Serie A (+overig Italiaans voetbal) #22: De laatste loodjes

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Lazio return for Nesta, says agent

Milan defender Alessandro Nesta will end his career at hometown club Lazio, his agent has confidently predicted.

The Italian international stopper was considered as a Lazio symbol after graduating through the youth ranks and winning the Scudetto with the side in 2000.

He was tipped to be a one-club man before the outfit’s severe financial difficulties saw him leave the capital for Milan in August 2002.

But Vincenzo Morabito has revealed that Nesta could one day return to the club which is unquestionably in his heart.

“Nesta’s proposed reunion with Lazio is more than a hope,” Morabito told Italian radio station Radio Incontro.

“I’m convinced that in two years, or possibly even at the end of next season, that this move could happen.

“It would allow Nesta to end his playing days in Rome and allow Lazio to aim for some bigger objectives.”

It’s unclear how some sections of the Biancocelesti public will react to the possibility of a Nesta comeback.

Although he remains one of Italy’s top defenders, he has been jeered on his return to the Olimpico with the Rossoneri.

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Coppa: Totti to start on bench

Roma star Francesco Totti is unlikely to start in tonight’s Coppa Italia Final second leg against Inter.

The Italy hero hasn’t played for the Giallorossi since he fractured his ankle at the end of February, but he will start on the bench this evening.

The capital outfit, who were held to a 1-1 draw in Rome during the first leg, are likely to have teenage striker Stefano Okaka in attack.

Daniele De Rossi should also feature despite struggling with a fever this week, while Cesare Bovo is tipped to start in defence.

Inter are likely to respond with a standard 4-4-2 in which Julio Cruz will partner Adriano in attack as they look to retain the Coppa Italia.

Probable line-ups:

Inter: Julio Cesar; J Zanetti, Materazzi, Samuel, Favalli; Figo, Pizarro, Cambiasso, Stankovic; Adriano, Cruz

Roma: Doni; Panucci, Bovo, Chivu, Cufre; De Rossi, Dacourt; Tommasi, Rosi, Mancini; Okaka

Ref: Messina

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Juventus - Everybody out

The entire Juventus Board of Directors has resigned amid the Luciano Moggi telephone transcript scandal, causing an earthquake within the club.

“The Juventus Board of Directors has handed its resignation to the shareholders and called a meeting for June 29, 2006,” read the official statement this evening.

There were rumours that Moggi would offer to quit following the days of newspaper allegations and police investigations into his relationship with refereeing designator Pierluigi Pairetto, as transcripts of alleged telephone conversations were made public.

Yet this has been a cataclysmic shift in the club structure and one that effectively ends an era at the Delle Alpi.

The so-called Triade of director general Moggi, President Roberto Bettega and administrator Antonio Giraudo had been the architects of a Juventus success story over the past decade.

There were doubts over two members of this trio, but it had been thought that Giraudo would stay on, as he owns 3.6 per cent of the club’s shares.

The Bianconeri will completely restructure the side for next season and this could also include Coach Fabio Capello, who has been strongly linked with Inter.

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Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 14:41 schreef M0NTANA het volgende:
Alessandro Nesta mag van mij komende zomer al komen en wat betreft de (vermoedelijke) opstellingen van vanavond hoop ik dat Marco Materazzi er nog instaat, wanneer Francesco Totti invalt.

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Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 23:04 schreef M0NTANA het volgende:
Julio Ricardo Cruz speelde zeer goed, schitterend voorbereidend werk ook bij de 3-0 (die schwalbe) en een spelvreugde dat hij uitstraalt, achteraf blijkt hij gewoon (net als Henrik Larsson) één van de beste spitsen die Feyenoord ooit heeft gehad. Toch vreemd dat Internazionale al jaren niet meer meespeelt voor de scudetto, want ze bezitten veel kwaliteit. Mocht Fabio Cannavaro bij Internazionale gebleven zijn, dan was de balans nóg beter geweest en had de clubs waarschijnlijk wat langer meegestreden om de eerste plaats. De 1-0 was overigens van grote schoonheid, heerlijke treffer!

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 07:47 schreef the_legend_killer het volgende:

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Nu 3de prijs in 2 jaar.
Ik hoop dat we er 4 van kunnen maken door de Supercoppa te winnen tegen Juve ( vorig jaar 0-1 voor Inter )

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Zeker 18 Serie A-duels verdacht

Het omkoopschandaal in Italië breidt zich als een
olievlek uit. De openbaar aanklager in Napels maakte op
vrijdag bekend dat vorig seizoen bij minstens achttien
wedstrijden in de Serie A de uitslag is gemanipuleerd. De
clubs Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio Roma en Fiorentina
staan onder verdenking en inmiddels zijn al 41 personen
(spelers, arbiters, officials en journalisten) in het justitieel
onderzoek opgenomen. De beschuldigingen luiden
corruptie en sportieve fraude. Onder anderen
Juventus-keeper Gianluigi Buffon en toparbiter Massimo
de Santis worden in de zaak genoemd. Het bestuur van
Juventus is inmiddels opgestapt.

Teletekst

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 17:11 schreef APK het volgende:

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Wat zou Buffon op zijn kerfstok hebben