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Canna: King of Parades

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 [...]

Luca Toni’s Tattoo Is Cooler Than Your Tattoo

And he deserves it.

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

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 [...]

Is Pippo still Azzurri worthy ?

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, [...]

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

«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

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 ?

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 [...]

Lights Will Guide You Home

Controversial? Perhaps. Fantastic? Without question.

Italy News : Lippi and Borriello

Marcello Lippi

Marcello ”Pimpaliscious” Lippi has been out of the football circle since his triumphant 2006 voyage to Germany. The now legendary ex-Italian gaffer has been rejecting offers left and right since his World Cup win. Lippi is what I would call a nicely decorated coach: 5 Scudetti, a Champions League title, an Intercontinental [...]

Italian Exodus, Movement of the Players

exodus : N. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile
environment [syn: hegira, hejira]

Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning squad was the only team in the tournament that had only domestic based players. Even if Marco Materazzi, Gennaro Gattuso and of course, [...]


100 Days Until World Cup 2010 Kickoff

March 2nd, 2010 | By: Daryl | Comments Comments(5)

There were celebrations in South Africa today to mark the 100 day countdown to World Cup 2010. OK, yes, 100 is just an arbitrary number. There's no real reason to celebrate 100 days to World Cup kickoff anymore than there is to celebrate 102 days to World Cup kickoff. I [read more]

ESPN Ranks World Cup Players 1-50.

March 2nd, 2010 | By: chris | Comments Comments(22)

The Global Leader In Sports jumps through hoops for the Globe's Sport once every four years during the World Cup, often conveniently with parent company ABC holding the broadcast rights - at least until recently. After losing Champions League rights they acquired some Premier League and La Liga rights, while launching ESPN360, an all-sports outfit, but one which prominently features games from La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Eredivisie and various other cup competitions on a weekly basis. They also moved abroad, launching ESPN in the UK last fall.

The reputation of the network, especially that of the website, hasn't always been very good when it comes to the beautiful game, but they're trying*, and it's earning a bit of leeway (at least in these parts). So when ESPN's 23-person panel announced the top 50 players going to the World Cup (bolding that so people can be yelled at for the inevitable 'ZOMFG?!?!?! ZLATAN?!?!?! ARSHAVIN?!?!?!' later), I went in with an open mind. [read more]

Brazil World Cup Team History: Part II (1958 - 1970, the Pelé Years)

March 1st, 2010 | By: Daryl | Comments Comments(5)

In Part I of Brazil's World Cup team history, we relived the years 1930 to 1954. Number of World Cups Brazil won in those years? Big fat zero. But all that changed from 1958 onwards with the emergence of Pelé and Garrincha. Two players so talented that as a duo they were literally unbeatable. That's a fact. Brazil never once lost a game when Pelé and Garrincha appeared together. So prepare yourself for Brazil 1958 to 1970, and three World Cup wins out of four. The Golden Years for the canary yellow shirts. [read more]

The New Thousand Year War: Zinedine Zidane v Marco Materazzi.

March 1st, 2010 | By: chris | Comments Comments(19)

At this very moment we have 101 days, 1 hour, 47 minutes and 19...18..17 seconds until South Africa kicks off according to the official countdown on FIFA's World Cup websitestraveganza.

And yet as we grow nearer to shedding a digit from the number of days remaining - from three to two - you may have noticed pictures of Zinedine Zidane accompanying headlines this morning. Why? Who the hell knows, but get ready for a World Cup bombardment of Zidane v Materazzi: Four Years On. [read more]

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Happy Birthday Babacar!

Well, the fact that I turned 30 last week and one of the key forward prospects for Fiorentina is celebrating his 17th has me feeling a bit old this morning. But, this fact makes his recent contributions all the more exciting. Hopefully the squad can continue to bring ...

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The Great Dzeko Debate

Without a midweek fixture I thought I would explore a hot topic in comments throughout the season. Before we start this debate I want to lay out some unalienable truths: ...

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VOTW: Grazie Capitano

Fabrizio Miccoli was a recent guest of the show ControCampo where they compiled a clip of his greatest moments in rosanero. Here's a portion of the broadcast - at the end, he also goes into detail about the Maradona earring he bought that he would like to return to Maradona ...

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VotD: The New Gladiator

Now also scouting new YouTube talent. ...

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Holy Crap! We WON!

So I step away from the computer for a few days and I come back to this: ...

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Viola Updates

What's happening everyone? My apologies for not getting a Napoli preview up, but my internets were down on Saturday due to some monsoons in DC. I was also behind a little bit due to celebrating my (gulp) 30th birthday. So, let's move on and take a look at what's ...

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Italy : Built for Chilean Linx (Since 1996)

Chilean soccer products have always relatively done well in Italy. Ivan - 1+8 - Zamorano started a semi-successful career for Inter back in 1996 and led the way to the first mini Chilean invasion at the end of the 90's with other notable players ; Marcelo Salas & David Pizarro soon followed adapting quickly, and with ...

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