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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Aldo Spinelli]]></category>
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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>Livorno tie, Diamanti Scores a Beauty or ; It&#8217;s Déjà Vue Again !</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Hey a win would have tied us with fellow Tuscans Empoli for first place. But our eleventh tie of the season against Triestina still puts us 3rd !. But like Mr. Acori says : In a long tournament like this one consistency goes a long way. We now know Livorno are a hard team to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hey a win would have tied us with fellow Tuscans Empoli for first place. But our eleventh tie of the season against Triestina still puts us 3rd !. But like Mr. Acori says : In a long tournament like this one consistency goes a long way. We now know Livorno are a hard team to beat but we need to stop dominating games and getting 1 point out of it. It’s time to string a run of ugly wins if we have to. </p>
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<p>But no win can be ugly if Ale Diamanti continues pulling shots out of his ass. The kid can seriously kick it ! His left foot is surgical and he’s starting to develop in a more complete and well-rounded player of Serie A caliber.  Diamanti Volleyed in a corner from the top of the box to give Livorno the lead on Saturday. You’ll see in the highlights but this kid is seriously starting to shine   week in and week out.  I feel like I’m writing the same thing week in a week out ; Draw with a nice Diamanti goal, the midfield was solid, Livorno dominated but they can’t seem to find that darned winning goal. Tavano and Danilevicius missed easy goals and Diamanti created many chances for himself and others and the defense was solid. </p>
<p>Pretty much the same story…a part from the fact that De Lucia is looking great in Serie B  and  Aleandro Rosi is gonna be a star someday. Slow and steady towards Serie A…</p>
<p> Check out the goals ! </p>
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<p>TRIESTINA 1-1 LIVORNO</p>
<p>TRIESTINA (4-4-2): Agazzi, Milani, Cottafava, Minelli, Rullo, Antonelli, Allegretti, Princivalli, Tabbiani (28&#8242; st Gorgone), Testini, Della Rocca (14&#8242; st Ardemagni). (1 Dei, 86 Cacciatore, 66 Lima, 44 Piangerelli, 10 Figoli). All. Maran.</p>
<p>LIVORNO (4-3-1-2): De Lucia, Rosi, Perticone, Miglionico, Bonetto, Pulzetti (29&#8242; st Candreva), Loviso (41&#8242; st Filippini), Bergvold, Diamanti, Tavano, Danilevicius (31&#8242; st Laurito). (19 Mazzoni, 46 Rizza, 66 Galante, 22 Volpe). All. Acori.</p>
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		<title>Livorno 3-0 Salernitana, 3 points away from the top !</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alfonso De Lucia]]></category>
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Allright ! 
So Livorno have now shrugged off that nasty addiction to the nil-nil draw. After 3 straight double goose eggs the Amaranto Liberation Army smashed 3 beautiful goals on saturday while in the process of owning Salernitana. Livorno played around all night and it got even easier when Sal went down to 10 men [...]]]></description>
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<p>Allright ! </p>
<p>So Livorno have now shrugged off that nasty addiction to the nil-nil draw. After 3 straight double goose eggs the Amaranto Liberation Army smashed 3 beautiful goals on saturday while in the process of owning Salernitana. Livorno played around all night and it got even easier when Sal went down to 10 men for 45 minutes. This means i actually have highlights to show. Tavano, Candreva and Ale Diamanti got on the sheet with some nice strikes. Now Livorno stand 3 points away from leaders Empoli in 6th place. </p>
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<p>Ok so even though Livorno&#8217;s looking good , we&#8217;ve drawn 10 times in 16 days, 6 of those were 0-0 draws. Empoli, Torino doesn&#8217;t count, is the only team that beat us all year!  Now we need to start winning on a consistent basis  </p>
<p>so random thoughts and numbers : </p>
<p>1 : The defense is pretty much on point even if Grandoni and Galante aren&#8217;T really doing their part</p>
<p>2: Tomas Danilevicius makes Fausto Rossini look like Amauri. Danilevicius can&#8217;t find the back of the net if would add volume to his hair. Good thing is that Diamanti and Tavano have been picking up the slack. Hell even Fausto played his part when he was healthy. </p>
<p>3: Coach Acori knows what he&#8217;s doing ! The Defense is tight and the progress of youngsters Candreva, Rosi, Volpe and even </p>
<p>4: Alfonso De Lucia does a pretty impressive Marco Amelia impersonation. Altough i had serious doubts about him at the start of the stagione , I have to admit he&#8217;s been solid infront of nets thus far</p>
<p>5: Goals Against : 11  Goals For : 22</p>
<p>6: Teams like Chievo and Bologna would kill to have our midfield.</p>
<p>7: Tavano keeps on playing great 1 every 3 games. We can live with that because of Alessandro Diamanti</p>
<p>8 : Speaking of the homeless man&#8217;s Antonio Cassano, Beppe Marotta wants to bring him to Pesto town and join Samp !</p>
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<p>IL TABELLINO</p>
<p>Marcatori: 21’ Tavano, 68’Candreva, 91&#8242; Diamanti</p>
<p><strong>Livorno (4-3-2-1): De Lucia 6,5; Rosi 7, Perticone 6, Miglionico 6, Bonetto 6,5 (33’ st Grandoni sv); Pulzetti 6, Loviso 5,5 (11’ st Candreva 6,5), Bergvold  7 (41’ st A.Filippini sv); Diamanti 6,5, Tavano 7; Danilevicius 5. A disp: Mazzoni, Rizza, Volpe, Laurito. All. Acori 6,5.</p>
<p>Salernitana (4-4-2): Pinna 6; Giampà 5,5, Fusco 6, Peccarisi 5, Marchese 6; Kyriazis 5,5, Pestrin 6, Soligo 5,5 (24’ st Giannone sv), Tricarico 5,5 (21’st Scarpa sv); Di Napoli 6,5, Turienzo 5,5(39’ st Gerardi sv). A disp. Iuliano, Cardinale, Russo, Piccioni. All. Castori 6.</p>
<p>Arbitro Tommasi di Bassano del Grappa 6</p>
<p>Ammoniti: Marchese, Kyriazis, Tricarico (S), Rosi (L)</p>
<p>Espulso: Peccarisi  (S) al 46’ pt per doppia ammonizione</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 Leftovers ; The Week That Was</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alfonso De Lucia]]></category>
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Another loss less week and 2 points added to the board. Livorno managed to tie Bari 0-0 last Tuesday and obtained the same scoreline on Saturday in the Derby with Grosseto. 
I can’t say that I’m happy with the results but at least we’re still unbeaten in Serie B. The game versus Bari saw Acori [...]]]></description>
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<p>Another loss less week and 2 points added to the board. Livorno managed to tie Bari 0-0 last Tuesday and obtained the same scoreline on Saturday in the Derby with Grosseto. </p>
<p>I can’t say that I’m happy with the results but at least we’re still unbeaten in Serie B. The game versus Bari saw Acori juggle with many notable absences. <strong>Francesco Tavano</strong> played awfully but to his defence he was left alone for a large part of the game. </p>
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<p>Thanks to <strong>Alfonso De Lucia</strong>, Livorno managed to come back home with one point. Even Leonardo Acori claimed that <strong>Livorno</strong> was lucky to get the draw against a surprisingly lively and combative Bari side. We can now officially add them to the list of realistic Serie A hopefuls. Antonio Conte is really doing something special with this Bari side.<br />
I didn’t manage to see the game and I don’t have any highlights or stats for you so let’s move on to yet another Tuscan Derby…</p>
<p>But don’t forget www.livornochannel.com for un-embeddable full highlights…</p>
<p><strong>Livorno 0-0 Grosseto. </strong></p>
<p>The positive thing is the clean sheets. Livorno’s defense is solid and if it weren’t for Acerbis’s crazy display in front of Grosseto’s net, Livorno would have taken all 3 points from this game. As predicted, <strong>Francesco Tavano</strong> disappeared and The Lithuanian Non-sensation <strong>Danilevicius</strong> managed to choke in front of an easy goal like only he can ! <strong>Diamanti’s</strong> zigzagging and <strong>Bonetto’s</strong> daring runs didn’t manage to get the win. </p>
<p><em>LIVORNO-GROSSETO 0-0</p>
<p>LIVORNO (4-3-2-1): De Lucia 6; Rosi 6, Grandoni , Perticone 6,5, Bonetto 6,5; Pulzetti 6 (32’ st A. Filippini 4), Loviso 5 (7’ st Migliorini 6,5), Candreva 6 (41’ st E.Filippini sv); Diamanti 7, Tavano 5,5; Danilevicius 5. A disp: Mazzoni, Miglionico, A. Filippini, E.Filippini, Migliorini, Volpe, Paulinho. All. Acori 5,5.</p>
<p>GROSSETO (4-1-4-1): Acerbis 6,5; Freddi 6, Porchia 6, Stendardo 6, Abruzzese 6; Cordova 6; Gessa 6,5,Valeri 6 (24’ pt Vitiello 6,5), Consonni 6,5, Gessa 6,5 (38’ pt Sansovini 6), Lazzari 6; Sforzini 5,5 (32’ st Pichlmann sv). A disp: Caparco, Federici, Vitiello, Carparelli, Suppa, Sansovini, Pichlmann. All. Gustinetti 6,5.</em></p>
<p>The thing is that defence is solid with <strong>Grandoni </strong>and a surprisingly excellent <strong>Perticone, Nicola </strong><strong>Candreva’</strong>s playing well enough that he should start giving <strong>Tavano</strong> and the Lithuanian a run for their starting shirt soon, Pulzetti and Diamanti are starting to add continuity to their good play and <strong>Aleandro Rosi</strong> is a pleasant surprise at left back. All we need is for Tavano to show up more than once every 5 games, Danilevicius needs to start bagging those easy goals and <strong>Massimo Loviso</strong> needs to step it up a notch and remind us why he was once an Italian U21 regular. </p>
<p>We’re still in 10th place with 9 points and have an important game against Empoli, that’s right a 3rd Tuscan derby in 3 weeks….</p>
<p><strong>Forza Labronici !</strong></p>
<p>Now on to Livorno for the Coppa Italia…</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 />
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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>Livorno Leftovers Sauté à la Transfer Talk, with just a hint of Bitterness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Stucazzo</dc:creator>
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Not all has been said about the season, but we pretty much all get the picture. Livorno were condemned to Serie B from the get go. From the ; Ciao Lucarelli and Morrone to the Hello Diego Tristan,Vikash Dhorasoo  and Francesco Tavano. Unfortunately, Spinelli’s all around stubbornness and many offield antics (Promising to bring [...]]]></description>
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<p>Not all has been said about the season, but we pretty much all get the picture. Livorno were condemned to Serie B from the get go. From the ; <strong>Ciao Lucarelli and Morrone </strong>to the <strong>Hello Diego Tristan,Vikash Dhorasoo  and Francesco Tavano</strong>. Unfortunately, Spinelli’s all around stubbornness and many offield antics (Promising to bring Lucarelli back, Wanting to weigh each player personally, Poutin and wanting to sell the club, his phone conversations with Luciano Moggi and his stupid penny pinching transfer window), Fernando Orsi ‘s awful start and end of the season mixed in with Livorno’s inability at scoring goals and you have yourself a recipe for Serie B. All I have to say is that La Nazionale needs to start loaning each and every potential goalkeeping star to Livorno. Just like <strong>Marco Amelia</strong>, your promised to see the youngster get peppered with shots week in and week out. (I’m so looking at you Gianluca Curci) Livorno need to end the; &#8211; Will Aldo leave &#8211; saga as soon as possible. Preferably by pressuring Aldo to sell the Club already!  </p>
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I’ll give Aldo some credit for managing to get Livorno a decent amount of Media Exposure over the years, but the man has got to go. He’s clearly given up on his Livorno project (especially after reading those Luciano Moggi Phone call transcripts of his) This President managed to bring Livorno from Serie B to the UEFA Cup, but Livorno have now regressed back to their starting point. That’s just one of the reasons Aldo needs to go. I’ll give him the fact that he always manages to snatch up a good bargain or to unearth a Serie A worthy player from some buttfuck Paese: Bergvold, Pulzetti, Knezevic, M. Amelia, Palladino and Alè Diamanti. Unfortunately, It’s that time, changing of the guard time. His decision making capabilities have digressed throughout the years; His coaching choices (Firing,hiring,timing) were 80% awful and the fact that he never managed to organize the Youth Sides with enough flair to see 1 Primavera player make it to the Senior Squad. It’s time for some new blood, all around the organisation.</p>
<p><strong>Tranfer Rumours: </strong></p>
<p><strong>Diego Tristan</strong> has moved to Cyprus, I&#8217;m told the hills are beautiful</p>
<p><strong>Marco Amelia&#8217;s </strong>till drawing interest from Palermo, Athletico and the UK</p>
<p><strong>Alè Diamanti</strong>, by far this year’s standout player, has been drawing some interest from all over the peninsula. <strong>Sampdoria,Genoa,Napoli,Lazio</strong> and Inter are all keen on the left footed Homeless man’s Antonio Cassano. I get the feeling Diamanti has no intention of going down to Serie B. The 25 year old player from Prato has declared today that ‘’ Napoli would be the realisation of a dream!’’</p>
<p>Ciao Alè ! T’was nice knowing you</p>
<p>Diamanti’s not the only Livorno player Napoli have their eye on ; <strong>Giovanni Pasquale</strong>, who almost went to Napoli during the Winter Window, has all but secured his place in Napoli. Reports suggest that Napoli will pay Livorno around 1.6-1.9 M Euro for the ex-Interista + a 1 year Loan of <strong>Erminio Rullo</strong>. Nico Pulzetti’s the other player flirting with the San Paolo public. Reports are saying the fling is mutual.</p>
<p><strong>Giancarlo Camolese what do you think about this ? </strong></p>
<p><em>Pulzetti e Pasquale sono giocatori da Napoli</em>! </p>
<p>Alright, So how are things going for you ? </p>
<p><em>I just signed a contract with Rapid Bucharest !</em></p>
<p>What !? You’re replacing Walter Zenga as the Italian of service in Romania?</p>
<p><em>At 800,000 k a season plus another 300k if we make the Champions I’m moving to Romania !</em></p>
<p>Ciao Giancarlo !</p>
<p>Finally, <strong>Francesco Tavano</strong> is moving out. The Tavster sucked it hard all year despite his 10 goals. It seems like <strong>Fiorentina</strong> are ‘’extremely’’ keen on the striker and have seemingly included Arturo Lupoli as a bargaining chip. <strong>Livorno</strong> are thrilled by the idea but contrary to Fiorentina’s wishes; They’re looking at a Co-ownership deal and La Viola only want to loan out the youngster. Let’s see how this transpires…</p>
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Forza Ragazzi !</strong></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Alè Diamanti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ciccio Tavano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marco Amelia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mercato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nico Pulzetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dario Knezevic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diego Tristan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giancarlo Camolese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercato]]></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>
<p><strong><br />
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>
				<category><![CDATA[Aldo Spinelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alè Diamanti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ciccio Tavano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livorno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Amelia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Bergvold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nico Pulzetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A. Filippini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alè Grandoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel De Vezze]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Giancarlo Camolese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giovanni Pasquale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giuliano Giannichedda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massimo Loviso]]></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>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/05/fatwomentryingtogetpantson.jpg' title='Almost Ready !'><img align='left' border='1' style='margin-right:7px' src='http://livorno.theoffside.com/files/2008/05/fatwomentryingtogetpantson.jpg' alt='Almost Ready !' /></a></p>
<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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