Articles tagged with "azzurri"
Monday's Mostly Ill-Tempered News Roundup
By Martha | December 18th, 2006•More whinging about the referees: This time, it's Messina chief Pietro Franza who is playing the corruption card, blaming his team's loss to Inter on ...
I'm Sorry, What?
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Don't start counting that fourth World Cup just yet, friends -- two groups of fans appeared in a French court yesterday, insisting that the World ...
UEFA's Team of the Year: This Time, We Can't Blame the Writers
By Martha | December 6th, 2006UEFA have announced the 60 nominees (players and coaches) for their team of the year (11 players, as you might expect, and one coach) -- ...
A Milan-Heavy News and Rumor Roundup
By Martha | November 29th, 2006•So, it seems you have to pay to read Corriere dello Sport online. What the hell is that? And how do they have the balls ...
Apparently, Monica Bellucci's Canna Love is Newsworthy. I Love Italy.
By Martha | November 29th, 2006Clearly, we were not the only ones who noticed that one Monica Bellucci was having some trouble concentrating on the task at hand when she ...
Monica Bellucci is (Quite Reasonably) a Big, Big Cannavaro Fan
By Martha | November 28th, 2006How hard do you think Monica Bellucci pushed for the "Handing the Golden Ball to the Winner" gig? Honestly, I envy her utter shamelessness -- ...
Quick, Steal the Keeper from the Best Small Team in Italy!
By Martha | November 27th, 2006Because they're not good enough but have a fair amount of money (or are willing to spend lots of dough that they don't have), Liverpool ...
More on that Pesky Golden Ball
By Martha | November 27th, 2006Though it was just made official (Read: Reported in publications that, unlike ourselves, don't gleefully jump at the chance to engage in rumor mongering), it ...
Italy v Turkey. Yay.
By Martha | November 16th, 2006Thanks to the intrusion of real life, I haven't yet watched last night's game. It's sitting in the Tivo (-like device) waiting for me to ...
Midweek News, Or: For the Last Time, Lippi is NOT GOING TO MILAN!
By Martha | November 15th, 2006Sorry for the shortage of updates today, I'm swamped at work. (If real life keeps me from watching the game today, let me tell you, ...
Nesta Muttering About Quitting Azzurri (Before He's Dropped)
By Martha | November 13th, 2006Alessandro Nesta is reportedly telling friends he's thinking about retiring from international play. And when I say "telling friends" I mean speaking in language so ...
Team For Turkey Game Announced; Millions Weep at the Absence of Corini
By Martha | November 13th, 2006Damn that Donadoni for not giving into our wishes and bringing Corini into the side. Damn him! No Pirlo, no Gattuso -- is there a ...
Not So Fast, Amauri
By Martha | November 11th, 2006Just when it looked as if everything was finally in place for Palermo superstud Amauri to make his Azzurri debut, Donadoni goes and throws a ...
On Diving
By Martha | November 8th, 2006Call me crazy, but I think the issue of diving is much more complicated than the well-muscled American who shouted about pansies while watching the ...
Will Amauri Pretend to be Italian?
By Martha | November 8th, 2006In 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 ...
Great Nike Italy Print Ads Featuring World Cup Winners
By Bob | September 26th, 2006While we're still kind of nonplussed by the Nike commercial featuring everyone's favorite headbutt target, we do dig the series of print ads that Nike ...
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