Viola: Crap in the Coppa (+the Newbie)
(Oy.)
The Viola lost both legs against Lazio 1-2, and were varying degrees of disinterested through the entire 180 minutes of the quarterfinals. Really, everyone sucked in the second leg, though being knocked out and freed to focus only on getting in the CL next season and advancing in the UEFA Cup is not exactly a bad thing (and the fact that Mutu didn't play in the second leg suggests Prandelli was very much thinking along those lines).
Fiorentina 1-2 Lazio (2-4 on agg)
Scorers: Semioli 17 (F), Kolarov 34 (L), Rocchi 62 (L)
Fiorentina: Frey; Gobbi, Kroldrup, Dainelli (Gamberini 46), Ujfalusi; Semioli, Pazienza (Pazzini 52), Donadel, Montolivo; Osvaldo (Jorgensen 74), Vieri
Lazio: Muslera; Behrami, Siviglia, Radu, Kolarov; Vignaroli (Artipoli 78), Mudingayi, Mutarelli; Mauri; Bianchi (Rocchi 60), Pandev (Tare 84)
Mutu only played in the first leg, so we've not got much of him.
Sadly.
Look at Behrami. He's like "Um ... sorry?"
Bobo, meanwhile, only played in the second leg.
This expression pretty much conveys how he felt the whole game.
He got no service, but did make a great pass for the only Viola goal.
Mmm ... Mutarelli.
"Let's go fishing later. Yes?"
Yeah, it just didn't go well. (And this is all the Monty you're going to get, so cherish it.)
The princess score the Viola goal in the first match.
And came on as a sub in the second.
He's actually playing really well right now, but couldn't fix the suck.
(He's still doing that missing-good-chances thing, but he certainly wasn't alone.)
God, it's like no one at Fiorentina has slept (or shaved) in weeks. What is going on?!
DON'T TOUCH ME!
Mmm ... Mutarelli.
You know who scored the only goal this leg?
Pubes.
(Thank to teh Bobo, but his finish was good, too.)
What?
Heisman pose!
PABLO DANIEL OSVALDO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
God, look how pleased the boy is. *shudder*
(Please do not look at his crotch in this picture and think about the fact that he just touched Semioli.)
Donadel was easily the best player on Wednesday. No lie.
He was busting his ass, trying all alone to regulate the midfield.
Everyone else was mostly just watching, the bastards.
Ujfi is the man. I'm starting to get really sad that he's leaving this summer.
He screwed up his knee yesterday, but all the subs had already been used so he was stoic and limped around rather than going off.
Jorgy seemed to like to wander around near Lazio's prettier players.
Captain emo.
Finally, keepers:
Lupatelli played the first leg. He's still terribly inconsistent.
Seb is still Seb, but even he had some bad moments in the second leg. (This is his "my GOD my defense sucks" look.)
[Thanks to razor2rosary for the disturbing PDO/Pubes pics]
He's a central defender, 21, Portuguese (kind of), and has no forehead whatsoever.
He was born in France, but his mom is Portuguese so he chose Portugal as his national team, and has a bunch of U-21 caps.
He came from PSV Eindhoven, where he played 15 matches and score one goal in two years and picked up a very nice dress sense.
This week a little team called "Milan" come to vist, as perhaps you've heard? Donadel is suspended, and Liverani and Ujfi are both hurt and questionable for the match. SUPER.
IN good news, both Monty and Osvaldo are in the Azzurrini team for next week's friendly (I think it's a friendly) against Holland.