Tribute to a Mad Genius: Bobo Vieri

My favorite striker ever

I always think Vieri is as good as Ronaldo, it’s sad to see his career ended this way. He looks a lot like Joaquin Phoenix too.

A bit odd? That’s being generous.

For me, Vieri will always be remembered as a brilliant striker overshadowed by his petulant personality…see Euro2004.

Man he really does look like Joaquin Phoenix… I feel a Crapp Lookalikes post comin’

He was a fantastic player, especially in WC 98 and WC 02, its a shame he was attacked so harshly due his poor showing at Euro 04.
He was also intrigued too much with money, but given this is an azzurri blog his greed is irrelevant.

Definitely my favorite Azzurri striker in my lifetime. And that’s saying a lot for how little I saw of him. The stats speak for themselves, 9 goals in 2 World Cups is amazing, especially since we were eliminated early in those tournaments.

If only we had a Vieri on the team right now…..

Hell I’d settle for a player who can hit 1/2 that

My favorite Bobo moment was him holding off Dan Eggen, I believe, for Norway, and scoring a well taken goal in the WC98 Round of 16

and Mexes looks alot like Charlie Hunnam from SoA, then there’s Melo who looks a bit like Terrence Howard and Forest Whitaker. Sorry, I know this is the Italy offside, couldn’t help it.

Whose our next prolific striker?

Pazzini, Floccari, Aquafresca perhaps, Paloski,

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Breaking NEWS! Lippi thinks cassano is a great guy:

http://goal.com/en-us/news/86/italy/2009/10/22/1578384/italy-coach-marcello-lippi-to-review-future-after-the-world

I am beginning to sniff a world cup victory

Of those Marco, the only one I see with the potential to be a “bomber” is Pazzini. Floccari and Acquafresca are never going to reach those heights.

By stallion-returns | October 23rd, 2009 at 9:13 am

should read “racist returns”

next proflic striker? maybe pazzini but w/o cassano can he score

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jackson should that matter? Cassano should be there regardless.

Alessio, I do agree with you for now, but let’s wait and see paloski is still a bambino.

I reckon that although balotelli has a nack for scoring, if all goes according to plan in his career he will be much more than just a bomber, he’ll probably another baggio if anything – maybe maybe even more skilled, but he seriously needs to get on it if that is going to happen.

Vieri was the man. When living in london during the world cup 2002 my only glimpse of hope was this player. Everyone looked shit then including totti. Not a fan of inter as well but man this guy was incredible¡

we need a striker at juventus who can use their head to score like him¡¡¡

Nevermind yesteryear’s news of Vieri.

I hope some of you are having an opportunity to watch the dynamic duo at work in Cassano – Pazzini and Sampdoria. This team is completely schooling Bolognia right now. It’s completely beautiful to see some of these cassano passes turn into goals. For those who doubt this duo please watch today’s game, it may make you a believer.

Marco = it doesn’t matter what Cassano and Pazzini do. Apparently rumor out there is Zarate may play for Italy

Vieri was quite simply a monster in his prime (hence his ‘il mostro’ nickname). Whenever he was on the pitch for the Azzurri whether it be a qualifier or friendly or World Cup game, you had a feeling he would be on the scoresheet. His record of 23 goals in 49 games for Italy is pretty damn good. His finishing with his left foot was just sublime, he could score any kind of goal. And despite being extremely shy and rarely giving interviews, he loved the night life a little too much and I think that could’ve added to his decline after Euro 2004. Also despite being such a great goalscorer, you could never really associate him with one team, because of his frequent transfers and never really being loved by any fan base he played for (at Inter there was a point where he felt so under appreciated that he stopped celebrating goals). And finally, it’s too bad he was injured in 2006, because Lippi said he would’ve brought him to the World Cup, and if any recent Italian player deserved a World Cup victory it was him, who scored 9 goals between 98 and 2002. Overall, a great player. One of my favorites to watch back in the day.

And seriously, how can you not love any player nicknamed Bobo? That’s on a level with Kaka.

Side note- http://www.offthepost.info/2009/10/el-hadji-diouf-escapes-parking-fine-in-his-ridiculous-car/

El Hadji Diouf in this video is wearing Italia gear from head to toe. Too bad he’s a douche.

man i just watched the sampdoria-bologna game! that team are awesome at the moment…cassano was incredible, just controlled the whole game, pazzini and mannini were both great too…baffling then that the only player from the team to get a national call up from lippi is palombo.
We’re playing a friendly against sweden early in November. Very interesting to see what Lippi does there. If he pulls out a new squad with some different players, we could have some hope for the world cup with a more dynamic team. If we see the usual line up wih pepe etc, then we can safely expect to struggle like hell! Here’s hoping the stubborn bastard comes to his senses and we get to see Cassano wearing the blue shirt that he deserves to be playing in!!

zarate has an italian mother and is eligible to play for italia. He’d make a great addition to the team dont you think? I’d rather he play than Amauri who has no italian blood in him

I’d rather Amauri, he’s been in Italy for 10 years or so, whereas Zarate has already been called up for Argentina, he just hasn’t played

Ideally, Pazzini/Cassano over both of them though.

zarate has only been called up for the u-20s and he’s more skillful than amauri.
pazzini and cassano would be ideal though

any player who receive italian passport through jus sanguinis(right of blood) should be able to play for italy. so i think players like t. motta, zarate, santacroce, pastore, dellafiore, forestieri, and taddei should get a call if they are good enough to represent italy.

god i miss vieri! he’s the best italian striker i rememberr and he’s the one i grew up watchin when i was little

-on the diouf wearin all italian stuff, thats jokes lol, is his baseball cap have the italian crest on it too? cause i want one of those thenn

Vieri was indeed a great forward and I always had a soft spot for him even though I don’t support Italy. And did you guys know Vieri’s sporting idol is Australian cricketing legend Alan Border. He developed a love for the game as youngster when his family was living in Australia and after a World Cup even swapped a signed shirt of his for an autographed criket bat from Alan Border.

When Vieri for the nazionale had the ball, much like Baggio, he gave me pelle d’oca (goosebumps)! hard to say that these days..

No doubt about it: Among the greatest Italian strikers and for a time among the best in the world. At one point he was so “on” it was scary.

Cassano and Pazzini are indeed looking mighty fine.

Cassano and Pazzini are indeed the best on-form strikers in Italia period.
Current strikers in Italy squad are not performing 50% of Cassano and Pazzini, in exapmle; G. Rossi, Iaquinta, Di Natale, Gilardino, Qualiarella in addition to future candidate Amauri and probable call up Totti.

Bobo Vieri was magnificent, a total definition of a striker

starting to want to see a new blog now. Can we talk about something relevant?

Let’s have a blog about the road to the world cup. Who the preferred starting 11 are, and who deserves a spot on this national team. When was the last blog dedicated to Cassano?

on a side note, today I had some time to sit down and test drive fifa 10 with the national team. What a line I fielded. Most of you can guess who was on the field. Anyway, We battered slovakia 4-0 with 75% possession. At least in Fifa 10 land lippi knows what he is doing.

Also, Abete wants cassano on the national team http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/10/26/1586071/cassano-has-improved-and-deserves-to-play-for-italy – that is probably the biggest sign of something magical brewing in the azzurri. If this guy starts opening his mouth, Lippi will at least have to respond to it soon.

i’d also take mannini and pazzini from sampdoria. that team are a joy to watch right now. Also keep an eye out for rising starlet Poli

interesting article from goal.com. is italian football becoming too english:
http://goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/10/27/1586401/calcio-debate-italian-teams-are-becoming-too-english

Palombo, you are not the spoke person for the national team. And you are not national team material either.