

Articles tagged with "national-team"
International Break: Bochum Go to South Africa
By Jan | November 18th, 2009It has been a bleak season for VfL Bochum. The club sits 17th in the table, switched coaches instead of fortunes and only had Hertha ...
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 ...
A Final Farewell to Robert Enke
By Jan | November 16th, 2009Eight days ago I tried to read up on African Champions League winners TP Mazembe, while keeping an eye on the game between Hannover and ...
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?" ...
Rest in Peace Robert Enke
By Jan | November 10th, 2009"German international goalkeeper Robert Enke has been killed after being hit by a train at a level crossing, police said on Tuesday. Police said that ...
The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend
By roberto | October 28th, 2009tic toc tic toc tic toc... KABOOM!!! Tonight won't be the type of showcasing you hoped it would Cassano. If I'm Ferrara I'm betting you have ...
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, ...
Weekly Dose 14.10.09
By Jan | October 14th, 2009One of these things is not like the others: Football, Louis van Gaal, Empathy. (NRC Handelsblad) Form is temporary. Fate is permanent? (ESPN Soccernet) They've got beer ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Evolution of Günter Netzer's Hair
By Jan | September 14th, 2009There are many legendary football players. There are many legendary hair styles. But only a select few managed to combine the two. Germany and Borussia ...
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 ...
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, ...
Mid-Week News Dump
By Johonna | September 3rd, 2009This International break could not come at a worse time. Here we are, all pumped up after our first win of the season and now ...
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 ...
Melo's Official Presentation
By roberto | July 22nd, 2009Arrigo Sacchi took the damn words right out of my mouth... "Juve have plenty of tireless midfielders. Aggressive players who have stamina and can fight ...
VotD: Buon Compleanno Boniperti
By roberto | July 4th, 2009Un vero 'leader' IERI... OGGI... DOMANI... SEMPRE JUVE!!!
The Official Biography of Diego
By roberto | June 22nd, 2009First of all my heart goes out to those of you who've been waiting awhile for this piece. Truth be told, every time I started ...
125... 126!
By roberto | June 21st, 2009Love him or hate him, Cannavaro is about to equal Maldini's record of Italy caps. Tonight though they're in tough with Brazil since they need ...
Italy fall to Egypt 1-0
By Francesco | June 18th, 2009Pretty much sums up the game quite nicely. I think there are way too many problems with this team and it wouldn't really be good ...
Azzurrini draw opener with Serbia 0-0
By Francesco | June 16th, 2009Not a bad start for the Azzurrini but not the best start either. The Italian U-21 side drew 0-0 with Serbia in a game where ...
Rossi and De Rossi combine to defeat USA 3-1
By Francesco | June 15th, 2009For analysis, check the Italy World Cup Blog. Here are the goals: National Anthem and Line-ups: 1-1 Giuseppe Rossi 2-1 Daniele De Rossi 3-1 Giuseppe Rossi Thank God these brown ...
Player Ratings: Juventus Season 2008-2009
By alessio | June 6th, 2009As part of the first portion of a seasonal review (hurrah unemployment) I've decided to, like last year, do a rating for every player who ...
Lippi picks final 23 for Confederations Cup roster
By Francesco | June 4th, 2009Today was the FIFA deadline to submit the final 23 man roster going to the Confederations Cup, and Marcello Lippi has picked his 23 man ...
Lippi makes Confederations Cup/Friendly call-ups and he officially hates Cassano
By Francesco | May 28th, 2009Today the list of 35 players was announced that will play in a friendly on June 6th in Pisa vs. Northern Ireland and the upcoming ...
The Explosion of Gaetano D'Agostino
By Francesco | May 22nd, 2009When you read news about Serie A you always hear about the big stars and how they are performing, but you rarely hear about other ...
Video of the Week: L'Italia siamo noi
By Francesco | March 27th, 2009In honor of the national team break, I thought the video of the week should be national team-themed. Here's a great little video I found ...
Where's Cassano? Lippi still won't answer...
By Francesco | March 24th, 2009After seeing Marcello Lippi's latest national team call-ups this Sunday, the big question all over Italy has been "Where's Cassano?". The media has written articles ...





