Juventus emerging as title contenders
Juventus suffered last season following one of the worst campaigns in their glorious history. There were multiple reasons behind their collapse such as instability due to coaching changes, a number of injuries to key players, the management’s bad decisions in …
Serie A Preview – The Resurrection of Juventus
Mention the 2009-2010 season to Juventus’ 170 million fans and they will shake their head in disgust. Italy’s most successful and beloved soccer team was a shell of itself, missing out on a European tournament spot due to poor play …
How Italy Will Beat Slovakia
Despite Italy’s lackluster performance in their first two group stage matches, the Azzurri have the chance to advance into the next round of the World Cup with a win or a tie plus help. Some excellent analyses of the Italian team’s …
Who Are the Starting 11 for the Azzurri?
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 …
Rossi Named to Italian National Team
Marcello Lippi announced the provisional Italian national team roster today on the FIGC website (official website notice here, Goal.com English summary here). Few controversies were expected, as the Italian squad won the last World Cup and looked to return most …
ONE YEAR TO GO: Will World Champs or World Chumps be flying to South Africa?
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 …
Cannavaro Returning To Serie A Is It Possible?
Cannavaro’s contract with “Los Merengues” runs out in June 2009, and reports have suggested the Real Madrid defender could be set for a return to Napoli. At the age of 35 we will be witnessing yet another great football career coming …