Azzurri

Best Starting 11 Today

by Rami Soufi on November 16, 2009 · 10 comments

A num­ber of play­ers can stake a claim for being part of the best team in the world at this early period of the Euro­pean domes­tic leagues. How­ever, very few play­ers stand­out the way those listed below have in terms of their con­tri­bu­tion to their team, their role as lead­ers, and cer­tainly their cru­cial involvement […]

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Who Should Lippi Pick for South Africa 2010?

by Rami Soufi on October 31, 2009 · 1 comment

Azzurri coach Mar­cello Lippi has come under heavy crit­i­cism in recent months despite Italy’s suc­cess in qual­i­fy­ing to the World Cup in South Africa. La Nazionale went through an alarm­ing goal drought and was only able to over­come it after two unfor­tu­nate own goals from return­ing Geor­gia cap­tain Kakha Kaladze. The Ital­ians were expected to […]

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Capello or Lippi: Who Has Achieved More?

by Rami Soufi on September 8, 2009 · 2 comments

It is quite dif­fi­cult to com­pare the career path of Fabio Capello and Mar­cello Lippi. Both have been suc­cess­ful coaches and both hail from the Ital­ian penin­sula. They both coached Juven­tus of Turin dur­ing their glit­ter­ing man­age­r­ial career, yet the sim­i­lar­i­ties end there. While Capello’s play­ing career far sur­passes that of Lippi’s, the gap in accolades […]

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It is well known that Italy is a cen­ter of high fash­ion and style. The Azzurri jer­sey is nat­u­rally an exten­sion of that fash­ion sense. The 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup will see a new Ital­ian shirt that promises to be a hot seller. Check it out: The new shirt will be worn by the 4-time World […]

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