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 As we talked about on the Pink Shirt Wise Guys podcast earlier this week, it seems like a foregone conclusion that Inter will beat Bayern for the UEFA Champions League title this Saturday. While no game is ever a sure thing, there are 5 players who will play key roles for Inter in the match. #5. [...]  Today we published the first of our Pink Shirt Wise Guys: World Cup Preview podcasts. You can list to them from the page here at Sports Opinionated, find it on iTunes or on Podbean. The first episode reviews Group A & B, and we’ll review two groups a week leading up to the World Cup.  Marcello Lippi is relying on old and past prime players for his Italy squad instead of bringing youth and the talent of Fabrizio Miccoli and Antonio [...]  Serie A is in serious need of a makeover and Inter Milan may be able to help in more ways than one. With Inter’s resounding defeat of Barcelona, they’ve already restored some of Serie A’s lost prestige. Bragging rights over La Liga and the EPL have at least been made relevant again, even if it is [...]  This week on Pink Shirt Wise Guys: Italian Soccer podcast. Pete and Pops discuss: Roma’s slip from top spot in the table And a few other surprise rants. Check out the podcast on iTunes or listen to the feed here.  Unfortunately for the Old Lady, it hasn’t been a season to remember. After an offseason that made Tiger Woods look restrained, it appeared that Juventus had spent their way to the Scudetto. A team that had finished in 2nd place last season added Felipe Melo from Fiorentina and Diego from Werder Bremen. It only seemed natural [...] 
The first leg of the Champions League clash at the Emirates Stadium was phenomenal. Barca were at the mercy Manuel Almunia’s stellar string of saves early on and eventually went up 2-0 early in the second half. After going a man down, however, Barca lost their well-earned lead and ended up with a 2-2 draw. With [...]  The 5 players who’s talent is most wasted in Serie A or for the [...]  Unfortunately for us Canadians, it’s just not possible to watch Champions League games live unless we skip out on work. So for those of us interested in the beautiful game, the PVR is our best friend, as long as we can avoid the internet, Twitter, radio and others on our way home to watch. Given that [...]  With the Champions League clash against England’s Manchester United ahead, Milan’s manager, Leonardo, has a few tough choices to make. Given that they lost 3-2 at home, they’ll need either a mountain of goals or at least a 2-goal victory at Old Trafford. It’s not likely, but it’s possible. Milan have received two pieces of great news [...]  Given that this is Sports-Opinionated’s 100th post, I thought I’d share a more personalized view of being a sports fan. When I was growing up, road hockey was the arena for acting out your sports fantasies. After we picked teams, there was always a point where we had to decide which NHL team we were and [...] As I wrote about a few months ago, I was supportive of Rafa Benitez’s decision to use a 3-man back line against Sunderland. I also thought he might have been on to something with a 3-4-3 formation rather than a 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2. I felt the 3-4-3 matched up well with both the 4-4-2 and [...] Nobody likes a blowout. The best part of watching a match is the suspense. Being a fan is the most fun when the competition is close and fierce. Unfortunately, in the last few years the Serie A has been a blowout. Inter has run away with the Scudetto and frankly the only competitions that mattered were [...] With all the news surfacing about Manchester United’s debt re-shuffling, I think it’s time we admitted the truth. Several EPL teams are being run in the equivalent manner of Nortel and Enron. The league may still have a record television contract and rapidly increasing revenue streams, but it could all come crumbling down in a [...] With the mid-season break almost upon the Serie A, it’s time for many teams to take stock and evaluate the progress their squad has made to this point. The Rossoneri are currently sitting in second place in Serie A, five points off Inter in the race for the Scudetto. Milan have also advanced to the knockout [...] Today was the group draw for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Fans from all over the world watch to see who their team will play in the group stages and hope they get a little luck to go with all their hard work in qualification. The groups drawn were: Group A – South Africa, [...] In the past few years, the Serie A has been relegated to a second tier player in the UEFA Champions League. Back in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons of the tournament, the Serie A held 3 of the 8 quarter final spots and in both seasons had a team in the semi-finals or finals. In the [...] Losing in the Champions League is not something that Liverpool fans are used to in recent years. I’m here to tell you that it’s the best thing that could happen to the club this year. As a fan of AC Milan, but a close follower of the Premier League, I see eerie similarities between Liverpool’s squad [...] The World Cup, much like the Olympics, is meant to be a pinnacle of the sporting world. Countries pin their hopes and wishes on their team, hoping to ride an emotional wave of pride and euphoria to a title. Unless, of course, someone cheats and knocks your team out of the tournament before they ever [...] We look back to the week of November 7th and 8th in the land of meatballs and soccer balls. Round 12 of the Serie A brought us more than it’s share of surprises. Week 12 results: Parma 2 – 0 Chievo VeronaGenoa 4 – 2 SienaCagliari 2 – 0 SampdoriaBari 1 – 0 LivornoLazio Roma 1 [...] |
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