Archive for the 'Italy' Category

June 2nd, 2011

Genoa Right Back Rafinha On His Way To Bayern Munich

via UEFA FC Bayern München have made their third signing of the summer by buying right-back Rafinha from Genoa CFC for a reported €7m. Having already added striker Nils Petersen and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Bayern have given Rafinha a contract until June 2014, an acquisition which could potentially allow Philipp Lahm to return to his ...
May 25th, 2011

Barcelona Interested In Villareal’s Italian International Giuseppe Rossi?

via SkySports Rossi, 24, has been strongly linked with UEFA Champions League finalists Barcelona in the Spanish media and Villarreal are said to want around €30million (£26m) for their star man. Italy international Rossi, who joined from Manchester United in the summer of 2007, scored a best ever 18 league goals this season to be ...
May 22nd, 2011

Video: Ferrari 458 Italia – the Racing Cockpit

The video has the descriptions of how to perform the adjustments and the explanations of the commands' ergonomics in the 458 Italia that was "designed around the driver." Video after the jump.... (more...)
May 21st, 2011

Andrea Pirlo Surrrounded By Teammates During His Final Training At AC Milan

Both Andre Pirlo (2001 - 2011) and AC Milan deciding not to renew the 32 year old's contract at the San Siro by mutual consent.
May 13th, 2011

Sepp Blatter Writes Open Letter To Gazetto dello Sport Over Upcoming FIFA Presidency Vote

via Guardian Dear readers of Gazzetta dello Sport, What is this really about? In the case of Fifa's presidential elections we are not really talking about candidate A versus candidate B, but about whether in future there will be candidates at all. The election of 1 June could cause a tectonic movement with irreversible damage. What is at ...
April 18th, 2011

Caught Out

Chievo's Michele Marcolini caught Bologna's goalkeeper off his line and made him pay with this first time, long range strike. There's nothing quite like chipping a goalkeeper from distance. I have a feeling the Chievo players are trying to re-enact this goal during training this week. [TotalProSports]
April 13th, 2011

Hernanes – Freestyle Lesson #3 vs Parma

Such a dirty left foot.....
April 4th, 2011

Silvio Berlusconi On Mario Balotelli – ‘I Don’t Think His Style Suits Us’

Sometimes Italian International / Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has been very vocal over the past couple of years about his love affair with AC Milan and the possibility of one day playing with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But when Italian Prime Minister / AC Milan Owner Silvio Berlusconi chimes in on you not necessarily fitting in with what the ...