Brazil Preview Part 4: Potentially Canceled….

January 27th, 2009 | by: Julian |

Hey guys, remember that one time I blogged about the Brazil friendly? It was a while ago, and I went all out, actually doing 3 looks at their squad. The squad was announced the other day and it’s basically what we all thought it would be. But today I go on goal.com and find this article. Which says that it’s probably going to end up being canceled.

Shit.

Let’s not jump the gun here. It could still be on- there’s no official word as of yet. But if it is cancelled, it sucks for two reasons. One, for me personally cause I spent like a weeks worth of posts covering the game. But also because it denies Italy a chance to really test themselves against a big gun.

More on this as it happens.

Edit: Nevermind, we’re good to go

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Comments

By Caroe | January 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

I don’t football and politics should be mixed. Play the damn game ffs.

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By Caroe | January 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

don’t think*

Posted from Denmark

By Julian | January 27th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

http://www.goal.com/en/news/468/internationals/2009/01/27/1080803/breaking-news-italy-brazil-will-go-ahead

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By asem | January 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

GO AHEAD, SON
Game On

I’m pretty excited.
Have squads been released yet?

…Francesco…?

Posted from United States

By Samuel | January 27th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

The game will go ahead as scheduled, they’ve decided that Politics should not interfere with sporting events.

Posted from United States

By Julian | January 27th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

No squads yet asem

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By mele419 | January 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

You know I’m not too confident for some reason. Brazil will be VERY tough. Pato (if he plays) has A LOT of pace and A LOT of skill and will BURN any inexperienced (and even the experienced) defender. Their keepers are both very good too, of course not as good as Buffon. I don’t really know what to expect from either side, I think this one could really go either way.

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By asem | January 27th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

It’ll probably be a draw…

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By Bro | January 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Add some spice to this friendly: whoever wins gets Cesare Battisti!

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By Julian | January 27th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

Amauri wasn’t called up by Dunga. You guys think Lippi will call him?

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By hant00 | January 27th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

^ don’t think so. at least not for brazil friendly. Lippi is not the kind of man who go for sensation.

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By kqql | January 27th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Amauri is still not Italian and Rossi out injured / Sprained left Ankle
during training…………
No Amauri or Rossi (out 2-3 weeks) …………………….

Pellegrini pierde a Rossi durante dos semanas
El italiano sufrió una torcedura al intentar apoyar el pie tras una entrada de Godín
http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=438570

By Ian | January 27th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

You should know better than to trust information from goal.com.

By Julian | January 28th, 2009 at 12:17 am

Ian- channel4 and other sites were reporting this too.

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By Stefano | January 28th, 2009 at 9:52 am

That do you guys think of goal.com saying that Maldini should be called up to play against Brazil for a farewell. I think its a great idea but I would like to see it in Italy though.

By kappa | January 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Hey guys hows everyone. Julian, if you are still looking for ideas on posting you could do a piece on the best Azzurri jerseys and have everyone vote for their favourite. I have to admit I am very curious because I just bought the 02 kappa and some guy said that they didn’t like it.

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