After one season at Barcelona, 23-year-old Portuguese midfielder Andre Gomes could be allowed to leave, and his destination might be Italian champion and Champions League finalist Juventus.
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What They're Saying: Sulley Muntari
“Every game. I was sitting down [Sunday] and it was happening. There was a player playing and it was happening in the stands so how are we going to tackle this? This isn’t the first time it hashappened. We talk about it and after maybe one week, two weeks it’s gone. Then, maybe after a […]
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Muntari gets one-match suspension lifted
Considering the “particular delicacy” of the case, the Italian soccer federation overturned Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari‘s one-match ban for protesting against racial abuse he received atthe Serie A game against Cagliari. “I hope this is a turning point in Italy and shows what it means to stand up for your rights,” said the Ghana international. […]
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What They're Saying: Garth Crooks
“I’m calling on players in Italy, black and white, to make it absolutely clear to the federation in Italy that their position is unacceptable, and if the decision is not reversed then they withdrawtheir services until it is.” — Former English star Garth Crooks, calling on Italian Serie A players to striker unless Sulley Muntari‘s […]
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Leagues and MNTs, any correlations to success in Europe and with MLS?
Is there a correlation between the business success of a professional soccer league and the national team of that country? You can make numerous speculations about the question, but I would ratherbase it on some data. The best soccer leagues are in Europe, I doubt anybody would challenge this statement as being subjective. So we […]
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Totti will retire after 24 seasons at Roma
Francesco Totti, 40, will retire from playing at the end of Roma’s season and become a director of the Serie A club. He has scored 307 goals in 783 appearances since making his Roma debut 24years ago. Roma’s final game of the season is at home against Genoa on May 28.
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Muntari banned after racism complaint
Pescara’s Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has been has been banned for one game after walking off the field at Cagliari because the referee cautioned him forcomplaining about racist abuse in the crowd. Muntari said he suffered abuse throughout his team’s 1-0 defeat at Cagliari but was booked for dissent when he asked the ref to […]
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Roma names Spaniard Monchi as its new sporting director
Ramon Rodriguez, who goes by the nickname of “Monchi” and is widely regarded as the architect of Sevilla’s recent success in his 17 years at the Spanish club, has been named as the Romasporting director. He helped Sevilla win nine trophies, including three successive Europa League titles.
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Serie A will use VAR in 2017-28 season
Marcello Nicchi, the head of the Italian referees’ association, says Video Assistant Referees will be used in Serie A next season, pending FIFA approval.
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Food for thought: refereeing and data
As an engineer and a computer scientist, I am comfortable with numbers. I believe that the numbers do not lie, but they do not necessarily tell all the truth. Data, statistics and dataanalysis had been used extensively in sports, especially in the non-soccer U.S. sports. Some teams like the Oakland A’s of the MLB used […]