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August 31st, 2008

Fiorentina 1 – Dummies 1: Match Recap

By: Ted | Comments 25 Comments

Today at the Stadio Artemio Franchi our beloved Fiorentina got their season off on the right foot by drawing the Dummies 1-1 on a last-minute goal by new forward Alberto Gilardino. It was certainly an exciting match, and one where I am comfortable saying we were basically outplayed by a hustling Juve squad. [...]

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August 29th, 2008

Fiorentina v. Juventus: Preview

By: Ted | Comments 25 Comments

Immediately on the heels of a critically important Champions League qualifier comes this next game, which in its own way is one of the most important matches of Fiorentina’s season. The Viola will open their campaign on Sunday in the opening week’s headline game at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence where they take [...]

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August 28th, 2008

Fiorentina: Champions League

By: Ted | Comments 3 Comments

It certainly has been a busy twenty-four hours for Fiorentina. Yesterday the Viola drew Slavia Prague in the second leg of their qualifying tie for the Champions League; with the draw, Fiorentina has advanced to the group stages of the competition, and today the draw for each group were made.

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August 26th, 2008

Fiorentina v. Slavia Prague: Second Leg Preview

By: Ted | Comments 21 Comments

After yesterday’s mega-post previewing the upcoming season, I only have a few minutes tonight to preview what will surely be one of the most important Fiorentina matches of the year. Tomorrow the Viola play Slavia Prague in the second leg of their Champions League qualifying clash; the Viola won the first leg (at home) [...]

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August 25th, 2008

Fiorentina: Season Preview

By: Ted | Comments 5 Comments

This is the start of a very big week for the Viola. On Wednesday, Fiorentina plays the second leg of their Champions League tie against Slavia Prague. I will try to get a small preview of the match up tomorrow, although I won’t have much more to say than what I did in [...]

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August 22nd, 2008

No News is Good News (But Awfully Boring)

By: Ted | Comments 9 Comments

Every blogger in the game has, at one point or another, written the “sorry I haven’t posted lately” post. Maybe the writer gets sick, or he goes on vacation, or he has to move, or work’s been a bear; whatever. I myself pulled that stunt a few weeks ago when my boy was [...]

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August 19th, 2008

The Great Man Gets a Birthday Present, and Mutu gets Hurt

By: Ted | Comments 16 Comments

Today in Italy Fiorentina played a charity/exhibition match vs. Amici del Forte, winning 6-2 with braces from Pazzini, Osvaldo and Kuzmanovic. Apparently Prandelli played his usual 4-3-3, but still experimented with the line-up, which included, among other oddities, Marco Donadel as one of his center-backs. The full match report can be found here.

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August 14th, 2008

Uh, Does Anyone Have £13.68 Million Pounds that Adi Mutu can Borrow?

By: Ted | Comments 18 Comments

‘Cause apparently he now officially owes it to Chelsea. Of course he will appeal, but this is a story that just won’t go away. At least he’s now cup-tied so he can’t go pushing to be sold again.

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August 13th, 2008

Fiorentina: News and Notes

By: Ted | Comments 1 Comment

Ah, the day after. There is nothing quite like the relaxed calm one feels after your club has won a big match. Right now the world feels anew, with the exciting upcoming season stretched out before us like a banquet. In that spirit I wanted to pass along the latest news; nothing [...]

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August 12th, 2008

Fiorentina 2 – Slavia Prague 0: Match “Recap’

By: Ted | Comments 14 Comments

Today in beautiful Florence the Viola won the first leg of their Champions League qualifier vs. Slavia Prague, thus putting them in excellent position to to win the tie with a solid performance next week, which would allow the club to advance to the lucrative and exciting group stages of the contest. Adrian Mutu [...]

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