Articles tagged with "azzurri"
Probable Italy lineup?
By Matthew | February 7th, 2007So with the cancellation of the Italy and Romania friendly I wanna know what you guys think who would've been called up to Italy. Would ...
Carlo 'n' Roberto, Sittin' in a Tree, Or: When Google Translate Goes Too Far
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Speaking 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 ...
Odds and Ends Headed into Week 21
By Martha | January 26th, 2007•Remember that Parma auction? Well, sucker savvy businessman Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club yesterday. Ghirardi -- who is only 31 bloody years old -- won ...
It's an American Invasion!
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Hot on the heels of the arrival of NY Red Bulls prodigy Gabriel Enzo Ferrari in the Sampdoria youth team, fellow American starlet Giuseppe Rossi ...
Totti Hanging Up His Azzurri Kit?
By Martha | January 8th, 2007Say it ain't so! Since Italy's victory in Germany last summer, Francesco Totti has been "on leave" from the under-performing national team, supposedly getting healthy. Every ...
Not Content to Polish Trophies, Canna Gets into Politics
By Martha | January 3rd, 2007I don't know how I missed this, but it seems a small group of Italian footballers (meaning: Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli and wor Fabio Cannavaro) ...
Oh, Those Wacky Spaniards
By Martha | December 28th, 2006Spanish newspaper Marca appeared on newsstands with a shocking headline this morning: The votes for the FIFA World Player of the Year were miscounted and ...
Stop Press: France Football Proposes Love of Materazzi!
By Martha | December 26th, 2006According to the magical of Google translator, it appears as if France Football -- AKA the journal that awards the Golden Ball -- is suggesting ...
Breaking Down Those Player of the Year Votes
By Martha | December 19th, 2006In selecting the FIFA Player of the Year, each national team captain and coach voted for three players, ranking them first through third, and points ...
Another Award For Canna
By Martha | December 19th, 2006At an event with the completely surreal theme of Football Meets Mozart, the rumors suggesting wee Fabio Cannavaro would take home the FIFA World Player ...
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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