Daniele De Rossi

Italy boss Cesare Pran­delli announced his 23 man squad for the friendly against the Ivory Coast which will take place on Tues­day in Eng­land. Many of the names cho­sen by Mar­cello Lippi were dropped. Pran­delli made some expected changes fol­low­ing the World Cup dis­ap­point­ment with Fabio Quagliarella the only striker remain­ing from the team selected […]

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Inter Swapping Balotelli for Rossi?

by Robert on July 16, 2010 · 8 comments

As I always say when I write about trans­fers, please take this post with a grain of salt — there are so many trans­fer rumors out there that will never pan out. That being said, Rafa Ben­itez should acquire Giuseppe Rossi with the money he acquires from trans­fer­ring Mario Balotelli. It is one of the worst-kept […]

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An ESPN inter­view with some of the Ital­ian national team play­ers shows that not even the squad seems to know who will be on the pitch on Sun­day when they kick off ver­sus Paraguay.  Mar­cello Lippi has been tight-lipped about who will start and what for­ma­tion the Azzurri will play, even not­ing that the formation […]

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Lessons Learned from Giornata 12

by Robert on November 11, 2009 · 2 comments

The Inter­na­tional Break is a Wel­come One for Top Squads The 1–1 Inter-Roma draw this week­end high­lighted the risk for top flight Serie A clubs par­tic­i­pat­ing in inter­na­tional tour­na­ments; Inter has played three matches this month already and eight in the past 22 days.  Both Inter and Roma looked a bit slower and play was […]

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To fans of Cal­cio it’s still as vivid as ever: The vision of Fabio Can­navaro lift­ing the World Cup aloft remains the proud­est of Ital­ian mem­o­ries in a dif­fi­cult recent his­tory. But with one year to go before the 19th World Cup Final, Can­navaro and his Azzurri have a lot of hard work to do […]

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What Next For Roma?

by Kevin Walker on November 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Roma given a byweek with the sus­pended match against Sam­p­do­ria, didn’t help the least as Juven­tus handed the Gial­lorossi a 0 — 2 loss yes­ter­day. All focus now is on Cham­pi­ons League suc­cess for the cap­i­tal side as their scud­etto run is done and dusted.  The club sits 17th on 7 points, one point above the rel­e­ga­tion zone and Francesco […]

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Italy 2 — 0 Georgia Highlights

by Kevin Walker on September 11, 2008 · 0 comments

Thank you Mr. De Rossi for your two goals against Hec­tor Cuper’s Geor­gia and what goals they were.  With a can­non shot in the 16th minute, coming from over 25 yards out, Daniele De Rossi would pro­vide Italy the match win­ner.  No chance for the Geor­gian keeper as De Rossi’s kick from straight out was ris­ing and curved into […]

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