di farsi da parte. </p>
<p>E poi per fare il presidente di una società occorre avere l&#8217;entusiasmo. Un ingrediente fondamentale che ora mi viene a mancare.  Il Livorno è una società sana e chi subentrerà potrà stare tranquillo’’</em></strong></p>
<p>(<strong>Free Translation:</strong>  I’ve been doing this for 9 years now and it’s time to give it a rest. Calcio is going through a crisis and  nobody ever comes out to our lousy 420 year old stadium. Attendance is never over 10,000 and thank god for the <strong>Curva Nord’s </strong> constant presence. Anyways, Livorno is a commie town, it’s not like I could build a skybox to up revenue. </p>
<p>I’m old, I’m cranky and I don’t have the energy and enthusiasm of the good old days anymore. I’m smart enough to know when my time is up. But Livorno is a club in good shape that any eventual owner would be happy to have.)</p>
<p><strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> was back in Italy attending the morning training session today. The former Genoa president took the time to speak with the Coach and Squad and then went on to chat with <strong>Livorno’s DS Signorelli </strong> for a long time. He was probably complaining how he’s old and out of it. He tought his vacation in Mauritius would sort things out but he’s still cranky. Tanned, but cranky nonetheless.</p>
<p>So is the <em>‘‘For Sale’’ </em> sign is now officially up? It remains to be seen, because Spinelli is famous for his <strong><a href="http://countrystore.blogspot.com/images/kerry_flip_flops.jpg">John Kerry-ish flip-flopping</a>.</strong> <em>(thanks to countrystore for that one)</em></p>
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<p>This is the same guy that , back in October, said he had a done deal with Shaktar to get Lucarelli back if they we&#8217;re kicked out of the Champions League. If Aldo was serious about his project of making Livorno a Serie A mainstay, he should at least make an attempt (even a half assed one just for show) to get Cristiano Lucarelli back. Lucarelli one of the only Livornese players in circulation <em>(please correct me if i&#8217;m wrong here)</em></p>
<p>As recently as September 2007, Aldo Spinelli was unveiling his plans of constructing; <strong>Il centro Sportivo di Vicarello</strong>. Oddly enough, Vicarello is part of the Pisa commune where arch rivals Pisa Merda play. Aldo was sweet talking about how he would fix the infrastructures, modernize the locker rooms, change the treadmills in the training rooms to electronic ones and build a little hotel as well. With new fields so he could improve the youth sector as well.  An authentic ‘‘Livornello’’ , everybody saw the hyphens right ?</p>
<p><strong>Ladies and Gentelmen, Aldo Spinelli can bullshit with the best of ‘em !</strong></p>
<p>The goal was to see Livorno officially become a &#8221;professionally&#8221; managed club with adequate facilities, front offices and a youth system that actually produces future champions. There are now a total of zero U21 players on the squad and Girogio Chiellini is the only player from Livorno’s primavera side that joined the senior team under Aldo’s 9-year tenure. That says a lot about the quality of the R&amp;D at the youth sector. As well as the commitment of Aldo Spinelli in making the necessary changes. </p>
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<strong>Aldo a good president?</strong></ol>
<p>All and all, purely based on results, Aldo Spinelli has still been a great president for Livorno. After 9 years under the charge of <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=393577&amp;root=europe&amp;&amp;cc=5901">Eccentric Aldo</a>, the Livorno faithful have witnessed the Labronici‘s journey from Serie C1 to Serie A. He’s seen the Labronici go from Serie C1 to Europe with a UEFA Cup participation. He has seen 5 former Livorno boys play with the Azzurri in Lucarelli, Amelia, Palladino,Chiellini and CT Donadoni. He has helped create many joys for the Labronici faithful. </p>
<p>I, for one, kind of like Spinelli. His volcanic temper makes for great quotes and constant coach firings. There’s enough stuff to fill <a href="http://www.spinelliadeh.it/">a book!</a> He usually has a nice instinct for the transfer market. Seeing how he got the likes of Igor Protti, Lucarelli, Diego Tristan and Roberto Donadoni to come to to Tuscany. All that with  a provincial team budget.</p>
<p>Plus the fact that Luciano Gaucci has been associated with an eventual Livorno purchase is enough for me to want Aldo to stay. Gaucci is the president of Perugia <a href="http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thinking/020620/gaucci.html">who fired that Korean dude</a> that scored against Italy in the 2002 WC. He also wanted to hire a female striker to partner Fabrizio Miccoli back in the day. He decided that Colonel Ghedaffi’s son would do the trick.  But Mister Gaucci probably has bigger fish to fry, seeing how he’s hiding out in Santo Domingo claiming his innocence in the fraudulent Perugia Bankruptcy. </p>
<p>Unlike Gaucci, there’s always something fun to say about Aldo in the media, This man has been quoted in <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8659915">The Economist </a>for crying out loud! Add to that, his <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6091405">MAC problems always make me laugh. </a></p>
<p>But why would Aldo want to sell now when the Collective TV rights that should be kicking in circa 2010? That deal could bring in around 25M$ into the Livorno coffers if they remain in Serie A. So why sell now?</p>
<p>Maybe Aldo really is fed up? His 67 year old frame can&#8217;t take it anymore? Maybe he&#8217;s feeling the <strong>Italian Collective Funk of Disapointment </strong>the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?hp"><strong>New York Times and Beppe Grillo</strong></a> are talking about ?</p>
<p>In the last 3 months, he witnessed Livorno’s dreadful start to the campaign, one of his companies got a fine of <a href="http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=230567 ">31 000 euros </a>for leaving old used oil cans, old batteries and other nasty crap on a  piece of land owned by the company in La Spezia*  and finally his name was associated with the Italian match fixing scandal. Your name + Moggi = Not good </p>
<p><em>*La Spezia is not far from CinqueTerre, one of the coolest 5 hour walks on the Ligurian coast</em></p>
<li><strong>That’s right the Moggi scandal! Are you all appropriately appalled? Good. </strong>
<p>So <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> has been associated with <strong>Luciano Moggi</strong> . </p>
<p>Seeing Spinelli’s name in the same headline with Moggi’s isn’t that surprising. After all, Aldo did help out Juve to get their hands on Adrian Mutu in 2004. Juve had too many Non EU players in the squad. So Aldo brokered the deal so the rules could be bent just enough that Mutu would be able to join the Old Lady. Maybe this little unpleasant linkage to the man who worsened Italian footballs reputation abroad, has something to do with his decision to want to sell the club.</p>
<p>This is why I think that this time his  «For Sale» sign might stay up longer than back in 2002/2003 let’s say. </p>
<p>This is a March 2007 phone call between Moggi and Spinelli. <a href="http://www.corrieredilivorno.it/public/559.pdf"> Thanks to these guys </a></p>
<p><strong><em>MOGGI: Aldo!</p>
<p>SPINELLI: ohhh!</p>
<p>MOGGI: come funzionano le cose meglio?</strong><br />
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<p><strong>SPINELLI: ah no ma quelli là sono bravi ma io Luciano non ce<br />
n’ho più voglia, sono stanco, son…</p>
<p>MOGGI: stai calmo ho detto ora riportiamo il Livorno…</p>
<p>SPINELLI: eh stai calmo belin ma non ce la faccio più non<br />
voglio più stare a Livorno</p>
<p>MOGGI: ah noi dobbiamo rimettere in una settimana o due il<br />
Livorno dai, lasciami fare a me</p>
<p>SPINELLI: eh belin lasciati fare belin</p>
<p>MOGGI: ho guardato anche di quella cosa che mi dicesti degli<br />
attaccanti ma credo che non ce ne sia neanche bisogno perché<br />
so tutte pippe è meglio lasciare perdere prima che prendi delle<br />
fregature. Adesso vediamo la partita di domenica e che miglioramento<br />
c’è e poi ci vediamo noi.</p>
<p>SPINELLI: vabbè!</p>
<p>MOGGI: va bene?</p>
<p>SPINELLI: ciao Luciano</em></strong></p>
<p>So he called Moggi to open up about how he was tired and fed up of being Livorno president. Boo- freakin-hoo! </p>
<p>That’s great and all Aldo, I deeply feel your pain, You poor rich man who can only afford a canary yellow raincoat. So what about the rest of the season?  2007 might be over, but the battle for safety is still going on for another 5 months. What are you going to do during the transfer market? Nobody will want to buy a Serie B club with no youth sector, a very old stadium and front offices that still have a 56k internet connection.</p>
<p>To shut me up, he then went on to say this: </p>
<p><em>«Il Livorno deve restare in serie A e durante il mercato effettuerò quegli innesti che sono necessari per avere questa maggiore sicurezza».</em></p>
<p>Ok…ok so at least  he’ll try to do his best to make some moves on the market. On the other hand he is a Major League MVP in Bullshit…</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if Livorno will be put up for sale soon, that Barcelona have found a second Goalkeeper already, Lucarelli is still for sale and the amazing news that Adrian Pit might come in and save us from relegation it&#8217;s a slow news day&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if <strong>Livorno</strong> will be put up for sale soon, that <strong>Barcelona</strong> have found a second Goalkeeper already, <strong>Lucarelli</strong> is still for sale and the amazing news that <strong>Adrian Pit </strong>might come in and save us from relegation it&#8217;s a slow news day&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://livorno.theoffside.com/davide-balleri/midseason-assessment-ha-ha-i-said-ass.html">After the midseason assessment on paper</a>,  here&#8217;s an audi-visual recap of <strong>Livorno</strong>&#8217;s  1st half of the season. The music is crappy, as always. You can&#8217;t count on a good soundtrack on Youtube anyways so here it is&#8230;</p>
<p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ty3r9s1o9SQ&amp;rel=1&amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;border=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ty3r9s1o9SQ&amp;rel=1&amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p>
<p><em>* i promise i&#8217;ll post something about Livorno&#8217;s sale soon. I&#8217;m just waiting to get that precious 5 minute interview with Mr. Spliffs&#8230;</em></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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“My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall&#8230; that is my strength, my only strength.” 
Antonio Gramsci 
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<p><em>“My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall&#8230; that is my strength, my only strength.” </p>
<p><strong>Antonio Gramsci</strong></em> </p>
<p>*I totally agree that families and children need to be able to SAFELY enjoy a football game.  Being not politically correct, and not being extremely comfortable with the English language,  these are the only things i will say about <a href="http://italy.theoffside.com/">the Sunday Incidents in Italy</a>, because I feel this blog isn’t the right place to start a fiery political discussion about the state of Italian democracy. It’s an extremely complex situation that needs to be meticulously analysed. </p>
<p>There’s definitely something wrong in Italy , and I don’t think that football and Ultràs are the only causes for this violence. <span id="more-79"></span>  The Italian police, thus the State, killed (I’m not going to say assassinated) one of its citizens on Sunday because of « a tragic error. » These kinds of things aren’t supposed to happen, and shouldn’t in a democracy.  The FIGC reacted differently in the case of Raciti’s death and Sandri’s death.  I do not want to approve or condemn the actions of the people in Italy on Sunday, but WTF? did you think was going to happen? Unfortunately, the message sent out in Italy on Sunday is that the death of a fan/citizen is less important than the death of Policeman. </p>
<p>As the Parma fans have claimed before, <a href="http://parma.theoffside.com/soccer/parma-juve-result-overshadowed-by-other-events.html">La Morte è uguale per tutti</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>On with Football:</strong></p>
<p>Livorno took 3 points from another Tuscan Derby on Sunday. That’s officially <strong>7 points in the last 3 games</strong>!!!  Livorno played a great game and earned the victory on Sunday. A win that was overshadowed by hardcore events in Italy .  Both Teams took the field with a black arm-band as a form of respect for the Death of Gabriele Sandri. The Burgundy Tuscan side won 3-2 with all 3 goals coming in the 1st half of play. Tavano, Bergvold and Knezevic got on the scoresheet for the Amaranto. Knezevic and Bergvold scored their first goals in Serie A. </p>
<p>Livorno’s squad played great defence and fought hard for all 3 goals. The also managed to get another coach fired. Mandorlini was sacked because of this loss. Unfortunately it’s not a communist coach who’ll take the bench boss job, Mario Berretta will have the chance of enjoying Siena ’s road to Serie B this year.  Serie A presidents need to get used to this, Livorno is coming and we’re on fire!</p>
<p><strong><em>Highlights with no weird music and a couple of interviews</em></strong>. </p>
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<p><strong>Amelia</strong>: Played great and wasn’t really at fault for the 2 goals. He made a couple of key saves that helped Livorno on the way to 3 points. Good old Marco seems to be back.<br />
 <strong>Vote 6.5</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Grandoni</strong>: Played solidly again, and reacted well enough to save a goal off of Big Mac’s foot just after the hour mark.<br />
<strong>Vote 6.5</strong></p>
<p><strong>Galante</strong>: He’s an aggressive force in the back line, nothing spectacular but solid.<br />
<strong>Vote 6.5</strong></p>
<p><strong>Knezevic</strong>: Best game ever in a Livorno Shirt and a supeyb goal .<br />
<strong>Vote   7</strong></p>
<p><strong>Balleri</strong>: Great as usual. Played  prudently  in the first half. He didn’t want to give to much space to Grimi but started attacking in the second half. One of the best geezers in Italy.<br />
<strong>Vote   6.5</strong></p>
<p><strong>E. Filippini</strong>.  Not spectacular but adequate. Covers well Bergvold when he lends a hand to the attack.<br />
<strong>Vote      6</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bergvold</strong>: First Serie A goal!. The young Dane is getting accustomed to Serie A and he loves it. He completely erased Locatelli from the game on the defensive side and knows when to go for goal.  Camolese says he’s only weakness was that he didn’t shoot enough. Easily Man of The Match</p>
<p>Livorno has found a little gem.<br />
<strong>Vote   8.5</strong></p>
<p><strong>Loviso</strong>: Played a little more to the left that he&#8217;s used to. He was decent and got better as the game went on.<br />
<strong>Vote 6<br />
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<p><strong>Pasquale</strong>:  Not many Siena attacks come on his side, so he didin&#8217;t need to work hard on the defensive side. He managed to get many crosses in the box and a lot of those were useful and precise.<br />
<strong>Vote 6.5</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tavano</strong>: He&#8217;s back! maybe not, but he has been giving consistent performances since Camolese&#8217;s appointent. His goal was opportunistic and placed with millimetrical accuracy in the left corner. His partnership with Bogdani is getting easier every game, as both players feed off from each other very well. Looked like he could have scored another one in the Second half but he didn&#8217;t receve as many balls as in the first half<br />
<strong>Vote 7</strong></p>
<p><strong>Big Bad Bogdani</strong>: His only problem is that he hasn&#8217;t scored yet. He pitches in on the defensive side, holds the ball, is great in the air and plays off his teammates. His <em>triangolo</em> with Bergvold lead to the Dane&#8217;s first Serie A goal ever. The only thing he needs is to score, but Bogdani is a very good and selfless player.<br />
<strong>Vote 7</strong></p>
<p><strong>Rossini 70th minute</strong> : Replaced a tired Bogdani , gave his all like usual<br />
<strong>Vote 6</strong></p>
<p><strong>Camolese</strong>: 7 points in the last 3 games. He brought back 3 points from a Tuscan Derby that was away from home. All his substitutions were smart (Luciano Spalletti could learn a thing or 2 here) and he has managed to inject dynamism and enthusiasm to this Livorno squad.  <em>Salvezza</em> looked like a Mountain before he got here, now it looks like a Hill. Forza Camolese. Even Spinelli has to be happy with the tactician.<br />
<strong>Vote 9 </strong></p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s international time again, The Azzurri will look to spank Scotland with an almost full strenght<br />
squad:</strong></p>
<p>4 burgundy Boys have been called up to their respective National Teams;<br />
<strong>Rahman Rezaei </strong>  has officially withdrawn from the Iranian squad because of a rift with the Persian Coach. It&#8217;s not just because he sucks donkey dick&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Marco Amelia </strong>who will maybe get a chance to play the Faroes.</p>
<p><strong>Dario Knezevic </strong> will join the Croatian team who&#8217;ll want to spank the brits</p>
<p> <strong>Erjon Bogdani</strong>,  will head the Albanian attack vs Crystal Chivu and friends</p>
<p><strong>Edgar Alvarez</strong> will join David Suazo on the Honduran team</p>
<p><strong><em>In honor of our favorite <em>Squadra</em>, who will show the beautiful thing that is Italian Football , from what i heard they are the world champs&#8230;</em></strong><br />
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The shit has officially hit the fan 
Italian Calcio is on fire today because of bad police work. One Footbal fan has been killed after a &#8221;tragic error&#8221; by the Italian Police. Gabriel Sandri, a Lazio Fan, was killed earlier today
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<p><em>The shit has officially hit the fan </em></p>
<p>Italian Calcio is on fire today because of bad police work. One Footbal fan has been killed after a &#8221;tragic error&#8221; by the Italian Police. Gabriel Sandri, a Lazio Fan, was killed earlier today</p>
<p>Some games were played, others were postponed. The situation in Italy right now is very tense (to say the least) and still going on . </p>
<p>Head on to the Serie A page for complete <em>LIVE</em> coverage from <a href="http://italy.theoffside.com/inter-milan/fuck.html"> Martha! who has <strong>A LOT</strong> of stuff on the situation</a><span id="more-76"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://roma.theoffside.com/serie-a/roma-cagliari-postponed-due-to-death-of-lazio-fan.html">Chris has news on the postponement of the Roma-Cagliari match as well as news on the incident</a></p>
<p><strong>Here are some links on the situation as of now:</p>
<p>English </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1123604420071111?pageNumber=2">Soccer fan shot/Reuters </a></p>
<p><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0514B6BE-AC37-442C-AEB5-0E8E4C9ED4F5.htm">&#8221;Tragic Error&#8221; /Al-Jazeera</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a video of <a href="http://www.skylife.it/html/skylife/tg24/cronaca.html?idvideo=55465">rioting in Rome </a></p>
<p><strong><em>* The situation is quite hectic right now so i&#8217;ll have way more on the game later on </em></strong></p>
<p>Football:</p>
<p>Livorno actually won today in a great game. As i predicted, we ended up winning 3-2 and Amelia had a great game.Tavano, Bergvold and Knezevic scored all the goals in the first half.<br />
I)  Martin Bergvold was easily man of the Match. </p>
<p>II) Camolese is working miracles with the Team </p>
<p>III) Knezevic&#8217;s goal was <em>supeyb!</em></p>
<p>The Livorno supporters and Siena fans were understanbly pissed off during the game.<br />
The Labronici faithful started Screaming <em>Assassini! Assassini!</em> to the cops present after 15 minutes. As the table stands now Livorno are still last but now have <strong>4</strong> friends !  The odds of survival are looking better week after week. </p>
<p>Here are the Highlights for now :<br />
<em><strong>Warning:</strong></em>  <em>Very weird usage (maybe ever,who knows?) of the great gig in the sky&#8230;</em><br />
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