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Originally uploaded by kazenka02 El defensa italiano Fabio Cannavaro acaba de reconocer que el mejor equipo del mundo es España, tal vez se enfrenten en la Copa confederaciones.
El en el 2006 Cannavaro gano el Balón de Oro como mejor jugador del año , en una polémica decisión , precisamente al quedar campeón del mundo, en el Real Madrid no tuvo tanto éxito y no ha estado cerca del galardón, pero creo que esta foto vale la pena verla, nada mas por la belleza de su compatriota la sexy actriz Monica Belluci .

(AP) - PERUGIA, Italy - Fabio Cannavaro flew to Italy on Sunday to undergo a medical test ahead of his proposed return to Juventus, the ANSA news agency reported. The Real Madrid defender and Juventus midfielder Mohamed Sissoko, who is recovering from a broken foot, will visit medical consultant Vincenzo Cerulli.

v죥o Ronaldo y los cracks cambian de habito musical o Ronaldo a la Woopi Gooldberg.
El feneno gordito, Ronaldo chinbombo ha ganado el premio a mejor jugador en Brasil y es campe con su equipo, reci lo visito Wolverine y ahora ha salido este curioso v죥o teniendo al jugador Ronaldo como l죥r de todos los cracks mundiales en esta humoristica intervenci musical, veamos:
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The latest reports from Italy suggest that Gaetano D'Agostino is on the verge of joining Juventus. The deal is reported to be worth around €8 million, while Ciro Ferrara, who seems likely to be appointed coach on permanent basis, is the man who was eager to sign Udinese midfielder.

Let me just start out by saying that I have never liked Goal.com (the English version at least. The Italian version is actually pretty good because it just posts articles from Italian newspapers, so at least you know you're reading from a source). The English version always seems to have stories without sources that look like they were just thought up at that instant and posted, and I have never liked their opinions on Italian calcio.

Cannavaro has been given the "Freedom of the Tshwane", an honour he received from the mayor of the city in South Africa. Yeah, there's actually a key in that blue box above that he's proudly holding. We don't know whether it opens the door to the mayor's bedroom or to every club in the Tshwane.

(Brasile-Italia 3-0)
BRASILE: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan (24' Luisao), Andè Santos, Gilberto Silva (38'st Kleberson), Felipe Melo, Ramires (41'st Josuè), Kak , Robinho, Luis Fabiano. A disp.: Victor, Dani Alves, Luisao, Miranda, Kleber, Elano, Julio Baptista, Pato, Nilmar, Gomes.

The 2009 Peace Cup continued with the semifinals on Friday as Juventus faced Real Madrid and Aston Villa took on FC Porto. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Juventus tops Real Madrid 2-1 Video Highlights

Juventus scored an early second half goal to break a 1-1 tie against Real Madrid as they advance to the finals of the Peace Cup on Friday.

Un turno al campo (per i cori razzisti a Balotelli) e uno al centrocampista portoghese della Juventus, Tiago, espulso durante il match dell'Olimpico di Torino per un fallaccio ai danni proprio di Balotelli. Sono nove i giocatori fermati per un turno da Tosel, in relazione alla 32° giornata di campionato in Serie A.

• Rawr! Cannavaro and the Italian sex bombs visited the national zoo in South Africa last week. Being the captain of the squad and obtaining the special key has obviously made Cannavaro a little confident of his abilities. [Another photo here]
  
• Marcelo says that does not hold a grudge against Greaseano for this incident last December.

Adesso si trova in vacanza a Jesolo, con la famiglia, e dalla splendida localit veneta, il centravanti della Juventus, Amauri, in attesa di riprendere la preparazione con la nuova Juventus di Ciro Ferrara, interviene sulle polemiche nate dopola débacle italiana in Confederation Cup, proprio contro il "suo" Brasile che ha strapazzato gli azzurri per tre a zero, contribuendo alla prematura eliminazione dell'undici italiano.

It seems that the wandering time, transition period after relegation to the second league and breaking legs on Italian countryside is finally over. Over the last two years, after returning to Serie A, the biggest Italian club were searching for their identity. Delusions like Claudio Ranieri or bad moves on the market cost them dearly, but they have learnt the lesson.

Juve have endured a fairly difficult season in the fact that it never really looked like they were going to get the better of Inter Milan and take the Scudetto. One of the things that has disappointed me about I bianconeri this season has been their defence, which has on occasion made some costly and very avoidable errors.

(Real Madrid-Barcellona 1-0. Higuain)
(highlights di Real Madrid-Barcellona 2-6)
REAL MADRID: Casillas, Sergio Ramos (26'st Van der Vaart), Cannavaro, Metzelder, Hienze; Robben (33'st Garcia), Lass, Gago, Marcelo; Higuain, Raul. A disp.: Dudek, Drenthe, Faubert, Torres, Huntelaar.

(highlights di Lecce-Napoli 1-1)
LECCE (4-4-2) - Benussi; Polenghi (65' Castillo), Fabiano, Esposito, Giuliatto; Munari, Giacomazzi (86' Caserta), Edinho (50' Konan), Zanchetta; Papadopoulos, Tirobocchi. All.: De Canio. NAPOLI (3-5-2) - Navarro; Aronica, Cannavaro, Contini; Mannini, Pazienza, Bogliacino, Datolo (79' Russotto), Vitale (66' Grava); Denis, Pi (72' Hamsik).

It´s official REAL MADRID Italian defender FABIO CANNAVAROwill leave at the end of this season for Italy. The Italian ClubJUVENTUS has informed the media that the International Captainhas signed a 1 year deal that will secure (or attempt to) hispresence in the World Cup of South Africa next year willcompetition at the highest level.

Well this feels like deja vu all over again, doesn't it? Eve of a major tournament, and our captain ends up injured. Cannavaro has a right calf problem that definitely rules him out of Monday's game against the US, and possibly for longer. His ideal backup, Legro, is also in

(Italia-Egitto 0-1. Homos)
ITALIA: Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso, Gattuso (57' Montolivo), De Rossi, Pirlo, Rossi (57' Toni), Iaquinta, Quagliarella (63' Pepe). In panchina: Amelia, Santon, Dossena, Legrottaglie, Gamberini, Palombo, Montolivo, Pepe, Camoranesi, Gilardino, Toni, De Sanctis.

Italy out of the Confederations Cup

As the final of the Confederations Cup approaches, the tournament for one team in particular has been an unmitigated disaster. Coming into the competition, as World Champions would surely mean an easy route to the semi-finals at least, however Italy capitulated in almighty fashion.

Ciro Ferrara had big gaps to fill after taking over the reigns at Juventus but it seems that he has managed to build a very good team. The Old Lady have secured the services of Barcelona defender Martin Caceres and the Uruguayan defender will be club's last signing of the transfer window.

Serie A is back and so is the the weekly Serie A Weekend Round-up which will come your way every Monday wrapping up the weekend calcio action with reports, player ratings, and highlights of every game as well as the standings and Serie B results. The first week was pretty interesting and this season should be a good one.

By now you've heard the news: 2006 World Player of the Year and Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro failed a doping test in late August, testing positive for cortisone. The Italian football establishment players, coaches, officials, media came out in his defense. "The cortisone was lifesaving treatment for a bee sting!

(video gol highlights di Siena-Juventus)
SIENA (4-3-1-2): Curci; Terzi (13st Rosi), Ficagna, Brandao, Del Grosso; Vergassola, Codrea (37'st Paolucci), Ekdal; Jajalo; Calaiò (27'st Reginaldo), Maccarone. (Ivanov, Rossi, Garofalo, Jarolim). All. Micarelli (Giampaolo squalificato).
JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Grygera (1'st Caceres), Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro (9'st Camoranesi); Felipe Melo, Poulsen, De Ceglie; Diego (42'st Sissoko); Amauri, Trezeguet.

Grande sfida a Torino, nel primo dei due anticipi del sabato di Serie A. I bianconeri, reduci dalla goleada (5 a 1) rifilata alla Sampdoria nell'ultimo turno di campionato, incontrano un Napoli rinvigorito dalla cura Mazzari e galvanizzato dal pareggio (insperato) ottenuto, contro il Milan, grazie a dei minuti finali di gara fantastici e ad un cuore ed una grinta immensi.

Cari Amici e Fratelli Gobbi, abbiamo tutti davanti gli occhi le ultime prestazioni veramente incresciose della Nostra Amata (eccetto la partita con la Samp) e giustamente siamo tutti attapirati, chi più e chi meno. Io non credo sia del tutto un problema di modulo e meno che mai di allenatore (anche se l'esperienza conta.

Un esame di maturit . Per capire se questo Napoli ha avuto una vera e propria trasformazione, in positivo, con l'avvento in panchina di Walter Mazzarri, il quale ha sostituito il deludente Donadoni. Alle 18, a Catania, nel primo anticipo della dodicesima giornata della Serie A, i campani cercano punti preziosi e, anche, di sfatare uno stadio, il Massimino, che negli ultimi anni non ha portato bene ai campani.

In football attacking players often get most of the praise when their team is achieving results while players in other positions are often overlooked. Defenders are typically ignored when accolades and awards are given out, yet it would be wrong to underestimate the contribution and influence of key defensive players such as Italy's Paolo Maldini or France's Lilian Thuram, just to name a couple of outstanding talents.

(video gol 1-0. Menegazzo)
(video gol 2-0. Chamakh)
TABELLINO:
BORDEAUX (4-2-3-1): Carrasso; Chalmè, Ciani, Planus, Tremoulinas; Diarra, Menegazzo; Gouffran (30'st Traorè), Plasil, Wendel; Chamakh. A disp.: Ramè, Placente, Sanè, Bellion, Sertic, Cavenaghi. All.

Recently, Messi was crowned the World Player of the Year. Given the year Barcelona have had and the Argentinean's role in the team, it is well and truly deserved. This award though, made me take a look at the recent history of WPoY.

Here are some interesting facts,

2009 Winner – Messi

Age at the time of winning 22

Club at the time of winning Barcelona

Years at Club before winning WPoY 9

Transfer fee – Peanuts, I guess.

El central del Real Madrid podría estar ante su última temporada en el Santiago Bernabéu, después de dos años en los que ha ganado dos Ligas y una Supercopa de España. Cannavaro, que finaliza contrato el próximo mes de junio, por lo que desde el 1 de enero es libre de negociar con otros clubes, [.

The Premier League duo are interested in recruiting the World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro, who is available on a free transfer this summer. Premier League pair Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are monitoring Fabio Cannavaro's situation at Real Madrid, according to a report in the British tabloid The Daily Mirror.

(highlights di Cagliari-Napoli 2-0)
CAGLIARI (4-3-1-2) - Marchetti; Matheu, Bianco, Astori, Pisano; Fini (74' Biondini), Parola, Lazzari; Cossu; Matri (81' Acquafresca), Jeda. All.: Massimiliano Allegri. NAPOLI (3-5-2) - Bucci; Santacroce, Cannavaro (84' Denis), Contini; Mannini, Hamsik, Blasi, Pazienza (60' Datolo), Vitale (72' Russotto); Zalayeta, Lavezzi.

(Napoli-Torino 1-2)
NAPOLI (3-5-2) - Navarro; Santacroce, Cannavaro, Contini; Mannini, Datolo, Bogliacino, Hamsik, Grava; Pi (61' Russotto), Denis. All.: Donadoni.
TORINO (3-5-2) - Sereni; Franceschini, Pratali (49' Ogbonna), Pisano; Colombo, Abate (dal 67' Diana), Dzemaili, Barone, Rubin (46' Stellone); Bianchi, Rosina.

Everybody loves old school Cannavaro and his shoe-tying bitchface! This was a photo taken in 1991 when Canna was still at the Naples football academy. He's obviously come a long way since then, hairstyle and all.

It is confirmed that Canna will join Juventus again in July. But he doesn't expect a warm reception from the fans particularly after he "deserted" them three years ago for Royal Madrid.

And the Italians have arrived in Southdowns College Irene in Centurion, South Africa for their Confederations Cup training camp! Oh, taking things seriously now, are we Lippay?

Anyway, the Paul Newman clone has declared that there's nothing wrong with Italian football - and it's lack of achievements in recent years are really no big deal to him.

Il ds della Juventus Alessio Secco è volato a Madrid per trattare con il Real Madrid l'acquisto del centrocampista maliano Mahamadou Diarra. La dirigenza bianconera vorrebbe formare una linea centrale tutta muscoli con la coppia maliana Sissoko-Diarra, e sembra che anche Cannavaro, che ha visto da vicino le doti del forte centrocampista, avrebbe consigliato l'acquisto.

Ieri sera abbiamo toccato il fondo. La sconfitta rimediata con il Brasile, nella Confederation Cup organizzata in terra sudafricana, è stata pesante e ha fatto male. Ha evidenziato tanti problemi in questa Nazionale: gente "bollita", giovani ancora non pronti, talenti affermati e lasciati a casa a marcire, un modulo ormai che non va più.

Yesterdays loss to Egypt by the Azzurri seems to have shocked many in the media.Why i don't know. Egypt are continental Champions of the third best footballing continent. They value possession of the ball like most Mediterranean sides. Their led by a savvy manager in Hasan Shehata who has conquered the African continent twice.

After the disappointing last season, Juventus officials have been very busy during this transfer window and they managed to sign a couple of great players. After Diego and Cannavaro, Old Lady won the race with Arsenal to sign excellent Fiorentina midfielder Felipe Melo, who will join the club in exchange for €20 million and Marco Marchionni.