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Euro No Shows : Francesco Totti a.k.a. Jesus

April 28th, 2008 | By: Marco | No Comments »

There’s nothing I need to say about Totti. But little people know that Stephen Hawking and Francesco Totti are long lost cosmically connected twin brothers. In some sort of twisted demented way, Francesco Totti’s body works in the same way Stephen Hawking’s brain does! Alas, it works the other way around as well.
Although non-Romanista, Azzurri […]

China not big enough for Rossi !

April 23rd, 2008 | By: Marco | 3 Comments »

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 […]

Is Pippo still Azzurri worthy ?

April 18th, 2008 | By: Marco | 3 Comments »

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with Inzaghi. As a youngster, Inzaghi was one of my favourite players. Even the fact that he wore the Yankee-esque pinstripes of Juventus didn’t smother my appreciation for the striker. It’s purely irrationnal, i just like the fact he has the letters Z-I and G in his name, […]

Euro 2008 No Shows : Alessandro Nesta

April 15th, 2008 | By: Marco | No Comments »

Roman born Alessandro Nesta has been one of the worlds best, if not the best, central defenders for the past 10 years or so. But his various injury woes have seen him back away from his International duties.
Unfortunately for Roberto Donadoni’s Azzurri squad he won’t be able to select the big Milan defender […]

Future Phenoms ; A Collective Ode. Part 2.

April 9th, 2008 | By: Marco | 2 Comments »

Part 2 of the Future Phenom post
Part 1 can be found here
6. Giuseppe Rossi
21 year old Jersey-born second striker for Villareal (Parma/Man U homegrown)
Has the potential to be the next : Antonio Cassano 2.0 with that special anti-crazyness plugin , the next Beppe Signori

Rossi has been displaying his talent all over Europe. The 21 […]

Lippi ; I wouldn’t mind Coaching Italy again! OK so what about Tibet Marcello?

April 1st, 2008 | By: Marco | 2 Comments »

«Nella vita non si può mai dire mai. Un giorno, non so quando, non so in quale momento, non mi dispiacerebbe tornare ad allenare la Nazionale. Non le posso dire quando ma non escludo che in futuro non sarò di nuovo ct»
FT : In life, you can never say never. One day, I don’t know […]

The Don’s Done Deal ; Not so Done

March 21st, 2008 | By: Marco | 2 Comments »

Looks like The Don won’t be signing his contract just yet.

Roberto Donadoni managed the Italy squad all the way into Swiss Austria and is quite proud of his accomplishment. He’s positive that what he has done already is enough to guarantee him a lengthier contract. However, someone should tell him he did it with […]

Striking Problem ; is Amauri the Solution ?

March 17th, 2008 | By: Marco | 3 Comments »

The reigning World Champions are looking forward to their Swissaustrian stay this summer. This is one of the deepest teams on the Travelling National Carnival. Marco Amelia’s performance for Livorno and his solid play against an aggressive Portuguese squad has demonstrated that he’s an excellent keeper. Not Gigi good but honestly, who is? Even […]

Ten Years Ago Today : Trapattoni Tantrum

March 14th, 2008 | By: Marco | 2 Comments »

*Ok, it wasn’t today
**maybe this should be on the Irish page
***It also helps if you know that the name Strunz, sounds a lot like the word stronzo (FT; Dumbass) in a lot of Italian Dialects
(some time earlier this week) marks the 10 year anniversary of Giovanni Trapattoni’s now infamous Bayern Munich press conference. The former […]

Cassano’s Coffin not Completely Closed ?

March 8th, 2008 | By: Marco | 4 Comments »

Antonio Cassano and his recent antics have surely ended the chances of seeing Antonio’s sweet football skills in the AustrianSwisses this summer. Or have they ?
It seems like Roberto Donadoni hasn’t made a final decision concerning The Talented Bari Born Player.
“I think that in terms of psychological calm, Cassano couldn’t ask for more, seeing the […]


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