November 20th, 2009

Bologna v Inter: Mortadella Speedbump on the Road to Catalonia

Those two weeks were long. So long, in fact, that I have completely forgot what we were doing before it started. Something about points and kicking ass (or not, as the case may be)… It will come back to me, I’m sure. Anyway, here we are back to the championship, off to Bologna in an [...]

November 16th, 2009

Why Foreigners are Important to Serie A

By: MAD |

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There is a perceived lack of Italians on this team, even though we have several, who apparently don’t count. Supporters of other teams, who like to find a reason to have a go at us, often use the “no Italians” chant to show their superiority where none might otherwise exist.

Category: Champions League, Contracts, Davide Santon, Francesco Toldo, Joel Obi, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Marco Materazzi, Mario Balotelli, Rene Krhin, Ricardo Quaresma, Serie A, Spurious Gossip, Thiago Motta, Transfer Speculation

Tags: Champions League, Contracts, Davide Santon, Francesco Toldo, Joel Obi, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Marco Materazzi, Mario Balotelli, Rene Krhin, Ricardo Quaresma, Serie A, Spurious Gossip, Thiago Motta, Transfer Speculation

November 9th, 2009

Inter 1 – Roma 1

By: MAD |

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Well, we didn’t beat an opponent in the bottom half of the table. This would mark the first time this season that this has happened. A quick look at MAD’s Guide to the Scudetto shows that beating teams the show themselves to be in the second column of the league table home and away is [...]

Category: Dejan Stankovic, Diego Milito, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Thiago Motta, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder

Tags: Dejan Stankovic, Diego Milito, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Thiago Motta, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder

November 7th, 2009

Inter v Roma: Dipende da Noi

By: Johonna |

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Just as it should, this game gets top billing this weekend. Say what you will about Roma, for some reason they always bring it when they travel to Milan to play Inter. It doesn’t really seem to matter their form or where they sit in the table, when they come to the San Siro, they [...]

October 30th, 2009

Inter 5 – Palermo 3, Zanetti 477

By: MAD |

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Let’s get this out of the way right now – when a defender takes out the back leg of the forward heading to goal, and doesn’t touch the ball, it’s a stone cold penalty. If Julio Cesar gets called for his “penalty” a week or so ago, than this is definitely one.
With that out of [...]

Category: Amanitino Mancini, Christian Chivu, Davide Santon, Diego Milito, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Mario Balotelli, Ricardo Quaresma, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Thiago Motta

Tags: Amanitino Mancini, Christian Chivu, Davide Santon, Diego Milito, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Mario Balotelli, Ricardo Quaresma, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Thiago Motta

October 29th, 2009

Inter v Palermo: Time to Play Catch-up

By: Johonna |

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The results are all in, and, no matter the outcome of the game tomorrow, we will still be top of the table come Friday. Although a draw would not be a disaster at this stage of the competition, a loss would sting. Plus, I want to win this one – four points in front [...]

October 26th, 2009

Inter 2 – Catania 1

By: MAD |

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The dichotomy that is Inter concluded its 9th league game this past Saturday with an indifferent win. The dichotomy of course is that Inter can dominate so easily on Saturday and Sunday, but have such troubles on Tuesday and Wednesdays. Is it mental? Is it the competition? Is it familiarity? Is there some lack of [...]

Category: Christian Chivu, Douglas Maicon, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Marco Materazzi, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Rene Krhin, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Wesely Sneijder

Tags: Christian Chivu, Douglas Maicon, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Marco Materazzi, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Rene Krhin, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Wesely Sneijder

October 24th, 2009

Oh Ya, There is That Whole Serie A Thing Too

By: Johonna |

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Ok. So now we have to shake the Champions League blues from our hearts and minds and really, there would be no better way to do that than to unload a serious Genoa/Milan style whooping on Catania. But we musn’t get our ahead of ourselves, there are no sure things in football. Catania are [...]

October 22nd, 2009

Inter 2 – Dinamo 2

By: MAD |

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Matchday 3 for the UEFA Champions League group stage ended for us on Tuesday. As usual for Inter in a Champions League game it had its ups and downs. Unfortunately for me, it starts on Fox Soccer Channel when the idiot who is the color commentator had to ask his partner whether the Italian team [...]

Category: Champions League, Christian Chivu, David Suazo, Dejan Stankovic, Dinamo Kiev, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder

Tags: Champions League, Christian Chivu, David Suazo, Dejan Stankovic, Dinamo Kiev, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Samuel Etoo, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder

October 19th, 2009

“Genoa are better than Inter” – Genoa 0 – Inter 5

By: MAD |

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Some may have forgotten the above statement, but I haven’t. And its statements like this that gets people into troubles. Not because I believe that there is a large a huge Karmic vortex that punishes hubris – although I could be wrong, it certainly seems like that often enough – but because it indicated sloppy [...]

Category: Amanitino Mancini, Christian Chivu, Dejan Stankovic, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Ricardo Quaresma, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder

Tags: Amanitino Mancini, Christian Chivu, Dejan Stankovic, Douglas Maicon, Esteban Cambiasso, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Jose Mourinho, Julio Cesar, Lucio, Mario Balotelli, Patrick Vieira, Ricardo Quaresma, Serie A, Sulley Muntari, Team News, Walter Samuel, Wesely Sneijder