Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho is already plotting his exit from Giuseppe Meazza, after less than two years in the Nerazzurri hotseat.Â

The Portuguese boss is just halfway through his contract with Inter but he is already talking up his plans to return to the Premier League.Â

When boss at Premier League club Chelsea Mourinho won back to back league titles as well as the FA Cup and League Cup essentially every prize available to an English coach domestically.

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En primer lugar, pido disculpas por la tardanza. El mercado laboral es un sucio candado a mis aspiraciones como blogger, y los horarios ciernen sobre mi persona un cruel catenaccio del que es muy difícil librarse.
Entrando en materia, hay pocas cosas que decir. Mala, muy mala de hecho, jornada de Champions para los equipos españoles. Click to continue reading...

It has been 16 months since the „Special One" took over Inter's bench and now we are free to say that he made no impact. There hasn't been any progress and it is time for Massimo Moratti to ask himself what was wrong with Roberto Mancini.

The fact that Inter defended the title cannot be considered success and most of Italian football fans will agree with me on this.

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Brazil. To anyone who follows world soccer, it's not news that Brazil doesn't samba across the pitch any longer, and hasn't for a long time. These days they look like a talented team, but not one with a style that sets them significantly apart from other talented teams. But while joga bonito may have seen better days in Brazil, this is also not the leadfooted defensive-minded Brazil that shocked many of us in the 2007 Copa América. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's new signing from Udinese, Andrea Dossena, has told the club's fans they needn't fear an outbreak of Italian-style catenaccio defence next season.
Italian football sets the benchmark by which defensive excellence is measured, with the catenaccio blanket-style defence perfected in the 1960s as the bedrock of the 1-0 win and forever associated with Serie A, even though things have evolved and been refined since then.

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Lets see, we already have Kaka, Ronaldo, Pato, Emerson, and Dida, so while we're at it lets just add Ronaldinho too! A.C. Milan have become the unofficial club for the Brazilian national team now. Its pretty funny in one sense that one team could have so many top players from another country's national side, but it should make for some highly entertaining games at the San Siro. Click to continue reading...

Euro 2008 - Fernando Torres - Gol [Alemania vs España]
Originally uploaded by BLOGARJONA Festejos y mas festejos. 44 años para que esta frase se oyera en radio televisión prensa escrita y el nuevo mundo del Internet la selección de España es campeona de Europa, y díganlo con todas sus letras, subrayado y con mayúsculas. Click to continue reading...

By JAMES CLARKSpain coach Luis Aragones is a doddering old fool who once criticized Thierry Henry based on his race; Italy manager Roberto Donadoni is an ex-MetroStar who lent his considerable cachet to America's relaunch of professional soccer in 1996. On Sunday, their paths crossed in a Euro 2008 quarterfinal that demanded to be placed up in lights: FIFA World Cup 2006 winners Italy vs. Click to continue reading...

Eurocopa 2008 - Portero: Iker Casillas - Detiene dos penaltis
Originally uploaded by BLOGARJONA En España se buscaban héroes, quienes pudieran romper con una racha histórica de 88 juegos sin ganar en partido oficial a la forza Italia.
Esos héroes dieron la cara hoy , entre ellos sobresalió al final uno lo encontraron y se llama Iker Casillas, arquero español - Real Madrid - defendiendo los colores de la Selección española de futbol. Click to continue reading...

Las Celestes
Originally uploaded by Gary Denness Cruz Azul 1 - 1 San Luis(2-1) semifinal liguilla fútbol mexicano clausura 08
Después de un partido casi perfecto en San Luis, el Cruz Azul se complico un poco la serie al empezar perdiendo por (nuevamente) una mala reacción de su portero Yosgar Gutierrez , Eduardo Coudet el anotador. Click to continue reading...

Noun catenaccio m. (plura; catenacci) 1. a bolt (for a door) 2. a system of defensive play in football Catenaccio is tactical playing scheme in the game of football. It consists mostly in a 5-4-1 formation alignment characterized by its propensely defensive attitude. Under the definition of catenaccio lie a series of modules and tactical schemes that define the main [. Click to continue reading...