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Intro: The Next Buffon?

July 2nd, 2009 | By: Paul | 10 Comments »

Continuing Julian’s posts, here’s an intro on one of our highly touted young goal keepers:
Vincenzo Fiorillo

Intro: Salvatore Bocchetti

July 1st, 2009 | By: Julian | 14 Comments »

Our beloved Azzurri is in a time of transition; I’ve said that, you’ve read that on other sites, and you probably think that, too. But what does that really mean? In essence, older players are going to be let go and younger players are going to be brought into the national team setup. “Intro” is [...]

This is Our Starting 11 For World Cup 2010*

April 14th, 2009 | By: Julian | 67 Comments »

Posts like these are so hard to do. They’re extremely speculative in nature, and calling something over a year in advance when footy changes so quickly means that this list is very, very tentative at best. I mean, it’s possible that all of these players could start to suck and be dropped from the roster [...]

Jersey Throwbacks and Confusing Competitions

February 4th, 2009 | By: Julian | 6 Comments »

For the Confederations’ Cup this summer, Lippi’s men will be donning a new jersey. I haven’t seen a picture/mock up of it yet, but it’s supposed to be a throwback to the 1930’s style shirts we wore when we won the 1934 and 1938 WC. It’s due to have a V neck and the Italia [...]

Beckham and Milan: A Look At What’s Wrong With Italian Clubs

December 20th, 2008 | By: Julian | 38 Comments »

David Beckham was officially unveiled as an AC Milan player today. At first glance, this has little to do with the Azzurri. Beckham is English, and Milan is a club team. So why blog about it on the Italian national team blog? Well, it’s not quite that simple. Beckham’s arrival at Milan serves as a [...]

Milan and Samp Fail; Udinese Through in the UEFA Cup; U21 Group Stages Set

December 3rd, 2008 | By: Julian | 8 Comments »

AC Milan were knocked out of the Coppa Italia today by Lazio. Sheva scored first for Milan (Yeah, I had to read that twice, too. It isn’t a typo), but Zarate and Pandev both scored towards the end to win it for Lazio. Milan played with 10 men for the last 20 minutes or so [...]

Lippi: Let’s Give Youth a Chance

November 4th, 2008 | By: Julian | 16 Comments »

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Italy Coach Marcello Lippi wants to refresh the look of La Nazionale by bringing in a couple of new faces for upcoming internationals.

Bulgaria Review

October 13th, 2008 | By: Julian | 34 Comments »

I dunno if I’d give us a thumbs up, but it could’ve been worse…right?

Amelia Is Out of WC Qualifiers; Also Blatter Is Still a Moron

September 3rd, 2008 | By: Julian | 16 Comments »

Amelia is out and will not play in the upcoming qualifiers. He picked up a back injury in training and word is that the doctors don’t want to risk the injury being any worse. Which is a shame cause he was really starting to grow on me. Buffon and De Sanctis are still there, but [...]

Analyzing the Past and Looking Towards the Future

August 17th, 2008 | By: Julian | 16 Comments »

First things first- apologies. I didn’t liveblog the match like I planned to, so sorry for that. And sorry for not posting over the past 2 days, but I literally was only home for 5 minutes since Saturday. We’ve got a crapload of stuff to cover, so I’ll get on with it.


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