Archive for June, 2008

Top 10 Flops of Euro 2008

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Luca Toni’s topping the charts again… only this time, it isn’t very flattering. English tabloid The Sun just dished out another Top 10 list, regrouping the “Biggest flops” of this Summer’s Euro championship tournament. The Italy striker tops the list, despite receiving a pat on the back from Bayern Munich chairman Karl Heinz Rummenigge.
“It’s not […]


Euro 2008 SEMI-FINALS - Russia 0-3 Spain, Could This Finally Be La Selección’s Year?

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Russia 0-3 Spain. Well Italy didn’t go out for nothing at least. Yet.
The ever-famous (or infamous, I guess it depends where you stand) tournament-chokers really made a statement on Thursday night. Getting three goals past your opponent in a Euro Semi-Finals cannot be ignored, even if that opponent was modest Russia (who in spite of […]


Ciao Ciao Donadoni, Bentornato Lippi

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The penny has finally dropped at FIGC headquarters. Early morning, brief statement on the FIGC website:
“President Giancarlo Abete on Wednesday met with national coach Roberto Donadoni in the FIGC headquarters. In the course of the meeting, as already announced, they reviewed the work carried out in the last two years and how the European Championships […]


Euro 2008 SEMI-FINALS - Germany 3-2 Turkey, Nationalmannschaft thanks Philipp Lahm

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Germany 3-2 Turkey. Fatih Terim and his Turkish team are out of Europe: the comeback kings just ran out of miracles on Wednesday night, in a match during which, ironically and all things considered, they were the better team on the field.
In the days preceding the match, everyone thought Germany would have a very easy […]


Euro 2008 - Gazzetta rates the Italy Players

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport rated the Azzurri players at the end of their European adventure. Along with Gigi Buffon, positive scores were obtained by Chiellini and Grosso. All the strikers flunked the test, while some midfielders could have done better. The overall form however, was never great.
VIENNA (Austria), 24 June 2008 - The […]