The clichéd view of Italy is that of a country yet to discover efficiency, where carrying out a task in the correct manner requires a silly amount of effort whereas it’s likely that if you take a few shortcuts, no harm will befall you.
You would therefore assume that the postal system is a joke, [...]
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Okay, so Sunderland and Wolves look less like top-ten material than this year’s X Factor finalists, but <em>The Spoiler</em> is fairly pleased with how our ten pre-season predictions are looking as the halfway point approaches.
One of our shrewder prophecies was that despite showing ambition in the summer transfer window, Luis Enrique’s bid [...]
Read moreYea, that ought to do it…
Serie A seems to have lost a bit of its sexy gloss over the past few years.
When The Spoiler was a nipper [...]
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Above is a video of all the goals in Roma’s 3-2 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk – it’s only a few minutes long and is well worth your time [...]
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Montenegro met Switzerland in Euro 2012 qualifying on Friday with Roma striker Mirko Vucinic scoring the only goal of the game, a dinked ’68 finish.
The goal propelled both Montenegro [...]
Read moreStriker was on the brink of retiring from football
In an interview with Italian newspaper La Gazetta dello Sport, Adriano‘s mum, Dona Rosilda, has revealed the Brazilian striker was ‘considering suicide’ after a period of depression while at Inter Milan.
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Roma’s Julio Sergio has a cry (via Dirty Tackle)
A great piece from Rohan Ricketts, featuring this insight:
“Of course [...]
Read moreStriker’s agent reveals Bob Mancini was in contact
Italian striker Marco Borriello‘s agent has told press his client could have gone the other way in AC Milan‘s deal to take Robinho from Manchester City, were it not for Karim Benzema and Real Madrid.
Of course, he could just be [...]
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