Andrea Pirlo, the man who looks continually stoned, talked quite a bit about the state of
Italian football. In fact, his soundbite is quoted at a whopping three sentences by ESPN, who
didn't exactly paint gli azzurri in a positive light. Words like "disastrous," embarassing," and
"must drastically improve" pop out in the 3 paragraph, 2 sentence article.
In July, I wrote a post for this site asking AC Milan fans for calm. The club had been quiet
on the transfer market and Silvio Berlusconi had gone public in saying he intended to build his
youth academy to help the team. I said at the time that if the club did not acquire any big
names, they would be title contenders but would not be favorites.
Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo blames a poor World Cup showing due to a lack of quality and
stated that it's time his nation 'start playing football.'
The 31 year-old midfielder was sidelined due to injury for most of Italy's horrific stint in
South Africa this summer, making just one appearance in their final match of play, in which
Slovakia beat the reigning champs 3-2.
As the new Serie A season pauses this weekend for national teams to begin their qualifying for
Euro 2012, Italian soccer fans may feel lost not being able to watch their favorite club. To be
honest, the Italy-Estonia qualifier looks less than tantalizing only two months after the exciting
World Cup match-ups and high-level play.
As the new Serie A season pauses this weekend for national teams to begin their qualifying for
Euro 2012, Italian soccer fans may feel lost not being able to watch their favorite club. To be
honest, the Italy-Estonia qualifier looks less than tantalizing only two months after the exciting
World Cup match-ups and high-level play.
