A-Frickin-Amazing. He's been taking it into overdrive lately. Does the club even need Mario Gomez now?
8 goals in 8 matches. So about that knee..............Rossi is picking the right time to get hot. Hopefully, he can ride that streak right into a permanent spot with the Azzuri.
It's not going to be that hard to beat out Osvaldo for a spot. The Confederations Cup squad there were so many players that likely will be replaced when the team goes to Brazil.
He's had that move down for a while: back to goal, turns his marker and rips a wicked left-footer on frame. Several years ago I went to watch him when he was a 20 year old at Parma; he was on loan for that 2nd half of the season and practically saved the club from relegation single-handedly. Anyway, he didn' t score in that game (against Sampdoria), but I was really struck by how effortlessly he could receive the ball and turn his man, all in one quick, fluid movement.
Glad to see him back on top form after such horrendous injuries. I thought he was easily the 2nd best left footer in La Liga before his injuries
gonna be a boss for italy in brazil....he did it, he made it. likely one of the starting two forwards for the italians
I'm probably going to post this in several threads where we have discussed knee injuries, but apparently there's a "new" knee ligament that we didn't know about before: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/...scovery-a-new-knee-ligament/?ref=science&_r=0
Finished the 1st half of the season with 14 goals, leading Serie A: http://espnfc.com/stats/scorers/_/league/ita.1/italian-serie-a?cc=5901 He scored the game winner in the 82d in yesterday's 0:1 win against Sassuolo. Here's the video:
steve amonia (https://twitter.com/worldfootballcm) works in italian and english and often has a lot of great inside info on his twitter and site. he held an impromptu poll based on a question that a follower asked him the other day: if you could only take either balotelli or rossi, which would you take? he said most chose rossi and he was in agreement. speaks volumes for the kid and shows the love he's getting.