Am I dreaming? Or did Fiorentina really win today? *_*
I'm a member of slash20in20 and this month my claim was Mutu/Gilardino :) Icons under the cut!

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If you ignore all the totally random-seeming names listed as transfer targets -- Kjær? Rémy (&hearts)? Jankovic? Santacroce? -- there's really not much going on. Here are a few bits and pieces, though.

•The guy who was hit by Fiorentina's bus is reportedly still in bad shape, and the police are questioning, among others, Monty, Dainelli and ( Read more... )

•Gila was in the press room yesterday [video|audio], talking about the Coppa match being crappy but over, wanting Fiorentina to go into Christmas in fourth, rooming with Cassano in the U-15s (!), and understanding what Pazzo is going through because he's been there himself. Aw, Gila.

•Corvino made his long-awaited appearance in the press room ( Read more... )

•Here's a collection of who all the Italian papers think will start today for La Viola: Mutu trained yesterday, so every seems to think he'll be out there from the first minute, and also that Kuzi will start ahead of Donadel (Almiron, the usual CL starter, is hurt) in the midfield. There's still question of whether Gobbi or Vargas will be on the ( Read more... )

We all owe hameow and her anonymous friend copious thanks for these -- how did we ever survive before we knew what Pazzo looked like in fancy stockings?

( +6 -- no Monty, sorry. )

•First and most importantly, I guess, Mutu is denying that he ever said a bad word about Piturca, and has no intention of leaving the national team. (For some reason I don't find this particularly convincing, but when he goes for the next round of qualifying, we'll have irrefutable proof.)

•Krol was in the press room today [video | audio], looking ( Read more... )

•Osvi is playing for the Azzurrini against Greece right now -- he started on the right of a front three, and is tearing around as usual. He's also being praised by Mario Balotelli, who talked to the press yesterday about the strength of the young Italian attack, specifically mentioning Osvi (among others).

•Dainelli was in the press room today [ ( Read more... )

•Mutu saw the doctor today and has been definitively ruled out of the Slavia Prague match on Wednesday. No decision's been made yet on Juve but, from the tone of the release, it looks 50-50 at best.

•In other Mutu news, the International Center for Drugs and Human Rights seems to be joining his appeal against FIFA's Chelsea decision in some ( Read more... )

Luca Toni is no longer a Fiorentina player. The viola have made it official with a statement on their official website ( Read more... )

Bayern Munich chief admits deal close for ToniBayern Munich supremo Karl-Heinze Rummenigge has declared Fiorentina striker Luca Toni is close to sealing a move to the German giants ( Read more... )