Business as usual for Italy as Denmark are brushed aside
Three points in the bag and a very happy coach – that’s what we take home from this game. Denmark were anything but an irresistible opponent, so this match made for a good opportunity to take a look at what More...
Armenia reveal Italy’s offensive limitations
You wouldn’t think of a team that scores three goals that they are playing without an offensive department. And yet that was pretty much the case for the Italian team we saw yesterday night, battling against Armenia More...
Life’s a Pitch: The Passions Of The Press Box – Review
‘Passion. That’s this book, and football, condensed into a single word.’ These are the lines that open Marc Watson’s afterword to Life’s a Pitch, an anthology of oddly personal articles by various sports More...
Odd Couples: Fiorentina and AC Milan
AC Milan’s natural rivals are their cousins from the other half of the city, the Nerazzurri of Inter. This year, however, they may have found a different type of match. In terms of a general approach to football, More...
Overlooking the elephant in AC Milan’s room
AC Milan have been stumbling so dramatically in these first few games of the season that you hear more in the way of Shakespearian dramatic monologues on the subject than you do informed commentary. When some critics More...
Top 10 Italy Strikers: 1998 – 2012
Forza Italian Football intend to publish a ranking of the ten best and most significant Azzurri players of the last age. The list has been subdivided in three parts, by department, each with its own Top 10. This More...
Top 10 Italy Midfielders: 1998 – 2012
Forza Italian Football intend to publish a ranking of the ten best and most significant Azzurri players of the last age. The list has been subdivided in three parts, by department, each with its own Top 10. This More...
Top 10 Italy Defenders: 1998 – 2012
From today, Forza Italian Football intend to publish a ranking of the ten best and most significant Azzurri players of the last age. The list has been subdivided in three parts, by department, each with its own More...
Top 10 Italy Strikers: 1998 – 2012 – Number 1
1 – Francesco Totti The top two were close. Who deserves the greater recognition, the standard poacher who topped his potential, or the football genius who only expressed half his talent? In the end we chose Francesco More...
Top 10 Italy Strikers: 1998 – 2012 – Number 2
2 – Christian Vieri Christian Vieri had a negative reputation in his last years a footballer, as a result of an indifferent Euro 2004 showing, some poor performances in the 2006 qualifiers, and an erratic club More...
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