(video gol highlights di Lussemburgo-Italia)
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LUSSEMBURGO-ITALIA 0-4
Lussemburgo (4-2-3-1): Heil; Laterza, Scholer (27' st Janisch), Pedro, Kettenmeyer; Siebenaler, Gerson (1' st Kitenge); May, Martino, Twimumu (15' st Albanese); Bettmer. All. Holtz (A disposizione: Hahm, Moreira, Geisbusch, Alunni)
Italia (4-4-2): Mannone; De Silvestri, Ariaudo, Ogbonna, Santon; Schelotto (26' st Mustacchio), Bolzoni, Marrone (28' pt Soriano), Barillà ; Okaka (34' st Marilungo), Borini. Click to continue reading...

Brutta sconfitta per gli azzurrini di Casiraghi. L'Ungheria, trascinata dal barese Koman, affossa l'Italia con un secco due a zero. Nulla da fare per Balotelli e compagni, sempre più lontani dai playoff e, dunque, vicini all'eliminazione dall'Europeo, categoria Under 21. Anche le Olimpiadi di Londra 2012 sono sempre più distanti. Click to continue reading...

The Italy U-21's continued their very disappointing qualifying campaign with another loss, this time away to Hungary. The Azzurrini needed a win to get back on track, but now qualification is getting more and more difficult. The Hungarians won 2-0, with goals coming from Nemeth and Koman (both players played on the Hungarian side that knocked the Italy U-20's out of the U-20 World Cup last month).

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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.

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L'eliminazione, amara, subita dall'Under 21 italiana contro la Germania nella sfortunata semifinale dell'Europeo svedese, aveva prodotto molta rabbia, molta delusione e fatto uscire anche qualche lacrima. L'Italia aveva disputato una grande partita e avrebbe meritato di potersi giocare la gara finale del campionato europeo, ma il calcio è fatto di episodi e, in quell'occasione, la fortuna ha baciato (abbondantemente) i tedeschi, i quali hanno poi vinto meritatamente l'Europeo, il primo per la nazionale tedesca, travolgendo con un sontuoso poker i pari età inglesi. Click to continue reading...

After Italy's elimination for the U-21 Championship last Friday, Gigi Casiraghi was unsure about his future. He said that he would let the night pass and consider his options. The media were expecting that Casiraghi would decide to leave after 3 years at the helm and go on to newer pastures.

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Stasera, contro la Bielorussia, l'Italia Under 21 si gioca l'accesso alle semifinali degli Europei. Dopo il pari "ad occhiali", rimediato nella partita inaugurale disputata contro la Serbia, e la bella e convincente vittoria (due a uno, Balotelli-Acquafresca) ottenuta proprio contro gli svedesi, padroni di casa, ora è a caccia del punticino che proietterebbe la nazionale al turno successivo. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

(Svezia-Italia 1-2)
SVEZIA (4-3-3): 1 Dahlin; 2 Lustig, 3 Bjarsmyr, 4 Bengtsson, 5 Johansson; 13 Svensson (67' Harbuzi), 18 Elm, 20 Bajrami (67' Olsson); 7 Toivonen, 9 Berg, 19 Wernbloom. In panchina: 12 Hansson, 23 Nordfeldt, 6 Karlsson, 8 Landgren, 10 Avdic, 11 Soder, 14 Molins, 15 Harbuzi, 16 Bengtsson, 17 Olsson, 21 Ozkan, 22 Ekstrand. Click to continue reading...

No, I'm not talking about a change of playing style at the Emirates from Arsenal. I'm talking about the sport rugby. Which could have a game or two played at the Emirates. Great!!
It surely is an ambitious plan, I would in fact say it is extremely brave. Reading about it today it seems that access and advertising could make this venture impossible. Click to continue reading...

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Italy 2-3 Belgium: the Azzurrini's Olympic adventure ends in the Quarter-Finals. And it's such a shame too, because the gold medal (which talent-wise was well within the Azzurrini's reach, also because Brazil/Argentina were on the opposite side of the table) will remain a mirage for Casiraghi's boys. Click to continue reading...

Argentina dominated a defensive Australian side but required a late strike from Ezequiel Lavezzi to ensure them of passage into the quarter finals of the Olympic Games.
Argentina 1 - 0 Australia
Nigeria 2 - 1 Japan
Goals from Anderson, Alexandre Pato, a double from Ronaldinho and substitute Rafael Sobis helped impressive Brazil smash unfancied New Zealand in Sunday's Olympic Games encounter. Click to continue reading...

Casiraghi's Under-23 side start the Games with an easy win, thanks to a wonderful goal from Giovinco and penalties from Rossi and Acquafresca. The Central American side missed a chance from the spot: Pavon sent his penalty over the bar. QINHUANGDAO (China) 7 August 2008 - Italy dominated the game with three goals of which two were penalties (though the second was rather generous) and had at least another three clear-cut chances. Click to continue reading...

Here's what I scrounged around for today:

-Milan striker Marco Borriello has been operated on and will now start his recovery. Reports are he will be out for around 2 months. (could be less if he puts a lot of hard work into the recovery process.)

-Pierluigi Casiraghi is predicting a big Olympic performance from Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi.

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Today, the Italian Olympic team advanced to the Toulon International Tournament Final, defeating Japan 5-4 on penalty kicks in the semi-final. The Japanese frustrated the Azzurrini for 90 minutes, and Casiraghi's side dominated, but couldn't finish chances. Italy looked dangerous when the ball fell to the feet of Sebastian Giovinco (who should be voted best player of the tournament), but he squandered chances and chances he created were squandered by other players.

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For the past few days, many newspapers have been making predictions about what Roberto Donadoni's final roster for Euro 2008 will look like. These rosters are purely speculation and shouldn't be trusted at all. Although yesterday, the newspaper Informazione reported that television channel Antenna 3, a television station based in Lombardia, "discovered" Donadoni's real preliminary roster of 29 players.

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