Articles tagged with "italy"
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 ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 23rd, 2006
The names read like a 20th century all-star squad: Del Piero, Nesta, Cannavaro, Vieri, Totti, Inzaghi. I was looking at the roster the other day, ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 22nd, 2006
As sure as the sun comes up in the morning, there will be a couple players who emerge to make “household names” for themselves this ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 21st, 2006
Word arrived this week that Marcello Lippi has lined up a friendly in March against Germany. I don’t like to put much emphasis on Friendly ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 20th, 2006
Following Giuseppe Rossi's two goals and Man Of The Match award in Man. Utd's 5-0 F.A. Cup win over Burton, The Guardian are speculating that ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 19th, 2006
USA have moved up one place to 7th in the new FIFA rankings, meaning we're now officially better than England (9th), Portugal (10th), Group ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Jan 1st, 2006
Name: Jay Clark
Residing: Chicago/Oak Park IL, USA
Personal blog: occasionally posting at The Chicago Factory
Favorite Italian Club Team: I'm not tellin'. See if you can ...
