Klose scored with his hand early on in that game and the ref was awarding the goal only for him to intervene himself and call a foul. Then Cavani went to work.
Now Cavaniâs skied a penalty over the bar.
Theyâre still letting him take penalties?
He has a shocking record of missing them.
Are all your footballing posts these days just a rehash of your twitter feed?
The former Parma midfielder MatĂas Almeyda has made astonishing revelations about match-fixing and doping in Italy in his autobiography.
The former Argentina international, in his book Almeyda: Life and Soul, claims he was given what he now believes were drugs while at the Serie A club between 2000 and 2002.
âAt Parma we were given an IV drip before games,â Almeyda said, in extracts printed by the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. "They said it was a mixture of vitamins but before entering the field I was able to jump up as high as the ceiling.
âPlayers do not ask questions but then in the following years there are cases of former players dying from heart problems, suffering from muscular issues and more. I think it is the consequence of the things that have been given to them.â
One of the biggest shocks of the book, especially following the latest match-fixing scandal to hit Italian football, is Almeydaâs revelations that Roma players asked their Parma counterparts to throw a decisive match between the two clubs at the end of the 2000-01 season. Roma won 3-1 and edged out Juventus for the Serie A title.
âSome Parma team-mates told us that the Roma players wanted us to lose the game. That as we werenât playing for anything, it was the same,â said the River Plate manager. âI said no and the majority responded that way. But on the field I saw that some were not running as they always did. So I asked to be substituted and went into the changing room. Money? I do not know, they called it a favour.â
Almeyda also played for Lazio, Internazionale, Milan and Brescia. He acknowledges that he struggled with alcohol during his time at Inter. âThroughout my career I smoked 10 cigarettes a day. Alcohol was also a problem. I burned everything off in training but I lived on the limits,â Almeyda said. "Once in Azul, my country, I drank five litres of wine, like Coca Cola, and I ended up in some kind of coma. To try to get it out of my system I ran five kilometres until I saw the sun spinning.
âA doctor put me on a drip for five hours. It would have been a scandal as at the time I was playing for Inter. When I woke up and I saw my whole family around the bed, I thought it was my funeral.â
I bet heâd fail the polygraph, nothing more disgusting than washed-up idiots like this publishing a load of lies in order to make a quick buck. He was a shit footballer too.
Didnât know the current Juve manager was a murderer (not Conte).
I see some lad called Andrea Masiello has been given a 22 month suspended prison sentence after admitting scoring a deliberate own goal while playing for Bari against Lecce.
Lecce won 2-0 and think they stayed up as a result. The Bomber might confirm
ah FFS, this lad is a bit simple id say if he expects people to believe that
Joe Canningâs book if ever published about the steroids will be interesting as well
Cassano was on Italian TV slagging off golf last night. 
âWill I start playing golf? I donât like it. Itâs a game for nerds.â
Speaking of Cassano, the Milan fans had a very funny banner last week directed towards Cassano.
[font=arial][size=1]âCassano traitor, give us back the defibrillatorâ[/size][/font]
The best banner Iâve seen in Italy though was the Bologna fans banner directed at Juventus and Gianluca Pessotto which made a witty remark to Pessotto jumping out of a building during Juveâs match fixing trial. It read:
âPessotto is a diver, either he jumped or it was a penalty.â :lol:
Juve 0-0 Napoli at half time. Cavani struck the post with a freekick and Napoli were the better side early on before Juve finished the half strongly.
In other news:
[font=verdana]The [/font][color="#0066cc"]Juventus[font=verdana] defender Leonardo Bonucci faced down an armed robber who pointed a gun at his head before chasing the assailant as he tried to get away, according to reports in the Italian media.[/font]
[font=verdana]The Italy international was with his wife and baby son at a car dealership in Turin on Thursday, looking to buy a Ferrari, when a man with his face hidden pointed a gun at his head and demanded that he give him his watch.[/font]
[font=verdana]Bonucci refused and instead punched the thief, knocking him to the ground before chasing him as he tried to get away on a scooter with his accomplice.[/font]
[font=verdana]Gazzetta dello Sport reported the man shouted: âWhat are you doing? Are you mad? Iâll shoot youâ as Bonucci pursued them in vain.[/font]
[font=verdana]Bonucci later reported the incident to the police.
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This is most unlike Northern Italy. I can only suspect it was a Neapolitan up for the game this evening.
Claudio Marchisio. Box to box. Class act.
Iâve tuned into this from the second half, excellent game - Napoli being the better side. Iâve been very surprised at them this season - I suspected they fall apart after Lavezzi went but they have been excellent so far this season and look a lot more assured in defence. Giovinco has been very poor for Juve - he actually looks out of his depth. Juve look to have gambled on the wrong player that came through their youth ranks as Immobile continues to impress with both Genoa the u-21âs. Marchisio must be the most underheralded player in the world at the minute, the defensive side to his game is as good as any midfielder in the world at the minutes, he tracks runs superbly and is also there to assist his defence, heâs very good on the ball and also a goal threat. Outstanding player.
+1
Caceres gives the old whore the lead.
Fantastic strike from Paul Pogba to make it 2-0.
Fergushun looking like some fool now with Pogba breaking into one of the best midfields in Europe and Cleverley being a starting midfielder for United. Heâs a retard when it comes to assessing midfielders. :lol:
Will inter win tomorrow?