Antonio Conte

In mid-July, I posted a story on this site propos­ing that Bari, if they played their cards right, could be poised for a top six fin­ish.  In the inter­ven­ing four weeks, they lost a top-flight defender and whiffed on a major sign­ing, leav­ing the club in worse posi­tion than they were just a month ago.  […]

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In this aggra­vat­ing time between the end of the Serie A sea­son and the begin­ning of the World Cup, we can bide our time by look­ing back at the past Serie A sea­son.  As expected by many, Inter Milan won the title.  In my series of posts review­ing the sea­son, how­ever, I want to begin […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 18

by Robert on January 7, 2010 · 0 comments

Like a ray of sun­shine on a cloudy day, Ital­ian soc­cer has returned to our air­waves, and this week’s matches saw the return of David Beck­ham, the goal of the year, and some good cal­cio as well.  As reports roll in of play­ers leav­ing Italy in trans­fers, the ques­tion is what moves will the contenders […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 5

by Robert on September 25, 2009 · 1 comment

It’s crunch time in Serie A, as clubs must play three games in the span of 8 days this week, and even more over the next eleven days if they are play­ing in inter­na­tional com­pe­ti­tions. It’s a Bad Month to Be a Milan Fan: Not only is rival Inter atop the Serie A stand­ings, Milan […]

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  Bari Man­ager, Anto­nio Conte, was attacked by sev­eral Lecce fans while seated on a bench watch­ing a game of five against five foot­ball. Ital­ian police are cur­rently inves­ti­gat­ing the inci­dent and hope to make arrests soon. Conte had been punched in the face sev­eral times, after which a num­ber of bystanders came to his […]

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