I’ll start out by saying Roberto Donadoni has bigger grapefruits than I ever gave him credit for. Or perhaps his job security is a bit better now, enabling him to throw caution to the wind and bring the most gifted Italian not named Francesco Totti despite him being a batshit crazy motherfucker. Ladies & gents…….

CASSAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
If [...]

Anybody else slightly offended by this? They’ve made no attempt at subtlety with their implications. How about showing something Italians do rather well, like hoist trophies?
And could we get at least somewhat relevant here? They’ve got ZOLA in the promo? What was his last tourny, ‘96?
Come on, ESPN, you’re better than this.

I take these things with a grain of salt. Roberto Donadoni has done well lately keeping his cards close to his chest, though the one named “Alessandro Del Piero” keeps falling on the ground and he picks it up before anybody can get a definitive answer (JUST TELL US ALREADY, STOP THE MADNESS!).
Doesn’t stop it [...]

Ok, Ok, don’t castrate me. After Nesta and Totti comes Balotelli. No shows isn’t about crazy talented players of azzurri past (get ready for some Baggio action), it’s about who’s not going to Euro 2008 and Mario isn’t going. Super Mario Balotelli is a force to be reckon with. At 17 years of age [...]

To a man and woman, we’re all thankful for Marco’s performance in the summer of 2006. We’re thankful he stepped in for a fallen legend and provided much more than expected. We’re thankful for his goal against France. And we’re damn sure thankful he said not nice things about Zizou’s sister. But it’s time to [...]

Provided a new deal isn’t inked before June 7th, when talking about the Azzurri’s exploits this summer, more often than not it’ll be directly linked to the chances of Roberto Donadoni getting a contract extension. So if they’re playing well, he has a good chance of getting a new deal. If they aren’t, his chances [...]

After catching Fabio Cannavaro’s pic during Madrid’s title parade, I came to the sudden conclusion: Fabio is the King of Parades.
04-05: Juventus Scudetto parade*
05-06: Ditto*
World Cup 2006: Parade of Champions
06-07: Real Madrid La Liga champions parade
07-08: Ditto
* - You know.
So in honor of The King of Parades, a nice highlight reel from Germany. Though [...]

Apparently Phil Collins was wrong, you CAN turn back the years, because Alessandro Del Piero and Pippo Inzaghi have both been doing it towards the close of this season with goal totals bringing great worry about the quality of defense in the peninsula. Somewhere pigs are flying, hell is frozen, Raymond Domenech is saying something [...]

In watching the UEFA Cup semi-final game between a Fiorentina and an U-6 team masquerading as Rangers, I realized a few things:
1. If shit doesn’t work, don’t keep doing it. (Like playing crosses into the middle.)
2. Cesare Prandelli is a fantastic dresser, but the man needs more variety. (The pic to the left is not [...]

China isn’t enough for the youngster;
Beppe Rossi wants to go to the Austrian Swisses. He feels like, scoring 11 goals in 19 games in one of the strongest leagues in the world not called Serie A, is enough to take that last striker spot on the Senior Squad. And if you ask me, because [...]