Liverpool's defender Fábio Aurélio was handed the chance of winning a place in Brazil's World Cup
squad yesterday when he was named for next month's friendlies against England in Doha and Oman in
Muscat. The coach, Carlos Dunga, has named a 24-man squad made up of Europe-based players in order not to
disrupt Brazilian clubs in the run-in to their championship. Click to continue reading...
Andrea Dossena will get the start at Left back today and be tasked with controlling the left flank
in place of Fabio Grosso.This is purely a pragmatic move by Marcello Lippi who wisely feels that at
Grosso's age he cannot sustain the rigors or three games within a seven day period. In the midfield
Gennaro Gattuso will also sit in favor of Ricardo Montolivo. Click to continue reading...
Scoramento, delusione, amarezza. Sono queste le sensazioni che circolano nell'ambiente azzurro dopo
la clamorosa sconfitta rimediata contro i Faraoni che ha complicato notevolmente i piani del gruppo
azzurro. Se per gli egiziani si riapre il discorso qualificazione, per la nazionale italiana si
complica maledettamente. Click to continue reading...
When two hundred Milan fanatics gathered outside the club headquarters just over a week ago in
protest at the preordained transfer of messiah Kaka to Spanish titans Real Madrid, a sympathetic
Adriano Galliani pledged "a great attacker will arrive" to expand on the current-base of quality in
the chase for their first Serie A championship since 2004. Click to continue reading...
It was a match between football titans, two giants in the history of the beautiful game and one of
the most high-profile sporting rivalries of the past century. Between themselves Brazil and Italy
represented 9 World Cup titles combined: as the two most succesful national teams in history faced
off at the Emirates Stadium Tuesday, [. Click to continue reading...
It was a match between football titans, two giants in the history of the beautiful game and one of
the most high-profile sporting rivalries of the past century. Between themselves Brazil and Italy
represented 9 World Cup titles combined: as the two most succesful national teams in history faced
off at the Emirates Stadium Tuesday, [. Click to continue reading...
The mother of all games, or as Lippi and Falcao tagged it, the 'Derby of the World'. As yet another
week of international friendlies begins, fans everywhere will be eagerly anticipating some of the
highest quality international football action in the year. I mean just think about it: Argentina
vs. France and Spain vs. Click to continue reading...
The mother of all games, or as Lippi and Falcao tagged it, the 'Derby of the World'. As yet another
week of international friendlies begins, fans everywhere will be eagerly anticipating some of the
highest quality international football action in the year. I mean just think about it: Argentina
vs. France and Spain vs. Click to continue reading...
Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack,
crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash.
Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football
Olympics, and boy did we not [. Click to continue reading...
Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack,
crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash.
Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football
Olympics, and boy did we not [. Click to continue reading...
