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24 May 2012 @ 12:11 pm


(Look, it’s Hamsik when he still had hair!)

I realise this is quite possibly going to be the last spam ever to appear at ASA (damn Livejournal and its tricks!), but this is the first trophy Napoli have won since 1990, so my window of opportunity is small. Plus, the team were amazing, slashy and took a lot of their clothes off, so I intend to enjoy their success. *Basks* Aaaahhhh.

Somewhat astoundingly, Pandev has now won the Coppa Italia every year for the last four years. Least likely good luck charm ever. Lavezzi is probably going to leave now, and quite possibly Cavani as well, but they gave us a good send-off. I love you, lads.

Napoli 2-0 Juventus (Highlights)
17' 2h Cavani pen., 38' 2h Hamsik

Napoli: De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica, Maggio, Dzemaili, Inler, Zuniga, Hamsik (40' 2h Dossena), Hamsik's hair, Lavezzi (27' 2h Pandev), Cavani (48' 2h Britos). Unused subs: Rosati, Grava, Fernandez,Vargas. Coach: Mazzarri
Juventus: Storari, Barzagli, Bonucci, Caceres, Lichtsteiner (23' 2h Pepe), Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Estigarribia, Borriello (28' 2h Quagliarella), Del Piero (23' 2h Vucinic). Unused subs: Manninger, Marrone, Giaccherini, Matri. Coach: Conte

200 pictures of celebrations, hairless Hamsik and topless Lavezzi. )
 
 
08 May 2012 @ 04:34 pm


(Being [a] bounced, and [b] ogled by children. All is right with the world.)

Though this match was notable chiefly as the last home appearance of “Orc”, as Martha’s phone insists on calling him, I believe we did also win a derby, bag three points, get the first derby hat-trick since 1959 and, er, hand the Scudetto to Juve. All right, we didn’t mean to do that last one, but Dirtbunnies will be pleased.

Also, Maicon is not 100% useless. Dilemma!

Inter 4-2 AC Milan (Highlights; tactical analysis; unusually good Guardian mbm in which the bloke only criticises Italian football once, as a joke; Gazzetta pagelle)

Scorers: Milito 14, Ibrahimovic 44 (pen), Ibrahimovic 46, Milito 52 (pen), Milito 79 (pen), Maicon 87.
Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 55 Nagatomo; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 14 Guarin (Obi 62); 11 Alvarez (Pazzini 48), 10 Sneijder (Cordoba 84); 22 Milito. Unused subs: 12 Castellazzi, 2 Cordoba, 17 Palombo, 23 Ranocchia, 28 Zarate. Coach: Andrea Stramaccioni.
AC Milan: 32 Abbiati (Amelia 35); 20 Abate, 13 Nesta, 76 Yepes, 25 Bonera (De Sciglio 21); 22 Nocerino, 4 Van Bommel, 14 Muntari (Cassano 77); 27 Boateng; 70 Robinho, 11 Ibrahimovic. Unused subs: 5 Mexes, 8 Gattuso, 18 Aquilani, 21 Maxi Lopez. Coach: Massimiliano Allegri.

Milito, Milito, IRC, Milito, Milito )
 
 
Fabio Cannavaro Interview In Dubai

Fabio Cannavaro was appointed as a global brand ambassador and Technical Consultant of Al Ahli Club of Dubai on 25 August 2011. He now lives in Dubai, in the Palm Jumeirah villas.
The Beautiful Game Show by Abu Dhabi Sports TV, visited Cannavaro and spent a day with him.



he shows us his home and hairdresser and talks his career, I presume (it's in Italian) 
first few minutes in English - "This one is my home.."

 
 


Spamming Napoli’s Champions League heroics is obviously going to take me a day or two, so in the interim I thought I’d offer this helpful diagram to everyone who has wondered precisely how many animals there are in Serie A and whether they could make a starting lineup. Turns out there were enough for a full match! \o/ Just.

Important discoveries: the animals are actually all at Cagliari, not Inter; there’s a shocking lack of animal diversity, due to Goog’s refusal to understand non-Roman fonts; and we have a severe paucity of strikers.

Full diagram under the cut )
 
 
27 January 2012 @ 12:28 pm


(Oi, old blokes in the background – clear off, there’s an awards ceremony going on.)

I’m still not sure what this thing IS (is it the same as the Calcio Oscars or something different?), but the Gran Gala Del Calcio had winners from Inter, Milan, Udinese, Napoli and Juve, so I felt it my duty to spam it. Edi, fortunately, is not wearing an oil slick this year.

Read more... )
 
 
07 January 2012 @ 06:35 pm
Thanks to [info]el_defe for providing me with the footage and images, I have finally seen the amazing (horror? brilliance?) that is Bobo dancing. I shall leave you with the video. You are welcome. 




more photos )

[info]bustedflush and I agreed that Pippo HAS to be in the stands. I accept nothing less from him.
 
 
19 December 2011 @ 08:18 am

This is, officially, the funniest thing anyone has ever done with Elf Yourself -- not to mention the first video evidence of Cuchu's off-pitch career. My god, Sex Machine's face! It's perfect. THE WHOLE THING IS PERFECT.
 
 
16 December 2011 @ 07:02 am

(It's the Italy v England show!)

So, Milan get a their chance for revenge against Arsenal, while Napoli are gearing up to thrash Chelsea. Oh, and Inter are playing freaking l'OM, which Twitter tells me is a personal rematch of sorts for Tink and Dider Deschamps -- Deschamps' Monaco beat Tink's Chelsea, once upon a time.


In the Europa league, meanwhile, Udine take on PAOK, AKA The Team of Ex-Reggina Scary Bald Bruno Cirillo, and Lazio face Atletico Madrid. If they win, Udine will play the winners of AZ v Anderlect, while Lazio have the winner of Braga v Besiktas.

The first legs of all the ties will be played in mid-February.

Go, Italians, go!
 
 
16 December 2011 @ 12:57 pm


LOOK AND WEEP, FOR I HAVE THE NAPOLI CALENDAR! NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW! And, also, the new one comes out tomorrow. Verily, my cup runneth over. I have been scanning away like a mad ’un ever since it arrived, and all I need to know now is whether I should do a 12 Days Of Christmas thing posting one picture every day, or confine it all to one post. Plz vote.

Poll #1803500 Calendario!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

How much Napoli Calendar do you want?

View Answers
Ignore me, I'm a bot.
1 (6.7%)
A pic a day! The Christmas season is really boring anyway.
7 (46.7%)
All that Napoli will drive me crazy. Confine it to one or two posts.
7 (46.7%)

Blurry picspam of the lads and their WAGs doing... something. )


Finally, you may remember that Napoli fans like to make songs about their players and put them on Youtube. Well, they’ve caught up with Inler, and he has posted the result on his website instead of, say, burying it under a rock for a hundred years. I managed twenty seconds before collapsing in hysteria.
 
 
02 December 2011 @ 06:34 pm


(GQ’s readers: still straight. Totally, totally straight.)

GQ Italia’s December issue (which came out on Thursday) has photos and an interview with Lavezzi, titled, in a stroke of genius, “This Must Be The Pocho”.

10 murky screencaps. And Nakata )