Articles tagged with "italy"
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 24th, 2008
It's late summer which means that nothing is going on in the international footy world. Instead, I'll give you guys a heads up about what's ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 22nd, 2008
Yesterday we talked about something serious- the recent friendly that the Azzurri played like crap in, what went wrong and how to fix it. So ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 21st, 2008
Let's not pull any punches. Yesterday was a disaster for the Azzurri. Yes, it was just a friendly. No, that doesn't mean it's ok. It ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 20th, 2008
Fin The game ends 2-2, with us picking up the pace at the end. Lippi's got a ton of stuff he needs to address though, ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 20th, 2008
Belgium's road to the Olympic Men's Football Final ended yesterday against Nigeria. After solidly advancing from the group stages and upsetting Italy, the Nigerians proved ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 18th, 2008
-Giorgio Chiellini was injured last night during the Trofeo Berlusconi in a collision with Milan's Alberto Paloschi. There were initial fears that he could be ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 18th, 2008
Amid 50,802 spectators in Beijing Workers' Stadium, Belgium's youth shocked the world. They upset Italy 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Olympics. "We are ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 17th, 2008
First things first- apologies. I didn't liveblog the match like I planned to, so sorry for that. And sorry for not posting over the past ...
Posted on: Austria Euro 2008 Blog by j | Aug 17th, 2008
This Wednesday, Austria will face Italy in a friendly in Nice. New ÖFB Manager Karel Brückner has called upon the following for the match, with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 16th, 2008
Nigeria 2-0 Cote d'Ivoire
There was always going to be an African team in the semis, and it's going to be Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie opened the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 15th, 2008
Tomorrow we enter the Olympic soccer quarterfinals where we face Belgium. In this post I'll try a new format for a match preview, so sit ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 14th, 2008
-Italian clubs are doing pretty well in the Champions League qualifying stage so far. Juve wrecked Artmedia 4-0, including an absolute screamer by Del P. ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 14th, 2008
Belgium advanced out of the group stage yesterday from a victory against New Zealand. The Young Devils finished second in the group with 2 wins, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 13th, 2008
By all accounts, the game against Cameroon didn't go well. I didn't see it firsthand (I love the Azzurri but there's no way I can ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 13th, 2008
And just like that, the group stage of the 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament is over.
The quarter-finals look like this:
Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire
Italy vs Belgium
(winners ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 12th, 2008
This is it. Tomorrow, we play the final match of the group stages. We know what's at stake here- beat Cameroon, and we avoid Brazil ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 12th, 2008
Italy have been dealt a blow. The only overage player brought to the tourney by Casiraghi, Tommaso Rocchi, has been ruled out for the remainder ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 11th, 2008
Olympic football videos are getting harder to come by, but that doesn't mean I'm about to give up. Not when it's just starting to get ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 10th, 2008
All those pre-game worries seemed to be in vain. Did the Azzurri really gel against Honduras? I mean, those guys are just pushovers- what if ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 7th, 2008
Italy 3- Honduras 0
Text write up here.
Video highlights here.
Now I'm not going to lie to you guys. I didn't watch the game live. I ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 6th, 2008
So tomorrow we finally get to see some Italy action again. The game takes place at 10 AM and I'm not sure what channels it's ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 4th, 2008
Due to popular demand, me wanting to do this, and because this should've been done like a week ago, I'm finally going to post a ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 3rd, 2008
Yeah, I can't believe it either.
Luca Toni actually argues that he was too criticized for his Euro performance and wishes that Donadoni stayed coach.
Let's ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 2nd, 2008
The Azzurri Olympic squad played their final pre-Olympic friendly today, against Beijing Hong Deng. And they wrecked them 4-0. Now I know what you're thinking. ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 1st, 2008
For the preliminary rounds, that is. Now we know who Juventus and Fiorentina have to beat in order to get to the group stages.
Champions League ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 1st, 2008
In less than a week, the 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament gets underway (complete with rubbish logo, left). August 6th to August 23rd. It's 16 ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 31st, 2008
This is a bit of a shocker. According to goal.com (A warning: knowing this site, this story could've been made up entirely), Lippi may use ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 30th, 2008
A lot of stuff seems to be going on in the soccer world. Trades, little friendly tourneys(see below for more on that), injuries... yet nothing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 30th, 2008
You asked for them, so here they are. The rosters for all of the men's teams heading to the Olympics. Kind of. ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Jul 28th, 2008
So the next time we see the Azzurri in action (albeit, a very young version of the Azzurri. Except for Rocchi, who looks about 47) ...
