Glorientina

FIORENTINA ARE WINNING. Freaking glorious this is, unless it goes all Standard Liege. Without sounding too facetious, I love it when English teams loose in the Champions League. Even more so when it is Italian teams with big haired Eastern European strikers bagging the goals. To quote some journo dude ''Is the Champions League the new League Cup?'' Er... No. Fool.

Seriously though, i think it would be super rad to see Fiorentina have a good run in this years competition. It is pretty hard not to love them. Most of those guys are on pretty small salaries, Gilardino took a 75% pay cut when he signed from AC. The new Mutu is hard not to admire. Frey is surely the most underated keeper in football history. Short sleeved pink jerseys for life. And all this from a club who where in Serie C not so long ago, and have been pretty clever in the transfer market. Prandelli is working miracles in Florence. This is exactly how a football team should be.

And last time they got past the groups, it was pretty sweet