http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'buffon' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/no-awards-for-you-italians.html Julian 2009-10-18 18:23:56 The news is in. The top 30 nominees for the Ballon D'or have been announced. Check it out here. What is this weird balloon thingy though? ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/weve-been-on-quite-a-journey.html Julian 2009-10-17 13:30:34 September 6th 2008. The setting: the entire peninsula is devastated after what we saw at the Euros three months earlier. Our illusions of the solidarity, ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/meaningless-game-tomorrow.html Julian 2009-10-13 18:41:10 Just a reminder that we have one game left in World Cup qualifying against Cyprus, a game that counts for absolutely nothing. We're top of ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/marcello-lippi/just-a-reminder-gigi-buffon.html Julian 2009-09-21 11:10:39 There is no doubt in my mind as to who the best goalie is world football is today. Not Cech, not Van Der Sar, and ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/if-we-could-play-like-this-all-the-time.html Julian 2009-09-09 18:44:25 I'd be thrilled. Basic summary of the game: a very very good performance. Marchisio, Buffon, Pirlo, and DDR especially shined. There was confidence, smooth ball movement, ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/now-this-is-infuriating.html Julian 2009-09-06 12:45:44 I feel like I give Lippi a pretty decent amount of slack. I call him out for not calling up players that I feel would ... http://egypt.worldcupblog.org/uncategorized/egypt-1-italy1-0-homos-el-hadary-crowned-new-cesars-of-rome.html Tamim 2009-06-19 08:13:15 The Italian sorpresa was replaced with an Egyptian one; Italian catenaccio was played with perfection by the Egyptian players, the army of Italian strikers couldn't ... http://egypt.worldcupblog.org/uncategorized/egypt-italy-preview-meet-the-rossi-boys.html Tamim 2009-06-17 16:01:48 Can we?...this is the question in every Egyptian fan's head right now. After the great display against Brazil, it is now the turn of the ... http://egypt.worldcupblog.org/uncategorized/know-your-opponent-italy.html Tamim 2009-06-11 16:07:03 Love them, hate them..they are the world champions; you may criticize their style for being too defensive (catenaccio) but they have millions of followers who ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/italy-ireland-review-or-the-tale-of-marcello-lippis-obstinance.html Julian 2009-04-01 16:19:07 The entire game- excluding of course the parts I didn't get to see, which may have been different, reminded me of how my PS3 FIFA ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/the-return-of-donadoni-thankfully-not-to-the-azzurri.html Julian 2009-03-10 19:10:26 So it's official: Napoli have sacked Reja and brought in everyone's favorite Azzurri ex-coach, Roberto Donadoni: “SSC Napoli announce they have removed Eduardo Reja from ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/twas-a-tale-of-two-halves.html Julian 2009-02-10 18:29:49 Looking at the starting lineup for the Brazil-Italy game, I could tell that we were going to have trouble from the get-go: Buffon, Zambrotta, Legrottaglie, Cannavaro, ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/brazil-preview-part-3-the-forwards.html Julian 2009-01-25 20:17:07 I've said before that Brazil's midfield is worse on paper than their defense. ("Worse" might be the wrong word to use here. It's more like ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/kaka-to-man-city-the-potential-effects-on-calcio.html Julian 2009-01-16 19:39:13 It's been far too long since I wrote in this blog- way too long. I could go on with a list of excuses- some legit ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/2008-edwin-van-der-sar-13-years-at-the-top.html Jan 2008-12-30 08:29:27 De Breuk with his Sar moment... Or...no wait...Sar in the CL finals with his Breuk-moment! This December, Edwin van der Sar announced he will stay Man ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/breaking-down-the-greece-squad-goalies-and-defenders.html Julian 2008-11-17 12:44:45 There's been a fair amount of criticism thrown at Lippi for this round of call ups. I personally think they're pretty good, but some people ... http://switzerland.worldcupblog.org/miscellaneous-swiss/euro-2008-a-different-original-and-comical-perspective.html Jan 2008-10-11 10:54:06 A very funny and original book has just come out in Switzerland called "Football - Switzerland 1:1". Essentially, it's a picture book featuring shots from ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/italia-bulgaria-preview.html Julian 2008-10-09 10:24:12 Come Saturday, we play our next World Cup Qualifier,  away against a tough Bulgarian side. In case you guys forgot, here're the standings so far ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/666.html Julian 2008-10-07 10:07:54 Here're your daily news nuggets on all things Azzurri: Lippi has come out and said why he left out Cassano from the upcoming qualifiers: purely as ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/and-its-still-looking-like-an-injury-ward.html Julian 2008-10-06 11:42:23 Italy must have some of the shittiest footy doctors out there. Players are dropping like flies and staying out for indeterminate amounts of time- see ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/serie-a-weekend-roundup.html Julian 2008-09-21 16:25:27 Serie A is back in business, and it's in full swing. There were some great games over the weekend. For a full list of results, ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/amelia-is-out-of-wc-qualifiers-also-blatter-is-still-a-moron.html Julian 2008-09-03 11:36:58 Amelia is out and will not play in the upcoming qualifiers. He picked up a back injury in training and word is that the doctors ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/euro-qualifying/azzurri-v-lithuania-heaven-help-us.html Chris 2007-06-05 06:47:57 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 ... http://france.worldcupblog.org/player-news/ballon-dor-goes-to-somebody-whos-not-henry.html Laurie 2006-11-27 14:08:27 It's official. The Ballon d'Or goes to Italy's Cannavaro. (Who I actually like. Even though he's Italian. Don't tell anybody.) ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/players-whos-stock-has-risen-during-world-cup-2006.html Nick O'Neill 2006-07-06 17:31:00 World Cup 2006 has given players a chance to show the world how good they are. Some have impressed, others have flopped. Here are some ...