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Celebrating Mediocrity

It seemed like a typical Azzurri 2010 game. In fact, it could’ve been scripted. Italians starting off rather well? Check. Decent amount of possession? Check. Conceding a goal from the opponent’s first shot on target? Check and mate. It would almost seem humorous if it wasn’t so embarrassing and disheartening. It really did seem like the calcio gods conspired against Italy, once again. A change in coach, outfield players, tactics, formation- heck, even goalie- couldn’t prevent everything from going as it did all year. Today against Estonia, Italy looked like their winless rut would continue for another weekend. Until the 60th minute.

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September 3rd, 2010 | By: Julian | Comments Comments(24)

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Estonia – Italy Preview: Getting Off on the Right Foot

September 2nd, 2010 | By: Julian | Comments Comments(32)

Cesare Prandelli’s first match in charge is an away game in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Estonia are no giants of football, and even though the Italy team is in rebuilding, we really need all three points on this. (more…)
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Pirlo: Italy’s Problem is… Well… Everything

September 1st, 2010 | By: Julian | Comments Comments(10)

Andrea Pirlo, the man who looks continually stoned, talked quite a bit about the state of Italian football. In fact, his soundbite is quoted at a whopping three sentences by ESPN, who didn’t exactly paint gli azzurri in a positive light. Words like “disastrous,” embarassing,” and “must drastically improve” pop out in the 3 paragraph, 2 sentence article. But perhaps the most ... [read more]

New Squad Numbers: The Number 9 is a Crazy Choice

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Two things were confirmed today. One is that Gigi Riva definitely reads this blog. The second is that the squad numbers for our two upcoming friendlies have been revealed.
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Injuries at Coverciano

August 30th, 2010 | By: Julian | Comments Comments(25)

There’s news emerging from the Azzurri camp today that quite a few key players have been struck with injuries. The Azzurri play Friday against Estonia but Prandelli will have a few selection headaches ahead of the match.
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