Juventus suffered another defeat which perhaps came as no surprise despite the fact Roma were rather not impressive until the penalty-kick which was converted by Francesco Totti. The Bianconeri did not deserve to lose the match but the players have certainly been struggling despite putting in a better effort against the Giallorossi.

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Most if not all of the Bianconeri fans are wondering how many more games does Coach Ciro Ferrara have to lose before he is fired by the Juventus board. Without going into details or providing analysis of some of the matches lost, the abysmal record speaks for itself as Juventus have lost five out of their last games.

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All month I've been seeing these "Top _____ of the Decade" posts all over the Offside, so I thought with 2010 just around the corner it's time to unveil the list of the top 20 Italian players of the decade (2000-2009). For this list I considered any player that played a season from 2000-2009, but naturally they have to have made a big impact to be on this list.

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italia en Sudáfrica 2010 Calendario x Fecha y hora lugar contra Primer juego Segundo juego Tercer juego Las últimas tres participaciones de italia en mundiales Mundial Posición final Avanzo hasta Eliminado por Compartió fase de grupos con: Francia 1998 5 Cuartos de final Francia Chile, Austria, Camerún Corea Japón 2002 12 Octavos de final corea México, Croacia, ecuador Alemania 2006 1 final Ghana, república checa, usa Su mejor participación fue en:

varias, tiene cuatro campeonatos

Se le recuerda especialmente por:

el Catenaccio, el arte de defender

Jugadores sobresalientes Nombre posición Club Gianluigi Buffon portero Juventus Fabio Cannavaro defensa Juventus Andrea Pirlo medio Milán Mauro Camoranesi medio Juventus Alberto Gilardino delantero Fiorentina

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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...