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		<title>A Livorno Mercato (We keep Candreva)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s a bunch of unorganized,misspelled, mercato ramblings
Francesco Ceravolo leaves Livorno a winner and New DS is Nelso Ricci and he&#8217;s been working overtime already&#8230;
Spoke to Milan : 
Ricci: Yo Galliani ! I&#8217;ll give you a cool Million and 50% of Cesena mid Diniz for all of Romano Perticone ?
Galliani : Ok
Ricci : Sweet! Thanks Uncle [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s a bunch of unorganized,misspelled, mercato ramblings</p>
<p>Francesco Ceravolo leaves Livorno a winner and New DS is Nelso Ricci and he&#8217;s been working overtime already&#8230;</p>
<p>Spoke to Milan : </p>
<p>Ricci: Yo Galliani ! I&#8217;ll give you a cool Million and 50% of Cesena mid Diniz for all of Romano Perticone ?<br />
Galliani : Ok<br />
Ricci : Sweet! Thanks Uncle Fester</p>
<p>Then spoke with Juve :</p>
<p>Went something like this : Yo Secco ! You know how Rizza and Volpe are in comproprietà&#8230;well how about you keep Volpe and we keep Rizza ? (covering the phone while he&#8217;s laughing) Secco : Let me get back to you on this one. And please charge Dario Knezevic&#8217;s return to YOUR purolator account !<br />
We&#8217;ll see what we do with him once he gets here. Rizza was won at le buste by Livorno with a 100 000 $ bid. </p>
<p>Met with Parma :</p>
<p>Ricci : How about that Cristiano Lucarelli fellow ? We&#8217;re looking at a 2 year loan and we&#8217;ll pitch in Massimo Loviso, Guidolin likes him no? How about Dario Knezevic&#8230;? Ghirardi\Leonardo : We&#8217;ll call you back. Spinelli now saying 99% sure Lucarelli will be back </p>
<p>Meanwhile Spinelli is calling Walter Mazzari, Mario Beretta and just got Antoni Conte&#8217;s number&#8230;</p>
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Then they met Udinese. Seeing how they don&#8217;t own all of Giovanni Pasquale, and they kind of like him, we should try and trade him for Antonio Candreva no ? Didn&#8217;t work out&#8230;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)</p>
<p>Ricci also brought back a bunch of Primavera kids from Lega Pro ; Di Bella of Potenza, Dionisi of Celano and Scognamiglio of Crotone&#8230;</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s coming ? :</p>
<p>Lucarelli&#8230;?&#8230;!&#8230;?&#8230;!</p>
<p>Word on the street is that Livorno are interested in Catania castaway &#8216;Zo Stovini, Ex-Leccese Stendardo and Caserta as well as Bologna&#8217;s Belleri for central defense </p>
<p>Grosseto Midfielder Valeri has been mentionned somewhere</p>
<p>28 year old Cristian Raimondi&#8217;s contract with Vicenza has ended</p>
<p>Allegretti and Agliardi from Triestina have been mentionned </p>
<p>Someone said something about Roberto Guana for free</p>
<p>I&#8217;d irrationnaly&#8217;d like to see Fabio Zambrella, Marco Andreolli, Stefano Okaka Chuka, Torino keeper Sereni and David Santon (screw Bonetto)</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s going ? :</p>
<p>There&#8217;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&#8230;(How about 50% of Santon inserted somewhere)</p>
<p>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 </p>
<p>Fausto Rossini&#8217;s contract probably won&#8217;t be renewed</p>
<p>Paulinho who ? </p>
<p>Seems like Tommy Danilevicius will be the 4th striker&#8230;</p>
<p>I get the feeling Diamanti is staying nonetheless</p>
<p>I wanna see Volpe, Grandoni, Galante, Mazzoni, The twins, Pulzetti and Danilevicius gone </p>
<p>Today&#8217;s Line Up :<br />
4-3-2-1 : De Lucia, Perticone,Miglionico,Knezevic,Rizza ; Candreva,Loviso,Bergvold; Diamanti,Tavano; Danilevicius </p>
<p>Acquisti :<br />
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)</p>
<p>Gone:<br />
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$)</p>
<p>What we&#8217;re working on :</p>
<p>IN :<br />
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)</p>
<p>OUT :<br />
Diamanti (Inter,West Ham, Samp&#8230;) Pulzetti (atalanta, Palermo,Lazio(more puke) Loviso(Parma) Danilevicius &amp; Knezevic (Who ever)</p>
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		<title>Livorno 3-2 Sassuolo, Top of the Table and Rolando Bianchi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Francesco Tavano led Livorno scored 3 times against Sassuolo in a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Armando Picchi on Saturday. Tavano&#8217;s brace sends Livorno top of the table with 32 points, altough we&#8217;re tied with 3 others.  Massimo Loviso opened up the score with an awkward long range shot and Sassuolo keeper Bressan [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Francesco Tavano led Livorno scored 3 times against Sassuolo in a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Armando Picchi on Saturday. Tavano&#8217;s brace sends Livorno top of the table with 32 points, altough we&#8217;re tied with 3 others.  Massimo Loviso opened up the score with an awkward long range shot and Sassuolo keeper Bressan did his best Paul Robinso impression and let it in. Then Livorno were awarded a Penalty that Francesco Tavano missed or Bressan saved, whatever you want to think ! But the Ciccio managed to redeem himself moments later with a Goal. 2-1 Livorno was the score at the half.<br />
Then Sassuolo scored with 15 minutes left tot the game to bring it at 2-2. But the Amaranto wouldn&#8217;t stop pushing, even after feeding Danilevicius easy goals, nothing would go in. On cames Francesco Volpe for a sneezing and coughing Diamanti. and in the 94th, that&#8217;s right Volpe dishes a sublime little lobe pass over the defense to Tavano who smacks it in. 3-2 ! Crazy celebrating under la curva. Forza Livorno !</p>
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<p>This goes to prove how much depth there is on this squad. Mr. Acori&#8217;s Christmas formation fits perfectly well with this team. We manage to shadow the weekly shortcomings of Tommy Danilevicius (Seriously this guy is retarded, with the bucket load of chances, a lot of them tap ins, he&#8217;s had since the start of the season he should at least have 4 goals. His easy misses are why Livorno have company at the top of the table) I love the fact that Tavano and Diamanti can compensate for each others bad days at the office. ALe Diamanti was fluish today but Acori put him in anyway and Tavano picked up the slack. Imagine when these 2 guys will be on at the same time, it&#8217;s gonna be  delicious !  </p>
<p>Imagine how Rolando Bianchi would be perfect instead of the Loitering Lithuanian on this squad wouldn&#8217;t you think ? Well maniaco-depressive Aldo Spinelli is on a high and is seriously thinking about it. With Livorno on top of the table and the excellent relationship between Toro and Livorno might make things interesting in January. At least that&#8217;s what Corriere Dello Sport is saying. Looks like we also have our eyes on a certain Christian Bucchi.</p>
<p>Randmoness : Fabio Galante is back, Livorno have conceided the fewest goals in Serie B, only 1 loss on the board, 3rd best attack, on fire at home, Nicola Candreva is versatile and a star, Rizza played well, i finally got to see a freakin&#8217; game, Best defense in the league if you ask the stats, 3rd best offense says the statisticians and Cool fucking shirt on top of it all !</p>
<p>Highlights !  Or if you like them kitsch with just a dash of Indian/Bollywood emo-techno-trance, like me ,  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRkZKbms4o">you can check these out !</a></p>
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<p><strong>LIVORNO-SASSUOLO 3-2</p>
<p>RETI: 2’ pt Loviso,37’pt Tavano (L), 44’ pt Zampagna, 31’ st Masucci (S), 49’ st Tavano (L)</p>
<p>LIVORNO (4-3-2-1): De Lucia 5,5; Pulzetti 5,5, Perticone 6 (26’ st Galante 6), Miglionico 6, Rizza 6,5; Candreva 6,5, Loviso 6,5, Filippini A. 6 (12’ st Grandoni 6); Diamanti 5,5 (35’ st Volpe sv); Danilevicius 5, Tavano 7. A disposizione: Mazzoni,  Filippini E., Migliorini, Rossini. All.: Acori 6</p>
<p>SASSUOLO (4-3-1-2): Bressan 6,5, Rea 6, Andreolli 6, Anselmi 6, Donazzan 6,5; Poli 6 (35’ st Fusani sv), Magnanelli 7 (24’ st Masucci 6,5), Pensalfini 6; Salvetti 5,5; Zampagna 6,5, Noselli 5,5 (41’ st Erpen sv). A disposizione: Pomini, Consolini, Jidayi, Dalla Rocca. All. Mandorlini 6</strong></p>
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		<title>Vicenza 0-1 Livorno, Diamanti Highlights and Galante Coming Back !</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Livorno beat Vicenza away for the first time since the 1950’s!  This exactly the kind of game Livorno needed to win. Aleandro Rosi is out for 15 days, Grandoni was out,  Massimo Loviso couldn’t manage to make it and the surprisingly excellent Fausto Rossini had to leave after only 20 minutes. Livorno grinded [...]]]></description>
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<p>Livorno beat Vicenza away for the first time since the 1950’s!  This exactly the kind of game Livorno needed to win. Aleandro Rosi is out for 15 days, Grandoni was out,  Massimo Loviso couldn’t manage to make it and the surprisingly excellent Fausto Rossini had to leave after only 20 minutes. Livorno grinded out 3 deserved points to reach 22 points, 2 away from leaders Sassuolo ! Livorno suffered all day long with Vicenza camping out in their half all game long. The occasional lethal counter attack was deployed but Livorno had to stay focused. Vicenza fans will argue that they deserved the win, not to mention at least a point but Livorno did what every go team needs to do, grind  out an ugly 3 points.</p>
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<p><strong>Tavano</strong> managed to screw up 2 easy chances and <strong>Alfonso De Lucia </strong>had to save 2 balls on the line but Ale Diamanti broke the deadlock and the Labronici held on for the win. Ale Diamanti’s long-range goal came right after he hit the crossbar from about 20 yards out. Acori’s 4-3-2-1 is still working perfectly and <strong>Livorno</strong> fans will be happy to see the surprisingly solid depth this team has. <strong>Candreva</strong> filled in perfectly for <strong>Loviso, Francesco Volpe</strong> is a great sub, Bonetto’s amazing, Perticone is solid and versatile, <strong>Alfonso De Lucia</strong> is almost making us forget about <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> and we don’t even need to wait after Tavano’s occasional brilliance.</p>
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<p>Tabellino : </p>
<p>Livorno ( 4-3-2-1) De Lucia, Miglionico, Terranova, Perticone, Bonetto, Candreva ( dal 14&#8242; s.t. Volpe ), Pulzetti, Bergvold, Tavano, Diamanti ( dal 37&#8217;s.t. Rizza ), Rossini ( dal 23&#8242; p.t. Danilevicius). A disp Mazzoni, Paulinho, Filippini E., Diniz. All. Acori</p>
<p>Vicenza ( 4-3-2-1) Fortin, Zanchi, Di Cesare, Giani, Martinelli ( dal 38&#8217;s.t. Margiotta ), Bernardini, Bottone ( dal 1&#8217;s.t Morosini ), Botta, Capone ( dal 9&#8217;s.t. Foglio ), Sgrigna, Bjelanovic. A disp : Frison, Calori, Fatic, Serafini.<br />
Ammoniti : Candreva, Pulzetti, Perticone, Danilevicius, Zanchi.<br />
Marcatori : al 33&#8217;s.t. Diamanti </p>
<p>The <strong>Labronici</strong> were planning on fielding the young guns a lot and returning to Serie A in 2010, but this very positive play is giving us hope for a quicker return. <strong>Grandoni, Galante, Bergvold, Bonetto, Tavano,Pulzetti and Diamanti </strong>could all be an important part of at least one Serie A team right now ! </p>
<p>Hell, Livorno’s project of reaching Serie A within 2 years needs to be reconsidered !</p>
<p><strong>Fabio Galante’s</strong> so happy about this that he decided to comeback. He was in the stands on Saturday but he should b game fit in less then 2-3 weeks. </p>
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		<title>Livorno – Pisa !  We Got A Lot of Catching Up To Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Livorno is back to Serie B after a dismal 2007/2008 season. The Vikash Dhorasoo + Diego Tristan experiment didn’t work. All hell broke lose and the high point of the season was drawing Inter and Roma. Nonetheless, the Amaranto Liberation Army still have what it takes to give us an exciting battle to Serie A [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Livorno</strong> is back to Serie B after a dismal 2007/2008 season. The Vikash Dhorasoo + Diego Tristan experiment didn’t work. All hell broke lose and the high point of the season was drawing Inter and Roma. Nonetheless, the Amaranto Liberation Army still have what it takes to give us an exciting battle to Serie A promotion from this year. Livorno will fight alongside <strong>Brescia, Parma, Empoli, Albinoleffe, Mantova,</strong> hell maybe even <strong>Bari</strong> to be able to play with ht ebig boys next year. The year has started out great; Livorno have 5 points in 3 matches and Francesco Tavano seems to be having fun with his 4 goals. We’re even progressing in the Coppa Italia </p>
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<p>Surprisingly <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> is still at the reigns of my beloved <strong>Livorno,GC Camolese</strong> is gone and Leonardo Acori is our new coach and he likes the Christmas tree , Cristiano Lucarelli’s playing Serie B ball but not on the Tuscan shores and  <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> is suffering the rants of Maurizio Zamparini at this very moment.</p>
<p>To be honest, the summer has brought much promise;</p>
<p>Sure <strong>Marco Amelia, Dario Knezevic, Giovanni Pasquale, Fabio Galante</strong> have left even Diego Tristan moved to Cyprus but most importantly we retained <strong>Francesco Tavano, Nico Pulzetti , Alè Diamanti, Alè Grandoni and Martin Bergvold </strong>and the tiny twins. </p>
<p>The addition of young guns U-21 striker <strong>Antonio Candreva</strong> and Roma Bred and Champions League experienced <strong>Aleandro Rosi </strong>is a plus but the real addition is being able to count on Diamanti and Tavano up front and the decent Bergvold-Loviso-Pulzetti nucleus in midfield. </p>
<p>The hardest to keep seemed to be <strong>Pulzetti </strong>who wanted Serie A football and <strong>Lazio, Genoa and Palermo</strong> were all willing to pay around the 3 Million mark for his services. Atalanta offered 2.5 Mil for 50% and young U-21 goalie Consigli and Palermo went with 3.5 Million for 50% plus half of <strong>Ciaramitaro</strong>; but Nico’s staying put for now. Alè Diamanti had some decent offers but nothing serious really, so his left foot is staying in Tuscany. Diamanti signed a 4 year contract guaranteeing him 3 Million if Livorno remain in Serie B and 6 Mill if the make the jump, the same one as Nico Pulzetti’s</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s catch up to the  Serie B season<br />
<strong><br />
Day 1 Avellino 3-1 </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Day 2 Mantova 1-1 </strong></p>
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<strong>Day 3 Piacenza 1-1 </strong></p>
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<p>So 5 points from 3 games and we&#8217;re tied for 6th spot and Francesco Tavano stands at 4 goals already.</p>
<p>How about Pisa ? The Derbissimo is upon us and it’s time to add points to the table </p>
<p><strong>Probabile formazione (4-3-2-1): De Lucia; Rosi, Grandoni, Miglionico, Bonetto; Pulzetti, A. Filippini, Loviso; Tavano, Diamanti; Danilevicius.</p>
<p> A disp.: Mazzoni, Diniz, Perticone, Bergvold, Paulinho, Volpe, Candreva, E. Filippini. All.: Acori.</p>
<p>Probabile formazione (4-4-2): Morello, Birindelli, Raimondi, Viviani, Zavagno; Pit, Braiati, Genevier, Job; Gasparetto, Greco. </p>
<p>A disp.: Alfonso, Feussi, Trevisan, Piccinni, Buzzegoli, Radovanovic, Degano. All.: Ventura</strong></p>
<p>Cool thing on Livorno&#8217;s website http://webtv.livornochannel.com/index.php ; Registration is free and you get all the highlights and juicy tidbits from your favorite team </p>
<p>At least Serie B gives us the derbissimo because that would never happen in Serie A… PISA MERDA !</p>
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		<title>Empoli – Livorno, Who Cares ? (Honestly ? Tell Me)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 18:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aldo Spinelli]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will not be a regular irregular preview. There’s nothing left to play for, not even pride. I mean Livorno’s season is already in the gutter. The only high point was that mini non losing streak after GC Camolese’s appointment earlier this season. Then there was Alessandro Diamanti’s and his left foot that finally came [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/05/dapiangerecr2.jpg' title='dapiangerecr2.jpg'><img align='left' border='1' style='margin-right:7px' src='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/05/dapiangerecr2.jpg' alt='dapiangerecr2.jpg' /></a>This will not be a regular irregular preview. There’s nothing left to play for, not even pride. I mean Livorno’s season is already in the gutter. The only high point was that mini non losing streak after GC Camolese’s appointment earlier this season. Then there was Alessandro Diamanti’s and his left foot that finally came to age. Diamanti’s been drawing interest from Inter already and seeing how he’s Italian makes it even more special. <strong>Martin Bergvold</strong>, <strong>Nico Pulzetti</strong>  and <strong>Dario Knezevic</strong> were the only 3 other bright spots about the Amaranto Liberation Army’s dismal season. Not that they did anything special but just not sucking on the Livorno squad makes you look good. Of course, <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> but nothing less was expected of Marco this season, he’s the only reason Livorno aren’t battling with the likes of FC Rieti as we speak. </p>
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<p>In all honesty, I’d be lying if said I’m pissed and surprised, Aldo&#8217;s rants and signings had Serie B written all over it since day 1. Anyways, why would Serie A deserve a team with no (infra)structure or Primavera that has produced nothing but indirectly moulding Giorgio Chiellini,Cristiano Lucarelli and Marco Amelia. I&#8217;m not saying Livorno will be pulling an Ancona and disappear but Livorno need to work on the company before being a real Serie A worthy team. 150,000 population and the highest unemployment rate(Top 10 for sure) in all of Italy but they still manage to get UEFA cup action and memorable moments. But Aldo fucked it all up, while pocketing enough to leave Livorno without an empty wallet. The only thing that pisses me off about Livorno this year, is that Relegation  has Aldo Spinelli-behind the scenes-calciopoli-esque-string-pulling written all over it. It clearly feels like it was wanted or planned or whatever. With Orsi coming back to insure everything would go down (pun intended) as planned! That&#8217;s what pisses me off the most !</p>
<p>Fuckin’ Aldo saying at the beginning of the season how this was the most talented team he<br />
had ever put together, maybe if this was the end of the 1990’s Aldo because Diego Tristan is what I would call a has been. 1 goal form the Spaniard, 1 measely fuckin’ goal all season. Francesco Tavano ? What the hell was that ? Replacing Lucarelli, a hometown hero/legend with Tavano!? He’s isn’t even a has been god damn it he’s a never was at all. Oh yeah and backing up this untalented duo with Fausto Rossini and Francesco- I didn’t play a single minute all fuckin’ year – Volpe. Thank God Ale Diamanti pulled some talent out of his ass because we would of looked even worse on the pitch all season.</p>
<p>And now Aldo’s saying how he’ll be starting over with the Lucarelli brothers in Serie B, yeah right Aldo and Irishpeople don&#8217;t like potatoes. Stop Lying you fat bastard! Basically I’m pissed and my mind is disorganised and I’m sure you all feel the same way </p>
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Forza Ragazzi !</strong></p>
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		<title>Atalanta 3 &#8211; 2 Livorno ; The Fat Lady is getting Ready to Sing !</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dario Knezevic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Davide Balleri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diego Tristan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. Filippini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erjon Bogdani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fabio Galante]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fausto Rossini]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Giovanni Pasquale]]></category>
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What a frustrating game !!! 
The only reason I’m not extremely pissed off right now is because we’re still mathematically in the running towards being Serie A next non-relegated team. Chances are looking crappy but it&#8217;s still a possibility! Ok, i know that we have about the same chances of not going down as Italian [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>What a frustrating game !!! </strong></p>
<p>The only reason I’m not extremely pissed off right now is because we’re still mathematically in the running towards being Serie A next non-relegated team. Chances are looking crappy but it&#8217;s still a possibility! Ok, i know that we have about the same chances of not going down as Italian Parents have of seeing their 29 year old son moving out of the house,  but like Yogi Bear would say : I don&#8217;t hear no fat lady singing just yet! </p>
<p><strong>How Low can you go !</strong></p>
<p>We had the chance to witness what happens when <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> plays like a mere mortal and not a goalie with superpowers. But above all,<strong>Fernando Orsi</strong> managed in 1 game to remind me why I hated him since the very beginning of the season; Tristan from the start ? Then Rossini ? What the hell ? Diamonds aren’t only a girl’s best friend Nando !!! How about having some balls their Nando ? Diamanti&#8217;s on freakin&#8217; fire and you chose to play Tristan,Tavano and Rossini  before the Diamond in the rough !? Ma chè Cazzo !</p>
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<p>Orsi has managed to pick up…let me see…2 points all year TWO DAMN IT!  GC Camolese managed to win 1 game at least ; Hell ! he even beat <strong>AC Milan</strong> and managed to draw <strong>Roma</strong> twice! How can you go from conceding 1 goal in Roma, to let 3 goals in against a bored/experimental Atalanta squad ? ( I mean Atalanta doesn’t even have an Offside Blog! How less credible can a club get?) <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> might as well bring back Camolese for the next 2 games, because he looks like he’s doing everything on purpose to see Livorno go down. Aldo ! A team in Serie B is harder to sell than a Serie A squad you yellow raincoat wearing lunatic ! </p>
<p><strong>Lowlights, but 20 Euros GRATIS! :</strong></p>
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<p><strong>MARCATORI: Doni (A) al 12&#8242; s.t., Ferreira Pinto (A) al 15&#8242; s.t., Rossini (L) al 20&#8242; s.t., Pavan (L) al 38&#8242; s.t., Padoin (A) al 44&#8242; s.t..<br />
ATALANTA (4-4-1-1): Coppola; Rivalta, Talamonti (23&#8242; st Pellegrino), Manfredini, Bellini; Ferreira Pinto, Tissone (32&#8242; st Bonaventura sv), Guarente, Padoin; Doni (16&#8242; st Marconi); Floccari. (Ivan, Belleri, Paolucci, Fissore). All. Del Neri </p>
<p>LIVORNO (3-5-2): Amelia; Grandoni, Pavan, Knezevic; Balleri (22&#8242; st Diamanti), Loviso, Bergvold (12&#8242; st Pulzetti), A. Filippini, Pasquale; Tavano, Tristan (1&#8242; st Rossini). (De Lucia, Filippini, Giannichedda, Melara). All. Orsi.<br />
Arbitro: Tagliavento di Terni. </p>
<p>NOTE: spettatori 6.500. Ammoniti: Pavan, Knezevic, Pasquale e Guarente per gioco falloso, Bellini per fallo di mano. Angoli: 3-2 per il Livorno Recupero: 1&#8242; e 4&#8242; </strong></p>
<p><strong>Frustrating! Frustrating! Frustrating!</strong></p>
<p><strong>GC Camolese</strong> somehow got the best out of this restrictive (to say the least) roster of players. Unfortunately, Fernando Orsi thinks Tavano and Tristan are the players they once were. </p>
<p><strong>Tavano </strong>: It’s so frustrating to see Francesco Tavano suck it hard week in and week out.<br />
I won’t give him more than 23 words. </p>
<p><strong>Bogdani :</strong> Where the hell is Bogdani ? I’m checkin’ on Mapquest (ok, google Maps) and I’m only finding </p>
<p><strong>Tristan ;</strong>  My mourning of Super Depor Diegol Tristan ‘s career ended 2 weeks after his goal against Roma. </p>
<p><strong>Filippini </strong>: Both of them, they try so freakin’ hard and they always leave it all on the pitch at the end of each and every game, but they both lack the height, pace and overall talent. These 2 would be gods in Serie B/C but they don’t cut it when it comes to performing in Serie A. </p>
<p><strong>Loviso</strong> : Common ! Ex-Italia U-21 my ass !</p>
<p><strong>Rossini</strong> : please don’t get me started on this guy! He’s a scrapper I’ll give him that, he gives his all and works hard. But saying he has limited talent is more of an understatement than saying that Dane Cook sucks or Mary-Kate Olsen is talented and thin. This Algonquin looking striker needs to be a 5th option at best !</p>
<p><strong>Grandoni </strong>: Good defender, decent player and  stupid decision maker.</p>
<p><strong>Pasquale </strong>:  I’m pissed because this Champions League-experienced-versatile-Inter Homegrown- Back is one of the few players you can have some expectations from. He didn’t deliver all freakin’ season long.</p>
<p><strong>Bergvold, Amelia, Knezevic, Galante, Daniele &#8211; Rosso Directo &#8211; De Vezze, Pulzetti, Bogdani, Giannichedda  and Diamanti </strong>are the only players that could be useful to a Serie A team.Thank god we have 2 players going to Euro 2008 because if you round up all of the names on the roster and say them out loud, it sounds a lot like a midtable Serie B team. Come to think of it ….</p>
<p><strong><em>Forza Ragazzi ! 6 punti  porco dio ! 6 punti Cazzo !</em></strong></p>
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		<title>Atalanta-Livorno, An Ode to Salvation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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*this photo pretty much sums up our Serie A situation
So it doesn’t get more meaningful than this. Livorno need to head into Bergamo with a knife in their teeth and all cylinders going. This game is THE game of the season, until next week of course. But Livorno need to take 3 points against a [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>*this photo pretty much sums up our Serie A situation</em></p>
<p>So it doesn’t get more meaningful than this. <strong>Livorno</strong> need to head into Bergamo with a knife in their teeth and all cylinders going. This game is THE game of the season, until next week of course. But Livorno need to take 3 points against a nothing-left-to-win-or-lose <strong>Atalanta</strong> squad. Who cares about <strong>Fernando Orsi</strong> being the coach, Aldo’s crazyness and <strong>Marco Amelia’s</strong> health it’s all about survival right now. Stick the team bus infront of the nets and hope that <strong>Alè Diamanti’s</strong> lethal left foot strikes again !</p>
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<p><strong>Forza Ragazzi !</strong></p>
<p><strong>Probable Formations</strong></p>
<p>Atalanta</p>
<p> (4-4-1-1):<br />
Coppola,<br />
Fissore, Talamonti, Manfredini, Bellini,<br />
Ferreira Pinto, Tissone, Guarente, Padoin,<br />
 Doni,<br />
Floccari    </p>
<p>Livorno</p>
<p><strong>(3-5-2):<br />
Amelia,<br />
Knezevic, Pavan, Grandoni,<br />
Balleri, Pulzetti, Bergvold, A. Filippini, Pasquale,<br />
Diamanti, Tavano</strong></p>
<p><strong><br />
This what Happened last time</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Prediction : 2-1 Livorno</strong></p>
<p>Atalanta’ll get one but Diamanti and Tavano will bring back 3 points to the Picchi. They have to, they need to !<br />
Forza Amaranto !</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Fernando Orsi returns to the exact same situation that saw him lose his job earlier this season; a last placed Livorno Squad. The Burgundy Boys had a nice stretch under GC Camolese ; Picking up 2 points against Roma and 3 against Milan.  Not to mention the surprise draws versus Udinese and Inter. [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Fernando Orsi</strong> returns to the exact same situation that saw him lose his job earlier this season; a last placed Livorno Squad. The Burgundy Boys had a nice stretch under <strong>GC Camolese</strong> ; Picking up 2 points against Roma and 3 against Milan.  Not to mention the surprise draws versus Udinese and Inter. But what could be asked from <strong>GC Camolese</strong>. With the type of talent he had to his disposal, I feel that <strong>GC Camolese</strong> made the most of his opportunity. He managed to turn around the team’s play earlier this season by changing the training regimen and experimenting with different types of formations. Had he been in place from day 1, things would have been different I’m sure.  We can always argue that GC Camolese was hyper defensive and relied way too heavily on the defensive aspects of the game. He even managed to field 5 CB for a couple of games, bringing back Helenio Herrera’s heritage to Serie A. </p>
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<p>But isn’t the defensive aspect the most important when your team is called Livorno? With the non-depth provided by <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> during the summer, replacing <strong>Stefano Morrone and C. Lucarelli</strong> with <strong>Vikash Dhorasso, Diego Tristan</strong> and <strong>Francesco Tavano</strong> isn’t exactly the best investments you can find. At least he managed to find Diamanti, but it seems like <strong>GC Camolese</strong> found out how to use the youngster too late in the season. Diamanti’ll be great in Serie B next year, and has probably already showed enough to stay in Serie A, let’s hope he does it with Livorno. </p>
<p>But to Aldo’s defence, Livorno definitely needs some sort of adrenaline shot straight to the heart. In the Post-Maybe-Jesus-was-Born-Today- Season, <strong>Livorno</strong> have picked up 8 measly points; 1 win, 5 draws and 10 losses. Even though I love the enthusiasm and spirit <strong>GC Camolese</strong> brought to the Amaranto Liberation Army, 8 points in 16 games kind of sucks donkey dick. 1 point every other game isn’t going to cut it. </p>
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<p>So out goes <strong>GC Camolese</strong> and back comes <strong>Fernando Orsi</strong>. This, to me, means 2 things. Aldo wants to shake things up, but isn’t willing to open his wallet as much as his mouth. Unfortunately, this is the story of the season. He plucked 3 has-beens from the <em>UEFA’s Most Unwanted player list </em>and thought that was enough to see the team stay in Serie A long enough to cash in on the sale of the team, as well as Lucarelli’s and hopefully, Amelia. These types of decisions are the ones of a man about to walk out on something. </p>
<p>At least, <strong>Fernando Orsi</strong> gets a half-assed chance to redeem himself to Livorno’s fans with 3 games left and an unhealthy <strong>Marco Amelia</strong>. &#8216;Nando Orsi will be able to start over exactly where he left off; last place ; </p>
<p><strong>#1  Atalanta ;</strong></p>
<p>Semi good thing; away game + Atalanta have nothing to lose or win anymore. Good chance at taking 3 here. </p>
<p><strong>#2 Torino</strong></p>
<p>At Home, direct relegation battler, unfortunately Torino’s a better team. Diamanti vs Rosina</p>
<p><strong>#3 Empoli</strong></p>
<p>I’m just hoping that Livorno will be able to come in to this game with everything left to win. If that can happen, I think our chances at salvation are looking good. Nothing like a Tuscan Derby on the last day of the year, especially with the words <em>Relegation</em> and <em>Sudden Death</em> sprinkled on it !</p>
<p>Let’s hope <strong>Fernando Orsi</strong> can manage what he pulled off Last year. As long as Livorno don’t finish the season like they started it and maybe we’ll be able to enjoy the joys of Serie A for one more season. In the meantime, I just want to witness some exciting hard fought matchs !</p>
<p><strong>Forza Ragazzi, Salviamoci ! !</strong></p>
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		<title>Basement Banter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Not the happiest of times in Leghorn for the moment, the unemployement rate is still disastrous, Silvio Berlusconi gets back in to office (which must make the citizens of the PCI birthplace very proud)(what is this like the 64th Government post WW2?)  and Livorno is the worst team in Serie A with very little [...]]]></description>
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<p>Not the happiest of times in <strong>Leghorn</strong> for the moment, the unemployement rate is still disastrous, <strong>Silvio Berlusconi</strong> gets back in to office (which must make the citizens of the PCI birthplace very proud)(what is this like the 64th Government post WW2?)  and <strong>Livorno</strong> is the worst team in Serie A with very little time left to correct that.</p>
<p><strong>GC Camolese</strong> has seen his job security go from none to zero (i don&#8217;t know how that&#8217;s possible but <strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> has a very peculiar way of dealing with coaches, not <strong>Zamparini</strong> peculiar but you get what i&#8217;m trying to say right ?)</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s a little <strong>Livorno</strong> news that won&#8217;t lift your morale livornese but it&#8217;ll maybe take your mind off of Relegation for 76 seconds&#8230;.</p>
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<p><strong>Aldo Spinelli</strong> is <a href="http://livorno.theoffside.com/roster/marco-amelia/livorno-for-sale-or-aldo-spinelli-is-cranky.html">Out of it for sure now</a>. The Fiery President has all but confirmed (again) that this is his last year as Livorno’s president. <a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuttomercatoweb.com%2F%3Faction%3Dread%26id%3D100312&amp;langpair=it%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8">He’s getting all nostalgic on us </a></p>
<p><strong>Massimo Oddo’s Dad, Francesco</strong> has been sayin’ that Old man Spinelli has told him to be ready just in case GC Camolese doesn’t get through the month of May. <a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuttomercatoweb.com%2F%3Faction%3Dread%26id%3D100263&amp;langpair=it%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8">Yeah Oddo’s dad and all the other unemployed coaches not called Fernando Orsi</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Cristiano Lucarelli</strong> feels sorry for Livorno but doesn’t think that he could have changed the Burgundy Boys destiny. <a href="http://goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=659819">It’s not like he wants us to be relegated or anything </a></p>
<p><strong>Ale Grandoni</strong> looks like he’s <a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuttomercatoweb.com%2F%3Faction%3Dread%26id%3D99626&amp;langpair=it%7Cen&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8">drawing interest form Fiorentina</a>. The 31 year old defender is on the last miles of his contract and is looking at all the options just in case Livorno take that B drop. </p>
<p><strong>Erjon Bogdani</strong> is nostalgic about his Flying Donkey days and is considering returning to Romeo and Juliet’s City. </p>
<p><strong>Tottenham</strong> still wants <strong>Marco Amelia</strong> between it’s sticks next seasons </p>
<p>No one&#8217;s interested in <strong>Fausto Rossini </strong></p>
<p>Why’s everybody talking like this season’s over ?</p>
<p><strong>Avanti Amaranto !</strong> </p>
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		<title>Livorno 1 – 2 Cagliari, Bobby Freshwater is the new Vieri while Diamanti is a Homeless man’s (with Lupus) Antonio Cassano</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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A mix of bad luck, Marco Storari awesomeness, Erjon Bogdani awkwardness, Bobby Freshwater dangerousness, Francesco Tavano dumbassness and you get to see Livorno lose 6 points at home to the hands of a very lively Cagliari. Contrary to the Amaranto Liberation Army’s andata game versus the Sardinians, this [...]]]></description>
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<p>A mix of bad luck, <strong>Marco Storari</strong> awesomeness, <strong>Erjon Bogdani</strong> awkwardness, <strong>Bobby Freshwater</strong> dangerousness, <strong>Francesco Tavano</strong> dumbassness and you get to see Livorno lose 6 points at home to the hands of a very lively <strong>Cagliari</strong>. Contrary to the <strong>Amaranto Liberation Army’s</strong> <em>andata</em> game versus the Sardinians, this game was a pleasure for the eye. Both teams were attacking with the fierceness only a heated relegation battle atmosphere can provide.</p>
<p><strong>Marco Amelia</strong> was forced to make some great saves and just watching Roberto Acquafresca play, from an azzurri fan’s point of view, was a beautiful thing that gives me much hope for the future.(Now if <strong>Canini</strong> can continue staying healthy and developing properly Caglirari might have something quite interesting for the upcoming years) I’m pretty sure <em><a href="http://italy.theoffside.com/azzurri/future-phenoms-a-collective-ode-part-1.html">la Nazionale</em> will soon have its new <strong>Cristian Vieri</strong>, the glory years version</a>. Nice early goal on a team effort put the Amaranto 1 up after 2 minutes but Unfortunately, Marco Amelia stupidly created the almost-instant fresh equaliser by kicking the ball straight on the foot of a Sardinian. <strong>Bam 1-1 ! </strong></p>
<p>2nd half was a Sardinian story  ; <strong>Acquafresca</strong> slots in his second sweetly for the winner and Livorno get a goal disallowed for a dogdy offside call. 2-1 ! Livorno back to the basement</p>
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<p><strong>Highlight while they last :</strong></p>
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<p><em>LIVORNO-CAGLIARI 1-2 (Primo tempo 1-1) </p>
<p>MARCATORI: Galante (L) al 2&#8242; p.t.; Acquafresca (C) al 10&#8242; p.t. e 9&#8242; s.t. </p>
<p>LIVORNO (3-5-2): Amelia; Grandoni, Knezevic, Galante; Pulzetti, De Vezze (E.Filippini dal 33&#8242; s.t.), Bergvold (Bogdani dal 5&#8242; s.t.), A.Filippini (Rossini dal 42&#8242; s.t.), Pasquale; Diamanti, Tavano. All. Camolese. </p>
<p>CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Storari; Pisano, Lopez, Canini, Agostini; Biondini, Conti, Parola; Jeda (Fini dal 42&#8242; s.t.), Cossu (Foggia dal 22&#8242; s.t.); Acquafresca (Matri dal 45&#8242; s.t.). All: Ballardini. </p>
<p>ARBITRO: Stefano Farina di Novi Ligure. </p>
<p>NOTE: Spettatori 13.000. </p>
<p>Ammoniti: Agostini (C), E. Filippini (L), Canini (C), Grandoni (L), Cossu (C), Parola (C). </em></p>
<p><strong>Let me cliché you with</strong> ; this game was the tale of 2 halves. The Burgundy (now-basement) Boys could have easily come out of the 1st half at least a goal up. If it wasn’t for Francesco Tavano’s unbelievable, and I mean How &#8211; the &#8211; Fuck &#8211; did &#8211; you &#8211; miss – that, incredibile , miss Livorno would have been 2 up before the game clock ticked ten .<br />
To <a href="http://cagliari.theoffside.com/">Jeremy’s defense</a>, Cagliari could have easily won this game 5-1, <strong>Bobby – <em>I ain’t polish</em> – Freshwater</strong> should have scored at least 3 just for Karmic purposes. At least, this was an exciting heart pumping game. </p>
<p><strong> Livorno</strong> have finally found the right mix of players to head into to the very final stretch of this season. But this right recipe comes a little too late, bottom of the basement late. The midfield is solid with <strong>De Vezze – Bergvold – Pulzetti</strong> and  The mildly successful experience of partnering  <strong>Trist</strong>an and <strong>Tavano</strong> is long gone and <strong>Ale Diamanti</strong> has clearly merited his titolare shirt. <strong>The Diamond</strong> tested Marco Storari’s gloves on more than one occasion and managed to shrug off his ball hogging problem for the afternoon. With Diamanti changing his : if ball hits foot kick hard towards goal mentality he’.ll be able to play some regular Serie A ball in my opinion he’s like a <em>homeless man’s Cassano </em>(with Lupus and Leprecy of course)</p>
<p>If it wasn’t for <strong>Tavano’s excellent Houdini impersonation</strong> ( Tavano looks like the resurrection of his old Empoli self only 1 out of every 3 games, this needs to change now ) Livorno are looking down at Cagliari instead of up.</p>
<p><strong>Unorganisation :</strong></p>
<p>Will someone please explain to me the stupidness of inserting <strong>Erjon Bogdani</strong> for a more than excellent <strong>Martin Bergvold </strong>? That fucked up the whole equilibrium of Livorno’s midfield and Attack . </p>
<p><strong>GC Camels</strong> : <em>Ora la delusione è da assorbire velocemente. Dobbiamo lottare fino a che la matematica non dirà qualcosa di diverso&#8221;.</em></p>
<p>No shit Sherlock, but is there also a mathematical problem that could be resolved by not putting Erjon Bogdani on the field for your most dangerous Danish midfielder ?</p>
<p>Bogdani sucks as a Midfielder, but not his fault</p>
<p><em>Good things  :</em></p>
<p>Team morale looks great at least  </p>
<p>Bergvold’s back</p>
<p>Diamanti’s is less rough</p>
<p>The Picchi was semi packed</p>
<p>Fausto Rossini didn’t step on the pitch </p>
<p>Only 4 corners allowed</p>
<p><em>Bad things:</em></p>
<p>8 corners, no win </p>
<p>Another dubious disallowed goal </p>
<p>Livorno lie in last place god damn it !<br />
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Finally a message for Aldo Spinelli ; STOP WEARING THAT STUPID YELLOW RAINCOAT! IT’S NOT LUCKY ANYMORE’ JUST BURN IT!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Forza Ragazzi C&#8217;è ancora tempo !</strong></p>
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