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Rangers v. Fiorentina: Preview
By: Ted |
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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 [...]
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A 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?
Category: Team NewsFiorentina 2 – Sampdoria 2: All-Around Disappointment
By: Ted | 6 Comments
Today at the Artemio Franchi in Florence, Fiorentina almost won, and then finally drew in a hugely important Series A match. The draw threw the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot wide open; the Viola now only hold a slim, 2-point lead over their nearest rivals, AC Milan, (who won [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina v. Sampdoria: Preview
By: Ted | No Comments
I feel like I’ve spent the last three months writing about how the next Fiorentina match is “the most important game of the season.” Yeah, I’m a broken record. But tomorrow is the most important game of the season. At least until Thursday’s game with Rangers.
Category: Team NewsWanted: Rangers FC. Crime: Killing a Perfectly Good Football Match
By: Ted | 6 Comments
Today in Glasgow, Rangers FC and Fiorentina drew nil-nil in the first leg of their UEFA Cup match. Fiorentina did the best they could, considering they were on the road. They launched a number of attacks (of various levels of effectiveness) and generally dominated possession. Rangers, however, (who, as the FSC announcers were [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina v. Rangers: UEFA Cup Preview
By: Ted | 11 Comments
Some matches are so big for the team’s supporters, and so much potential fun, that it is impossible to preview them, for the written word simply cannot match the emotions the fans feel. This match is shaping up that way for me; I feel like I’ve been looking forward to it for months, even [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina: Weekend Roundup
By: Ted | 2 Comments
It was an interesting week for Fiorentina in Series A. As we know, the Viola won their match v. Palermo 1-0 to stay four points up in the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot. Milan won big (and looked good doing it) and are thus four back. Trailing Fiorentina [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina 1 – Palermo 0: Match Recap
By: Ted | 2 Comments
Viola fans will go to bed happy tonight, awash in their dreams of Champions League play next season. We are so happy because our CL dreams have refused to become nightmares, and our team continues to win its important matches. With today’s win over Palermo, Fiorentina sits (temporarily, at least) seven points ahead [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina v. Palermo: Preview
By: Ted | 2 Comments
Tomorrow at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in beautiful Florence, Fiorentina will take on Palermo in a critical Series A match. It seems like ages since the Viola have last played, even though it was only last Sunday; but in this wonderful season they seem to almost always be playing twice a week as they [...]
Category: Team NewsFiorentina: News and Notes
By: Ted | 1 Comment
This week has been just what the doctor ordered for the Viola: a little peace and quiet. With exhaustion seeming to set in in the second half of Sunday’s match with Inter, this club needed, more than anything else, some time to rest with the big matches coming up. Well, they got it; [...]
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