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Titolo: Stampa estera: Il Guardian

Andy Hunter at the Stadio Communale
Friday March 7, 2008
The Guardian
The Italian authorities failed in attempts to impose an alcohol ban in
Florence yesterday but this was a sobering trip for Everton
regardless. By the time their torture had ended, Uefa Cup ambitions
left dangling by the thinnest thread, David Moyes and his men were in
need of a stiff drink to dull the pain.
Deposed of the fourth Champions League place in the Premier League by
Liverpool on Wednesday, they saw their gradual development in this
season's Uefa Cup brought to a shuddering halt last night as
Fiorentina ravaged Moyes' team. Everton will require a radical
transformation in technique and attacking threat to salvage this tie
at Goodison Park next Wednesday but most of all they need a change in
attitude. They began with caution, appeared more content to protect a
clean sheet than deprive La Viola of one and, reprehensibly for their
manager, never produced the work-rate that is so fundamental to their
game. The consequences were inevitable and thoroughly deserved.
"Some of our players didn't play to their potential tonight. In fact,
the majority didn't," said Moyes. "The better team won and our
performance wasn't good. I didn't think we got to the pace of the game
at any time. That was disappointing. We never reached the levels we
have done in recent months and we have a big job ahead of us now. It
will be a very big job on tonight's performance."
Everton did not register a meaningful shot on Sébastien Frey's goal
all night. Tim Howard led the Everton resistance throughout on his
29th birthday but once Zdravko Kuzmanovic broke the dam in the 71st
minute, the visitors were submerged and fortunate to escape with a two-
goal deficit. Their last hope of silverware this season all but
disappeared on a wet and windy night in Tuscany.
Fiorentina, fourth in Serie A, were sharp, probing and inventive
throughout in contrast to a sluggish Everton, whose resilient
defending was undermined by a pedestrian midfield. Moyes attempted to
limit the penetration of the left-back Manuel Pasqual by deploying
Phil Neville in right midfield with Tony Hibbert behind, and the
visitors were content to keep possession in their own half while the
game remained scoreless. Christian Vieri, Pablo Osvaldo and Kuzmanovic
all drew fine saves from Howard, however, to give sufficient warning
to Everton's dangerous game. They heeded none.
With the game in the closing stages and Everton in sight of an
unmerited draw, the pace and passion of Fiorentina finally told. The
Serbian midfielder Kuzmanovic placed a long-range shot into the bottom
corner having been left unmarked in a position from which he had
tested Howard moments earlier. Seven minutes from time the visitors'
task swung from problematic to mountainous when Riccardo Montolivo
volleyed superbly beyond Howard after a delightful flick by Martin
Jorgensen.
The substitute Mario Santana squandered a glorious chance for a third
late on but, on this evidence, Fiorentina may not require that luxury
to advance into the quarter-finals next week.
(SGRAT, SGRAT n.d. K.)
ciao e fv
daniele

 The Guardian
Ooooops non avevo visto....sorry
ciao e fv
daniele

 ha scritto
Fiorentina ravaged Moyes' team.
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onesti e sportivi, bravo giornalista :D 

 onesti e sportivi, bravo giornalista :D
certo, rispetto ad altro tipo di giornalismo italico, siamo ad altro
livello