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Titolo: L'ultima giornata di A vista dall'Inghilterra

Dal Guardian di oggi
Just when you thought the season couldn't get any more exciting, along comes
a Round Four to remember. Among the highlights: a poodle-permed manager
falling on his sword, a first glimpse of the old lady's draws, and Paolo di
Canio comparing Simone Inzaghi to Mike Tyson. How can you fail to read on?
Naturally, the biggest story is AS Roma, where after less than a month in
charge Rudi Voeller has quit as manager. Voeller gave up after watching his
side collapse away to nine-man Bologna on Saturday, in a game that featured
two cracking goals from Mourad Meghni (the young Franco-Algerian inevitably
dubbed 'the new Zidane'), and - according to Voeller - a total lack of
passion from Roma's players.
"I was ashamed," explained the manager, woefully shaking his silver mane.
"Looking at the fans who'd travelled to watch a performance like that. The
team played like it was a friendly. I only hope my resignation will wake
everyone up."
Midfielder Daniele de Rossi agrees: "Some of my teammates are too talented
to bother running," accused the Roma and Italy starlet on Saturday evening
in a move guaranteed to win him new friends in the locker-room.
Voeller is the second manager to resign from Roma in less than a month,
Cesare Prandelli having previously been forced to quit by his wife's
illness. The German's decision caps a particularly black fortnight for the
club, as after the disaster of their opening Champions League game
(suspended when a coin struck referee Anders Frisk), Roma have won just a
single point and conceded nine goals in three league matches. Voeller
himself isn't blameless in this. Roma fans point to repeated tactical errors
in his handling of the team and certainly his decisions at Messina take some
explaining: Voeller took off the league's top scorer Vincenzo Montella,
who'd just scored a hat-trick, before seeing Messina storm back to win 4-3.
While Roma have now surely dropped 'Rudi Can't Fail' from all future Clash
Disco nights (although 'Train in Vain' will remain popular), there remains
the small matter of the poodly one's replacement. This will almost certainly
be Gigi del Neri, former pilot of Flying Donkeys Chievo, and a choice many
expected the club to make back when Prandelli walked a month ago. Rumour has
it, however, that the eminently eligible del Neri was then deemed unsuitable
because (a) he used to have a football column in the official newspaper of
the Liga Nord, the hated northern seperatist party, and (b) his agent
belongs to the same crowd as the son of Luciano Moggi, chief string-puller
at, ugh, Juventus and a man believed in the capital to be constantly
plotting Roma's downfall. Well, everyone needs a hobby.
With Roma lying a yawning six points off the top, whoever takes over at the
club can be grateful that the rest of the weekends' results went more or
less their way, with title rivals Inter and Juventus both held to draws at
home.
Inter's game - against Parma - brought Alberto Gilardino's first goal of the
season, the Italy Under-21 star whipping in a stunning volley for the first
of his side's two goals. It also brought the first signs of tension beween
Inter's owner, Massimo Moratti, and manager Roberto Mancini, after Mancini
insisted on using Christian 'no longer scary' Vieri up front, with the usual
disasterous consequences. When he finally substituted the lapsed Christian
with Obafemi Martins deep into the second half, the young Nigerian responded
with two goals to snatch a 2-2 draw. Nonetheless, "I'd pick the same line-up
all over again," insisted Mancini post-game. "Vieri will go on playing until
he scores." "Oh no he won't," shot back Moratti. "Inter have pleny of other
forwards - let's use them instead."
Perhaps Mancini could take a leaf out of Fabio Capello's book, as over in
Turin the new Juve manager has wasted no time in sidelining an equally
high-profile fading glory. Alex Del Piero has yet to play an entire match,
and when he did start this Saturday, it was to the uncomfortable sound of
the crowd calling for the subsitute, Trezeguet.
The game saw Juve go a goal down early to remarkable pink side Palermo, and
with the visitors' midfield visionary Corini in outstanding form, it wasn't
until after Trezeguet replaced Mr del Piero that Juve were able to fashion
an equaliser: Zlatan Ibrahimovic pouncing when Palermo's keeper spilled the
Frenchman's header.
The stop for Juve means they now lie just two points clear of surprise
second-place sides Lecce and Messina. Behind them lie Milan and Lazio, who
met on Sunday night in Rome in a game that lurched from the soporific to the
spectacular.
The winners were Milan, 2-1, but not without a struggle: their sluggish
first half performance recalled Wednesday's shock home defeat to Messina.
And sure enough, a half-hour in they found themselves a goal down, after
Lazio's lumbering Fernando Couto wandered past Milan's world class back line
to head in Oddo's cross. Scenes to treasure followed as Couto almost, but
not quite, suceeded in a celebratory somersault. Five minutes into the
second half, the Rossoneri found themselves down to 10 men following a wild
elbow from Ambrosini, but as Milan's manager Carlo Ancelotti revealed
post-game: "This was the best thing that could have happened. It woke us
up."
With fire in their bellies and with Pirlo back in the midfield for Gattuso,
Milan looked like champions once more. In the space of five minutes,
Shevchenko equalised on a remarkable spinning volley with his back to goal
and Tomasson skied a sitter before Shevchenko grabbed his second. A
nail-biting finish ensued in every sense: while both sides fashioned chances
at either end, Lazio's Simone Inzaghi continued his heroic penalty box
demonstrations of what gravity might look like on Jupiter. Former teammate
Alessandro Nesta took exception to the play-acting and put a hand on
Inzaghi's face, so young Inzaghi bit his finger. Touché. "Simone wants to be
like Mike Tyson" chuckled Paolo Di Canio Post game, while the two former
colleagues kissed and made up.
That largely wraps it up for Round Four, although Sunday afternoon's
shocking scenes in Udine bear a quick mention: Faced with Udinese's
goalkeeper lying injured in front of him, Brescia's Daniele Mannini promptly
lobbed him for the winning goal. By way of apology, Brescia's shamefaced
manager has promised they'll gift Udinese a goal back next time they meet.
Next weekend promises yet more thrills, as Roma start yet another new era at
home to the circus that is Inter. Who'll be on the Roma bench? Will Vieri be
on Inter's? Sleepless nights await us all.
-- 
Massi e la sua "filosofia" si ISCE: "Se la juve perde non piango. Se la Juve
arriva in finale contro che ne sň.il
MAN UTD,sono contento se vince. In sostanza,non mi frega nulla dellla Juve
tranne in finale,dove  preferisco sempre una vittoria italiana."

 Dal Guardian di oggi
Per curiositŕ: che spazio ha la serie A nelle cronache inglesi?


i campionati spagnoli, franmcesi e tedeschi hanno un corrispondente fisso...
non so fare paragoni..ma non si limitano a scrivere solo i risultati e la
classifica...
Comuqnue il campionato spagnolo e' piu' seguito.. anche prima dell'arrivo
della colonia inglese al Madrid...

Dal Guardian di oggi
Simpatico servizio, ma usano il virgolettato un po' a sproposito... Un
paio di esempi:
De Rossi
"Some of my teammates are too talented to bother running,"
Magari lo pensava, ma le parole non erano affatto quelle.
Mancini-Moratti
"I'd pick the same line-up all over again," insisted Mancini
post-game. "Vieri will go on playing until he scores." "Oh no he
won't," shot back Moratti. "Inter have pleny of other forwards - let's
use them instead."
Questa mi ha fatto ribaltare (a proposito di Del Neri alla Roma):
(b) his agent belongs to the same crowd as the son of Luciano Moggi,
chief string-puller at, ugh, Juventus and a man believed in the
capital to be constantly plotting Roma's downfall. Well, everyone
needs a hobby.
:D
E la chiusura
Next weekend promises yet more thrills, as Roma start yet another new
era at home to the circus that is Inter. Who'll be on the Roma bench?
Will Vieri be on Inter's? Sleepless nights await us all.
:D