Cristiano Ronaldo

This is not the kind of erotic foot massage I had in mind. ... It is kind of relaxing, though. Putting me to sleep faster than one of Iker's stories. ... If Portugal tries to make me play I'm just going to cry and maybe pee my pants a little bit. They can't make me play with a hurt ankle, tear-stained cheeks, and a the distinct smell of pee wafting from my pants, can they?

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Yes, the photo explains it all! Mauro Camoranesi scored a molto veloce double in Juve's 5-2 thumping of Atalanta last night. Say what you will about his hair, but this dude still has it. Inviamo i fiori (we send flowers) to this Senor!

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Juventus were keen on showing their strength right from the word go, and had a couple of chances go without a goal early on. Bianconeri goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made two consecutive saves that kept the visitors in the game, as a corner from Yaniv Katan eventually fell to Vladimer Dvalishvili, who produced a brilliant save from [. Click to continue reading...

Mauro Camoranesi ran face first into Matteo Contini's elbow in the early going of Napoli's 3-2 upset of Juventus on Saturday, which opened up a cut on his forehead that bled like, well, like something you'd expect to see on Halloween.

Camoranesi had to be substituted in the 31st minute because of his forehead blood spigot, so if this was just an effort to be festive, I'd say it went a little too far.

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• We know of many mujeres who'd like to be seated in that car with Gangsta Gattuso! He's the Sexiest man in Italy, don't ever forget that. Anyway, the entire Milan squad (yes, including Dida how dare you accuse tio of being ineffective!

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Jogaram em Parma, no estádio Ennio Tardini, para um público de 15.009 pessoas, as seleções da Itália (4º no ranking da FIFA) e Chipre (65º no ranking da FIFA).
As 2 seleções jogaram antes desse jogo, os seguintes jogos:
22-03-1967 - Chipre 0x2 Itália (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
01-11-1967 - Itália 5x0 Chipre (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
12-02-1983 - Chipre 1x1 Itália (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
22-12-1983 - Itália 3x1 Chipre (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
22-12-1990 - Chipre 0x4 Itália (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
21-12-1991 - Itália 2x0 Chipre (Eliminatórias Eurocopa)
06-09-2008 - Chipre 1x2 Itália (Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim:
Árbitro: Alon Yefet-ISR
Primeiro Assistente: Shmuel SHTEIF-ISR
Segundo Assistente: Danny KRASIKOW-ISR
Quarto Árbitro: Asaf KENAN-ISR
Aos 12 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 12, Konstantinos MAKRIDIS abriu o placar para a seleção do Chipre. Click to continue reading...

Winning the World Cup twice on the trot is one of the hardest feats in sports and that's exactly what Italy are aiming to do next summer in South Africa.� Yesterday, we gave you the first two keys if Italy are going to pull off the historic double. Today, we present the final two.

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Republic of Ireland v Italy
Saturday 10 October 2009, Croke Park
Kick-Off: 20:00 BST

The Republic of Ireland host group leaders Italy at Croke Park on Saturday night, knowing that a win would put them within one point of their opponents with a single qualifying match remaining.

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I am really curious about the Livorno players' high jersey numbers.� They started with only Nico Pulzetti sporting a single digit number.� It reminded me of a spring training baseball team loaded with minor leaguers trying to make the big squad. � The game featured lots of end to end action in this game, and the teams were relatively evenly matched, save for two players: Gianlugi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi.

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With Brazilian� striker Amauri� close to becoming an Italian citizen, it looks like Bayern Munich's Luca Toni will find it quite hard to represent Italy in South Africa. Azzurri Boss Marcello� Lippi has hinted on more than one occasion that Amauri will be very useful for the national team.

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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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Organizers at FIFA headquarters have decided to snub the Los Angeles All-Star soccer event that was to be held last weekend. Everything was in place to host the U.S. MLS All-Star team crew who were to play against a select group of world soccer stars.

France's Patrick Viera in action during the international friendly match, France vs Argentina at the stade de France, in Saint-Denis, near Paris on February 7, 2007.

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The transfer rumors seemed to be slowing down, after a few frantic weeks of wild speculation, most of it, pretty outrageous but in the last two days have come-back fullforce. Next week might see OL land their first Summer acquisition and "bigfish" of the mercato, let's keep our fingers crossed.

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Marcello Lippi admits world champions Italy are going through a 'difficult time' following their disappointing showing at the Confederations Cup. The Azzurri upset the international football odds, crashing out of the event in South Africa after a 3-0 defeat to Brazil on Sunday, with the Italian Football Federation president, Giancarlo Abete, critical of the team's performances at the tournament.

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You can watch the Italy v Egypt match live here.

Egypt v Italy (Group B)
Date: Thursday 18th June
Venue: Johannesburg
Kickoff: 19:30 GMT

After giving defending champions Brazil a scare in Bloemfontein, Egypt take on Marcello Lippi's Italy in Johannesburg in their second Group B match.

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The U.S. men's national team will play its first rematch from the 2006 World Cup today as they take on defending World Cup champion Italy (2:25pm, ESPN).

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The U.S. men's national team will play its first rematch from the 2006 World Cup today as they take on defending World Cup champion Italy (2:25pm, ESPN).

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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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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...

Bye bye Scudetto. Yet again.

There's no point in denying it: seeing Juventus dig themselves out of their 2nd-place pit, and overtake Inter in a feat of extraordinary sporting grandeur, will not happen. I have ceased to believe in it. As illusory as that concept might have been for the past 2-3 months, I had continued to keep the faith: it was my duty as a Juventino.

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Bye bye Scudetto. Yet again.

There's no point in denying it: seeing Juventus dig themselves out of their 2nd-place pit, and overtake Inter in a feat of extraordinary sporting grandeur, will not happen. I have ceased to believe in it. As illusory as that concept might have been for the past 2-3 months, I had continued to keep the faith: it was my duty as a Juventino.

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Continuing to surf on La Gazzetta's "Serie A vs. EPL" wave, here are ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champions League's Chelsea vs. Juventus. PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with the [. Click to continue reading...

Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champion's League Chelsea vs. Juventus. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with [. Click to continue reading...

Continuing to surf on La Gazzetta's "Serie A vs. EPL" wave, here are ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champions League's Chelsea vs. Juventus. PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with the [. Click to continue reading...

Kickoff for today's international friendly will be at 7:45 pm London time, and 2:45 pm on the east coast in North America as the Azzurri take on Brazil in a high profile friendly at the Emirates Stadium, the home of Arsenal You can try catching all the LIVE action at ATDHE.net Kaka will miss this encounter as [. Click to continue reading...

There was one hell of a snowstorm in Northern Italy Saturday, and rescue operations are undergoing at Turin's Stadio Olimpico. It seems that many Reggina players are still buried under the snow, something which down in Calabria they evidently don't get to see a lot of. The same cannot be said for Juventus, who welcomed [. Click to continue reading...

So it seems to be a FIFA rule that each national team manager must submit a mega-list of 50 players that will be available for selection for World Cup qualifying games. I'm unsure about the rules of this list and if/when players can be changed or added (and info about these lists are hard to find, the list was unveiled by a Fiorentina website) but it does show you the players that the national team manager has in consideration.

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As each week passes Serie A gets closer and closer. This was basically the final week of the preseason, as this week there are National Team games on Wednesday and then the SuperCoppa on Sunday, and teams start there normal preparation for the start of Serie A, which will kick-off with Udinese-Palermo and Sampdoria-Inter on Saturday, August 30th.

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And you thought that Fiorentina's return to Europe was a good one... The Juventino in me can't help but grab this opportunity to say that whatever La Viola do well, the Bianconeri seem to do better. Ok that was a cheap shot and also completely gratuitous: different teams, different opponents, different levels of preparation. 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...

After a pretty rough week of group stage games (resolved in extremis only on the last matchday), the Italian team was given a day of rest today. Time for Roberto Donadoni, Alessandro Del Piero, and Mauro Camoranesi to practice their swings. Donadoni played in a threesome with goalkeeping coach Ivano Bordon and team physician [. Click to continue reading...

Franck Ribéry and Luca Toni were right: Tuesday's match between France and Italy has all the marks of a grand final. On paper, two of the strongest teams in the footy world. Mutual respect, but also a great history and rivarly extending throughout the years: epic battles lost & won, the most recent of which took [. Click to continue reading...