Articles tagged with "Azzurri"
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Paul | Jun 10th, 2009
Thanks for the great introduction Julian. As he said, I am the new co-writer of the blog. I am definately excited to be a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Jan 26th, 2009
Normally this isn't news but merely a reminder that international football is on its way again. However, this one is fairly big because of Brazil's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Sep 8th, 2008
The return of Marcello Lippi could hardly be going any worse. After the draw against Austria - and by draw I mean loss - where ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 8th, 2008
Time for another Forum Topic of the Day, where we highlight a discussion from The Offside Forums.
Julian from Italy WCB has posed a simple question ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 30th, 2008
Sorry for the lack of posts. I just moved into college so I've been unpacking and getting stuff ready for classes.
Anyway, here's the stuff I ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
We have two games to cover with this weekend's award ceremonies. So let's get cracking. First up ...
The Life of Brian Award : ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
Spain and Italy might not have the sort of rivalry that we have seen between the French and Italians in the past few years, meeting ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 22nd, 2008
Espana v Italia - LiveBlog here
Well this is an unexpected treat. After the Dutch debacle the team was dead on their feet, with a coach ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 20th, 2008
(Fabio says hi to Abidal)
Barzagli Down & Out
When Donadoni released his squad list with only 7 defenders, I simply thought "alright, whatever". When Canna went ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 18th, 2008
Some news to read as you face thirty-eight years in prison for hacking the school computers to change your grades:
Wingers are back in fashion (and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 17th, 2008
Player of the Day: Daniele De Rossi. There was absolute outrage after the Dutch game because De Rossi was left on the bench, now you ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 17th, 2008
This so-called Group O'Death sputtered into the final matchday with one team already through somewhat surprisingly - not too many non-Dutch fans or French/Italian haters ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 17th, 2008
Let's get one thing straight. This is not a "rematch". Rematches that matter only happen on equal planes. Euro games, and Euro qualifying games for ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 13th, 2008
One major tournament game into the soon to be finished Roberto Donadoni Era, we're already watching the team enter the land of no return: at ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 13th, 2008
Italy
vs
Romania
Friday, June 13th, 1800 CET
Zurich (Switzerland) - Travel to Zurich (Switzerland)
THE BIG PICTURE
For ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 8th, 2008
The Azzurri return 14 members from the 2006 edition, a solid number, but more importantly, they 11 of those 14 took part in the final, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2008
The Euro 2008 Jersey Poll Tournament is well and truly underway. Basically we're simulating Euro 2008 with the 16 team jerseys, and using your votes ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 2nd, 2008
This is an unfathomable day for Italians. This morning, in practice, Giorgio Chiellini and Fabio Cannavarao went in for a 50-50 challenge, with Chiellini walking ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 28th, 2008
Group C: France, Netherlands, Romania
Nickname: Azzurri (Blues)
Kits: azzurro/blue
FIFA World Ranking (May 2008): 3
Coach: Roberto Donadoni
Winner of 63 caps himself, Donadoni was hired when Marcello Lippi ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 26th, 2008
Training for the Azzurri, (the Italian National Team) got a little warmer this weekend when it was crashed by two female fans. These women ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 22nd, 2008
Name: Antonio Cassano
Nicknames: Peter Pan, Talentino, Fantantonio, El Pibe de Bari
Team:Italy
Group: C; France, Netherlands, Romania
Caps (Goals): 10 (3) - as of May 21, 2008
DOB: July ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | May 20th, 2008
I'll start out by saying Roberto Donadoni has bigger grapefruits than I ever gave him credit for. Or perhaps his job security is a bit ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | May 13th, 2008
I take these things with a grain of salt. Roberto Donadoni has done well lately keeping his cards close to his chest, though the one ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco | Apr 18th, 2008
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with Inzaghi. As a youngster, Inzaghi was one of my favourite players. Even the fact that he wore the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco | Mar 21st, 2008
Looks like The Don won’t be signing his contract just yet.
Roberto Donadoni managed the Italy squad all the way into Swiss Austria and is ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco | Mar 14th, 2008
*Ok, it wasn't today
**maybe this should be on the Irish page
***It also helps if you know that the name Strunz, sounds a lot like the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco | Mar 8th, 2008
Antonio Cassano and his recent antics have surely ended the chances of seeing Antonio’s sweet football skills in the AustrianSwisses this summer. Or have they ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Aaron Giambattista | Jul 30th, 2007
A big congratulations to the Azzurrini, they played quite well despite losing in the end. I was excited to watch the matches, it shows that ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Aaron Giambattista | Jun 5th, 2007
Hi all, I'm also now writing for the Azzurri along with Chris, my name is Aaron Giambattista. I'm a huge Juve fan in addition to ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 5th, 2007
Before we get into the state of Azzurri affars, I'd like to say I'll be taking over the duties as Italian national team correspondent. My ...
