If we could play like this all the time…

I am the biggest Azzurri fan and even though we have pretty much qualified I am not looking forward to the prospect of Italy facing Ireland away from home. I have a funny feeling we will be asking Lippi the same questions again!

However although I am not a fan of Gilardino or Iaquinta at international, Iaquinta’s goal is something I hope they can replicate time and time again. The first time since Delpiero banged in the second against Germany have I seen such flowing football from the boys in blue. As always Forza Italia!

being an English, Azzurri are my second favourite team, i have always followed them. In 1990 they had an unlikely hero, or rather an unexpected one in Schillachi who outshone everyone ..i mean much was expected from the likes of Vialli, carnivale, de napoli but it was Schillachi´s goals which lit up the world cup. many critics are terming this current Azzurri crop as veterans/stale and slow. But will Lippi unearth some young star who will be the sensation surprising one and sundry??
It is very much possible that some young firebrand could suddenly spring out of wilderness into International reckoning and light up the world cup..Will Macheda or say Paloschi or even Poli or maybe a not so young but extremely slippery and talented Guiseppe Sculli spring out of nowehere????

I don’t understand why Amauri should get the call up before pazzini? Who has more goals this season so far? Who had more goals the second half of the season? Amauri isn’t italian and he should not play for the italian national team. It seems that actual italians in italy don’t want him to play for the national team. A couple of juventini on the national team want him to play and a good crop of morons on this board are creaming at the idea. It shouldn’t happen, not over home grown men who deserve the chance far before a egotistical brazilian,

“Clearly since Inter was named “Internazionale” to allow for international players 100 years ago, means they are not supposed to field Italians now. That’s the biggest bullshit I’ve ever heard. It means your team is committed to some internationals, not 11 of them starting week-in week-out.”

Clearly someone has no idea what he’s talking about.

Funny rant though.

“Yeah, y’know, playing in Italy. Speaking Italian. Being Italian. Motta was off busy learning how he could corrupt his foreign language skills with Catalan. He doesn’t speak Italian, has only been here a year, doesn’t deserve to wear Azzurro. For starters, maybe if he learns the language.”

I love how only alessio gets to decide what criteria a player has to have to be considered an Italian.

It’s almost as amusing how only Juventus players, like Camoanesi, get to be foreign born National teamers. If anyone else thinks about a player who is not from Juventus being a foreign born National teamer, alessio is the first to complain. Gotta love people for whom the rules are so bendy…

But then again, this is Juventus, right?

There is nothing on this earth that will make Amauri an Italian before his citizenship – not his time in the country, not his employment record, not his ability to make certain sounds with his mouth – nothing.

Except that which Motta already has…

But it – being the rules – will never matter to Juventino like alessio, or Lippi.

By the way, shouldn’t this blog have a gelding on a field of black and white on it like the other Juventus blogs?

I mean, since only Juventus players are now allowed on the National team?

Good job against Bulgaria, by the way.

Not so nice against Egypt and Brazil a month or two ago though…

Could use some players from other teams…

Ooops! What was I thinking…

Oohh MAD. I was waiting for that, you make my day. Nevermind the fact that I was opposed to Camoranesi joining the Nazionale, or the fact I’d love Santon to start playing for Italy. (and Inter) Entertaining stuff.

vNot so nice against Egypt and Brazil a month or two ago though…

Duh, the problem was we needed more Juventini.

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“Oohh MAD. I was waiting for that, you make my day. Nevermind the fact that I was opposed to Camoranesi joining the Nazionale, or the fact I’d love Santon to start playing for Italy. (and Inter) Entertaining stuff.”

Good.

You seem to not have very strong ideals if you opposed Camoranesi and yet embrace him and Amauri for inclusion.

There must be another factor that makes it okay for this to happen.

I wonder what it could be…

We both know how you reacted to Santon’s inclusion. “Love” was not the emotion. I doubt that has changed at all.

I agree about the entertainment. I really like the revisionist history of Inter, too. Very informative. Not about the club, of course…

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FORZA JUVE

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Julian come on now! All i wanted to say is that MAD and Mickey’s child would possibly and in no way offensively resemble a certain Massimo Moratti.

Was that so offensive?

Love the post!

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Iaquinta has to go and be replaced with Pazzini. sure he can run, but he can’t score.
Great italy performance all up though. Marchisio was a stand out. If we can get santon in for zambrotta, that’ll make a difference too.

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signore mickey…I REALLLLLYYY hope that your not suggesting that Lippi should call up more Inter players are you? i could have “misread” your comment but….

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this team would fucking gun it at the world cup, using the same formation.

Buffon
Santon Chiellini Cannavaro Grosso
De Rossi
D’Agostino Marchisio
Pirlo
Cassano Pazzini

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That would be sick, Mike. But I have a better idea.

Toldo
Santon Materazzi Orlandi
Motta
Balotelli

Shit. Can’t fill the team.

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balotelli’s a shit head. he played like balls in the u-21 game recently. He’s got some growing up to do

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it was a dig at Inter having like 6 Italian players on their books elgible for the national team.

I could personally care less what club team fields the most players but maybe that’s b/c I’m a fan a smaller team. One thing I do know is that we need a player up top who can hold the ball and wait for support. Too often a good ball gets played through and our strikers try to turn when they can just hold it and wait for someone.

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Lmao Ale. Throw in Luca Caldirola, Francesco Bolzoni, Jacopo Fortunato, Luca Tremolada, Marco Ezio Fossati and Mattia Destro and I think you might have a full 11 player squad of Italians! GASP!!! Even as a Juve fan I have to admit inter’s primavera has some great talent. Either that or I’m playing too much FM. It’s gonna be interesting to see in 5 years or so how many of these guys will continue their careers there and will be viewed as important by inter itself. If anything give em to us and we’ll turn Bolzoni and Fossati into Marchisios.

Re: Youtube – Danish Mother Seeking.
Is that Cassano’s Baby?

Bolzoni was given to Genoa as part of the Motta deal, jorid. Not sure about the others.

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oh, the day azzurri fans all agree on something….that will be something.

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A fantastic game … The defence look great , just Santon instead of Zambrotta . The midfield is good , and in attack Cassano – Pazzini !

oh, the day azzurri fans all agree on something….that will be something.

Luca Toni should never wear Azzurro again. That, I think we can.

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I don’t care where the players come from.

I don’t even care if foreign born get to play either.

I just don’t understand why Juventus supporters have to put down other clubs because they have lots of players on the National team and beat a team like Bulgaria.

Considering the Juve-Italia’s performance against Brazil or Egypt… big fucking deal.

Oh, and to further bring amusement – to me – on this whole Juventini thinking that have a clue on who is on the books at Inter, you don’t need to go to the Primavera to accomplish your “goal”. I think you can make a decent team with Italian players loaned out, that is to say, eligible for the senior squad.

Anyone care? I know I don’t.

Is it really necessary for you guys to keep putting cassano in your starting 11, for god sakes lippi hasn’t selected him to be part of the squad since taking over after the euros. I guess hard headedness is difficult to overcome. Furthermore i could give a flying piss about what squad makes us the majority of the national team, juve, roma, milan…whatever, interisti don’t even both (with the expection of Santon)
And MAD i haven’t seen any juventus fans declaring their team is the best because they make us a good part of the squad, have i missed something?
Also your point on inter is invalid as you said inter loaned them out as if to say they’re not good enough to represent the nerazzurri whereas the team has won the scudetto by a mile for the past few years they’ve been major flops in the CL. Thus my loss of respect for Moratti, Mancini and Mourinho (the former i never liked anyway)

Well, since we all love this Juve-Azzurri argument, I wrote a whole post on it. Enjoy.

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