Serie A Offside Meet & Greet
By: alessio | August 24th, 2008I remember Gianfranco doing a post a while back about how it’s funny that for all the argument and discussion on The Offside, we really don’t know who we’re talking to. I know some of you Juventini, but not as well as I’d like to. So in light of the upcoming season, let’s all learn a bit more about each other. Other members of the Serie A Offsides (KJ, MAD, Gianfranco, Daniele, CMP, Romanistas, Interistas, Milanistas, hell even our friends over at the Toro offside, etc.) are encouraged to respond, considering we interact on each others blogs we might as well know who we’re talking to!
#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you?
#2- Where are you living now?
#3- What do you do for a living?
#4- How old are you? (If you don’t want to answer specifically, a general age frame is fine)
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them?
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time?
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? (Non-Juventini have to answer this too!)
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino?
#9- Favorite national team?
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve?
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time?
#12- Favorite Juve moment? Least favorite Juve moment?
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time?
#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies?
#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position? What other sports do you like?
Add anything else about yourself you feel like….I’m interested to see the responses!
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#1- Where are you from? EGYPT What nationality are you? EGyptian
#2- Where are you living now? Egypt, cairo
#3- What do you do for a living? Student, (no job)
#4- How old are you? (If you don’t want to answer specifically, a general age frame is fine) 16
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? Through a great player, Gabriel omar batistuta FORZA ROMA
When did you start following them?, 2001
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time? Batistuta, Totti, Messi
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? (Non-Juventini have to answer this too!) Del piero
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino? Zidane
#9- Favorite national team? Argentina, then italy
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve? Batistuta (i’m gonna mention him a lot)
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time? Him again, BAtigol Batistuta
#12- Favorite Roma moment? 2001 Schudetto, and seeing them play here in egypt infront of own two eyes
Least favorite Juve moment? when they got demoted to serie B
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time? None
#14- Favorite kind of music? Linkin Park Any particular movies? Lord of the rings
#15- Do you play footy yourself? NO, basketball i do playPosted from
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I am Interista so here we go….
#1- Born in Toronto and I am Italian. My parents were both born there.
#2- Toronto
#3- I run a company that provides analysis/support to a LARGE corporate company. Telecommunications Field.
#4- 27
#5- I was Born Interista. I have always loved them.
#6- I have more than 3: R. Baggio, Bergomi, Batistuta, Zoff, Bam Bam Zamorano, Maradona, Maldini, Baresi
#7- If you wear Neroazzurro I am a supporter of yours. But if I had to pick just, how can it not be IL CAPITANO!
#8- Would Baggio Qualify?
#9- Gli Azzurri
#10- Toss Up: Paolo Maldini & Baresi **Curses a bit for liking Milan Players**
#11- Diego Armando Maradona. I have met him, shook his hand watched him do tricks. Insane.
#12- My favourite Inter Moment is personal and will be something I will never forget. My dad put in the game at four years old but has taught it to me since I could practically walk. By the time I was 10 we were playing in Stadiums. One night, when I was 12, I had a game at Centennial Stadium which is just outside downtown Toronto. Inter were in town & it just so happened that right after my game, they were scheduled to play a mid summer friendly against a local pro club called Toronto Italia. I was well aware that they were going to be there. During our pre game warm up the Inter players came on the field and warmed up with us. They did some drills with us and later went to our parents to sign autographs. We had to focus on the game. They watched our game. At the time we didn’t know they were going to do this, but when our game was done they selected 5 MVP’s in total between the 2 teams. I, to my surprise was, selected. The reward?? At half time of the Inter match we were going to take a shot from the spot. The Person standing in the middle of the Goal? Walter Zenga. I missed. High and to the left. Tried to put everything I had into. I was embarrassed.
#13- I am going to say. The traitor. Ronaldo.
#14- I like a lot of music. depends on the mood. I like House Music and Rock (classic, hard, punk, alternative etc) the most though.
#15- Yes, as mentioned, I do play footy myself. I am a left back. Played Stopper as well.
Growing up in Canada (eh) I did what we all did in the winter and played hockey. I had to quit playing indoor soccer to accommodate hockey. I started at the very late of 10. Did alright at it, played Triple A. I also play golf, like fishing and I snowboard in the winter. I love F1 and Moto GP and the NFL.As for anything else… Just like everyone else. Love to have fun. I HATE BOREDOM. Usually up for anything, love to party and drink my face off with my friends etc… I like travelling. Especially for sporting events. Leaving in less than month to tour Europe for a month! I have 100% intentions of going to the Derby on Sept 28th. Arrangements have been made and I will be in Milano that weekend! Hopefully I can get tickets with relative ease.
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So who else is going to the high school prom?
Ale,I was a history major when I started college…Thank God I switched, I wouldn’t make the money I do now
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? from philly. italian/scottish-american
#2- Where are you living now? philly!
#3- What do you do for a living? carpentry
#4- How old are you? 29
#5- When did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them? don’t recall
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time? totti, maradona, lucarelli
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? buffon
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino? zoff
#9- Favorite national team? italia
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve? lucarelli
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time? maradona
#12- Favorite Juve moment? fav was them getting dropped to serie b
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time? vieira
#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies? punk, metal, hip-hop. i’m a documentary lover
#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position? What other sports do you like? i play stopper with the philadelphia falcons and used to play keeper for years. i like playing almost any sport aside from golf.Posted from
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Found this pic during our A vs B teams. Notice Tiago on the bottom left.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5696/08082320juvea20v20juvebzx3.jpg
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Yeah, that’s why I’m sticking with the Econ as my primary degree. I’m just doing history because I’m interested in it plus with AP credits, I have 2 courses left for a degree, might as well.
Sweet shades in that pic Adam. I love Goal.com’s comment on Tiago being left out of the Champion’s League team, our “iron fist.” We’re doing it for both of our benefits. It looks like for whatever reason Tiago intends to stay, but should he want to finally get out in January at least he won’t be cup-tied.
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Also appears Gigi Buffon is without a doubt every non-Juventino’s favorite Bianconero. He’s pretty awesome…to think Milan turned him down for Dida! (who knows if it would have gone through)
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1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? Nepal Nepali
#2- Where are you living now? NY
#3- What do you do for a living? student some part time
#4- How old are you? (If you don’t want to answer specifically, a general age frame is fine)21
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them? dunno how but just felt juve is my team 2000
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time? R. Baggio, Maldini, Pirlo, buffon
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? (Non-Juventini have to answer this too!) buffon
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino? R. Baggio
#9- Favorite national team? Italia
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve? Totti
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time? P. Maldini but soon it will be Buffon
#12- Favorite Juve moment? Ibrahishit leaving juve Least favorite Juve moment? defeat to liverpool n arsenal
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time? ibrahimoveratedbitch
#14- Favorite kind of music? rock Any particular movies? A beautiful mind la vita e bella
#15- Do you play footy yourself? yes If so, what position? like to play like box to box midfielder but have no stamina n enough strength so i play kinda 2nd striker What other sports do you like? chess pingpong pool cricketPosted from
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I am curious enough right now, Are there any other linkin park fans out there… Besides me…
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? north of Toronto. Canadian, eh!
#2- Where are you living now? Calgary
#3- What do you do for a living? Geologist
#4- How old are you? Well, not only do I remember the 80’s, but also some of the 70’s as well.
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them? Not one of my parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles ever followed any sort of professional sports teams at all. They simply weren’t interested. With such limited exposure at home, my impressionable youth period was basically a write off as far as being “born” into any team, calcio or otherwise. It would be up to me to find the sports. Much later, my poor Toronto Maple Leafs had just gotten turfed out of the Stanley Cup playoffs (not a shocker, I know!) and my friends and I suddenly found ourselves in hockey withdrawal. World Cup 2002 happened to be starting at about the same time and the amusement factor of France getting stomped on by lowly Senegal was enough to draw us back for more and I quickly started cheering on gli azzurri for heritage reasons. By the time the crushing defeat to South Korea happened, I was hooked and looking around for a club side. I gravitated to Juve because I really liked ADP and Buffon.
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time? ADP, Baggio, Maldini
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? Tough one, but I’ve got to go with Ale. Honorable mention to Buffon and Neddy.
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino? Canna
#9- Favorite national team? Azzurri of course
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve? Maldini
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time? Pele
#12- Favorite Juve moment? Least favorite Juve moment? Scudetti 27-29. Chellini pwning Ibra last season was really sweet too. Least favorite would be getting demoted for no reason.
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time? Ibra
#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies? Anything that isn’t rap. I usually listen to some combination of rock, pop and dance. My movie preferences depend on my mood and run the gamut from giant explosions to cheesy comedies. Probably one of my top favorites is Monty Python: Holy Grail. It’s a classic!
#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position? What other sports do you like? I kick the ball around some with friends, but nothing serious. I’m more into cycling, racquetball, hiking, snowshoeing and road hockey. I’m also prone to scrambling up the sides of mountains.
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Alessio,
As you get older, you tend to tone down your collecting hobbies unless you are to the point you are buying too many cars, but Ive gotten rid of most of the baseball cards and jerseya and now try to find NASL games on DVD. I have about 100 games on DVD from 1973-84 and I know a guy who used to be in NASL media and he has about 300 or so. Ill probably end up purcahsing copies of games I dont have from him. Its fun to watch those old games considering I grew up on them and was pissed when the league folded. I have one where a childhood friend was a ballboy tossing it back our boy Best for the Aztecs. If you know anyone who has a copy of the 1976 Soccer Bowl, let me know…lol.Good topic by you to get people to post. Its amazing to see everyones background.
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yo alessio – or anyone else who is interested,
i started a fantasy footy league for Serie A. Details are over at the Palermo blog…
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#1- Canada, dual Italian-Canadian citizenship
#2- Canada
#3- Student
#4- 18
#5- Family tradition, since I can remember
#6- Del Piero, Buffon, Peruzzi
#7- ADP
#8- Peruzzi
#9- Italy
#10- Daniele De Rossi
#11- Maradona
#12- 2nd Champion’s Cup, Calciopoli
#13- Boumsong
#14- Weird indie noise stuff
#15- Yep, goalie hockeyPosted from
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? Ukrainian from Ukraine
#2- Where are you living now? Kharkiv, Ukraine
#3- What do you do for a living?
Sort of engineering
#4- How old are you? (If you don’t want to answer specifically, a general age frame is fine)
25#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them?
Juve, from 1994. I saw Roberto Baggio at US Mundial and thouhgt that the best player in the worl must have played in the best club in the world )))#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time?
Zidane, Buffon, Montero#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? (Non-Juventini have to answer this too!)
Buffon#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino?
Zidane#9- Favorite national team?
Ukraine )))#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve?
Steve Gerrard#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time?
Zidane#12- Favorite Juve moment? Least favorite Juve moment?
Favorite – Champions League final 1996
Least favourite – the same in 1997, 1998 and 2003, and the last match of Serie A season 1999-2000 in Peruggia
((#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time?
Ibrakadabra. It’s shame he have plaed for us…#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies?
Music – pop and light-rock (RHCP, Garbage, etc.)#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position? What other sports do you like?
Played a bit when I was younger )))Posted from
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#1- Antwerp, Belgium. Belgian.
#2- Antwerp, Belgium.
#3- Communication executive for Belgian’s biggest newspaper holding and freelance journalist.
#4- 23
#5- I was on holiday, saw an exhibition game of Palermo, received Davide Bombardini’s shirt.
#6- Roberto Baggio, Amauri, Gabriel Batistuta
#7- Amauri
#8- Paolo Rossi
#9- Italy
#10- /
#11- Baggio was football.
#12- /
#13- Deschamps
#14- Punk, r’n'r, Jack Johnson
#15- Yes, central defender. Just like Canna. Or wait, more like Fernando Couto.Posted from
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? Lebanon. Lebanese-American
#2- Where are you living now?
Washington, DC
#3- What do you do for a living?
Patent lawyer
#4- How old are you?
31
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them?
I became a huge fan of Gianluca Vialli in Euro 1988 and was a Sampdoria fan for 3 years, but when Vialli moved to Juve in 1991 so did my allegiance. But I stayed a Juve fan since and will always be.
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time?
Gianluca Vialli, Alessandro Del Piero (who I met in person), and Roberto Baggio
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino?
Alessandro Del Piero (Seba Giovinco when ADP retires)
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino?
Gianluca Vialli
#9- Favorite national team?
Italy
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve?
Franco Baresi
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time?
Diego Maradona
#12- Favorite Juve moment? Least favorite Juve moment?
Winning the Champions League in May 1996.
Learning that Vialli was heading to Chelsea
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time?
Van Der Sar was awful at Juve. I don’t hate him though.
#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies?
U2. English Patient.
#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position?
Yes. Right/Left Winger. Football occupies my heart entirely, no place for other sports.Posted from
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anyone have streams for today’s CL game? we ain’t back YET
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I think Canucks can use Bet365..the others of us are probably going to have to use Justin.tv. (shudder)
ESPN360 is carrying the goddamn Krakow-Barca game, but not us.
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Yes Amauri. The Justintv feed I’m using (300kbs) isn’t too bad.
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you?
Malaysia, Malaysian.#2- Where are you living now?
Melbourne, Australia (studying)#3- What do you do for a living?
I’m a uni student. Bch of Engineering with political science as my elective#4- How old are you? (If you don’t want to answer specifically, a general age frame is fine)
19#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them?
9 yrs old. Raised in a family of hardcore MU fans, naturally watched MU – juve semis, never turned my back since.#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time?
oh thats tough. I think scirea is one of, if not the, greatest. for my time though I think Del Piero is well Del Piero and there are others but I like these two best.#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? (Non-Juventini have to answer this too!)
Obviously alex #8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino?
I dont know, Alex is still playing Nah there are other players that I really like but I dont have a favourite#9- Favorite national team?
Malaysia, they play like shit but it’s my country. Since I love Juve and watch Serie A naturally I support the Azzurri.#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve?
Non Juve players do not attract me. Just kidding. I like a lot of non Juve players but not a favourite.#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time?
It’s hard to pinpoint one, but for Juve I’d choose Scirea#12- Favorite Juve moment? Least favorite Juve moment?
Favourite would be Juve Madrid semis. Personally, it was when I watched my first Juve game live and that was the CL final vs Milan, and also when the youth team came to Malaysia last year and when Juve came to Melbourne this year – good memories. Worst memory.. I’ll go with Perugia – Juve title decider. I think I was.. 10 or 11, and my first shattering heartbreak.#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time?
Baiocco, Paramatti, Blasi… HAHAHA.#14- Favorite kind of music? Any particular movies?
ah we have facebook for this kind of info!#15- Do you play footy yourself? If so, what position? What other sports do you like?
No I don’t. I play badminton, and I like road cycling.Posted from
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Paramattiiiiii forgot about him.
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1. Sofia, Bulgaria-Bulgarian
2. Varna-Sofia, Bulgaria
3. I am an owner of a small shipbuilding-shiprepair company.
4. I am 36.
5. I became a Roma fan since I was 12, captivated by Falcao, Di Bartolomei, Pruzzo.
6. Maradona, Romario, Maldini
7. I really like Amauri, and Camo is running a close second- fantastic players.
8. Edgar Davids- I love defensive midfielders and what a great example of tenacity and will to win. Boniek a close second.
9. Italy. I fell in love with your national team since 1982 but the main reason is that I love Serie A football.
10. Maradona
11. Easy- Maradona
12. Juve-Porto-2:1, 1984 as a favorite
Roma-Juve-2:2, the Iaquinta dagger13. Easy- Luciano Moggi. Single handedly fucked up several of Roma’s transfers. As much as I hated the guy, I always wanted him at Roma. Hell of a business man!
14. Any kind of Jazz. Nuovo Kino Paradiso.
15. I do play and coach. Mid. I love sport- volleyball, basketball, hockey, am.football.
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#1- Where are you from? What nationality are you? Indonesia, Indonesian
#2- Where are you living now? Korea
#3- What do you do for a living? still a student
#4- How old are you? Zizou’s in Juventus
#5- How did you become a fan of the team of your side? When did you start following them? Del-Pippo, after CL final defeat against Dortmund
#6- Who are your 3 favorite players of all time? ADP, Steven Gerrard, Buffon
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? ADP
#8- Who’s your favorite former Juventino? Platini
#9- Favorite national team? Italia
#10- Favorite player never to play for Juve? Johan Cruyff
#11- Your opinion on the best player of all time? Zidane, the default for every year’s World Player of the Year award, unless someone else does something consistently magical
#12- Favorite Juve moment? Juve 3-1 Real Madrid (ADP, trez, nedved) Least favorite Juve moment? 2-4 defeat of Parma (end of Lippi era)
#13- Least favorite Juventino of all time? Cristian Molinaro. Ranieri, open your eyes. Open your mind.
#14- Favorite kind of music? jazz Any particular movies? Armageddon, Serendipity
#15- Do you play footy yourself? just some futsal If so, what position? defender/GK What other sports do you like? SwimmingPosted from
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#1- I’m from Peru; dual Peruvian-Italian citizenship
#2- I live in Peru right now
#3- I’m a Civil-Geotechnical Engineer
#4- 28 years old
#5- I had a computer game back in 1992 (don’t remember the name but it was something like an archaic PC Football). I had to pick a team and Juventus was the lucky one (or was I?). So I tried to find out whatever I could about Juve (I must say, nothing like Roberto Baggio to catch up your eye). After that, and given the poor coverage about European football we had in my country during the nineties, I couldn’t really follow the team that much, so I must admit the magic faded eventually. But 2003 arrived (along with the champions league), and if there is a picture I will never forget it is Pavel Nedved’s stunned face after the yellow card he got in the second game against Madrid. As everybody here surely know, Juventus lost the final game against Milan in Old Trafford, but won an eternal fan (ok, I’m sure you all would have preferred the Champions League than my support, but that’s life). After that, I’ve tried to follow (not always successfully though) every single game the team played.
#6- Favorite players I’ve seen wearing Juve’s shirt: Roberto Baggio, Pavel Nedved and Alessandro Del Piero. Favorite players I haven’t seen but in some way I’ve learned about them: John Charles, Michele Platini and Gaetano Scirea.
#7- Alessandro Del Piero.
#8- Roberto Baggio
#9- Italy
#10- Paolo Maldini
#11- Best player of all time: Roberto Baggio
#12- Favorite Juve moment: Juve coming back from Serie B to Serie A. Least favorite Juve moment: Juve’s demotion to Serie B.
#13- Ibrahimovic
#14- Music: Pretty much any kind of music / Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean (the 3 of the)
#15- I usually play as a defender. I also like playing tennis.Posted from
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#1- Haitian born Belgian
#2- Belgium
#3- Studing and working
#4- 24
#5- early 90’s. the only football I know then as a little boy was belgian football:) my first international game I watched was juventus beating the holy shit out of some opponent with a magical baggio… it was love at first time and never stopped loving the black and white jersy
#6- strikers; maradona; van basten; batistuta; playmakers; zidane: kaka(and many more)
#7- Who’s your favorite current Juventino? chiellini, in a few year he’ll be the best cb in the world(of course Ilike camoranesi del piero and buffon as well)
#8- Zinedine zidane(Ican not imagine someone answer something else)
#9- Italy
#10- Pirlo; deco
#11- mara was great ; but zidane is king
#12- Favorite: the 97 cl campain worst; losing that final, after showing the world you’re the strongest team of the world
#13- ??? its like not loving your own childeren:)
#14- I like symponic things like moviescores and classic
#15- I’m a powerfull striker, kind of trequartista:) not a scoringmachine finisher; but rather a playmaking second strikerPosted from
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