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Ciao, Giacinto.

September 4th, 2006 | By: Jay | 7 Comments »

What a lousy week… the insufferable (and unacceptable) draw with Lithuania, and then the terrible news that Giacinto Facchetti passed. The tributes are everywhere- you can’t miss them- but his numbers speak for themselves:

- 70 matches wearing the Azzurri captain’s armband
- two time winner of the European Cup
- three-time World Cup player
- 600+ matches in an Inter jersey

… and one of the great attacking fullbacks to play the game. Facchetti simply revolutionized the position. If Roberto Carlos could actually defend, you’d have a close approximation of Facchetti.



Tags: Azzurri, Euro 2008, Giacinto Facchetti
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Username By Jane | September 4th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
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Jay this is indeed sad news, hadn’t read about it anywhere. Please don’t be too hard on the Italian team, they won the WC, had a heavy schedule, dealt with all the problems in Series A, a lot of them moving to new teams and it is very ealry days yet. They’ll come back they won’t let the fans down, you watch have faith my friend. Still can’t understand why they didn’t play Zambrotti though.

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Username By jo | September 5th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
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shouldn’t have had the dodgy pasta!!

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Username By Jay | September 5th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
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ha! Perhaps Italia had the Tottenham chef on hand last week? Is that what you reckon, Jo? :)

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Username By G. D | September 9th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
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people…world champions…what have ur country done lately?… if your a from brazil then i cant say anything…

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Username By jo | September 9th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
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probably died happy with his tongue stuck 12 inches up lippi’s shit ridden arse with a great big turd on the tip!!!

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Username By Thierry | September 11th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
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http://www.starsdufoot.com/les_joueurs_de_legende.htm
Les joueurs de légende
For all who ignore who he has been.

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Username By john | September 11th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
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Nice post Thierry. Good to know there are still respectful football fans out there.

Grazie / Merci / Thank You

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