Azzurri

October 16th, 2009

Video of the Week: Gila

After the international break, the man of the moment is undoubtedly Alberto Gilardino. The Fiorentina striker scored 4 goals in 2 matches with the Azzurri, including the impressive hat trick in 14 minutes vs. Cyprus. He now has 16 goals in 38 appearances (now level with Gianluca Vialli and Luca Toni) for the Azzurri and [...]

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October 7th, 2009

Roberto Donadoni: What’s his deal?

By: Francesco |

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As everyone knows by now, Roberto Donadoni was relieved of his duties as Napoli manager and was replaced by former Sampdoria boss Walter Mazzarri. We can’t deny that Donadoni was one of the greatest wingers Italian football has ever produced. But his managerial career so far? Not great. We really don’t know where Donadoni is [...]

Category: Azzurri, Napoli, Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Azzurri, Calcio, coach, football, Futbol, Italy, Managers, Napoli, National Team, Roberto Donadoni, Rumors & News, Serie A, Soccer

September 25th, 2009

Video of the week: Serie A Bloopers (including a mistake by Buffon!)

By: Francesco |

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I always like to watch videos of bloopers, and this time I’ve found a Serie A blooper video from the early 2000’s. Always entertaining, and it includes a mistake from Buffon!! (how often do you see those?)
Video after the jump.

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September 24th, 2009

U-20 World Cup starts tomorrow for Italy

By: Francesco |

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Despite having a strong U-21 side, Italy’s other youth national teams don’t really have a glorious history. All of Italy’s youth focus is directed to the U-21 team, and you never hear anything about the other sides. In addition, besides the U-21 team Italy’s youth sides have never really won anything, despite participating at many [...]

Category: Azzurri, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Azzurri, Calcio, football, Futbol, Italy, Italy U-20, National Team, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A, Soccer, U-20, U-20 World Cup

September 9th, 2009

International week is boring

By: Francesco |

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International week is boring. There’s really no news from Serie A, and we get a week of Lippi dodging questions about Mourinho and Cassano. Here’s the highlights from today’s game. Italy won 2-0, finally a decent performance. Pirlo excelled as a trequartista, Zambrotta actually ran up and down the wing, De Rossi is the most [...]

Category: Azzurri, Players, Results, World Cup 2010

Tags: Azzurri, Bulgaria, Calcio, football, Futbol, Italian National Team, Italy, National Team, Nazionale, Players, Results, Serie A, Soccer, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifying

September 3rd, 2009

Looks like Amauri won’t be Italian anytime soon

By: Francesco |

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By now he has made his decision. Amauri wants to play for the Italian national team. Dunga doesn’t want to call him up for Brazil, and Amauri knows that Lippi is interested in calling him up to the Azzurri. Amauri thought he would be getting his passport sometime this month and that Lippi would call [...]

Category: Azzurri, Juventus, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A, World Cup 2010

Tags: Amauri, Azzurri, Calcio, football, Futbol, Italy, Juventus, Marcello Lippi, National Team, Nazionale, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A, Soccer, World Cup 2010

August 28th, 2009

Casiraghi makes U-21 Qualifying call-ups with 6 new faces

By: Francesco |

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The new Italy U-21 side (who lost their first friendly August 12 vs. Russia 3-2) will now start qualifying for the 2011 UEFA U-21 European Championship to be held in Denmark. The Azzurrini will play two games, one on September 4th away to Wales in Swansea, and the other on September 8th at home vs. [...]

Category: Azzurri, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A, Serie B

Tags: Azzurri, Azzurrini, Calcio, football, Futbol, Italy, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Players, Rumors & News, Serie A, Serie B, Soccer, Under 21

August 2nd, 2009

Vacation Time.

By: Francesco |

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Well, it’s that time of the summer again. I’m off to the old country tomorrow, so the blog will be inactive for a couple of weeks. However I will be back right before the start of the Serie A season so I’ll be able to maybe get a mega-preview up like last season and we’ll [...]

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July 15th, 2009

30 Italian promising players to keep an eye on

By: Francesco |

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Often we see a young player explode onto the calcio scene and everyone turns heads and says “Where did this kid come from?”. Well, now is your chance to gain some knowledge about some promising Italian young players and maybe in a year or two when one of these players starts to do some good [...]