Articles tagged with "Italy"
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 9th, 2008
Last Wednesday FIFA released the updated FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Belgium dropped 3 spots in the rankings from 46 to 49. Their recent friendly loss to ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco Stucazzo | Jun 9th, 2008
Lowlight! Lowlights! Get Your Lowlights Right here!
# 1 Roberto Donadoni can’t fill Marcello Lippi’s shoes:
Well, it isn’t really a new thing, but the last ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 9th, 2008
After two days of expected results, today we finally saw the real opening of Euro 2008. The Netherlands opened their tournament in the best ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 9th, 2008
Review and video from Romania 0-0 France and Netherlands 3-0 Italy.
Who would have thought, after the draw for the Group o'Death, that this ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 9th, 2008
1. Donadoni is Gonagoni...
...unless there's a dramatic turnaround in the next two games (Raymond Domenech needs to be careful too.) Gonagoni's ex-Milan teammate didn't do ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 9th, 2008
GROUP C
June 9th, 2045 CET, Berne (Switzerland)
Italy0
VS
Netherlands 3
van Nistelrooy 26', Sneijder 31', van Bronkhorst 80'
FULLTIME: And that's that. Well done to the clear ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
Name: Daniel Gygax
Date or Birth: 28th August 1981
Place of Birth: Zurich, Switzerland
Current Club: Metz, Number 14
Club History: 1988-1998 FC Baden (youth club), 1998-2005 FC Zurich ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 9th, 2008
Made this very nice find on 101 Great Goals recently, and I think it could be Euro 2008's answer to The Special One. It's called ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 9th, 2008
Netherlands
vs
Italy
Monday, June 9th, 2045 CET
Berne (Switzerland) - Travel to Berne
THE BIG PICTURE
For starters, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 8th, 2008
XII
And so it begins. Greece may be the defending European Champions, but the Azzurri are The Champions, and thus have a reputation to uphold. They ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco Stucazzo | Jun 8th, 2008
*Don’t worry, I’m sure Chris’ll have a mouth-watering preview up soon enough
It was a long journey made up of Highs and Lows, but Italy is ...
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 6th, 2008
All 16 Euro 2008 teams have nicknames, though some are more widely used than others. Many of the nicknames are simple reflections of the colour ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2008
The Yank and the Mank (aka Kevin and Russell) were kind enough to invite me on their (excellently titled) show yesterday, where we chatted for ...
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: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 3rd, 2008
Belgium played a friendly last Friday against 4 time World Cup champion Italy. Prior to the match, the Belgians knew it would be a daunting ...
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: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco Stucazzo | Jun 2nd, 2008
I just can't wait for the Euro to start. This little diet of mini friendlies here and there isn’t quite enough to satiate my appetite ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Marco Stucazzo | Jun 1st, 2008
The Azzurri defeated a lively Belgium squad in a match where Roberto Donadoni managed to try out some stuff ahead of this years Euro. Antonio ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 1st, 2008
The ever-exciting Euro 2008 Jersey Poll Tournament is well and truly underway. We show you the shirts, you vote for your favourites. Top two from ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 30th, 2008
In our poll last week, the vote wasn't even close. The winner was...
CROATIA! With 44%(!!!) of the total votes. Poland was second ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 30th, 2008
Leave it to Jens Lehmann to complain about something, right?
The Azzurri keepers were the first to criticize the new adidas Europass; particularly the movement on ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 30th, 2008
This is Romanian captain Christian Chivu, at a press conference in Romania.
I believe that he is thinking:
"Italy, France and Netherlands. How ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | May 29th, 2008
Let's assume for a second that Portugal are going to make it out of the group and into the quarterfinals. Based on past performance, ...
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 Daryl | May 27th, 2008
Tomorrow is May 28th, and that means deadline day for Euro 2008 managers. We've seen all kinds of provisional and preliminary squads featuring anything from ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 27th, 2008
The Euros are upon us, so here are a few good reasons to tune in and check out one of the most competitive tournaments in ...
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 Ian Rose | May 25th, 2008
After playing a vital role in Roma's Coppa Italia win yesterday, Philippe Mexès may be in for a huge disappointment as Euro 2008 approaches. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 25th, 2008
Everyone has their own opinions about Antonio Cassano. Some say he is just too temperamental, and that a silly red card from the emotional ...
