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Cesena’s Fairytale
My grandmother’s house is on the other side of the street from the Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy. Every weekend she hears the screams of the fans, cheering their team on. But none of the weekly shouts could compare to the celebrations, screams of joy, and frenetic honking of horns on the night of…
Calciopoli: The Scandal Returns
It’s been four years since the fateful days when Juventus’s world exploded. Relegated to the Serie B, fined, stripped of their titles and of their star players, La Vecchia Signora had to start from scratch. But now information is emerging. Information that suggests a completely different reality. A conspiracy theory has always existed among the…
2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs Preview
The long, two-year road to South Africa has finally come to a conclusion. So far, 23 teams, including host South Africa, have qualified for the World Cup (here’s a list of 2010 world cup teams). Four will be known after the Nov. 14 matches, while the remaining five will be known after Nov. 18. Let’s…
The Year of Revolution: the UEFA Wall Has Fallen
The timing could never had been better. Precisely ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, another barrier in Europe is being taken down: the wall between the strong and the weak of European football; between the Champions League and the Europa League; between the Big Four and the Little 16. Just by glancing…
Who Said the Serie A Wasn’t Entertaining?
What a tumultuous ten weeks it has been. When the season kicked off, even the most Italian-friendly pundits were predicting that this season, dubbed ‘Year Zero’ by the AC Milan fans, would be the dullest season in Italian history. But it is now clear how wrong that prediction was. In the first two games of…
2009 VIVA World Cup Final – Padania vs. Iraqi Kurdistan – Live Blog Courtesy of Non-FIFA News Agency
This live report was completely compiled by the Non-FIFA news agency (http://non-fifa-news-agency.netau.net/). I give all redit to them, I am maerely bringing it over to soccerlens and making some grammatical corrections. It’s all over, a one-side match. Congratulations to Padania, two-time VIVA World Cup champions! 85′: It will be a deserved trophy for Padania. They…
The 2009 VIVA World Cup in Padania
You may have never heard of the VIVA World Cup. I don’t blame you; it’s quite a low-key affair. But let me explain to you exactly what this obscure competition is. Every year (previously every two years), the unrecognised peoples of the world compete for the right to be called world champion. In 2006 in…
The Juventus Revolution: Why the Bianconeri will take Europe by storm in 09/10
The transfer window hasn’t even started yet, and some of the most anticipated signings have already been finalised. Kaka will be unveiled for Real Madrid next Thursday in a sensational move. Cristiano Ronaldo announced that the UCL final in Rome would be his last match for Man U, before going to Real Madrid. Bayern Munich…
Serie A Title Race: Ranieri and the Special One face off
With ten matches left, the title race is heating up in the Italian Serie A. The only real contenders left that can still tame the Inter lion and triumph are Juventus. With a game in hand, Inter are just 4 points ahead of Juventus after Juventus’s 4-1 demolition of Bologna at home in Turin. Inter’s…
2009 VIVA World Cup Preview: Can Padania repeat?
If you haven’t heard of the VIVA World Cup, don’t worry, you’re in the majority. Started in 2006, the event was first planned to be held every two years, but things changed this year as the New Football Federation-Board decided to run the event on a yearly basis. The tournament allows nations unaffiliated with FIFA…
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