Serie A

March 15th, 2009

ADP, the Goals, and the Blogger are BACK!! (Juventus 4-1 Bologna)

By: Marco P. | Comments 7 Comments

Don’t you just love great come-backs?
And by that of course, I mean Alessandro Del Piero’s return to scoring after nearly two months of drought. Our hero had not scored since Juve’s 3-0 victory over Catania on January 14th, and while we desperately awaited his crucially-needed goals in the UEFA Champions League (ok, no need [...]



November 14th, 2008

From Goals to Assists…

By: Marco P. | Comments 4 Comments

Leading his troops into battle…
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I just love this man. When he’s not scoring them, he’s dishing out passes for them.
ADP might have been a bit unlucky on Thursday, when Juventus played Genoa in an early match for Serie A’s Matchday 12: he had some good shots on target, but they were either saved or [...]

November 11th, 2008

Time for Some Free-Kick Magic

By: Marco P. | Comments 10 Comments

There are three primary techniques used with direct free kicks. First, the player taking the direct free kick may blast the ball as hard as he can, usually with the laces of the boot. This method is used by Roberto Carlos and Robin Van Persie. Alternatively, some players try to curl the ball around the [...]

November 9th, 2008

Happy Birthday Capitano!

By: Marco P. | Comments 5 Comments

34 years ago, on the 9th of November 1974, in a little town called Conegliano in the province of Treviso, one of the beautiful game’s greatest legends saw the light. Born of Gino and Bruna Del Piero, three decades later this wonderful footballing genius is still running on the fields of Serie A and of [...]

May 25th, 2008

Alessandro Del Piero’s 2007-08 Season in Numbers

By: Marco P. | Comments 4 Comments

 
So ADP won the Capocannoniere title, and he’s real happy about it (and so are we). But aren’t you wondering just how he achieved it? In numbers I mean…
Well I was, so I did some research and thanks to Gazzetta dello Sport was able to produce this. Enjoy. :]
Oh, and if someone can point me [...]



May 19th, 2008

I Am The Leading Goal Scorer“…

By: Marco P. | Comments 1 Comment

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Fresh of earning the Serie A 2007-08 ”Capocannoniere” title, Alessandro Del Piero tells us just how it feels to be league topscorer two seasons in a row.
Straight from alessandrodelpiero.com, here goes:

May 18th, 2008

Sampdoria 3-3 Juventus: Two Goals for a Topscorers Title!!!! (Serie A Matchday 38)

By: Marco P. | Comments No Comments

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Del Piero-Trezeguet in front of everybody (Juventus.com)
Motivation was the key in making Juventus finish the 2007/08 season on a high. Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet’s desire to win the top scorer award made all the difference and the golden duo gave plenty of excitement at Sampdoria too.
In the Saturday game of Day 38, the [...]

May 12th, 2008

Juventus 1-1 Catania: Capitan Del Piero To the Rescue, Once Again (Serie A Matchday 37)

By: Marco P. | Comments 1 Comment

Del Piero shines in last home game (Juventus.com)
If one of Juventus’ objectives this Sunday was to chase the top scorer award, we could say mission accomplished. Being mathematically assured of their 3rd spot in the final standings, the Bianconeri nonetheless honoured their league commitment in full: their draw against Catania (who was sure of avoiding [...]




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