CurvAmerica Podcasts

A difficult podcast to do after the loss of Fiorentina's captain, Davide Astori.  We hesitated in recording but decided to honor Fiorentina and their captain by reaching out to some Viola faithful: Tito from SB Nation's Viola Nation and Chloe Beresford, a Serie A writer in the UK.  We briefly mention the games in Serie A, Champions League, and Europa this week. 

A week where the Serie A saw the nobodys and the ”about to be somebodys” score the goals.  OTFR learn that Napoli play a brand of soccer that they can’t compete with.  Juve dispatch Fiorentina but can’t decide what is more important to their team...Fatboy G Higuain or VAR.  Inter take a cheat day on drawing matches and feast on Bologna, or "Team Meat Sauce."  Roma have never been happier to see Benevento come to town.  Sampdoria keep pace within striking distance of the Champion’s League by downing Fair Verona.  Gattuso has Milan thinking about shopping for promise rings.  And Coach Dustin Baldwin remains unbeaten with Torino and jumps Udinese as the hottest midtable team.

The State of the Union of the Serie A shows that Napoli and Juventus are YUUUGE and, like really good.  Roma and Inter fans probably want to build a wall between them and their coach and have their owners pay for it.  Lega Serie A are repeatedly saying “No Collusion” between them and VAR against OTFR, Chievo, and Crotone.  Hellas Verona show Fiorentina that their striking button is bigger.  And finally, it seems like all the transfer rumors we have heard up to this point - are fake news!

Italian Serie A's Winter Break is OVER!  Napoli and Juventus each take three points and pull away for the Scudetto, while Inter, OTFR and Roma start the game of musical chairs for the remaining two Champion’s League spots.  Roma and Inter play to a disappointing draw despite Alisson’s super human effort.  OTFR join Inter, Sampdoria and Juventus as teams that don’t mind kicking the walker out from under Chievo.  Sampdoria’s Quags Quagliarella turns in a Nick Foles performance against La Viola dressed in Red.  A Bromance is budding in Milan after a 2-1 victory over Cagliari.  Crotone thrash Verona to help save Chris’ weekend and Team Meat Sauce’s destruction of Benevento make Marco “the mayor of the downstairs restrooms in the Bologna train station” Ciarla able to cope with the US Government shutdown.

Transfer Market Podcast SPECIAL! Declan Varley is a journalist and Editor from Galway, Ireland, most known for his social experiment, Masal Bugduv. Bugduv is an alleged European soccer star from Moldova that became famous from 2009 transfer market rumors. Bugduv has inspired news articles, university journals, and case studies. The transfer market rumors continue...suggesting we might see Bugduv involved with Serie A in the near future!

Just over halfway through the season Napoli and Juventus show strong signs of pulling away from the top 4 for a 2 horse scudetto race.  Inter drops points to the Purple Rain Fiorentina and Roma look lost in a home loss to Atalanta.  Ciro the Hero goes full Cobra Kai Never Die on SPAL with 4 goals.  Udinese cool off by drawing the old men of Chievo.  Milan get a desperate 3 points against the Mighty Croutons and Benevento find a perspective team hero in a shocker that nearly completes Sampdoria blowing their big lead for a European position. Also, Marco sits down with Sempre Bologna blog Fredrik Bakke to discuss the Torino loss and transfer market.

Week 19!  Napoli and Juventus take 3 points from some Serie A catfish, while Inter and Roma draw and slip, slip, slip-a-delphia further from the top 2.  Milan throws in a last minute submittal for “Ugliest Draw of The Year” against Fiorentina.  Udinese stay hot and show the Serie A that for the last 5 weeks a Zebra can change its stripes.  Sampdoria rip SPAL for 3 points and keep the feces out of the bed for the last match of 2017.  And, finally, Benevento show they are not above beating up old man Chievo to get their first win in Serie A history and have a story to tell everyone in Serie B next season.