Articles tagged with "italy"
Posted on: Austria Euro 2008 Blog by j | Jul 22nd, 2008
After being the subject of numerous rumors this past off-season, Austrian midfielder Jürgen Säumel has signed a three-year contract with Torino of Serie A. The ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 22nd, 2008
Greek club Panionios suffered a setback in their quest for UEFA Cup Qualification, as the Athenian based side fell 1-0 to Italian club SSC Napoli ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 22nd, 2008
"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 19th, 2008
Firstly, I won't be able to post for a week. Why? I'm going on vacation and the hotel I'm staying at is charging ridiculous prices ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 18th, 2008
Italy and Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni has finally decided to talk about Italy's miserable Euro performance, and he wants us all to know that ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 16th, 2008
Summer is probably the worst time to be a soccer blogger. There's literally almost no news to report on, so anything that's typed is usually ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 15th, 2008
Panionios took one big step towards UEFA Cup Qualification with a 3-1 over Serbian club OFK Beograd. Two goals from former Inter Milan striker, Lambros ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 15th, 2008
(Yay for crappy puns based off of crappy movies)
Yeah, I'm as pumped to see him back at the helm as you are. A competent ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 14th, 2008
First of all, sorry for the lack of a post yesterday. I was stuck at work for most of the day without a computer so ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 14th, 2008
A last minute penalty robbed Greece's U-19 of a full three points on opening day of the 2008 U-19 Championships in the Czech Republic. The ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 14th, 2008
The Greek U-19 team know that history cannot be erased, but they will take a stab at tonight when they kick off their UEFA U-19 ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 12th, 2008
Because Luca Toni is getting old and just won't cut it anymore.
Out of all positions where the Azzurri are overflowing with young quality, strikers might ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 10th, 2008
So yesterday we recapped some of the more positive things that came out of Euro for Italy- the rise of Chiellini and the birth of ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 9th, 2008
Hey guys. My name's Julian and I'll be blogging here on the Italy WCB from now on. :) I'm super pumped to be here and ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 8th, 2008
The Hellenic Football Federation announced that an international friendly between Greece and the defending World Cup Champions will take place on November 19th, 2008. The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 27th, 2008
Each round of the group stage, we presented a lineup of the players we felt had the best performances. But that was the group ...
Posted on: Romania Euro 2008 Blog by j | Jun 26th, 2008
Very exciting news to report as an agreement has been reached that sends midfielder Nicolae Dică to Catania of Serie A from Steaua Bucureşti. Nicolae ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Roberto Donadoni (or Gonagoni as he was cruelly nicknamed by, er, us) has been tossed a mouldy lifejacket and told to jump off the good ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Neither of these teams were supposed to be here. Spain because of their history and Russia partly because of the history they don't have. But ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 25th, 2008
Are you amazed that Spain seem to have broken their curse? The team hadn't been to the semi-finals of any major tournament since 1984 (where ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 24th, 2008
Something to read while under attack by birds, in Chicago:
One more Euro 2008 babe collection (SoccerLens)
Was it really a ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Cesar | Jun 24th, 2008
As the glow of beating Italy fades, the reality of facing Guus Hiddink's Russia side in the Euro 2008 semifinals begins to take shape.
Hiddink ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
The collective wisdom is that it's good for a national team to have players playing in the big leagues outside their own country. If ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 22nd, 2008
Some news to read as you use your bra to send a message to rescuers:
Spain and Italy's bore draw gives soccer a bad name (EPL ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
The last time Spain advanced from a match with Italy in a major tournament was the same year women in the United States were formally ...
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 Daryl | Jun 22nd, 2008
Italy and Spain keepers Gigi Buffon and Iker Casillas pass as they change plcaes between penalties. Buffon saved one but Casillas had the better of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
QUARTER-FINAL 4
June 22nd, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Spain0
VS
Italy 0
PENALTIES - SPAIN WINS.
Spain 4 (Villa, Cazorla, Senna, Fabregas HIT, Guiza Saved)
Italy 2 (Grosso, Camorenesi HIT, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 22nd, 2008
Seems Bayern Munich teammates Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose have had a private wager over who will bag the most goals at Euro 2008.
The pair ...
