MILAN, Italy - 23 September 2008 - OleOle, the worldwide leading social media site for football fans, announced the acquisition and integration of Io sto con Mancini the market-leading Italian blog focused on the football club Inter Milan. Io sto con Mancini (ISCM) is the first football blog to be integrated into the Italian-language OleOle platform (www.oleole.it), joining OleOle’s extensive list of top-flight bloggers across Europe. ISCM is a daily blog that provides Inter supporters with breaking news and the latest headlines, match previews and reviews as well as rumours about transfers and players’ personal lives. With the blog integrated into OleOle, ISCM readers have become part of a global football community and are able to share opinions with fellow supporters through forums and live chat during matches as they continue to discuss and debate all things Inter.

The Italy-based blogger behind this popular Inter Milan fan-site, Simone Nicoletti, started the blog in 2006 when Inter was struggling through hard times. Nicoletti created his blog to defend Roberto Mancini, Inter's coach at that time, who was faced with growing criticism and the threat of dismissal. After Inter and Mancini won three Serie A titles ISCM became one of the largest Nerazzurri fan communities on the internet. When Inter did dismiss Mancini in May 2008, Mancini even wrote a farewell post on ISCM and personally thanked the fans for their continuous support.

Always well-informed about the club, Nicoletti has uncovered information and provided behind-the-scenes reports to fans that they just can’t find anywhere else. Even though Roberto Mancini is no longer the coach at Inter, Nicoletti decided to keep the blog's name. “I think that 'Io sto con Mancini' is now a way to discuss Inter and football”, says Nicoletti. ISCM blog is the thirteenth independent football site OleOle has acquired this year. The company plans to continue to bring on the world’s top football blogs, forums and fan communities to fuel its rapid growth and provide a personal football experience for fans of every professional team.

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OleOle is the worldwide leading social media site for football fans. OleOle’s multi-lingual site enables football fans to connect with each other in an environment that has 100% fan-driven content - live football scores, football blogs, news, soccer photos, videos, wallpapers, podcasts, fan clubs and history. Using social media features, football supporters can write, contribute, share, rate and vote on multimedia content in 10 languages. Founded in 2006, OleOle is a privately-held international company with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California and offices in New Zealand as well as across Europe and South America. For more information visit: www.oleole.com