Articles tagged with "azzurri"
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Nov 22nd, 2006
Here's an interesting little interview on the UEFA site with Marcello Lippi, for your lunch-hour reading...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Nov 19th, 2006
Reports everywhere are that Fabio Cannavaro will hoist the Ballon D'Or when its announced on November 27th. These things are always fun to debate, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Nov 16th, 2006
Well, this one has to illicit some yawns. Typical 'friendly' stuff...lots of substitutions, multiple formations, and nothing really tangible to take hold of for the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Oct 29th, 2006
Despite that, Roberto Gotta over at ESPN notes that it isn't all sweetness and light in Serie B for Alex, and that might have something ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Sep 4th, 2006
What a lousy week... the insufferable (and unacceptable) draw with Lithuania, and then the terrible news that Giacinto Facchetti passed. The tributes are everywhere- you ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jul 23rd, 2006
Claudio Gentile is out as the U-21 coach. I'm not happy with the decision, but what is completely bizarre is that Gentile claims he wasn't ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jul 17th, 2006
Kudos to Roberto Donadoni for having the 'steel' to take over the coaching position on the heels of the WC victory. Short of winning Euro ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Josh | Jul 14th, 2006
I took the advice of the French lawyer, and replayed the final. I advise all of you to do the same. It will ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jul 9th, 2006
It takes seven solid matches -four knock-out round victories- and some luck to win a World Cup. People can whinge and moan all they want, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jul 7th, 2006
We all know there are guys who "spit the bit" when it comes to playing on their national squad, and there are players (and teams) ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jul 4th, 2006
Archundia to referee the Italy / Germany semi-final.
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Thankfully we've avoided the red-card worshipping Larrionda, who has been given the 'thumbs up' for France / Portugal!
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 30th, 2006
An absolute oustanding effort today. Not much to complain about, and even if there is, I'm not going to get into it now. It's time ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 30th, 2006
Aside from the fluke Saudi result, Ukraine has found it very hard to score goals and as match day draws closer I'm convinced their struggles ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 28th, 2006
Nesta will not be available, as we suspected. However, now news comes that Voronin (Sheva's partner for this whole tournament so far) has a muscle ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 28th, 2006
Every match seems to bring a new twist. The Pessotto news today is unnerving, and one can't help but wonder if it will affect everyone, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 26th, 2006
Sounds like Marcello Lippi is getting a little edgy. The New York Times ran this article yesterday and Lippi clearly trying to counter Hiddink through ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 22nd, 2006
Maybe you had a big sigh of relief. Or celebratory drinks. Perhaps a temporary shrine to Buffon in your bedroom? However you handled today's victory, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 18th, 2006
Nobody wants to go through on four points and a tiebreaker, but hey, it happens (Group C Euro 2004 nightmares, anybody?). Just so we're all ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 16th, 2006
Oh dear. Eddy Johnson of the US team has likened Saturday's match to a war. It's a tired and pathetic analogy, and his youthful exuberance ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 16th, 2006
Teams need a lot of things to survive, but more than anything (aside from talent, of course) they need...unity. I've been perusing some of the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 14th, 2006
The history of US/Italy matches can be counted on one hand: 4 meetings (3-1-0 to Italy). Two of those matches were World Cup matches; the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Josh | Jun 13th, 2006
Yesterday, we saw the true colors of our beloved azzurri. This was a different side from the one that failed to show in the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 13th, 2006
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Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 13th, 2006
I'm sure I'll have more sober thoughts later on tonight and tomorrow, but my initial reaction to the today's match is as follows...
Minutes 1-15
Ghana looked ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 10th, 2006
I have no idea if Lippi will start him, but I suspect he'll probably use Matrix only because Nesta's been unavailable and a bit rusty ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 8th, 2006
Not much to report today, as the media got shut out of the training session after 30 minutes. However, Totti wore one of the colored ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 6th, 2006
Well, now the game's afoot. Lippi experimented with two different looks today in training. One side with Totti, using a 4-3-3 and one without which ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 4th, 2006
At least, that is what Channel 4 tells us. Pirlo has been in lousy form for awhile, but I think those who watch the Azzurri ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jun 3rd, 2006
So, at the risk of sounding like a 'waffler' or a flip-flopper as the crazy Texan in the White House likes to say.... I'm just ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | May 31st, 2006
My only recollection of my short time in Geneva (aside from the UN and the beautiful lake) was that giant clock of flowers. Scave, ...
