Archive for the 'Italy' Category
Video :: Football’s Greatest – Paolo Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender, being adept with either foot although naturally right footed. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club. During that period, he won the ...
Piermario Morosini Suffers Heart Attack and Dies on Pitch
Today is a very sad day for soccer with news that Livorno's Piermario Morosini suffered a heart attack on the pitch and has died. The former Italy under 21 international who was on loan at Livorno and playing in the Italian Serie B, collapsed in today's game against Pescara. Morosini was taken to the hospital after it was suspected that he suffered a ...
Giuseppe Rossi out another 6 months as he tears his ACL again – Will Miss Euro 2012
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Its being reported that Italy and Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi will miss the European championships after being ruled out for a further six months with a recurrence of a knee injury. Rossi, who had already missed half a year of play, was in the final stages of his recovery from a previous surgery but aggravated the ligament problem ...
Gianluigi Buffon On Juventus’ Coach Antonio Conte – ‘I Certainly Didn’t Think We’d Have The Success We’ve Had’
via FIFA
Gianluigi Buffon has credited Antonio Conte with reviving Juventus's fortunes this season. The Turin giants ended the previous two campaigns in seventh place and out of European football contention.
However, I Bianconeri have improved drastically since Conte took over the reins last summer. Juventus are through to the Coppa Italia ...
Video :: Mario Balotelli interrupts Andrea Stramaccioni’s first press conference for Inter Milan | #Swag
An interesting week for Manchester City just got a little bit more interesting. It has been reported that manager Roberto Mancini has given his club a couple of days off ... I'm sure there is a little bit "champagne and campaign" going on, and there is nothing wrong with that. But this was curious. Inter Milan's newly installed manager Andrea ...
Video :: Juventus v. AC Milan Highlights – Coppa Italia
Juventus 2 - 2 AC Milan : Scoring Summary
Juventus: Alessandro Del Piero (28')
AC Milan: Djamel Mesbah (51')
AC Milan: Maxi Lopez (81')
Juventus: Mirko Vucinic (95')
A goal in extra-time by Mirco Vucinic was enough to guide Juventus into the final of the Coppa Italia after a thrilling second leg against AC Milan.
Highlights after the ...
Video :: Nike Football: The Chance: Marco Materazzi’s First Find
via Nike Football on youtube:
Teamwork, hunger and talent: those are the qualities Inter Milan defender Marco Materazzi looked for with his first find. Across Europe and the world our scouts are searching for the 100 best young footballers to go through to The Chance global finals in Barcelona.
*Marco Materazzi, an Italian footballer, a defender, ...
Diego Maradona On His Desire To Return To Italy – ‘I Want To Return To Find Peace With The Tax Man’
via Guardian
Diego Maradona, still venerated in Italy as a sporting saint for leading Napoli to two league titles, wants to make peace with the country's tax authorities.
"I have never been a tax evader. I have always paid all the taxes I was aware of," Maradona, 51, told Sky TG24 television from Dubai, where he is coach of United Arab Emirates ...
