Have Napoli turned a corner? Many people, including myself, think they have indeed. It wasn't so...
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The matches to watch after you see Jogi Loew getting incredible kicks from things you'll never know.

Saturday

Denmark v Portugal at Parken Stadion Undefeated Denmark actually lead UEFA Group 1 while Portugal sit four points out of second place and are desperate to make up that ground.

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The European preseason is wrapping up for the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A as teams played their final warm-ups on the weekend. In England, Napoli faced West Ham United and Atletico Madrid visited Liverpool. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Atletico Madrid tops Liverpool 2-1 Video Highlights

Atletico took an early lead and held on against Liverpool for a 2-1 victory at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.

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It's not exactly a lazy Sunday on the transfer front, as there's a nice amount of transfer news and rumors to report on from around Europe.

We've also got a few new signings to add to our summer transfer lists, so after you check out today's roundup, make sure you check out all of the latest signings.

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To fans of Calcio it's still as vivid as ever: The vision of Fabio Cannavaro lifting the World Cup aloft remains the proudest of Italian memories in a difficult recent history. But with one year to go before the 19th World Cup Final, Cannavaro and his Azzurri have a lot of hard work to do if the national team are to avoid an embarrassing fate in their defence of the trophy.

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THE U.S. "They are a different squad from the one that participated in the World Cup. The manager's son, who plays in midfield, is very good and they have, as usual, Donovan, Dempsey and Beasley. They play in a 4-4-2 formation, with Donovan as a support player. Their physical form is great and we must watch out for them. Click to continue reading...

I don't know about you, but I'm excited about this year's Confederations Cup. I look at it in theatre terms. It is like the final dress rehearsal before the real thing. You've learnt your lines, got... Click to continue reading...

Italy and New Zealand squared off in their final tune-up for the tournament at the Super Stadium in Atteridgeville, about 45 minutes from the U.S. base camp. There were plenty of goals at both ends, with the Kiwis taking the lead three times before finally surrendering 4-3 after Vincenzo Iaquinta scored his second of the night in the 68th minute.

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Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray) Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan) Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Davide Santon (Inter), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool) Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Andrea Pirlo (Milan) Forwards: Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Pepe (Udinese) Click to continue reading...

Italy has winnowed their squad down to 23 players for the Confederations Cup and here's what it looks like:
Goalkeepers (3): Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray);
Defenders (8): Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan) Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Davide Santon (Inter), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool);
Midfielders (6): Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Andrea Pirlo (Milan);
Forwards (6): Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Pepe (Udinese). Click to continue reading...

Marcelo Lippi finalized his Azzurri squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the big news is that Inter's teenage sensation Davide Santon. The youngster played mostly left back for Inter but is seen as a player who can play on both sides.

Three red-hot attacking players with breakout seasons in the 08-09 Serie A campaign were left off the list in favor of more veteran Azzurri players.

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With the start of the Confederations Cup less than two weeks away, OTP takes a look at some of the names you ought to be watching out for 1. Nilmar The 24-year-old Internacional striker has had the early part of his career ravaged by long-term injuries, but the man who scored the winner against Barcelona in the [. Click to continue reading...

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has named the following 13 players to his roster for the Confederations Cup. Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo) Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan) Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (Milan) Forwards: Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich) The final ten players will come from his 21-man squad for the. Click to continue reading...

Marcello Lippi has released a squad for Italy's friendly against Northern Ireland, but the roster is devoid of many of the big names you would expect in the Confederations Cup. That's because he's decided to keep them fresh for the tournament in South Africa, and on Thursday elected to name two teams. Click to continue reading...

Thursday is UEFA Cup 2nd leg action between Zenit St. Petersburg and Italian side Udinese Calcio at...
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Udinese the only Italian club remaining in this year's UEFA club competition continue the dream as...
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Italian footballers seek alternative employment This new advert for Sky Italia features some of the biggest names in Serie A (well, you can#8217;t get much bigger than Quagliarella, can you?) trying their hand in the fast-paced environment of a TV newsroom. Adrian Mutu, Sebastien Frey, Alberto Gilardino, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella all take on bit-part [. Click to continue reading...

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All together now: "Thank you Udinese!!". The Italian disaster-fest that was the UEFA Champions League this year will not be easily forgotten, but at least there is one team giving us consolation and keeping the peninsula's pride elevated (to moderate heights at least) as they mantain their presence in Europe's second-choice cup: the UEFA (soon-to-be Europa) [. Click to continue reading...

Three minutes of craziness. That's all it took Udinese to blow out their 2-0 lead vs. Lech Poznań. Three minutes of defensive hara-kiri in the last quarter which, as many times this year, cast a shadow on all the good work done by the strikers and is keeping this UEFA Cup qualification in the balance. Click to continue reading...

Three minutes of craziness. That's all it took Udinese to blow out their 2-0 lead vs. Lech Poznań. Three minutes of defensive hara-kiri in the last quarter which, as many times this year, cast a shadow on all the good work done by the strikers and is keeping this UEFA Cup qualification in the balance. Click to continue reading...

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...and Fabio Quagliarella. At the end of the day the main story of Napoli vs. Udinese, without a doubt, will be the Udinese striker's fantastic 2-2 tally. The kind that Quagliarella has been known to do, the kind that has made us fall in love with this great player: side volley from outside the box, [. Click to continue reading...

...and Fabio Quagliarella. At the end of the day the main story of Napoli vs. Udinese, without a doubt, will be the Udinese striker's fantastic 2-2 tally. The kind that Quagliarella has been known to do, the kind that has made us fall in love with this great player: side volley from outside the box, [. Click to continue reading...

As a Bianconero, big disappointment lingers in my mind after Wednesday's Serie A action. Not only did an unrecognizable (and Del Piero-less) Juve lose away to Udinese, but Inter Milan's concurrent win over Catania (and AC Milan's draw to Genoa) restores the Nerazzurri's +6/+8 lead, leaving us to wonder if the current order of the [. Click to continue reading...

As a Bianconero, big disappointment lingers in my mind after Wednesday's Serie A action. Not only did an unrecognizable (and Del Piero-less) Juve lose away to Udinese, but Inter Milan's concurrent win over Catania (and AC Milan's draw to Genoa) restores the Nerazzurri's +6/+8 lead, leaving us to wonder if the current order of the [. Click to continue reading...

After AC Milan on Matchday 3, Serie A made two out of three Wednesday by adding yet another name to the UEFA Cup playoffs Round. With only one day left in the Group Stage, only a certain club from Genoa has yet to join the Round of 32 party. Indeed, Sampdoria must have had their minds [...] Click to continue reading...

Surfing the wave of success from matchday 1, Serie A clubs continued their good run of form on matchday 2 of UEFA Cup Group Stage. With Sampdoria taking a break this round, both AC Milan and Udinese came out victorious of their encounters vs. Sporting Braga (1-0) and Spartak Moscow (2-1). While Udinese achieved their result [. Click to continue reading...

Didn't Tottenham Hotspur replace Paul Robinson because he was prone to horrendous gaffes? If so, were any of them worse than today's UEFA Cup shocker from Spurs' current keeper Heurelho Gomes? The first touch was bad enough, but Gomes at least recovers in time. The smart thing at that point would be to boot it clear. Click to continue reading...

One day after Italy's 0-0 draw against Bulgaria, Azzurri coach Marcello Lippi is satisfied with his boys. Not so much perhaps with the lack of three points obtained Saturday (even though, he says, "the match against Bulgaria was an exam that we passed, despite not creating many scoring chances"), but rather because the current Italy [. Click to continue reading...

La Roma, dopo aver perso le speranze di portare in maglia giallorossa Adrian Mutu (29), è sempre alla ricerca di un attaccante da poter affiancare al capitano Francesco Totti (31). Nelle ultime ore la società romana sta sondando il terreno con l'Udinese per Fabio Quagliarella (25) e con l'Inter per David Suazo (28). Click to continue reading...

Intanto la Roma, non avendo la certezza di arrivare a Malouda, sta valutando di tornare su un vecchio obiettivo, Fabio Quagliarella. Il jolly offensivo dell'Udinese e della nazionale, capace di ricoprire tutti i ruoli del rombo offensivo compreso anche quello di prima punta, piace molto a Spalletti che lo indicò ai dirigenti giallorossi già l'anno scorso quando Mancini insisteva per andar via. Click to continue reading...

Italian sports newspapers Gazzetta dello Sport rated the Azzurri players at the end of their European adventure. Along with Gigi Buffon, positive scores were obtained by Chiellini and Grosso. All the strikers flunked the test, while some midfielders could have done better. The overall form however, was never great. Click to continue reading...