It’s been a bit of a slow week, and aside from the tragedy at the weekend and the news of Guiseppe Rossi’s new ACL injury, all is rather quiet on the Azzurri front.
So, I am going to endeavour to round up some Calcio/Italian based news of the week as we head towards the weekend’s fixtures..
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April 6th.
That is the date that Antonio Cassano’s doctor has given as the date of return. It’s less than two weeks away.
After a heart operation that has kept FantAntonio out since November, an event that made even the most stone hearted of Calcio and indeed football fans fear for the worst, it appears that we [...]

Despite my own sense of patriotism for my own national anthem, I found another song that I have grown to love similarly: the Italian national anthem. And I fell in love with it primarily through football. First of all, it is a lot more of a fun tune than so many of the other anthems. [...]

As Guiseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano’s respective ailments take their toll on the Azzurri selection process, the more cynical fans among us will be already preparing the finger pointing when Italy lack the firepower needed to overcome the likes of Spain and the Republic of Ireland, citing the duo’s absence as the forefront of a conglomerate of [...]

Fabio Cannavaro: “She has nice..

Marco Borriello:  “..hair”
Care to enter your own?
Fabio’s clearly loving this..

On the 13th of January, AC Milan posted this statement on their website:
AC Milan announces that during this week Antonio Cassano had a neurological check-up with the team of Professor Nereo Bresolin and Dr. Yvan Torrente and a cardiology visit with Professor Mario Carminati. Both check-ups gave positive results, so Antonio Cassano will begin individual [...]

With Christmas upon us, I immediately think of the player whose very name means “of Christmas.” 34 year-old Antonio Di Natale has been capo cannoniere two years running in Serie A and already has 10 goals this season for Udinese.

First of all, you must imagine me saying this in the voice of Bing Crosby, it adds to the illusion.
Hello there, everyone.
Over the last few weeks, I have watched my good co blogger write pieces that seem to split everyone down the middle(don’t worry, it’s not one of those articles, he writes what he [...]

“The Angels sing, in his legs” Aldo Agroppi, Fiorentina 1985-1986
“His legend was not built on titles, but on moments ”

There are legends for every club. Every Calcio side has it’s own demi god, the faces and numbers that are often as recognisable as the colours and stadia. They are the human representation of the [...]