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ნდაას, ეგ უკვე ზედმეტია!

ნაღდად! მაგარი გაპიარებული ფეხბურთელი იყო და სხვა არაფერი.

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ზედმეტი არაფერიც არაა, მთავარია მოვასწრო

კარქი რა არაფერი გაპიარებული არ იყო, პირადად მე, ვერ ავხსნი რატომ მომწონს ეს ფეხბურთელი, მაგრამ რაღაც სტილი ქონდა თამაშის ისეთი რომელიც მე მხიბლავს.. ისე კი ნამდვილად ვერ ვიტყვი რომ გული დამწყვიტა მისმა წასვლამ ინტერიდან


ალვარო, არ დაბერდე

Uefa Cup Draw: Italian Reaction

Following today's Uefa Cup draw, the four involved Italian clubs' coaches commented on the opponents they were drawn against.


Today the Uefa Cup draw was held and all in all the Italian clubs cannot complain about the opponents they were drawn against in the first round. The qualified teams will proceed to the group stages and it's not unreasonable to expect all four Italian teams to go through. Here are the reactions of the four coaches of Atalanta, Fiorentina, Sampdoria (who qualified through the Intertoto tournament), and Empoli.

Stefano Colantuono (Atalanta-Mlada Boleslav): "There isn't much to say, we were drawn against this opponent and we will take them. We will only be able to say whether it was a good draw or not when the games have been played."

Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina-Groningen): "We are meeting a team with tradition, it's a good draw. We guarantee an open, spectacular match at the Artemio Franchi and we hope the fans will follow us in Holland as well. Their support will be very important."

Walter Mazzarri (Sampdoria-Aalborg): "I have great respect for the Danish side even though I don't know them very well. We'll try to get as much information as possible on their style of play" (sporting director Beppe Marotta was more optimistic, saying: "Hajduk Split were stronger").

Luigi Cagni (Empoli-Zurich): "Right now I'm only thinking about Inter, I hope the team finds back the energy and enthuasiasm which were our strong points last season."

Bianconera

ინწერესნი პადხოდ კ ჟიზნი!

სულ არა!
კაი რა, საშუალო დონეს ვერასოდეს ვერ გასცდა, სულ პერსპექტიული იყო ინტერივით!

Transfers: Atalanta swipe pair
Friday 31 August, 2007
Atalanta snapped up Argentine Maximiliano Pellegrino and Lazio’s Manuel Belleri as we round up the latest transfers.

The Biancocelesti are going through an injury crisis, but still decided to part company with the versatile Belleri in a loan deal.

Central defender Pellegrino is 1.89m tall and is very powerful in the air at both ends of the pitch. He had been close to Benfica in January and is 27 years old.

Torino have been very active on the final day of trading, as after snapping up Inter enigma Alvaro Recoba on loan, they have sold Gabriele Cioffi to Ascoli.

Cioffi was a big signing last summer from Mantova, but the defender made only 18 Serie A appearances for the Granata, scoring one goal.

Toro also parted company with 19-year-old Angelo Obinze Ogbonna, sending him out on loan to Serie C side Crotone.

Parma took on Bernardo Corradi from Manchester City on loan and have also secured Helsingborgs midfielder McDonald Mariga.

The Kenyan makes the move to the Tardini on loan with an option to buy at the end of the campaign.

In other transfer shorts. Catania have handed midfielder Mattia Biso to Serie B outfit Spezia on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season.

Serie B club Avellino picked up Mario Antonio Jimenez Salgado from Foggia in a co-ownership deal.

Genoa loaned goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo to promotion hopefuls Mantova, where he joins Stefano Fiore.

მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი - იტალია

ლიგა - იტალიის

სუპერტასი - იტალიის

ნუ რა თქმა უნდა მინუსიც გვაქვს სოფლის ტურნირი, ე.წ. კოპა ამერიკა რომ ვერ მოვიგეთ

აი თურმე რისი ბრალი ყოფილა ინტერის წაფართხალება უდინეზესთან

მორიგი თასი იტალიაში ჩავიდა!
მომილოცავს!!!

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კიდევ ერთხელ დამტკიცდა რომ უძლიერესები ვართ.. იტალიის წარმატებაა ეს ნამდვილად

Berlusconi: We are the best
Saturday 1 September, 2007
President Silvio Berlusconi was beaming with pride after Milan became the most successful club side in the history of world football.

The 3-1 win over Sevilla earned them the European Super Cup last night – their 17th international trophy.

“We are satisfied with the victory. Now we are the most successful club in the world with more silverware than any other, overtaking Boca Juniors,” said the patron.

The Rossoneri will take on Boca Juniors for the Club World Cup – formerly known as the Intercontinental Cup – in Tokyo in December.

“I am also now the most successful President in the history of Milan. I am happy about that.”

However, the celebrations at the Stade Louis II in Monaco were muted following the death of Sevilla player Antonio Puerta earlier this week.

“The atmosphere within the squad and the locker room was very different. One could not sense that competitive fire that is usually present in a Final and it was evident in the first half on the field, too.”

Sevilla were leading 1-0 at the break, but Milan rediscovered their form in the second period, overturning the result with Pippo Inzaghi, Marek Jankulovski and Kaka.

“When a colleague dies it affects us all in this sport, especially the players,” added Berlusconi. “Of course we dedicate the trophy to Puerta.”

Materazzi: My story
Saturday 1 September, 2007
Marco Materazzi’s autobiography describes his ‘brothers’ in football and his arguments with Zinedine Zidane and Raymond Domenech.

The Inter defender releases his autobiography this week, in which he describes the moment when Zizou headbutted his chest during the World Cup Final in Berlin. In the tome he finally reveals the phrase that set the Frenchman off: “I’d prefer your whore of a sister.”

“In that moment you say the first thing that comes into your head and this is why I wanted to confirm precisely what I really said,” noted the Italian in an interview with Sky Italia.

“Anyone who has played sport – not just football – knows that you can occasionally let the odd phrase like that slip out. I think we were both under such competitive stress and adrenaline that we made mistakes, but my error was certainly less serious than his.”

FIFA did not quite see it the same way, as although Zidane was given a three-match ban for the headbutt, Materazzi received a two-game suspension for provocation.

“I fully admit I probably could have avoided saying those stupid words,” he wrote in his book, ‘Una vita da guerriero.’

“I do not pretend to be a Saint when I step on the field. On the pitch insults and bruises are given and received. The night of the Final, in those moments of the second period of extra time that would enter the history books, I was the one doing the insulting.”

The altercation started when Materazzi was tugging at Zidane’s shirt and the Frenchman offered to hand it to him after the game during their celebrations.

“He made fun of me and I responded with an insult. Was it a mistake? Yes, I know, but Zidane was wrong to react that way as well – with a headbutt that knocked me to the ground and went around the world in 80 seconds.

“I understand Zizou, because only someone who has been on a football field with 70,000 people shouting around you, a few billion television viewers analysing your every move, the tension of a World Cup Final and the fog of 120 minutes behind you can understand what goes – or doesn’t go – through your mind.

“I justify his actions and I understand them. But I also asked myself what would have happened if he had provoked me and I had the brilliant idea of knocking him down with a headbutt.”

After the book was written, another row with France broke out thanks to Coach Domenech’s match-fixing accusations aimed at Italy’s Under-21 side in 1999. Both men will be in the stands on September 8, as Materazzi is injured and Domenech banned for those allegations.

“I will shake his hand and compliment him for all he is doing with the French squad,” insisted the defender in his Sky Italia interview.

“I shall also thank him for saying I was Man of the Match in the World Cup Final. If you’ll forgive me a joke, I had worked that out on July 9, 2006, he took a year to come to that conclusion!”

The memories of the celebrations after the penalty shoot-out in Berlin are still fresh, although Matrix freely admits he can only recall so much.

“When I arrived in the locker room there were only three or four of us. The others arrived half an hour later, or at least that’s how it felt. Time seemed to move without logic. Massimo Oddo and Gianluca Zambrotta were with me along with an enormous tub full of ice cold beers.

“I am practically a teetotaller, but I had at least three. Maybe that is why when President of Italy Napolitano arrived I shook up a beer and showered him with it under the shocked eyes of Minister for Sport Giovanna Melandri. I know I did that, but I didn’t realise it at the time, as I was so happy,” continued the Inter star.

“When you know you have made an entire nation happy, I think you feel kind of omnipotent. He didn’t mind and the President joked about it later, so I got away with it!”

Materazzi is famed for his many enemies in football, but insists he also has firm friends in the sport.

“If I can jokingly put it this way, I get on with gypsies and terroni,” he smiled, the latter word referring to Italian southerners.

“My roommate at Inter is Dejan Stankovic, who is very much a gypsy and therefore my friend. For the same reason even if we argue, which we do quite intensely, I have a great rapport with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

“Rino Gattuso represents both those things, so he is the perfect combination and is therefore my brother. Rino can well be the symbol of Milan, our primary rival, but he always remains my brother and I am someone who never turns his back on friends.”

მიმაგრებული სურათი

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კი ეგ მტკიცდება მაგრამ ერთი რამ მაინც ამახინჯებს იტალიურ ფეხბურთს







ვინც ვერ იცნო ეს კაცი ინტერის წარმატებების ერთ-ერთი მთავარი მჭედელია ფეხბურთის ფედერაციის პრეზიდენტი, გვიდო როსი ზუსტად იმ მერიოდში და იმისთვის, რომ ინტერს ჩემპიონობა გაეფორმებინა. და გუნდებისთვის ქულები დაკლებაში და გაგდებაში მიეღო მონაწილეობა

მაისი 2006 - სექტემბერი 2006

This post has been edited by JuvePerSempre on 1 Sep 2007, 14:46

Panucci set for Azzurri recall?
Saturday 1 September, 2007
Christian Panucci could be recalled to the Italy squad against France, but he faces stiff competition from Giorgio Chiellini.

The Roma defender has not played for his country since a 2-1 win over Bulgaria on June 22, 2004, despite going from strength to strength at club level.

The fiery 34-year-old had a blazing row with Marcello Lippi when they were at Inter and the resentment remains to this day, ruining his chances of taking part in the World Cup winning adventure.

With Marco Materazzi out injured for at least two months, the newspapers are suggesting new boss Roberto Donadoni could give Panucci another chance.

Experience is sorely needed at the back against France on September 8 and Ukraine on the 11th after Alessandro Nesta confirmed his international retirement.

However, the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ also claims that the main rival for Panucci’s role is Under-21 international Chiellini.

The subject of an £8m offer from Manchester City this summer, the Juventus man may be ready for the leap into the senior squad.

He already has six caps to his name, although the most recent was in the 2-0 friendly defeat to Croatia on August 16, 2006 – Donadoni’s first match.

Chiellini captained the Under-21 side in the recent European Championships and is receiving regular first team appearances for Juve.

Donadoni is set to announce his squad after the Sunday afternoon Serie A matches.

It is rumoured among the media in Italy that the squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers will be among these names:

Goalkeepers: Buffon, Amelia, Curci.
Defenders: Oddo, Barzagli, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Zaccardo, Chiellini, Grosso, Gamberini, Tonetto.
Midfielders: Gattuso, Pirlo, De Rossi, Ambrosini, Perrotta, Aquilani, Diana, Camoranesi.
Forwards: Toni, Inzaghi, Quagliarella, Del Piero, Di Natale, Rocchi, Iaquinta, Lucarelli, Gilardino.

This post has been edited by Goodman on 1 Sep 2007, 15:02

Transfers: Calcio Mercato 2007
All of this summer’s major moves…
Atalanta
IN: Muslimovic (A, Parma), Ahumada (M, River Plate), Osvaldo (A, Lecce), Guarente (M, Verona), Coppola (G, Milan), Forsyth (G, Allianza Lima), De Ascentis (M, Torino), Lazzari (A, Piacenza), Brivio (D, Fiorentina), Capelli (D, Arezzo), Langella (M, Cagliari), Floccari (A, Messina), Talamonti (D, River Plate), Manfredini (D, Bologna), Padoin (M, Vicenza), Franceschini (D, Torino), Costinha (D, Atletico Madrid), S Inzaghi (A, Lazio), Pellegrino (D, Velez Sarsfield), Costinha (D, Atletico Madrid), Belleri (D, Lazio)
OUT: Migliaccio (M, Palermo), Donati (M, Milan), Ventola (A, Torino), Consigli (G, Rimini), Loria (D, Siena), Vieri (A, Fiorentina), Ariatti (M, Lecce), Conteh (D, Palermo), Brivio (D, Vicenza), Osvaldo (A, Fiorentina), Adriano (D, Monaco)

Cagliari
IN: Matri (A, Rimini), Larrivey (A, Huracan), Marruocco (G, Foggia), Shala (M, Foggia), Acquafresca (A, Inter), Fini (M, Ascoli), Parola (M, Sampdoria), Magliocchetti (D, Roma), Foggia (M, Lazio)
OUT: Suazo (A, Inter), Pepe (A, Udinese), Chimenti (G, Udinese), Esposito (A, Roma), Langella (M, Atalanta), Capone (A, Vicenza)

Catania
IN: Babù (A, Verona); G Tedesco (M, Reggina), Visone (M, Sambenedettese); Falconieri (A, Brindisi), Gazzola (M, Torres), Del Core (A, Cesena), Anastasi (M, Cesena), Danucci (M, Cesena), Bizzarri (G, Gimnastic Tarragona), Llama (M, Arsenal Sarandi'), Terlizzi (D, Palermo)
OUT: Rossini (A, Livorno), Cesar (D, Chievo), Corona (A, Mantova), Pantanelli (G, Bologna), Danucci (M, Ternana), Lucenti (M, Mantova), Caserta (M, Palermo), Biso (M, Spezia)

Empoli
IN: Abate (M, Modena), Volpato (A, Juventus), Giovinco (M, Juventus), Antonini (M, Siena), Marchisio (M, Juventus), Piccolo (D, Juventus)
OUT: Lucchini (D, Sampdoria), Almiron (M, Juventus), Matteini (A, Palermo), Coralli (A, Cittadella)

Fiorentina
IN: Mazuch (D, Brno), Vanden Borre (D, Anderlecht), Balzaretti (D, Juventus), Bojinov (A, Juventus), Hable (M, Hradec), Lupoli (A, Arsenal), Matavz (A, Nova Gorica), Caetano (M, Apucarana), Gulan (D, Partizan), Vieri (A, Atalanta), Semioli (M, Chievo), Osvaldo (A, Atalanta), Ranocchia (D, Arezzo)
OUT: Toni (A, Bayern Munich), Reginaldo (A, Parma), Caetano (M, Siena), Brivio (D, Atalanta), Pettinari (M, Reggina), Bojinov (A, Manchester City), Do Prado (M,Spezia)

Genoa
IN: Pegolo (G, Verona), Barasso (G, Taranto), Borriello (A, Milan), Masiello (D, Siena), Paro (M, Juventus), Papa Waigo (A, Cesena), Bovo (D, Palermo), Lucarelli (D, Siena)
OUT: Criscito (D, Juventus), Carobbio (M, Albinoleffe), Forestieri (A, Siena), Adailton (A, Bologna), Stellini (D, Bari), Pegolo (G, Mantova), Gasparetto (A, Chievo)

Inter
IN: Cesar (M, Livorno), Acquafresca (A, Treviso), Suazo (A, Cagliari), Jimenez (M, Lazio), Rivas (D, River Plate), Chivu (D, Roma), Pele (M, Vitoria Guimaraes), Desenclos (D, Triestina)
OUT: Gonzalez (M, Palermo), Ribas (A, Spezia), Acquafresca (Cagliari), Grosso (D, Lyon), Belaid (M, Slavia Prague), Carini (G, Murcia), Andreolli (D, Roma), Recoba (A, Torino), Mei (D, Chievo)

Juventus
IN: Molinaro (D, Siena), Grygera (D, Ajax), Criscito (D, Genoa), Nocerino (M, Piacenza), Salihamidzic (M, Bayern Munich), Tacchinardi (M, Villarreal); Miccoli (A, Benfica), Iaquinta (A, Udinese), Gastaldello (D, Siena), Almiron (M, Empoli), Tiago (M, Lyon), Olivera (M, Sampdoria), Andrade (D, Deportivo La Coruna)
OUT: Balzaretti (D, Fiorentina), Kovac (D, Borussia Dortmund), Tudor (d, Hajduk Split); Bojinov (A, Fiorentina), Volpe (A, Livorno), Venitucci (M, Treviso), Paro (M, Genoa), Kapo (M, Birmingham), Gastaldello (D, Sampdoria), Mirante (G, Sampdoria), Volpato (A, Empoli), Giovinco (M, Empoli), Miccoli (A, Palermo), De Ceglie (M, Siena), Maniero (A, Ascoli), Tacchinardi (M, Brescia), Giannichedda (M, contract terminated), Marchisio (M, Empoli), Piccolo (D, Empoli), Bettega (M, Siena), Zalayeta (A, Napoli), Blasi (M, Napoli)

Lazio
IN: Kolarov (D, Ofk Belgrade); Foggia (M, Reggina), Quadri (M, Spezia), Correa (M, Lucchese), Del Nero (M, Brescia), Scaloni (D, Racing Santander), Meghni (M, Bologna), Carrizo (G, River Plate)
OUT: Peruzzi (G, retired), Sereni (G, Torino), Bonetto (M, Bologna), Foggia (M,Cagliari),Jimenez (M, Inter), S Inzaghi (F, Atalanta), Belleri (D, Atalanta)

Livorno
IN: Mazzoni (G, Lecco); Loviso (M, Sambenedettese), E Filippini (M, Bologna), Ribas (A, Inter), Rossini (A, Catania), Dhorasoo (M, out of contract), Volpe (A, Juventus), Tavano (A, Valencia), Loviso (M, Bologna), De Lucia (G, Parma), Pulzetti (M, Verona), Tristan (A, Deportivo La Coruna), Giannichedda (M, out of contract), De Vezze (M, Messina), Alvarez (M, Roma), Bogdani (A, Chievo)
OUT: Cesar (M, Inter),Kuffour (D,Roma), Fiore (M, Valencia), Pfertzel (D, Bochum), Passoni (M, Mantova), Coppola (M, Messina), Paulinho (A, Grosseto), Morrone (M, Parma), Lucarelli (A, Shakhtar Donetsk)

Milan
IN: Abbiati (G, Torino); Donati (M, Atalanta), Sammarco (M, Chievo), Antonini (M, Siena), Novinic (A, Nafta Lendava), Ba (M, Varese), Pato (A, Internacional), Emerson (M, Real Madrid)
OUT: Costacurta (D, retired), Abate (M, Empoli), Borriello (A, Genoa),Donati (M,Celtic), Abbiati (G, Atletico Madrid) Sammarco (M, Sampdoria), Di Gennaro (A, Bologna), Coppola (G, Atalanta), Grimi (D, Siena), Oliveira (A, Zaragoza), Storari (G, Levante)

Napoli
IN: Lacrimini (D, Frosinone); Giglio (A, Gallipoli), Hamsyk (M, Brescia), Lavezzi (A, San Lorenzo), Gargano (M, Danubio), Contini (M, Parma), Zalayeta (A, Juventus), Blasi (M, Napoli)
OUT: Giubilato (D, Vicenza), Bucchi (A, Siena), Pia' (A, Treviso)

Palermo
IN: Migliaccio (M, Atalanta), Ujkani (G, Anderlecht), Munari (Verona), Jankovic (M, Real Mallorca), Miccoli (A, Juventus), Gonzalez (M, Inter), Bovo (D, Torino), Matteini (A, Empoli), Rinaudo (D, Siena), Caserta (M, Catania)
OUT: Corini (M, Torino), Parravicini (M, Parma), Caracciolo (A, Sampdoria), Munari (D, Lecce), Curiale (A, Sambenedettese), Di Michele (A, Torino), Bovo (D, Genoa), Gonzalez (A, Porto), Terlizzi (D, Catania), Ciaramitaro (M, Chievo), Matusiak (A, Heerenveen), Matteini (A, Parma), Dellafiore (D, Torino)

Parma
IN: Falcone (D, Sampdoria), M Rossi (D, Modena); Savi (M, Monza), Parravicini (M, Palermo), Reginaldo (A, Fiorentina), Morrone (M, Livorno), Pavarini (G, Siena), Petr (G, Banik Ostrava), Matteini (A, Palermo), Corradi (A, Manchester City), Mariga (M, Helsingborgs)
OUT: Grella (M, Torino), Muslimovic (A, Udinese), G Rossi (A, Man Utd), De Lucia (G, Livorno), Savi (M, Arezzo), Kutuzov (A, Pisa), Bolano (M, Modena), Contini (M, Napoli)

Reggina
IN: Pablo Alvarez (D, Nacional Montevideo), Miguel Garcia (D, Sporting Lisbon); Joelson (A, Albinoleffe), Cascione (M, Rimini), Collachioni (D, Pistoiese), Cherubin (D, Cittadella), Kovacsik (G, Labdarugo), Cozza (M, Reggina), Pettinari (M, Fiorentina), Barreto (M, NEC Nijmegen), Halfredsson (M, Lyn Oslo), Valdez (D, Treviso), Stadsgaard (D, Nordsjællan), Tullberg (D, Aarhus)
OUT: G Tedesco (M, Catania), Foggia (M, Lazio), Missiroli (M, Grosseto), Mesto (D, Udinese), Bianchi (A, Manchester City), Amerini (M, Frosinone), Lucarelli (D, Siena)

Roma
IN: Alvarez (M, Messina), Brighi (M, Chievo), Pit (M, Bellinzona), Juan (D, Bayer Leverkusen), Kuffour (D, Livorno), Barusso (M, Rimini), Esposito (A, Cagliari), Montella (A, Fulham), Magliocchetti (D, Verona), Giuly (M, Barcelona), Andreolli (D, Inter), Cicinho (D, Real Madrid)
OUT: Wilhelmsson (M, Nantes), Tavano (A, Valencia), Magliocchetti (D, Cagliari), Faty (M, Bayer Leverkusen), Cerci (M, Pisa), Montella (A,Sampdoria),Okaka Chuka (A, Modena), Virga (M, Grosseto), Chivu (D, Inter), Nonda (A, Galatasaray), Alvarez (M, Livorno)

Sampdoria
IN: Lucchini (D, Empoli), Bellucci (A, Bologna), Caracciolo (A, Palermo), Sammarco (M, Milan), Gastaldello (D, Juventus), Mirante (G, Juventus), Ziegler (M, Tottenham), Antonini (M, Siena), Campagnaro (D, Piacenza), Montella (A, Roma), Cassano (A, Real Madrid)
OUT: Falcone (D, Parma), Quagliarella (A, Udinese), Bazzani(A, Brescia), Flachi (A, contractterminated)

Siena
IN: Eleftheropoulos (G, Ascoli), Jarolim (M, Slavia Praga), Caetano (M, Fiorentina), De Ceglie (M, Juventus), Grimi (D, Milan), Ficagna (D, Cesena), Loria (D, Atalanta), Bettega (M, Juventus), Forestieri (A, Genoa), Ljuboja (A, Stuttgart), Bucchi (A, Napoli), Lucarelli (D, Reggina), De Lazzari (D, Parnaval)
OUT: Molinaro (D, Juventus), Gastaldello (D, Juventus), Antonini (M, Empoli), Masiello (D, Genoa), Rinaudo (D, Palermo), Galoppa (M, Roma), Eremenko (M, Udinese), Cozza (M, Reggina), E Brevi (M, Venezia), Pavarini (G, Parma), Lucarelli (D, Genoa)

Torino
IN: Malonga (A, Monaco), Corini (M, Palermo), Grella (M, Parma), Ventola (A, Atalanta), Bjelanovic (A, Ascoli), P Zanetti (M, Ascoli), Sereni (G, Lazio), Natali (D, Udinese), Di Michele (A, Palermo), Lanna (D, Chievo), Motta (D, Udinese), Recoba (A, Inter), Dellafiore (D, Palermo)
OUT: Gallo (M, Novara), Bovo (D, Palermo), Abbiati (G, Milan), Ardito (M, Lecce), De Ascentis (M, Atalanta), Taibi (G, Ascoli), Abbruscato (A, Lecce), Franceschini (D, Atalanta), Cioffi (D, Ascoli), Ogbonna (D, Crotone)

Udinese
IN: Handanovic (G, Rimini), Micolucci (D, Bari), Inler (M, Zurigo), Floro Flores (A, Arezzo), Candreva (M, Ternana), Pepe (A, Cagliari), Quagliarella (A, Sampdoria), Chimenti (G, Cagliari), Inler (M, FC Zurich), Paolucci (A, Juventus), Sanchez (A, Colo Colo), Eremenko (M, Siena), Mesto (D, Reggina), Boudianski (M, Ascoli)
OUT: Muntari (M,Portsmouth), Iaquinta (A, Juventus),Natali (D, Torino), De Sanctis (G, Sevilla), Sforzini (F, Vicenza), Barreto (A, Treviso), Surraco (M, Messina), Motta (D, Torino), Masiello (M, Vicenza)
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Toro crowds hail Recoba Saturday 1 September, 2007

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Thousands of Torino fans welcomed Alvaro Recoba today and he slammed the door on Inter. “Only Massimo Moratti wanted me there.”

The Uruguayan completed his loan move to Turin on the last day of the summer transfer window and had his first training session under the packed Curva Maratona this morning.


“I had never received a welcome like this, not even at Inter,” said a clearly emotional Recoba.


“This Toro is an excellent squad, even if it cannot aim for the Scudetto. We are ambitious, but there is no point saying it, you have to play and prove it on the field.”


Il Chino had been ready to continue his decade-long stay at San Siro, but Adriano’s refusal to join West Ham United meant he was free to leave.


“I want to pay back Torino for all the faith they showed in me. The truth is that at Inter only the President wanted me there, but here more or less everyone is happy to have me in the side,” he revealed.


“To leave I wanted a strong side and Toro fits the bill. Now it just depends on us, we can achieve great things together.”


It is above all a reunion with Coach Walter Novellino, who got the best out of Recoba during their six months together at Venezia in 1999.


The Uruguayan is expected to start in Sunday’s Serie A match against Reggina.


“It was a courtship that lasted for more than a year and we finally got him,” added President Urbano Cairo.


“Il Chino is more than just the icing on the cake. On Sunday it will be two years to the day since I bought the club. These have been two extraordinary seasons and now we have a squad that can entertain us with the added bonus of a player like Recoba.”



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Toro crowds hail Recoba Saturday 1 September, 2007

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Thousands of Torino fans welcomed Alvaro Recoba today and he slammed the door on Inter. “Only Massimo Moratti wanted me there.”

The Uruguayan completed his loan move to Turin on the last day of the summer transfer window and had his first training session under the packed Curva Maratona this morning.


“I had never received a welcome like this, not even at Inter,” said a clearly emotional Recoba.


“This Toro is an excellent squad, even if it cannot aim for the Scudetto. We are ambitious, but there is no point saying it, you have to play and prove it on the field.”


Il Chino had been ready to continue his decade-long stay at San Siro, but Adriano’s refusal to join West Ham United meant he was free to leave.


“I want to pay back Torino for all the faith they showed in me. The truth is that at Inter only the President wanted me there, but here more or less everyone is happy to have me in the side,” he revealed.


“To leave I wanted a strong side and Toro fits the bill. Now it just depends on us, we can achieve great things together.”


It is above all a reunion with Coach Walter Novellino, who got the best out of Recoba during their six months together at Venezia in 1999.


The Uruguayan is expected to start in Sunday’s Serie A match against Reggina.


“It was a courtship that lasted for more than a year and we finally got him,” added President Urbano Cairo.


“Il Chino is more than just the icing on the cake. On Sunday it will be two years to the day since I bought the club. These have been two extraordinary seasons and now we have a squad that can entertain us with the added bonus of a player like Recoba.”


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