Serie A # 15: cominciamo!

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Juve agree Cassano move - Report

Roma’s fans made it clear Antonio Cassano’s days at the club are numbered and it’s reported Juve reached an agreement for the player today.

There are claims that Bianconeri director general Luciano Moggi met with his opposite number Daniele Prade’ in Rome this morning and agreed to exchange Cassano for Adrian Mutu, Giorgio Chiellini and a cash sum. It’s suggested that an official announcement will be made on Friday.

The former Bari starlet has rejected terms for a contract extension with the Olimpico outfit and his current deal expires at the end of the season.

To prevent him leaving on a free transfer, the Giallorossi hope to sell him off now and at least make back £13m of the £20m they paid for him in 2001.

Roma have threatened to leave Cassano on the bench for the entire campaign if he doesn’t “confirm his status as a member of the squad by signing a new contract,” but the final straw came last night.

During the team presentation at the Stadio Olimpico, Cassano was roundly insulted by the crowd and only came on for the second half in the 2-0 friendly victory over Arab side Al Ain, with goals from Vincenzo Montella and Rodrigo Taddei.

The fans also hurled abuse at the Italian international when he attended teammate Francesco Totti’s wedding earlier this summer and the rapport with the notoriously fiery Roma

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Six matches off in Serie B

Week 1 of the Serie B schedule has been thrown into chaos after six games were postponed in a row over kick-off times.

The Italian Football authorities have switched the majority of this season’s Second Division matches to Saturday afternoons.

However, that has been met with widespread condemnation by local council authorities who have refused to hand over stadia – which they own – at 15.00 hours local time.

As a result, Albinoleffe-Rimini, Arezzo-Crotone, Brescia-Cremonese, Cesena-Atalanta, Modena-Mantova and Piacenza-Catania have all been postponed.

Italian Fooball League chief, Adriano Galliani, has confirmed that their lawyers are now assessing their options.

"We have understood that we just can’t play football on a Saturday afternoon in Italy," explained Galliani.

"But I would like to remind the mayors of Bergamo and Brescia that they never complained when their teams played on a Saturday in Serie A last season."

The League authorities are under pressure to switch kick-off times but Galliani has warned he won’t throw in the towel.

"I don’t know what will happen but at this point we will simply postpone games from Saturday to Saturday," he added.

"None of us thought this would happen. After all, these games are not attracting a mass number of fans.

"Last season, Albinoleffe’s average attendance was 1,133 and Arezzo’s was just 5,345."

Pescara’s Week 1 match against Torino was already postponed because of Toro’s difficulties in forming a new club.

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Voetbal: Fans Torino molesteren agenten

TURIJN (ANP) - Een demonstratie van boze supporters van de Italiaanse voetbalclub Torino is vrijdag volledig uit de hand gelopen. De ongeveer tweehonderd fans bekogelden voor het stadhuis van Turijn politieagenten met stenen en flessen. Dertien dienders raakten gewond.

Torino is vanwege torenhoge schulden teruggezet naar de derde divisie in het betaald voetbal, de Serie C. Protesten van de club bij de bond hielpen niet, waarna de fans in een demonstratie hun woede koelden op de sterke arm.

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Voetbal: Zes duels verboden in Serie B

ROME (ANP) - Het voetbalseizoen in Italiė begint in totale chaos. Zes duels in de tweede liga, de Serie B, kunnen zaterdag niet doorgaan. De burgemeesters van de speelsteden hebben de duels verboden en de stadions afgesloten. Zij kunnen de veiligheid in en rond de stadions niet garanderen.

Voorzitter Galliani van de voetballiga reageerde woedend. ,,Het is ongehoord dat enkele burgemeesters de Serie B zo in de weg zitten. Zij kunnen een schadeclaim verwachten'', zei hij. De clubs lopen door de afgelasting belangrijke televisie-inkomsten mis. ,,Daar stel ik de burgemeesters voor verantwoordelijk'', aldus Galliani.

De burgemeesters van Albinoleffe, Arezzo, Brescia, Cesena, Modena en Piacenza verzetten zich tegen voetbalwedstrijden op zaterdag, omdat het dan veel te druk is hun steden met andere activiteiten en evenementen. In hun ogen is zondag de beste voetbaldag.

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Quasi fatta per l'86 Briotti (Roma) e l'85 Camara (Parma)
Per la serata la societą partenopea conta di chiudere almeno una delle due trattative in dirittura d'arrivo per completare la rosa. Si cerca di chiudere per il talentuoso '86 Briotti della Roma e per l'85 Camara del Parma.

Si muove la societą partenopea a Milano per mettere a segno gli ultimi colpi di mercato per completare la rosa. Per la serata la societą partenopea conta di chiudere almeno una delle due trattative in dirittura d'arrivo. Il Napoli, infatti, cerca di chiudere per il giovane talentuoso Andrea Briotti(nella foto), classe '86 con una presenza nella massima serie nell'ultima stagione con la maglia della Roma che puņ ricoprire sia il ruolo di terzino che di centrale difensivo. Quasi fatta anche per l'85 Ibrahima Camara del Parma che quest'anno ha collezionato anche 9 presenze nella massima serie e puņ giocare a sinistra sia da difensore che da esterno. Entrambi i calciatori rappresentano giovani di grande prospettiva che arriverebbero come alternativa ai titolari ma ugualmente preziosissimi in proiezione futura. Possibile anche il ritorno a Napoli del difensore Claudio Terzi ritornato a Bologna per fine prestito.

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Napoli: si tratta per Terzi e Marzoratti
Due difensori in arrivo per il Napoli. Per Terzi sarebbe un ritorno.

Il dg Pierpaolo Marino č ora a Milano nella sede del calciomercato, ove sta trattando diversi innesti. Oltre a Camara e Briotti, la dirigenza azzurra vorrebbe riportare a Napoli il difensore Claudio Terzi, classe 84, lo scorso anno nelle fila partenopee. Trattative in corso anche per il giovane difensore di destra Lino Marzoratti, 19 anni, scuola Milan.

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Op vrijdag 26 augustus 2005 19:50 schreef DIGGER het volgende:
Ferrari definitief naar Everton, contract is getekend voor 1 juur huur, plus daarna optie tot koop voor 3.5 miljoen pond.

Samuel z'n schorsing van 3 wedstrijden is in beroep intact gebleven, die kan dus toekijken bij de 1e 3 wedstrijden.

Nog opmerkelijkk:

Roberto Mancini heeft voorgesteld de 3 thuiswedstrijden in de CL poule, tegen Artmedia, Porto en de Glasgow Rangers, buiten de deur te spelen (buiten Italie) en de opbrengst qua kaartverkoop aan een goed doel te schenken.

“It is a delicate matter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t discuss it,.I have expressed my own personal feelings about this and appreciated Inter’s gesture of good wil" aldus de reactie van Lennart Johansson

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Pierluigi Collina zal dit seizoen geen wedstrijden mogen fluiten in de Serie A. De arbiter weigert een sponsordeal met Opel te verbreken.

Opel is de shirtsponsor van AC Milan en de Italiaanse bond vreesde belangenverstrengeling. Daarom kreeg Collina de volgende keuze: het sponsorcontract verbreken of niet fluiten in de Serie A. De kale scheidsrechter heeft gekozen voor de laatste optie. Collina mag nog wel fluiten in de Serie B. Overigens had de scheidsrechter eigenlijk al moeten stoppen, omdat hij de leeftijd van 45 heeft overschreden. De Italiaanse bond gaf hem echter een seizoen dispensatie.

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Op zaterdag 27 augustus 2005 17:29 schreef -Vaduz- het volgende:
Ascoli-Milan 2
Fiorentina-Sampdoria X
Inter-Treviso 1
Juventus-Chievo 1
Lazio-Messina X
Livorno-Lecce 2
Parma-Palermo X
Reggina-Roma X
Siena-Cagliari X
Udinese-Empoli 1