First of, apologizes on my part. Summer was extremely busy, worked 2 jobs and took classes. Just got back to college last week and am finally settled in. With Julian not around, here's a little update on what's what with the Azzurri. [read more]

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.

Finally Italy has clicked. While the comeback win against Estonia was a good result, this 5-0 win shows that Prandelli has found harmony within the team. Prandelli's home debut as the coach of the Italian National team is certainly positive, Cassano inspired the team, and he looks ready to face any opposition.

By Chris Wright

A former World Cup referee has been arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport after customs staff found ten bags of heroin taped to his stomach, back and legs.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collared Byron Moreno late on Monday evening after he arrived in America on a commercial flight from his native Ecuador.

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.

It seemed like a typical Azzurri 2010 game. In fact, it could've been scripted. Italians starting off rather well? Check. Decent amount of possession? Check. Conceding a goal from the opponent's first shot on target? Check and mate. It would almost seem humorous if it wasn't so embarrassing and disheartening.

It seemed like a typical Azzurri 2010 game. In fact, it could've been scripted. Italians starting off rather well? Check. Decent amount of possession? Check. Conceding a goal from the opponent's first shot on target? Check and mate. It would almost seem humorous if it wasn't so embarrassing and disheartening.

Alle 19 è in programma l'ultima seduta di allenamento degli azzurri che, domani sera, al Franchi di Firenze, scenderanno in campo contro le Far Oer nel secondo match valido per le qualificazioni a Euro 2012. Ostacolo sicuramente abbordabile per i ragazzi di Prandelli che vivr l'emozione del debutto casalingo, da Ct, nello stadio che lo ha amato dal 2005 alla scorsa stagione quando il tecnico di Orzinuovi ha lasciato i toscani per la nazionale.

You may remember Mario Ferri from the World Cup, back when he was giving Marcello Lippi the old "I told you so" over his refusal to call up Antonio Cassano. Well, new coach Cesare Prandelli has called up the mad genius and with predictable results he's quite good at football, you know.

So Mario, ultimately very pleased with these new developments, streaked onto the Franchi pitch last night, having hid in a bathroom since he's banned in Italian stadia, during Italy-Faroe Islands to show his appreciation with a kiss for Antonio and a thumbs up for an amused Prandelli.

Rassegna Serie B: Conosciamo meglio l'AlbinoleffeDi Daniele MulasAnno di fondazione: 1998Citt : Albino, LeffePresidente: G. AndreolettiStadio: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo)Ultimo piazzamento: 11° serie BLa conferma di Mondonico per confermarsi su alti livelli.C'era stata una certa incertezza prima della conferma ma l'Albinoleffe ha deciso di continuare a puntare, ancora una volta,

Nice little video supplied by euro-goal where the big man Fabio Capello sits down for a heart to heart discussion on his history of soccer. One of the questions put to him, "Which modern player...
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Nice little video supplied by euro-goal where the big man Fabio Capello sits down for a heart to heart discussion on his history of soccer. One of the questions put to him, "Which modern player...
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Not much is going on in the world of gli azzurri. Serie A is in full swing, and besides the fact that I'm incredibly depressed as a Roma fan, it's awesome to watch calcio every weekend once again. But to keep the blog active in between games, I'll be doing posts like these- news, editorials, polls and the like.

Yesterday, I had a table showing the upcoming Azzurri games. Mino over at the Roma Offside- he posts here under Cicero- pointed out to me that the calendar wasn't exactly accurate. It didn't have friendlies listed, and thus it was quite a few games short. To atone for this oversight, I decided to do a posted dedicated entirely to the Azzurri schedule for the next year.