Articles tagged with "italy"
Flamini Flirting?
By Trent | April 3rd, 2007Is Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini batting his eyes at a couple of rich Italians? So it would seem, if he was being frank with ...
This just in: Scots like to drink.
By Ian Rose | April 2nd, 2007From the Herald: Scotland may have lost its match with Italy, but that didn't stop the Tartan Army, our loyal and boisterous traveling fans, from ...
#1 of 40
By Chris | March 31st, 2007Something cool overheard during tonight's Atlas-Cruz Azul match: Pablo Ramirez and Jesus Bracamontes mentioned that somebody asked Jared Borgetti which of his 40 goals with the ...
Disappointment at Bari
By Ian Rose | March 28th, 2007Well, it's over. Scotland has just lost 2-0 to Italy. Not an altogether terrible result - probably the result most people expected, but ...
Keys to victory (Well, keys to not losing anyhow)
By Ian Rose | March 27th, 2007Alright, I promise. This is going to be the last report on the Scottish national team until after the match with Italy that kicks ...
The Tartan Army's Disco Embassy
By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2007Unfortunately, as the long international break for the SPL continues, there's not much choice but to focus on the national team. Fortunately, on the ...
It's (un)official - Scotland Wins.
By Ian Rose | March 24th, 2007On the strength of an 88th-minute laser from Craig Beattie's left foot, Scotland has just beaten Georgia 2-1 and regained the unofficial world championship of ...
Scotland Needs Strikers (even if they're 20)
By Ian Rose | March 22nd, 2007Scotland needs strikers. Sounds a bit like "Mars Needs Women". But unlike the 1967 sci-fi classic, this is a real live problem, and ...
Scotland 16th, and rising?
By Ian Rose | March 20th, 2007Hello everyone. First off, I'd like to introduce myself. My name's Ian and I'll be your blogger. Specifically, I'll be covering the ...
Chile vs. Italy – Battle of Santiago
By Bob | February 15th, 2007Don't you always love it when commentators wax poetically about how beautiful the game of football used to be while they deride the modern game? ...
Italia
By Matthew | February 12th, 2007Chiellini is still playing for the U21 team but he has earned a respectable amount of caps (six) for a young player. I think he ...
The Fog of Uncertainty in Italy Lifts a Little
By Bob | February 8th, 2007The fog of uncertainty that has hung over Italian football since the death of a policeman last week has started to lift. What we ...
Azzurri future
By Matthew | February 8th, 2007Ya i know there hasn't been much to talk about internationally since Italy's match with Romania was cancelled but here a few thughts to ponder ...
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 ...
A Stadium Rundown, Or: Which Grounds Will Echo on Sunday?
By Martha | February 6th, 2007When (If?) football returns this weekend, there are only a few stadia which will be allowed to admit every ticket-holder. The rest will either be ...
Judge: It is Safe for Italian Schoolchildren to Play Soccer
By Bob | January 31st, 2007The future of soccer in Italy is safe now that the country's highest court has ruled that the sport can be still be played in ...
Fans Choose some Odd Ways to Show their Displeasure
By Bob | December 15th, 2006For those of you who were looking forward to seeing a replay of the World Cup final between Italy and France so that the real ...
Materazzi's Newest Weapon
By Bob | November 16th, 2006If Marco Materazzi drives like he plays football, you might want to stay off the roads in Italy. The only thing scarier than the ...
A Golden Ball for Buffon?
By Bob | November 7th, 2006We've learned before to take rumors involving Gianluigi Buffon with a grain of salt, but this is another juicy one. Martha on the must-read ...
A Golden Ball (Suppressing Very Strong Immature Headline-Writing Impulses Right Now) For Buffon?
By Martha | November 7th, 2006Press leaks are suggesting Italy and Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon has been voted winner of the much-maligned-but-still-cool Ballon d'Or. While the award won't be given ...
Serie B's Top Keeper Courted by Chelsea
By Bob | October 20th, 2006Transfer rumors can be fun to talk about, but how many of them actually ever come true? Time will tell if today's hot rumor ...
Daily Dose 10.11
By Bob | October 11th, 2006Some stories to read while you teach your dog to surf.... * Could that search for a new US coach drag on until 2008? (IHT) * International ...
Daily Dose 10.05
By Bob | October 5th, 2006Some stories to read while you build a pipeline to smuggle vodka... * Our man Trent has got his Gunner on (Arsenal Offside) * Interesting look at ...
Final Judgment: Spying on a Referee is not in the 'Spirit of the Sport'
By Bob | September 27th, 2006Before today, we were kind of 50-50 on the whole matter of spying on referees. Part of us thought it would be fun to ...
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 ...
The Mother of all Derbies in Sicily
By Bob | September 19th, 2006When most people think of Sicilian rivalries they probably have images of Mafia gangsters in black hats shooting at one another on the streets, not ...
Materazzi Fancies Zidane's Sister
By Bob | September 5th, 2006After much erroneous speculation and many failed efforts at lip reading, we finally learn today that magic words that Italy's Marco Materazzi uttered during the ...
Daily Dose 09.01
By Bob | September 1st, 2006Some stories for you to read while you wonder where summer went.... The pants are on fire at Manchester United (United Rant) Let's nail that transfer window ...
Christian Vieri's Stock has dropped a Little Bit
By Bob | August 29th, 2006It doesn't seem that long ago that Christian Vieri moved from Lazio to Inter Milan for a then-record $49 million deal. My, how the ...
Juventus Continues to Fall on its own Sword
By Bob | August 24th, 2006One of these days they might actually start playing football again in Italy, but until then all we can do is sit back and watch ...
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