Articles tagged with "italy"
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 17th, 2006
For those who find the economics of soccer interesting, the Deloitte Football Money League report just came out, with three Italian clubs in the top ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 17th, 2006
Marcello Lippi takes to the airwaves this Friday to defend his friend Sven Goran Eriksson on Bravo's Gazetta Football Italia, and gives England a legitimate ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 17th, 2006
With the start of the World Cup less than four months away, teams are starting to get serious about their preparations. Here's a list ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 15th, 2006
The Inter - Juventus derby did little to disappoint...and now we have the obligatory post-match fallout. Luis Figo is accusing Luciano Moggi of paying a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 14th, 2006
Rahman Rezaei is one of Iran’s unsung heroes. He has quietly been putting up one good performance after another playing in Italy’s Serie A, while ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 14th, 2006
Since we're in 'sleep' mode for most national teams for a couple more weeks, and the upcoming Champions League revivial is next week, I was ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2006
Forget Group C's Argentina, Holland and Serbia, the real Group of Death is Group E. That is what a lot of people in the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 12th, 2006
This is the best story I've heard in awhile: Roma and Lazio players will combat anti-semitism by visiting with relatives of death camp survivors. ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 12th, 2006
I’d brought up the idea of Vieri as ‘super sub’ a few days back, but it’s going to be hard for him to push past ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 9th, 2006
Well, that's one way of handling it: Il Romanista will hand out copies of Life Is Beautiful in response to the anti-Semitic demonstrations at Stadio ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 9th, 2006
There are some rumors that are stupid, some that eventually become fact, and some that are just fun to help distribute for the heck of ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 8th, 2006
I know, I know…we should be focused on the senior Azzurri squad, but allow me a little indulgence here. The ‘Azzurrini’ found out their fate ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 7th, 2006
Francesco Totti, never one to shy away from a microphone, is now cautioning us that his ankle might keep him out of Germany if it ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 5th, 2006
Every World Cup I’m reminded of the differences in the way various cultures hand down the game of soccer from one generation to the next. ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 4th, 2006
Antonio Cassano continues to earn minutes in his 'super sub' role for Real Madrid, coming in for Guti and playing 'in the hole' today. He ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 4th, 2006
Christian Vieri put two goals past Rennes today, opening up the possibility that, well, perhaps he's not finished yet. Still, his chances of making ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
Love them or hate them, Italy is a team you need to watch as the World Cup approaches. With a new generation of players ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 2nd, 2006
Franceso Totti looks to be on the bench again for awhile after taking a brutal knock from behind by Pavel Nedved. How Ibrahimovic got red ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 1st, 2006
Not sure how I missed it, but in case you did as well, the Italian football 'Oscar Awards' were handed out earlier this week and ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 31st, 2006
Flipping through the iPod last night I was reminded of a couple USMNT podcasts that contained some info on the Azzuri. Check out the January ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 31st, 2006
But he doesn’t trust what he sees…and really, who could blame him? A Ghana side without Essien or Asamoah is a far cry from what ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 29th, 2006
We’ve all been keeping an eye on the Luigi Del Neri ‘death watch’ for a few weeks and finally it has come to pass—arrividerci, Luigi. ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 29th, 2006
A couple people kindly alerted me to the news that Pele dubbed Totti “the best player in the world” late this past week. Maybe Pele ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
Hamburg SV opened their second half of the season with a loss against Nuremberg in the German Bundesliga.
As some of you may know, Iran and ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Jan 28th, 2006
Since 1930 there were only 7 different champions, so the main contenders seem to belong to this elite group.
- Germany is possibly the strongest team ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 27th, 2006
Ahhh….I’d almost forgotten about this little feud. In what had to be one of the strangest seasons in recent memory for Inter (a team with ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 26th, 2006
The word is officially out that Lippi has turned down Northern Ireland’s appeal for a friendly prior to the World Cup.
Lippi has yet to ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 26th, 2006
It’s a slow news day and I’m saving my mindless attacks on things like the the FIFA ranking system for another day, so I thought ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 25th, 2006
The news out of Italy this week was that Rahman Rezaei, Iran international defender, who plays his football for Messina of Serie A has obtained ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 24th, 2006
If you’re a fan of keeping tabs on the ‘up and comers’….keep an eye on the mini-drama surrounding Giuseppe Rossi, the teenage striker who has ...
