Articles tagged with "italy"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
My eyes don't know where to look as I watch about six games at once. The final whistle has blown in Tunisia and it ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 28th, 2006
The new home jersey was unveiled today. Thoughts, anyone?
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 28th, 2006
Tomorrow (or today, depending on where you're at) starts the 'friendly' season for most of the European powers and we'll all be trying ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 28th, 2006
Well, well well... the Olympic games end in Turin and a new game starts at Coverciano: Marcello Lippi is asking for some extra time before ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 27th, 2006
Gennaro Gattuso won't be making the trip to Florence after aggravating a thigh muscle in Sunday's match against Palermo. Lippi will NOT name a replacement, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 26th, 2006
Defense: No surprises there; the call-up of Pasqual is likely due to Zambrotta’s absence.
Goalkeep: Good to see Buffon back between the pipes. He’ll need ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 26th, 2006
This ‘superclassico' was as good as advertised today, and while Marcello Lippi has called up Roma midfielder Simone Perotta, he might be wondering if he’s ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 26th, 2006
I'll have more thoughts on this later...right now I'm rehashing the Rome Derby!
Goalkeepers: - Buffon (Juventus), De Sanctis (Udinese) , Amelia (Livorno)
Defense: Cannavaro (Juventus), Materazzi ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 26th, 2006
Channel 4 has some excerpts of Christian Vieri's interview from La Gazzetta. Including his thoughts on the dreadful clunker from the South Korea match in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 26th, 2006
I've had March 1 circled on my calendar for a few months now. No, it's not my birthday (June 29, feel free to send ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 25th, 2006
An article on Ansa.it is dissecting the attacking possibilities for next week's tilt with Germany, including a 4-4-2. Don't bet on it. I think ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 25th, 2006
Pasquale Foggia, the speedy outside midfielder who has been grinding away at Ascoli, gets his U-21 debut next week against Portugal. I've not seen much ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 22nd, 2006
Juve gives up three goals? Inter gives up two against a team a 20 points adrift of the league leaders? So much for catenaccio in ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 22nd, 2006
A well-composed article on the issue of 'non-Italian' players in Serie A by Paul Anthem can be found on Wanted In Rome. Its a tricky ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 22nd, 2006
The history of football in Ecuador is like that of other South American countries, only a lot less so. They are still minnows in ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 20th, 2006
There's apparently a lot of grumbling today about the tackling from behind going on in Serie A and its unfortunate it takes a high profile ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 20th, 2006
Apparently Marcello Lippi broke his ankle over the weekend. Someone better let Franceso Totti know... ;)
http://sport.moldova.org/stiri/eng/9712/
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 19th, 2006
We always hear lip service paid by athletes and the media to the notion that 'enjoy today because tomorrow is guaranteed to no one' but ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Feb 18th, 2006
AS Roma can do what only three other Italian club teams have done tomorrow at the Stadio Olympico: win ten Serie A matches in a ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Casey Smith | Feb 17th, 2006
March 1st. Scotland in Glasgow.
May 27th Ivory Coast in Basel. (I would love to watch this one)
May 31st Italy in Geneva
June 3rd China (Location ...
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 ...
