2013 Confederations Cup Brazil Step One Defeat Mexico For Italy is a post from: Serie A Weekly 2013 Confederations Cup Brazil Step One Defeat Mexico For Italy is a post from: Serie A Weekly Italy kick off their 2013 Confederations Cup campaign with a tricky tie against Mexico on Sunday. The Azzurri are coming off two disappointing draws but are still favourites to win their.
Bianconeri Continue Derby della Mole Dominance is a post from: Serie A Weekly Bianconeri Continue Derby della Mole Dominance is a post from: Serie A Weekly Juventus wrapped up a late win over Torino in the Derby della Mole with goals from Arturo Vidal and Claudio Marchisio. Victory over their city rivals means Juventus only need one more point to clinch their second consecutive Scudetto next.
What can Liverpool learn from Juventus? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Liverpool and Juventus are traditionally two of the biggest names in European football, who have fallen from glory somewhat in recent years. The Turin giants were caught up in a scandal domestically and got themselves relegated from Serie A, but most importantly have returned to somewhere near their best.
Juventus stretched their lead at the Serie A summit to seven points with a comprehensive 3-0 victory against ten-man Atalanta, on a day when Napoli blew the chance to move second.
Atalanta have claimed some considerable scalps this season but any ambitions of adding to that list looked bleak when Mirko Vučinić swept in after two minutes.
Juventus make there Uefa Champions League comeback this season after been absent for a few
years. Italy's most succesful club will be competing with Europes elite in the UCL. Featured player
Nicklas Bendtner will also be back playing in the UCL after a year loan spell at North-East English
side SunderlandAFC from Arsenal.
Match just over at Juventus Stadium Serie A Home Team Juventus Goals & Scorers 59′: Andrea
Pirlo;55′: Stephan Lichtsteiner; Keeper Marco Storari Midfield Claudio Marchisio; Kwadwo Asamoah;
Arturo Vidal; Andrea Pirlo; Forwards Sebastian Giovinco; Mirko Vucinic; Defense Leonardo Bonucci;
Stephan Lichtsteiner; Andrea Barzagli; Luca Marrone; Subs [.
Playing at Juventus Stadium Serie A Home Team Juventus Keeper Marco Storari Midfield Arturo Vidal;
Andrea Pirlo; Claudio Marchisio; Kwadwo Asamoah; Stephan Lichtsteiner; Forwards Mirko Vucinic;
Sebastian Giovinco; Defense Leonardo Bonucci; Luca Marrone; Andrea Barzagli; Subs Away Team Parma
Keeper Antonio Mirante Midfield [.
Italy Exceed Expectations in Run to the Euro 2012 Final is a post from: Serie A Weekly Italy Exceed
Expectations in Run to the Euro 2012 Final is a post from: Serie A Weekly Before the start of the
European Championships this summer, many in Italy were feeling pessemistic about the Azzurri's
chances, not only with regards to the knockout stages, but towards getting out of the group
itself,.
It took 15 passes to create David Silva's goal which as it turned out would have been enough to
win the final. The illustration shows how Spain got the ball forward with laterals and back passes
kept to a minimum. Spain barely edged Italy in total ball possession with 52% to 48%, after
actually falling behind in the first half.
Italy Lineup (4-3-1-2): Gianluigi Buffon; Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci,
Ignazio Abate; Daniele De Rossi, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio; Riccardo Montolivo; Antonio
Cassano, Mario Balotelli
Stadium: Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
Television Broadcast Information: Sunday, July 1st, 2:45 p.
Four years ago, Fernando Torres blew by Philipp Lahm for Spain's winning goal in the Euro final.
Today, Lahm was caught in a similar futile foot race this time against a powerful Mario
Balotelli.
The City striker sneaked behind the lines as Riccardo Montolivo with all the time in the world
caught the Germans in their offside trap to find Balotelli with a long diagonal pass.
Germany starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Holger Badstuber, Mats Hummels,
Jerome Boateng; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira; Lukas Podolski, Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil; Mario
Gomez.
Italy starting lineup (4-3-1-2): Gianluigi Buffon; Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo
Bonucci, Federico Balzaretti; Daniele de Rossi, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio; Riccardo
Montolivo; Antonio Cassano, Mario Balotelli.
Let me say this up front first. I only started watching the match from the 73rd minute onwards.
Time difference and work in the morning plus a tiring day before, all combined to ensure that my
body doesn't respond to the alarm ringing at 2:30am for the start of the match.
Penalty shootouts are notoriously unfair but in the end justice was served as Italy are through
to the semifinals.
A scoreless 120 minutes was dominated by the Italians as England's torrid time in shootouts
continues and sends the Three Lions home in the quarterfinals.
England Italy Joe Hart Gianluigi Buffon Glen Johnson Ignazio Abate John Terry Andrea Barzagli
Joleon Lescott Leonardo Bonucci Ashley Cole Federico Balzaretti James Milner Andrea Pirlo Steven
Gerrard Claudio Marchisio Scott Parker Riccardo Montolivo Ashley Young Daniele De Rossi Wayne
Rooney Mario Balotelli Danny Welbeck Antonio Cassano
On the eve of EURO 2012, Italy was an ominous cloud, surrounded by stifling winds of a Serie A
match-fixing scandal and a base of supporters still disappointed from the country's performance in
the 2010 World Cup. Going into this summer's tournament, defensive stalwart Andrea Barzagli had a
calf injury, forcing him to miss at least the first two games of the tournament.
Ficha técnica:Italia: Gianluigi Buffon, Ignazio Abate, Andrea
Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini (Leonardo Bonucci, m.57), Federico Balzaretti, Andrea Pirlo, Claudio
Marchisio, Thiago Motta, Daniele De Rossi, Antonio Di Natale (Mario Balotelli, m.75) y Antonio
Cassano (Alessandro Diamanti, m.
Last of the look at the teams in Euro 2012 that will and could have an impact on the tournament.
Yesterday I discussed the teams that are not favoured but could potentially have a big say in the
tournament and we continue with the last 2 today. Italy and Russia are the two dark horses
left.
National team coach Cesare Prandelli has made the Azzurri's roster official, and communicated
his list to UEFA.
Compared his previous version, the manager has left out Andrea Ranocchia and
Mattia Destro. Doubts remain on the eligibility of Leonardo Bonucci, currently
under investigation in the massive betting scandal surrounding Italian soccer this week.
National team coach Cesare Prandelli has made the Azzurri's roster official, and communicated
his list to UEFA.
Compared his previous version, the manager has left out Andrea Ranocchia and
Mattia Destro. Doubts remain on the eligibility of Leonardo Bonucci, currently
under investigation in the massive betting scandal surrounding Italian soccer this week.
National team coach Cesare Prandelli has made the Azzurri's roster official, and communicated
his list to UEFA.
Compared his previous version, the manager has left out Andrea Ranocchia and
Mattia Destro. Doubts remain on the eligibility of Leonardo Bonucci, currently
under investigation in the massive betting scandal surrounding Italian soccer this week.
Cesare Prandelli trimmed down his squad list from 32 to 25 players for the friendly against
Luxembourg on Tuesday evening at Stadio Tardini of Parma. Those that didn't "make the cut" are
goalkeeper Viviano, defenders Astori, Bocchetti,
Criscito, and midfielders Cigarini, Schelotto,
Verratti.
Cesare Prandelli trimmed down his squad list from 32 to 25 players for the friendly against
Luxembourg on Tuesday evening at Stadio Tardini of Parma. Those that didn't "make the cut" are
goalkeeper Viviano, defenders Astori, Bocchetti,
Criscito, and midfielders Cigarini, Schelotto,
Verratti.
As we wave goodbye to another season of Serie A, Juventus can reminisce a wonderful campaign in
which they claimed Scudetto glory and lost just once in all competitions. It may have ended on a
sad note with the farewell of Alessandro Del Piero and the Coppa Italia final defeat to Napoli, but
the work of Antonio Conte and all involved is to be commended.
A product of The White Lady's youth system, Claudio Marchisio is to Juventus what Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are to Manchester United. A one-club-man since his teens (bar a season on loan), Marchisio has admitted to being "proud" at reports linking him with United. Although he clearly states that "I have not heard from [.
Serie A Matchday: Vidal Provides The Goals For Juventus is a post from: Serie A Weekly Serie A Matchday: Vidal Provides The Goals For Juventus is a post from: Serie A Weekly A brace from midfielder Arturo Vidal gave Juventus a 2-0 victory over Lazio in Rome to move another step closer to a second successive Serie A title for the Bianconeri.
Manchester United are almost certain to lose Paul Scholes – for the second time – at the end of the season. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson convinced the former England star to come out of his retirement, but the former United youth team product could take a bow for the final time at the end of this season.
Scott Brown of Celtic (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
If I were to tell you that today at Celtic Park, the home team had in the first-half alone 76 percent of possession of the ball, made Juventus Gianluigi Buffon save six times against just one for the Celtic keeper, Fraser Forster, and had twice as many on target shots, you would almost say the Hoops were having an incredible night at the packed stadium in Glasgow.
Napoli moved back within two points of Serie A leaders Juventus after beating Pescara 5-1 on Sunday, while Inter and Lazio also picked up important wins.
On Saturday, Juventus rebounded from last week's defeat to AC Milan beat ten-man Torino 3-0 in the first Derby della Mole since March 2009, Claudio Marchisio scoring twice for Juve.
Italian Serie A Preview: Napoli-Juventus Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly Italian Serie A Preview: Napoli-Juventus Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly The latest international break has passed and Serie A will return this weekend with possibly the biggest game of the season.
Italian Serie A Preview: Juventus vs Napoli Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly
Italian Serie A Preview: Juventus vs Napoli Top Two Showdown is a post from: Serie A Weekly The latest international break has passed and Serie A will return this weekend with possibly the biggest game of the season.
Siena vs Juventus 1-2 Highlights 2012 Pirlo Calaio Marchisio Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
Siena vs Juventus 1-2 Highlights 2012 Pirlo Calaio Marchisio Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Siena vs Juventus 2012 ( Siena Juve VIDEO BELOW) Final score and result:- Siena Juventus 1-2 ( Calaio/ Pirlo, Marchisio) Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi- 6th October, 2012- 14.
UEFA EURO 2012 FINAL: ITALY v SPAIN
Olympic Stadium Kiev, 19:45 BST
Stopping Pirlo the great dictator must be at the back of Spanish
minds on the eve of the Euro 2012 final.
While the world champions appear to follow the Brian Clough maxim 'let them worry about us', their
sub-par first half against Portugal when their Iberian neighbours upset their rhythm must have
given them pause for thought.
This well maybe Edinson Cavani's last match for Napoli. If it is, he made sure the fans remember
him fondly. He made that penalty happen heading on a long throw into the path of the cutting
Ezeqiel Lavezzi who was upended by Marco Storari. The Uruguayan striker was on the mark with the
spot kick.
Claudio Marchisio talks up Italy's chances of hitting the quartern-finals and Republic of Ireland's
Sean St Ledger objectives to reconstruct pridefulness as UEFA.com wraps up the thing.
Italy was excellent in the first half, orchestrated by the peerless Andrea Pirlo. All that stood
between Italy scoring more goals was Stipe Pletikosa. In one sequence he stopped Claudio Marchisio,
not once but twice in succession. It took Pirlo's artful curling kick with a homing device attached
on the ball to beat Pletikosa near post for Italy to grab the lead.
This article titled "Euro 2012: How Italy's more attacking mindset helped keep Spain at bay" was
written by Sid Lowe in Gdansk, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 11th June 2012 16.33 UTC
For Italy, there was no victory but there was vindication. There may also have been something of
a reawakening.
Once again, they've flown by in the wink of a dead dog's eye, but England's gutsy/flukey win
over Sweden last night bought the second phase of Euro 2012 group games to a close.
As we did with the first round, here's our select XI from the second batch of
eight games.
Napoli ended a 22-year wait for silverware by beating Juventus 2-0 in the Coppa Italia final on
Sunday, a defeat which ruuned Juventus's shot at an unbeaten season and domestic double.
An Edinson Cavani penalty put Napoli ahead after 63 minutes, with Marek Hamsik ensuring victory
seven minutes from time at the Stadio Olimpico.
