Communist 2 - South Africa 0
What that was was a lot of great foreplay combined with erectile dysfunction until Cristiano Lucarelli finally found that last little blue pill which was floating around in the bottom of his of his dresser drawer; or, they created beaucoup chances but couldn’t put anything away (welcome to life as […]

The Azzurri continues to struggle, losing badly 3-1 to the Hungarians in Budapest

So I picked a right bad week to be on a Caribbean island with spotty internet activity, apparently. At least it seemed that way until I returned to the frozen tundra of Chicago. At any rate, there is not much that can be said that hasn’t already about the tragedy of Filipo Raciti. I’m not sure if the FIGC, the Olympic Committee or anybody else can stop the violence in the short term with any “measures”. The fact is, this is a cultural issue, a problem that has to be addressed aggressively but in ways that might not thrill traditional football fans.

UEFA has a short interview with Pierluigi Casiraghi, the current Under-21 coach.

When you’ve won all there is to win back home, you start to look abroad for challenges. Or so it seems for Marcello Lippi, who’s name is now being bandied about around Stamford Bridge.

Has everybody had enough of the drama between Francesco Totti and Donadoni? This thing has stumbled on longer than a Sopranos off-season.

Happy new year to all…I’ve been ‘taking a break’ from the Azzurri blog over the holidays, doing some traveling, etcetera, but its time to get back to the task at hand!

Here’s an interesting little interview on the UEFA site with Marcello Lippi, for your lunch-hour reading…

Cannavaro to win Ballon D’or when its officially announced on November 27th.

Well, this one has to illicit some yawns. Typical ‘friendly’ stuff…lots of substitutions, multiple formations, and nothing really tangible to take hold of for the Euro qualifiers.