Juventus 1:2 Udinese
Let's all pretend that the match ended here, mkay?
That blew. I'm not even sure what the problem was. Gigi had an awesome save or two. Claudio scored a miraculous Quags-style goal. Pretty much everyone else failed to deliver. It's too painful to do an actual spam with my usual uninformed commentary, so I'm just going to post some photos.
After that, we have an important birthday to celebrate.
It's the last day of the winter calciomercato, and Legrottaglie has officially gone to Milan where he joins DB's Most Hated Footballer, Mark Van Bommel. Nick hints that he has something to say about his last days at Juve, but he hasn't actually said it yet. Meanwhile, Amauri is still here after rejecting bids from West Brom and Fulham, because he is better than those teams. Asshole needs to fire his asshole agent. Parma is apparently still interested, Lord knows why. Goal.com is reporting some rumors about incoming transfers, but I don't believe a word of it. Stay tuned.
And so the match.
Gigi:
A trademark thumbs-up with accompanying thumbs-up face
After Claudio's goal
At the end of the match
Giving love to Toto. Look how tiny Toto looks next to Gigi. It's like Gandalf and Frodo.
TANGENT: Just for fun, let's look at Gigi all dressed up in spring 2010:
Shiny pants and green suede shoes! Let's hope someone paid him to wear that and he didn't just pull that together out of his own closet.
Back to business: the fullbacks---Gryga and Grosso
Leo having a sad:
Get a good look, OK? cos dude got sent off after a late challenge and is suspended for Palermo.
Gio getting away with a shirt tug:
Melo:
Krasic:
Krasic needs to figure out a strategy to deal with the double-team. It's too easy to shut him down.
Aquilani, looking confident:
Martinez:
Alessa:
Yeah, I know.
He hasn't really earned multiple photos but, you know, he's Alessa, so he gets special treatment around here.
OMG it's time for CLAUDIO! Why is he running?
Why is Ale chasing him?
Why is Ale clasping him so passionately?
Why is he giving the thumbs-up?
Because of this:
That went in, people. It went in. JFC
Those kind of goals are rare, but there's another zebra who can take a shot like that: Fabio Quagliarella, born 28 years ago today. This time last year, Quags didn't have a lot of fans here at ASA. He was seen pretty much as a misogynist skank on the prowl, but only for blondes. His game got little, if any regard, and his Azzurri call-ups were met with protests. He started off
The tongue. Good God, the tongue.
The skeevy crotch adjustment. (If anyone knows why testicles need so damn much adjusting, please tell me. I've been trying to figure it out for decades.) Hey! This reminds me: where the fuck is the Napoli calendar? It is 2011 after all.
But that all changed with the Slovakia match, when he scored one beautiful goal, had another disallowed (probably wrongly) for offside, and then showed us all how much he cared by breaking down on the pitch. To many, it seemed as though the Azzurri just didn't give a shit, but Quags proved that he did, and with that, he won over a legion of new fangirlz. Some of us *whistles innocently* were converted most unwillingly and waited for him to act a tit and put everything back to normal. But he hasn't. He's being a good boy and a good soldier, and now he has more of us on his side than ever. Top that off with a heartbreaking season-ending injury--just when he was in the best form of his career--and, well, without getting into it too much, I've decided to call him up to FCDirtbunny for his birthday. &hearts
Awwww.....'s ok. He's only pretending in this one.
This, however, is real.
TANGENT:
Yeah, so this doesn't really belong here, but you have to laugh at Pepe. Skrtel is someone who broke his jaw on Jamie Carragher's concrete head and hardly missed a match. Pepe Boy, Skrtel can kill you.
Moving on.....
Vincenzo has time to stop and give his fellow ex-Udinese man a pat.
Someone please give him a tissue?
The doucheboots are completely forgiven.
awwwwwww....I can almost see what Little Quags must have looked like to his Nonna when he had a booboo on his knee.
Geez. I think I'm going to cry too.
Cannavaro: Are we done yet? I gotta catch a plane to Dubai.
Morgan: I gotcha. You're OK.
Morgan: shhhhhh, shhhhhh. You're OK.
If that's not enough, here's a clip of his goal. It was a pretty one:
And if you'd like to cry a little bit more, here's a Quags compilation from the Slovakia match:
Many happy returns Quags. Try to enjoy yourself at the spa on Busted Knee Island, and we'll pick up next year where we left off. &hearts
Next match is Wednesday at Palermo, then Saturday at Cagliari, and then a much-awaited international break for some of the zebes.
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