

Articles tagged with "azzurri"
Gazzetta editor's 10 questions he demands Lippi answer
By Francesco | November 18th, 2009The Gazzetta dello Sport is arguably the most famous sports newspaper in Italy, selling more copies than rivals Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport. It is ...
Annoyance in the Azzurri squad
By Stephen | November 16th, 2009Of course, it's been caused by the man who is not even involved. And satisfyingly, it's Genoa's Raffaele Palladino that he is annoying. The striker ...
Pitch Invader wants Cassano
By Francesco | November 15th, 2009I know, the Cassano-National Team debate is getting old and boring. But this was too funny. In the 5th minute of the game yesterday, a ...
Azzurrini lose to Hungary, qualification in doubt, worst Italy U-21 team of all time?
By Francesco | November 13th, 2009The Italy U-21's continued their very disappointing qualifying campaign with another loss, this time away to Hungary. The Azzurrini needed a win to get back ...
Lippi-Cassano: The Real Reason?
By Francesco | November 10th, 2009Since Lippi has taken over the national team for a second time, the big question has always been, "Why aren't you calling up Antonio Cassano?" ...
Lille, Siena and the End of a 70 Year Drought
By patcook | November 9th, 2009With a last gasp goal Genoa rescued 3 points against Lille and their Europa League aspirations. A Last gasp goal against Siena secured a win ...
The people have a right to know!
By Stephen | November 4th, 2009The Cassano v Lippi plot, although beginning to bore and stagnate somewhat, has taken yet another mildly interesting turn. Riccardo Garrone's comments about knowing why Cassano ...
Video of the Week: Gila
By Francesco | October 16th, 2009After the international break, the man of the moment is undoubtedly Alberto Gilardino. The Fiorentina striker scored 4 goals in 2 matches with the Azzurri, ...
Roberto Donadoni: What's his deal?
By Francesco | October 7th, 2009As everyone knows by now, Roberto Donadoni was relieved of his duties as Napoli manager and was replaced by former Sampdoria boss Walter Mazzarri. We ...
Alessio's Comprehensive Calcio Dictionary
By alessio | September 26th, 2009I know that a lot Juventus fans are not Italian, nor do they speak Italian. With this idea, I've written up a translation for a ...
Video of the week: Serie A Bloopers (including a mistake by Buffon!)
By Francesco | September 25th, 2009I always like to watch videos of bloopers, and this time I've found a Serie A blooper video from the early 2000's. Always entertaining, and ...
U-20 World Cup starts tomorrow for Italy
By Francesco | September 24th, 2009Despite having a strong U-21 side, Italy's other youth national teams don't really have a glorious history. All of Italy's youth focus is directed to ...
In Roma, c'e' solo la Juve
By alessio | September 12th, 2009That game was very different from the game against Roma. Against the Giallorossi, we dominated possession and created plenty of great opportunities for our strikers. ...
The Bianconeri return to Rome
By alessio | September 11th, 2009Back in the Stadio Olimpico di Roma. After the victory against the Giallorossi, our team must be setting up camp in Rome, having some Peronis ...
ItalJuve conquers Bulgaria in Turin
By alessio | September 9th, 2009Not Pictured at the request of Jose Mourinho: Nicola Legrottaglie (who may get his chance to start in Ireland as Cannavaro picked up a suspension) I ...
International week is boring
By Francesco | September 9th, 2009International week is boring. There's really no news from Serie A, and we get a week of Lippi dodging questions about Mourinho and Cassano. Here's ...
Inter 3-3 Lugano
By Johonna | September 5th, 2009Inter drew 3-3 in their friendly against Lugano today. Not bad when you consider the team was comprised of 5 youth players, 3 second string ...
Looks like Amauri won't be Italian anytime soon
By Francesco | September 3rd, 2009By now he has made his decision. Amauri wants to play for the Italian national team. Dunga doesn't want to call him up for Brazil, ...
Looks like Amauri won't be Italian anytime soon
By Francesco | September 3rd, 2009By now he has made his decision. Amauri wants to play for the Italian national team. Dunga doesn't want to call him up for Brazil, ...
Casiraghi makes U-21 Qualifying call-ups with 6 new faces
By Francesco | August 28th, 2009The new Italy U-21 side (who lost their first friendly August 12 vs. Russia 3-2) will now start qualifying for the 2011 UEFA U-21 European ...
Jose Mourniho Gets A New Playmate In Marcello Lippi
By chris | August 19th, 2009With Carlo Ancelotti gone to his former beloved and Claudio Ranieri off on a beach collecting unemployment and sangrias, Jose Mourinho needed a new target ...
Vacation Time.
By Francesco | August 2nd, 2009Well, it's that time of the summer again. I'm off to the old country tomorrow, so the blog will be inactive for a couple of ...
At Milan, There is No Line Between Football and Modeling
By Lotte Cox | July 24th, 2009Because AC Milan long ago signed a contract in blood with Dolce & Gabbana, they are now followed to the ends of the earth by ...
30 Italian promising players to keep an eye on
By Francesco | July 15th, 2009Often we see a young player explode onto the calcio scene and everyone turns heads and says "Where did this kid come from?". Well, now ...
Matteo Ferrari: Bringing the Hot in Istanbul
By Lotte Cox | July 9th, 2009After a delay allegedly caused by his showgirl wife Aida Yespica's hesitation to move to Turkey, Genoa's Matteo Ferrari (You remember him, right?) completed his ...
Calcio Quiz!
By Francesco | July 8th, 2009With most news being transfer rumors now and calcio being in a lull period, I thought this would be an interesting thing to do. I ...
Casiraghi signs contract extension and remains U-21 manager until 2011
By Francesco | June 30th, 2009After Italy's elimination from the U-21 Championship last Friday, Gigi Casiraghi was unsure about his future. He said that he would let the night pass ...
Shock and Awe
By Gianfranco | June 24th, 2009Yes I am a Milan fan, and I root for my Motherland, but there comes a time when one must appreciate a job well done. ...
Azzurrini defeat Belarus 2-1 and march on to semi-final vs. Germany
By Francesco | June 23rd, 2009The Italy U-21 side went into their last group game with 4 points and only needed a draw to advance to the semi-final, but a ...





