Italy

Why Italy Had To Lose In Such A Disgraceful Way

by Sebastian Shepard on June 26, 2010 · 3 comments

  After watch­ing the Ital­ian national team’s dis­as­trous exit from the World Cup, I could not help but think that such a flac­cid per­for­mance was required not just once, but twice.  Why?  The myth of the 2006 cham­pi­ons has pun­ished la Nazionale for far too long, and such a pow­er­ful story like being ‘i campioni […]

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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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Lippi Sets Azzurri Roster For Confederations Cup

by George Metellus on June 4, 2009 · 2 comments

Marcelo Lippi final­ized his Azzurri squad for the 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup and the big news is that Inter’s teenage sen­sa­tion Davide San­ton. The young­ster played mostly left back for Inter but is seen as a player who can play on both sides. Three red-hot attack­ing play­ers with break­out sea­sons in the 08–09 Serie A campaign […]

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International Friendly Results — Feb. 10

by George Metellus on February 11, 2009 · 1 comment

The mid­week FIFA matches began with a mas­sive clash between the two most suc­cess­ful clubs in World Cup his­tory.  5-time cham­pi­ons Brazil & 4-time and cur­rent cham­pi­ons Italy.  The match was a show­case of skill as the Brazil­ians defeated the Ital­ians 2–0 in London’s Emi­rates Sta­dium.  The play of the match had to be Robinho’s goal in the 27th […]

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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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