Donadoni "preliminary roster" supposedly found

By Francesco | May 13th, 2008

For the past few days, many newspapers have been making predictions about what Roberto Donadoni's final roster for Euro 2008 will look like. These rosters are purely speculation and shouldn't be trusted at all. Although yesterday, the newspaper I ...

Nazionale News

By Francesco | May 7th, 2008

Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven't they ever heard of bug spray?), so the FIGC has contacted the clubs of 48 players that Donadoni has on his ...

Gattuso's Summer of Change

By chris | May 6th, 2008

The big news of the week on the market front has been the less-than-shocking revelation that Mathieu Flamini is leaving the Emirates for Serie A - only mild surprise being it's not for Torino, seemingly his destination, but for big bucks in Milan. Gi ...

Marcello Lippi Is Not Worried About Making English Friends

By chris | May 1st, 2008

Marcello Lippi has earned a ton of respect in the last decade, with a trophy cabinet enough to make any coach blush. When Lippi speaks, people listen. One of the few coaches to be worthy of sitting at the same table is another Italian in Fabio Capell ...

Del Piero Gets Euros Call Up In Sticker Form

By chris | April 9th, 2008

The Italian company Panini puts out stickers books or albums for the children when the big tournaments come rolling around. Each team participating gets its own album, and each player has a sticker representing them, which can then be placed in the b ...

The Don’s Done Deal; Not So Done

By chris | March 21st, 2008

Author: Marco Page: Livorno & Italia. Looks like The Don won’t be signing his contract just yet. Roberto Donadoni managed the Italy squad all the way into Swiss Austria and is quite proud of his accomplishment. He’s positive that what he

Things We Learned & Hope To Learn From Serie A

By chris | February 26th, 2008

Things We Learned last Weekend In Serie A Cesare Prandelli is sexified. Look at that outfit. Purple on purple. Who the hell can pull that off besides Cesare? Nobody. That's who. Now, if only he could bestow some of that superior fashion knowledge

Italia 3 - 1 Portugal, Blue Boys kicked Portugese Coq !

By Marco | February 7th, 2008

After seeing the Azzurrini beat reigning U21 Euro champs Holland on Tuesday, the Big boys decided to spank C. Ronaldo and friends 3-1 on Wednesday night! The Azzurri started off the match in their Nice Retro blue Kits with a 4-3-2-1 formation . T

News Round-Up As Donadoni Keeps Talking

By Martha | January 24th, 2008

•In case you missed it, Atalanta beat Milan 2-1 yesterday despite, as often happens with Milan's opponents, having much less of the ball, and the worse of the play. (La Gazzetta gave Pato a 4.5. Nico Burdisso, who was lasted less than eight minutes befo

Livorno for Sale or Aldo Spinelli is Cranky

By Marco | January 9th, 2008

During the Italian winter holiday, Mr. Spinelli took in the soothing breezes that the beautiful Republic of Mauritius had to offer. From his vacation hideout, Mr. Spliffs declared that his Livorno adventure will come to terms at the end of the curren

News Roundup As Everyone at Milan Gets a Day Older

By Martha | December 28th, 2007

•Sampdoria's world-class whiner Andrea Caracciolo could be on his way out of yet another club this winter, possibly to Atalanta. I wonder if it's ever occurred to him that the problem is his lack of consistency, rather than every club he plays with trea

News Roundup as Milan Try Frantically to Find Michael Jordan's Number

By Martha | November 19th, 2007

I'm traveling Tuesday morning; will get back to the grindstone as soon as is humanly possible. •Kaka's dreams: 1)To captain Brazil; 2)To meet Michael Jordan; 3)To win the Golden Ball. Not necessarily in that order. •Atalanta have suspended strik

Azzurri: Totally Not Playing For a Tie, So Shut Up Already

By Martha | November 14th, 2007

[All posts related to the death of Gabriele Sandri and its aftermath are collected here. The most recent is on top, and this one is being updated throughout the day as news develops.] Just like his (temporary) boss Roberto Donadoni insisted earlier thi

Azzurri: No Room for Pippo or Ale

By Martha | November 12th, 2007

[If you're looking for the latest on the tragic events in Italy yesterday and their repercussions, go here. Serie B and C matches are suspended this weekend; as of right now, Serie A will resume on schedule, on November 25.] As has become standard prac

Why Donadoni SHOULD NOT BE Fired

By Gianfranco | September 11th, 2007

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to Chris over at the Roma Blog, and also to defend The Don, former Milan man, and exact look alike of my father…SCARY. First of all I want to look back at the WC and one Marcello Lippi. I have never d

Azzurri Squad Announced; Limited Room for Bitching Available

By Martha | September 3rd, 2007

Roberto Donadoni, who has spent the last two weeks offering up sacrifices to a slew of gods in an effort to winpowers of miraculous recovery for his rickety crew of defenders, yesterday announced his squad for the upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers. For onc

Hungary-Azzurri, Or: PWND.

By Martha | August 22nd, 2007

So, a 3-1 loss to Hungary a few weeks before a huge qualifier? NOT a good sign. Roberto Donadoni immediately put the blame on fitness but, while it's true the goals came late, the Azzurri didn't really inspire confidence before that, either. The first

Somebody Please Stop The Bleeding

By chris | July 12th, 2007

(I've been waiting to use that pic for awhile. I love how Mexes looks like a 4 year old boy who's just seen blood for the first time) Chivugate: Before we get to serious matters, here's the much talked about eBay link, courtesy of our resident googl

Lithuania v Italy: Totti Who?

By Martha | June 7th, 2007

In practically his first words after leaving the touchline yesterday, Roberto Donadoni was bringing up that Totti Thing again, smugly telling the press "there will be a little less discussion about those who are absent, knowing we have excellent players a

Azzurri Prepare (They Hope) to Spank Lithuania

By Martha | June 6th, 2007

Combine all this Totti nonsense with the Azzurri's dismal performance against the Faroe Islands, and you've got a camp -- and a coach -- under siege ahead of today's match in Lithuania. Donadoni started yesterday's press conference with a minor rant again

The Don Speaks

By Gianfranco | June 6th, 2007

Former Milan man, and Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni has hit out at Micheal Platini who has said that if he was the Azzurri coach he would not have allowed such a long sabbatical for Francesco Totti. It is hard to deny that Totti had a great year and is

Faroe Islands v Italy: Savior Pippo, Part Deux

By Martha | June 3rd, 2007

[The caption for this photo in the Gazzetta is "Roberto Donadoni preoccupied in park bench." It strikes me that "BOOBS!" might have been more appropriate, but I like that the irony even comes through Google translate.] Though I was denied the game by

Juventus - Pescara Preview

By Gianfranco | March 30th, 2007

After National Team duties gave Juventus the week off except for the little friendly with Standard Liege which Juve lost 3-2, I decided to take the week off as well as it was a slow news week. But now the Bianconeri are back, and so am I. Back into actio

No Surprises in Azzurri Squad for Scotland

By Martha | March 18th, 2007

Roberto Donadoni today named his team for the Euro 2008 qualified against Scotland and, though it features two debutants, there really are no surprises in the squad. Called into the team for the first time are Sampdoria's surprising scoring machine Fab

Carlo 'n' Roberto, Sittin' in a Tree, Or: When Google Translate Goes Too Far

By Martha | January 29th, 2007

Speaking on Italian radio earlier today, Carlo Ancelotti spent most of his time talking about his team's chances of qualifying for the Champions League next year ("We are struggling and are not at our best, due to the summer scandal. We had to change our

Will Amauri Pretend to be Italian?

By Martha | November 8th, 2006

In the comments on another post, we've been discussing the possibility of Palermo's outrageously in-form striker Amauri pulling on the Azzurri shirt. As Paul rightly pointed out in those comments, were Amauri Italian born and bred, he'd already be in the

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