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SueB
19 Jul 2003, 04:44 PM
Perugia's 2003-4 campaign has gotten off to a good start with a 2-0 home win over Alianssi of Finland in the 3rd round of the InterToto Cup. Goals were by new English signing Jay Bothroyd and Massimiliano Fusani. Gheddafi, jr watched from the stands; apparently, he's still awaiting some finalization of the transfer by the Libyan federation.
SueB
26 Jul 2003, 03:04 PM
Perugia has passed easily into the InterToto Cup semifinals by beating Allianssi away, 2-0 and taking a 4-0 aggregate victory. Goals were scored by Gatti and Ferreira. "Geddhafi jr" has still not been cleared to play and did not participate. Next up for Perugia is a much tougher matchup with French team Nantes.
SueB
30 Jul 2003, 02:02 PM
Perugia is in action tonight in France. According to this preview article:
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=86425.html
the game is not at Nantes' home ground and the French 9th-place finishers will not be playing all their starters, with an eye to the French league kickoff this weekend. Sounds like an opportunity for Perugia to get a leg up.
SueB
30 Jul 2003, 02:28 PM
BTW, Wolfsburg has beaten Croatian team Cibalia 4-1 in their first leg today and looks to be the likely finals opponent of the winner of this tie.
SueB
30 Jul 2003, 03:45 PM
Per Perugia's official website, the "Grifoni" have taken a 1-0 lead over Nantes in the 60th minute on a header by Di Loreto off a cross by Ze Maria. Gotta love the away goal.
SueB
30 Jul 2003, 09:44 PM
1-0 was the final score. Great result. Return leg in Perugia next week.
panicfc
31 Jul 2003, 09:12 AM
Amazing. Especially when you consider the league doesn't start till...
oh wait, we don't know when it will start.
:D
SueB
06 Aug 2003, 03:36 PM
Second leg is at halftime in Perugia, and it's 0-0. I tried finding a radio broadcast or webcast of the game but no luck.
SueB
06 Aug 2003, 04:35 PM
Perugia has held Nantes 0-0 and advances to one of the three InterToto Cup finals against Wolfsburg of Germany. The winner moves on to the UEFA Cup. If they somehow beat Wolfsburg (the team of Andres d'Alessandro), I'll declare that Serse Cosmi is a genius.
panicfc
06 Aug 2003, 04:58 PM
Originally posted by SueB
Perugia has held Nantes 0-0 and advances to one of the three InterToto Cup finals against Wolfsburg of Germany. The winner moves on to the UEFA Cup. If they somehow beat Wolfsburg (the team of Andres d'Alessandro), I'll declare that Serse Cosmi is a genius.
If he wins and Ghaddaffy Duck plays then he is a genius.
Perugia has some talent, so they should do okay.
SueB
06 Aug 2003, 05:23 PM
This is today's lineup:
Kalac; Alioui, Diamoutene, Di Loreto, Gatti (Obodo - 46'), Grosso, Ze Maria, Tedesco, Bothroyd, Fusani, (Loubutis - 26' s.t.), Vryzas (Bilanovic - 43' s.t.).
Aside from maybe Ze Maria, not a one that I'd call anything close to a household name.
panicfc
06 Aug 2003, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by SueB
This is today's lineup:
Kalac; Alioui, Diamoutene, Di Loreto, Gatti (Obodo - 46'), Grosso, Ze Maria, Tedesco, Bothroyd, Fusani, (Loubutis - 26' s.t.), Vryzas (Bilanovic - 43' s.t.).
Aside from maybe Ze Maria, not a one that I'd call anything close to a household name.
Di Loreto and Ze Maria are being chased by EPL clubs
Grosso - belongs to Juve or at least 1/2
Tedesco solid pro
Vryzas - good player.
Gatti and Obodo are highly regarded as well.
Perugina
07 Aug 2003, 05:56 PM
I Grifoni will surely miss Miccoli this season. But that is what Perugia is known for. They develop players who are loaned to them, discover young talent, and mine talent from new soccer frontiers (Asia). Gaucci can be a burden for Perugia fans...buy low, sell high; and any publicity is good publicity.
panicfc
08 Aug 2003, 12:31 AM
Originally posted by Perugina
I Grifoni will surely miss Miccoli this season. But that is what Perugia is known for. They develop players who are loaned to them, discover young talent, and mine talent from new soccer frontiers (Asia). Gaucci can be a burden for Perugia fans...buy low, sell high; and any publicity is good publicity.
They'll have another talent ready to take his place. I wouldn't worried.
Bad publicity could be bad business, but gaucci some how manages to stay ahead.
Look for Obodo to be the big sale item this year.
SueB
12 Aug 2003, 03:25 PM
Halftime of the first leg at home against Wolfsburg and the score is:
Perugia 1 Wolfsburg 0
Goal by Jay Bothroyd
Here were the starting lineups:
Perugia
1 KALAC
17 ALIOUI
14 DIAMOUTENE
22 DI LORETO
27 OBODO
11 GROSSO
2 ZE’MARIA
4 TEDESCO
9 BOTHROYD
20 FUSANI
15 VRYZAS
Wolfsburg
JENTZSCH 29
SCHNOOR 5
THIAM 6
WEISER 7
KLIMOWICZ 9
D’ALESSANDRO 10
BILISKOV 13
TOPIC 14
PETROV 21
MULLER 23
FRANZ 33
SueB
12 Aug 2003, 04:29 PM
1-0 is the final score and Perugia has still yet to concede a goal in five matches. Return leg in Germany will certainly be tense.
panicfc
12 Aug 2003, 06:39 PM
Freaking Jay Boothroyd!
SueB
13 Aug 2003, 01:18 PM
Alas, whatever are they going to do ....! Apparently, Bothroyd got a second yellow and will miss the return leg in Germany.
SueB
26 Aug 2003, 02:40 PM
It's close to the moment of truth for Cosmi's boys. The return leg in Wolfsburg starts at 3pm Eastern.
SueB
26 Aug 2003, 04:16 PM
Perugia leads 1-0 (2-0 on aggregate, with an away goal, meaning Wolfsburg needs three clear goals to win the tie). And - Wolfsburg is down to 10 men!! UEFA Cup dream for Perugia is looking likely ....