all the news that's fit to print...about milan

I figured we could have a news section to show articles not related to transfers fro goal.com, channel4 or whatever news or pseudo-news source you want.

here's a blurb i wanted to post that i read on goal.com. of course, it's not surprising coming from me, that this is about pirlo, a player even i admit i like probably a bit too much.

Baggio: Pirlo Is World Class

i figure this might be better than just posting random threads about single news events, maybe?

 

I was reading today and seedorf said that he blames the situation on politics, which I thought was interesting for a couple of reasons. at first, i thought he was just sucking up to berlusconi , and that could have played a small part as they are friends i'm sure, but as i read his comments more deeply, some point started to emerge and i have read it elsewhere, is that it almost seems that calcio is in the midst of a civil conflict between organized groups and then the police. which is why this situation is so much harder than it is in england to "clean up." in england, there seemed to be clear-cut "good" guys, the government (ick, i can't believe i wrote that but i am just going by the perceived narrative) who could kick out the bad, so to speak, but if you have almost in some ways, waring factions, and there is no clear-cut "good" or "bad" and this is a reflection of a societal problem and frustration, then this could be much harder to fix, i fear. from a selfish perspective, one could just say, "well, fine, just take your non-calcio grievances elsewhere," but then again, who am i to tell some people when and wear to get attention for a situation that they feel is more than calcio or sport, but involves them and their families' lives.

so, question to those who have a better finger on the pulse of everyday life in italy, am i even close to the mark or am i way off (which is a distinct possibility)? it just seems to me, that there is something there that is deeper than the england hooligan troubles, especially considering some of those troubles went abroad, but italy rarely has trouble abroad, but has tons of it at home. anyways, just curious, cause it is so depressing to see serie a at it's low point, and after such a great few achievements in the past 16 months, in a world cup for italy, ballon d'or, fifa and other awards for cannavaro, and a european cup victory for milan, which has quite a few italian protagonists, and yet all people can talk about is how much trouble the league is in and how far it has fallen.
serie a is already having trouble recruiting players and this isn't helping.

cheers

 

here's kaka scoring a nice goal for brazil.

[youtube]AHpqcoUgG10[/youtube]

 

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov19p.html

for milan, we have three players who are eligible for the calcio "oscars."

pirlo is up for best italian player with totti (the favorite to win), and de rossi

kaka is up for best foreign player with ibrahimovic and mutu (this will be close)

the winner of those two awards are then are up for best overall player, i suspect since serie a players are voting, and given what he did in he league last year, that totti will win, but who knows, maybe kaka will bring it back to the san siro

also, nesta is up with materazzi and mexes for best defender.

 

omg, he has a gut and a slight double-chin forming lol. oh man, this is not good.

 

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov23e.html

rivera speaks about kaka, pirlo, milan's scudetto chances and the refereeing decisions that have been controversial. not that in-depth, but still worthy of a look i think.

 

^^ awesome , though not surprising.