Gianluca Zambrotta, esperto difensore rossonero, ha toccato vari argomenti, dal ritiro della
Nazionale. Mentre l'Italia si prepara per affrontare Olanda e Svezia, in due test molto importanti
nel cammino che porta al Sudafrica, ritornano in ballo le questioni riguardo alla convocazioni. A
tal proposito, il milanista si è espresso chiaramente a tal proposito: "Il ct ha lasciato le porte
aperte al possibile reintegro di quei giocatori che non hanno partecipato alle qualificazioni
mondiali. Click to continue reading...
Nell'anticipo serale di Serie A, il Milan vuole cancellare l'amarezza per la rimonta subita al San
Paolo (era in vantaggio per 2 a 0 contro il Napoli) e conquistare l'intera posta in palio. Ma
l'ostacolo di questa sera, il Parma di Guidolin, è un cliente particolarmente scomodo per i
rossoneri. Il tecnico veneto sembra aver trovato l'alchimia giusta e la coppia d'attacco,
costituita dal bulgaro Bojinov e il talentuoso (scuola Milan) Paloschi, è davvero temibile. Click to continue reading...
Si è conclusa ieri sera la seconda giornata di Champions League e, come al solito, le sorprese, i
gol e ele emozioni non sono mancate. Partiamo dal Girone A, dove il fortino bianconero regge
l'assalto dei bavaresi di Van Gaal e porta a casa un prezioso punticino (il secondo dopo il pari
rimediato con il Bordeaux). Click to continue reading...
International week is boring. There's really no news from Serie A, and we get a week of Lippi
dodging questions about Mourinho and Cassano. Here's the highlights from today's game. Italy won
2-0, finally a decent performance. Pirlo excelled as a trequartista,
Zambrotta actually ran up and down the wing, De Rossi is the most
important part of our midfield, Iaquinta and Gila actually had
pretty good chemistry, Grosso is still awesome, Buffon is back to
being Buffon, Marchisio put in a good performance, and Simone
Pepe still manages to fall over his own two feet.
La Serie A riposa, è tempo di parlare di Nazionale e di due match fondamentali per la
qualificazione ai Mondiali del 2010. Stasera l'Italia affronta il primo impegno importante, la
Georgia, allenata da una vecchia conoscenza della Serie A e del calcio italiano, l'ex allenatore
interista Hector Cuper. Click to continue reading...
This one is a drop in the bucket as we say hear in the states. Josep Guardiola had an ideal
first season as a top level coach. The former player had only one year of head coaching
experience as Barca's B squad coach in 2007/2008, but the young man pulled off the amazing feat of
three titles in his first season.
Milan fans must face the stark reality of their upcoming 2009-10 campaign.Despite the infusion of
five youngsters in the last 30 minutes of last evening Club America game the Rossoneri look old and
tired and we are not even in August. Their is an abundance of age and wisdom but no pace.Both
collectively or even from Bippo Inzaghi who still beats people in open space on what i call fear
speed. Click to continue reading...
Let me just start out by saying that I have never liked Goal.com (the English version at least.
The Italian version is actually pretty good because it just posts articles from Italian newspapers,
so at least you know you're reading from a source). The English version always seems to have
stories without sources that look like they were just thought up at that instant and posted, and I
have never liked their opinions on Italian calcio.
Ieri sera abbiamo toccato il fondo. La sconfitta rimediata con il Brasile, nella Confederation Cup
organizzata in terra sudafricana, è stata pesante e ha fatto male. Ha evidenziato tanti problemi
in questa Nazionale: gente "bollita", giovani ancora non pronti, talenti affermati e lasciati a
casa a marcire, un modulo ormai che non va più. Click to continue reading...
Egypt is the toast of the Confederations Cup just like Turkey were in the 2008 Euro which lifted
much above its weight class.
An agonizing 4-3 loss to five time World Cup winner Brazil over a disputed Kaka goal in the 90th
minute and now a 1-0 win over five time World Cup winner Italy.
Scoramento, delusione, amarezza. Sono queste le sensazioni che circolano nell'ambiente azzurro dopo
la clamorosa sconfitta rimediata contro i Faraoni che ha complicato notevolmente i piani del gruppo
azzurro. Se per gli egiziani si riapre il discorso qualificazione, per la nazionale italiana si
complica maledettamente. Click to continue reading...
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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).
Marco Amelia Italy's Keeper was horrible.Not is horrible, but last night in the Pretoria night was
simple awful. Our ability to defend set pieces last night revealed a weakness that needs
addressing.Marco Materazi's size and mental attitude needs to be replaced by someone. New Zealand
were big strong and physical and deserve kudos. Click to continue reading...
If you have been curious to know what the Italian national team will look like when it lines up
against the U.S. national team in Monday's Confederations Cup opener for both teams, today is your
chance to see the "Azzurri".
Italy will face New Zealand today in a friendly in South Africa (4:40pm, GolTV).
If you have been curious to know what the Italian national team will look like when it lines up
against the U.S. national team in Monday's Confederations Cup opener for both teams, today is your
chance to see the "Azzurri".
Italy will face New Zealand today in a friendly in South Africa (4:40pm, GolTV).
Today was the FIFA deadline to submit the final 23 man roster going to the Confederations Cup,
and Marcello Lippi has picked his 23 man squad. He had already chosen 13 names, but he added on 10
more. There are no real surprises (besides the inclusion of Davide Santon), and the squad is mostly
what we've seen for recent qualifiers and friendlies.
Today the list of 35 players was announced that will play in a friendly on June 6th in Pisa vs.
Northern Ireland and the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup. 22 players were called up for the
Northern Ireland game, while 13 will skip that match and go straight to South Africa. Lippi said in
recent weeks that the roster for the Northern Ireland match would be mainly experimental and would
give national team experience to the players that merited a call-up based on their play throughout
the Serie A season.
Sono state diramate, dal selezionatore azzurro Marcello Lippi, le liste dei convocati per
l'amichevole che la nazionale italiana sosterrà , a Pisa, contro l'Irlanda del Nord, e di coloro
che faranno parte del gruppo impegnato nella Confederation Cup, ormai alle porte. Continua
l'ostracismo nei confronti del barese Antonio Cassano. Click to continue reading...
(Udinese-Milan 1-0. D'Agostino su calcio di rigore) (2-0. Zapata da pochi passi, sull'angolo di D'Agostino, il migliore in campo) (2-1. Ambrosini) UDINESE: Handanovic; Isla, Zapata, Felipe, Pasquale; Inler, D'Agostino, Asamoah; Pepe (44'st
Lukovic), Quagliarella, Floro Flores (25'st Sanchez). Click to continue reading...
If you would believe various pundits, the annoying debate that many football fans have been
subject to this year and last - Ronaldo vs. Messi - will come to its conclusion in the UCL final in
Rome. On the biggest stage in club competitions, the two most complete players in attacking
football will meet head to head.
Milan are preparing a bid to bring Andrea Dossena back to Italy, as Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez
looks ready to sell him. The 27-year-old full-back joined the Reds from Udinese last summer, but has failed to hold down a
first team place. Despite a good performance against Manchester United in March, Dossena has found it hard to impress
Benitez. Click to continue reading...
With the 2010 World Cup now just over a year away, the pundits are already speculating as to who
will take over from Italy as the World Champions. After some impressive recent performances and a
much more solid look about them under Fabio Capello, excitement is (inevitably) starting to grow
that 2010 South Africa could be England's year.
The Italian call-ups for their upcoming World Cup 2010 Qualifying matches vs.
Montenegro (March 28) and Montenegro (April 4) have been
revealed. Italy coach Marcello Lippi submitted the list of 23 players to FIFA earlier this week, a
list which as usual contains notable absentees and a few surprises.
El clásico que cada año protagonizan por partida doble Juventus y Milan tenía esta
vez un carácter aún más especial si cabe. Y es que ambas escuadras se encontraban
empatadas a 30 puntos, a 9 del Inter tras la victoria de los nerazzurri ante el Chievo por 4-2. Es
decir, que el vencedor se convertiría [. Click to continue reading...
The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was
interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the big teams won (including Milan for the first time):
Inter swept aside Torino, Juventus won a tricky away game vs. Cagliari, Roma ended their
"crisis" by soundly defeating Reggina 3-0, Milan finally won with a 4-1 victory over
Lazio, and Fiorentina keep chugging along (with Gila scoring goals) with a win vs.
The AC Milan vs Lazio match saw a variety of impressive goals but the one which sticks
out above the rest was the winner scored by Gianluca Zambrotta. Zambrotta's is
winning goal of the week for the following reasons, 1. distance 2. location 3. power
4. as fullback Zambrotta doesn't score often, making this a
very special goal compared to the rest netted by seasoned goalscorers this week. Click to continue reading...
All of Carlo Ancelotti's high powered summer acquisitions were on display. Flamini, Ronaldinho,
and Sheva started for Milan but they ran out of gas as a lively Genoa team ran their legs off.
Genoa won through Sciulli and Milito's PK in stoppage time. This is Milan's second loss and
Ancelotti must be second guessing his high priced transfer choices.
(first, sorry for the lack of posts the last two days, we'll be back on scheduled
programming starting now)
Daniele De Rossi scored his first ever "doppietta" (brace) in an Azzurri shirt to give
Italy the 3 points vs. Georgia. Italy now have 6 points for the first two games and have made an
excellent start to World Cup Qualfying, despite their mediocre play.
