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Bizzarri Save Helps Catania Upend Lazio
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I should just rename this blog “Bizzarri”, because it seems that is all you need to say most weeks that Catania play. The Rossoblu’s peerless goalkeeper saved a 60th-minute penalty kick by Goran Pandev to preserve a narrow win. In many ways, the win was an archetypal Catania victory: tight, well-organised defence, special goalkeeping, and [...]
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Catania Hold On For Precious Away Point
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Maybe, someday, Serie A keepers will learn to stay close to home when Giuseppe Mascara gets the ball. Mascara made Emanuele Belardi look a little foolish, straying far from his box following a failed clearing attempt, as the Catania striker lobbed the ball just out of the goalie’s reach to score for the second time [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsCatania Trounce Men In Pink 4-0
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The Catania offense exploded for four goals against island arch-rivals Palermo this weekend, to put themselves 10 points clear of the relegation zone. After a brilliant early goal from the head of Ledesma, Australian midfielder Mark Bresciano gave the visitors an additional advantage by needlessly hacking the legs out from under Morimoto just 15 minutes [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsCatania Secure First 2009 Win. Yay.
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I suppose there is no mid-season swoon that a visit by the worst side in Serie A won’t fix.
Catania took the first step to regaining its early form with a resounding win over the hapless Calabrese. The Rossoblu took advantage of shaky play by goalkeeper Christian Puggioni, who resembled a pinball fender for most [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsSnatching a Draw From The Jaws of Victory
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Every point counts now, as Catania have fallen from the ranks of the secure in Serie A into the heat of the relegation race. Away points are particularly of interest — as Catania were unlucky early in the season on the road, this has now been compounded by their recent loss of form. Luck seemed [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsRossoblu in Freefall
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Catania’s mid-season “swoon” looks to be degrading into a complete second-half collapse. The tank appeared to be empty against Atalanta this past weekend. I scoured the game film for Catania chances, and discovered just one: Mascara’s false offside play in the second half. Don’t be fooled, though — this game would have been far worse [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsCatania Secure First Point of Year at Genoa
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The Rossoblu have had an inauspicious start to the year, with three consecutive defeats, including an inexplicable gift of points to Bologna last weekend. Hence, even a single point versus fourth-place Genoa came as a relief, even after leading in the second half over a ten-man side. How expectations have dropped!
Davide Baiocco figured prominently in [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsCoppa: Juve 3, Catania 0
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Well, that’s that. Who the hell cares about the Coppa anyhow?
Damn.
Category: Catania Team NewsCatania Open 2009 With Loss
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Gli Elefanti had an inauspicious start to the new year, falling 1-0 away to Napoli. Of course, it may have been too much to ask, expecting points in a difficult stadium, against a disciplined, well-coached team with perhaps better overall talent. Still, moral victories count for little in the standings, except insofar as they influence [...]
Category: Catania Team NewsCatania Returns To Form Against Roma
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The Rossoblu shook off their holiday blues, and posted a convincing (albeit unlikely) win at home to AS Roma over the weekend. Catania dominated the visitors over the first 75 minutes of the game, and had a 3-0 lead to show for it. This was chiefly due to Takayuki Morimoto’s two goals, which could well [...]
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