Napoli! – Mon Frere! You Who were With Me in the Ships at Milan!*
By: Ted |
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I had hoped, as all sports fans do, for the best. But I also feared the worst. Last week Milan looked phenomenal, while the Viola looked tired and rusty. Fiorentina absolutely needed to win this week to have any shot of staying in the Champions League race; anything short of maximum points from Milan would only be a bonus. But instead fans of Fiorentina, be them man or woman, received a delightful Mother’s Day gift. Perhaps it is because Milan themselves have so often been described as a bunch of mother… Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fiorentina v. Parma: Preview
By: Ted | 5 Comments
Really, there isn’t all that much to preview. Fiorentina MUST win this match if they are to have any hope at all for qualifying for the Champions League. The Viola are now a single point behind Milan for the fourth and final CL spot; one assumes that Fiorentina will have to win both of their games and simply hope for some sort of Milan screw-up for the Viola to qualify. Milan are away to Napoli this weekend, while Fiorentina plays their final match at home against 18th place Parma. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsFiorentina: Silly Rumors and Real News
By: Ted | 3 Comments
With another few days before the second-to-last Viola game of the season (I am already starting to demonstrate withdrawal symptoms) I thought I would pass along another collection of links to real news and really questionable rumors. As always, let me remind you I am only a conduit for your Fiorentina news: I no more guarantee the accuracy of these stories than I guarantee the accuracy of my “predictions” before every Viola match. (If my predictions were always right, incidentally, Fiorentina would pretty much be undefeated.) Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsFiorentina: News and Notes
By: Ted | 6 Comments
It’s been a quiet week for the Viola, largely because the boys do not have a mid-week game for the first time in a long time. I feel like I should be prepping a match preview for tomorrow, but I accept the break just as the team must welcome it: with two incredibly important matches yet to play, they need the time to rest and refocus. With all this free time on my hands, however, I can pass along what little news is getting out about the club. Some of these are just rumors, and as we all know about football rumors on the internet, you can only trust em’ as much as you trust the source. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsCagliari 2 – Fiorentina 1: Out of the Driver’s Seat
By: Ted | 4 Comments
Before I say anything else, I must admit that it was nice to watch Fiorentina play a team that was, you know, trying to win the game. It was a very good game, with lots of end-to-end action, and Cagliari played great and deserved to win the match. It’s good to back in Series A. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsCagliari v. Fiorentina: Preview
By: Ted | 2 Comments
Apologies, first, to any Viola fans expecting a decent preview of tomorrow’s match. I spent the day with a good buddy from out of town who is heading to Iraq for the year, and then spent the evening at the grim New England Revolution match. (The Revs, incidentally, were manhandled 3-0 by the Chicago Fire.) So anyway, I had a nice night with good friends, but it didn’t leave me any time to preview tomorrow’s match beyond the bare minimum. My apologies. I’m usually pretty good at previewing the weekend match (I try to get them up by Friday) but with the cup match Thursday night it’s been tough to catch up. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsFiorentina: News and Notes
By: Ted | 7 Comments
On the heels of yesterday’s soul-crushing loss to Rangers, we have a relatively large influx of Viola news for today. I’m just going to pass these along and take the rest of the day off before coming back with a preview of the Cagliari match by (hopefully) Saturday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsRangers Win and Create 100,000 New Celtic Fans in the Process
By: Ted | 75 Comments
I’m not going to recap the game. I’m too down right now to do it, and have no desire to live through that hell again. Instead, here are just my quick thoughts on the match. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsRangers v. Fiorentina: Preview
By: Ted | 20 Comments
I really don’t have that much more to say. Normally when I preview a game, I’m just reporting the basic information about the upcoming match. All the hardcore fans of Fiorentina already know all the stuff I’m saying, but at least I’m getting information to the causal fans of the team and the game in general. Tomorrow’s match, however, is different. With the Viola’s wonderful season continuing, there is unprecedented and continuing attention on the team. I’ve seen so many previews and articles about tomorrow’s match that I almost feel like mine is redundant, even though I’ve been paying attention to the team long before these big media outlets. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsA Question for Viola Fans
By: Ted | 9 Comments
I was speaking to my good friend recently and he asked me a question I had actually been thinking about for a few days:
If I had to choose only one, would I prefer that Fiorentina win the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the Champions League? Read the rest of this entry »
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