Re: The 2016-17 Calcio Saga Part III

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:04 am

Sure, I know. Its just so clearly not the case for years now, and specially this season, that its just tiring.

by Kaladin Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:07 am

The last time we had a penalty filled season was 10/11 or (11/12) iirc, Ibra had like 12 penalty goals lol

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:12 am

I think it was 11/12 that's year we were competing.

Roma already broke double digits this season, and Nainggolan bitches about us with our grand total of 2.

by Kaladin Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:21 am

This is why i hate Roma and Napoli's (italian) fanbase mate, the lot of them are the italian equivalent of chavs, its like Stoke fans on deadline day with the antics and the bs. Still remember last year when Napoli fans were banging drums and music outside the hotel the Milan players were staying at so that they don't sleep lmao, unbelievable fanbase. Its a wonder what 20 years of irrelevance can do

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:04 am

A derby tonight in the other side of the semis

Lazio-Roma

Lazio are on a very good run with 5 games unbeaten, including a win against Inter and a draw against Milan. This can define their season in a positive way, already they have had a successful campaign, a derby win to get to a final would be huge for them. The motivation will be at 100%.

Roma, in their words, want the trebble so they will come out swinging. Home/away here means basically nothing as they share the stadium and neither side fills it.

Almost full squad available for Roma, Lazio with absences in defense.

Lazio (3-5-2): Strakosha; Wallace, De Vrij, Bastos; Basta, Parolo, Biglia, Milinkovic-Savic, Lukaku; Felipe Anderson, Immobile.

Roma (3-4-2-1): Alisson; Manolas, Fazio, Rudiger; Bruno Peres, Paredes, Strootman, Emerson; Perotti, Nainggolan; Dzeko

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:17 am

ES wrote:Also, why you not hyping Simeone BC? He seems the real deal

Gio Simeone? I'm glad he's doing well so far but judging on his earlier career I'm not convinced he'll be huge. This season I haven't seen any serie a at all.

by S Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:19 am

ES wrote:Juve have a history of dubious decisions, simple as

Every big club in every league has

Just that Italians exaggerate and make a meal out it more than anybody else

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:25 am

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
ES wrote:Also, why you not hyping Simeone BC? He seems the real deal

Gio Simeone? I'm glad he's doing well so far but judging on his earlier career I'm not convinced he'll be huge. This season I haven't seen any serie a at all.

I could see us signing Simeone to back up Higuain if he keeps it up. Once the dust settles on our squad's long term plans in terms of systems, we will probably end up needing a back up CF.

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:18 pm

Milinkovic-Savic 1-0

Great run by Anderson

by rincon Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:24 pm

2-0 Immobile

Good assist from Keita.

Have to say Im impressed by the Lazio fans. THe atmosphere seems fantastic.

by Arquitecto Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:54 pm

Laziale in their short attendance make much noise for a group that barely fill their stadio. Trouble is their fans are dispersed all over the provincia instead of central like Roma in the city, so logistically a nightmare.

by InterMalia Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:12 pm

Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella revealed his five-year police stalker nightmare and why he “left unfinished business at Napoli.”

The former Italy international was blasted by locals for walking away from Napoli towards Juventus, then Torino fans hounded him out after he refused to celebrate once scoring past the Partenopei.

Over the last five years, he kept secret the shocking situation he and his family had to live through, but stalker Raffaele Piccolo has now been jailed for four years and eight months.

“I was treated like the villain of the situation in front of my home fans and that hurt,” Quagliarella told Le Iene.

“Every time I came back to Naples, I had to disguise myself in order to avoid getting insulted or accused. Clearly not everyone in Naples is like that, and I wish everybody had the same heart as the Neapolitans do, but getting insulted is hard to pass over after the third time it happens…

“Sometimes those close to me reacted, but I always tried to avoid arguing with my own people. I was waiting for the day when I could finally tell them everything.

“A stalker tormented me for over five years. I don’t know what was going through his mind, as he was a police officer and because of that I at first considered him someone to be trusted.

“I explained a password problem I had and he resolved it. Then I started getting anonymous letters with pictures of naked girls, accusing me of paedophilia, of working with the Camorra (organised crime), of dealing drugs, of fixing games.

“My father received threatening messages. They told him that someone would shoot me in the head or that they’d blow up my home with a bomb.

“One time they even delivered a coffin with my picture in it. The stalker had almost become one of the family, as he kept assuring he’d find the person responsible.

“Any tiny gesture became a danger, once you knew about these threats. You felt constantly observed, threatened, always looking to see who was eyeing you sideways. You cannot imagine the tension in my home.

“The stalker, being a police officer, was regularly in my home and he was running the whole thing. He asked us to take some people’s fingerprints, kept saying: ‘We’re nearly there, just a little longer…’

“He even named some names, but when you’re inside all of this, it’s impossible to understand what’s going on. I couldn’t tell anyone, not even my brothers.

“This man even accused my best friend, Giulio, who was then called in by the authorities for invented links to the Camorra.

“In the end, my father figured it out. He realised the authorities never got my formal complaints because the stalker was keeping them all to himself.”

The extent to which this situation affected his career cannot be underestimated.

“Those letters I received at home, he would also send to my club. Before the away trip to Sweden, they called me and said I would not play because I was sold to Juventus. It was the first I’d heard of it.

“People accused me of leaving Napoli for money, but that was not true and really annoyed my family. The fans cared for me and felt betrayed, but they couldn’t know the real reason I left. They saw me becoming their captain, of winning something with the team. If it was up to me, I’d still be there at the San Paolo, as scoring those 11 goals were worth 100 to me.

“I tried to let them know how much I loved Napoli with little gestures, like refusing to celebrate after the goal for Torino. Would I go back to Napoli? It’d be wonderful even to just know they had thought of me. I left unfinished business there.”

by InterMalia Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:12 pm

Written and Directed by M Night Shyamalan

by McLewis Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:15 pm

If there was a game in this skid that I cba about us losing, I think it would've been this one....and yes, I know it's Lazio we're talking about here. I suppose I'm looking at the bigger picture. Napoli are the bigger scalp here as we need those 3 points to keep them at bay. And then there's Lyon to deal with as well further down the road.

That said, we want the Coppa too so I think the 2nd leg will be quite different. Just hope we're better rested.

by Kaladin Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:25 am

Perotti goal disallowed!

by rincon Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:30 am

Perfect pass from Hamsik and great chip by Mertens

0-1

Napoli playing more loose and confident, they look the better team so far.

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:44 am

Hamsik

by S Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:48 am

Super Napoli hype is back Proud

by rincon Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:00 am

Hamsik dominated that half.

If Napoli win this it could prevent the crisis they were about to fall in.

by rincon Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:11 am

Mertens is back!

0-2

Another fatastic assist. This time by Insigne who crosses it to Mertens dont to the centimeter.

by Kaladin Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:13 am

So much space on the flanks, Roma should've done better there, no way you should give Insigne that much space

by Firenze Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:16 am

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:30 am

How long until we see that in FIFA? Laughing

by M99 Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:34 am

I never expected Mertens to get this good.

by rincon Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:56 am

Unbelievable that the the game is not tied.

In the last 10 minutes 2 posts from Roma. Wonder saves from Reina. Chances by Perotti. Unreal ending.

Also, watch out for Marko Rog. Looks very very strong.

by DeviAngel Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:58 am

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Thank you all ! Smile

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