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Italy's Lack of Top Striking Talent a Concern for Euro 2016

by Ben McAleer at jueves, mar. 24 2016 09:51
Italy's Lack of Top Striking Talent a Concern for Euro 2016 “We don’t have strikers used to playing at the top level, used to handling the pressure. People like Inzaghi, Del Piero, Totti or like me. That’s depressing.” To an extent, it’s difficult to disagree with Luca Toni’s comments on Italy’s current striking pred...
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Team Focus: Belgium Not Yet Transcendent but Among Euro Favourites

by Andy Brassell at lunes, nov. 16 2015 16:50
Team Focus: Belgium Not Yet Transcendent but Among Euro Favourites Plenty still claim that international friendlies are meaningless, but you’d have had a job on your hands telling that to Belgium fans last week. The King Baudouin Stadium has been the venue for significant outpourings of joy in the past few years - most recently after the 3-1 victory over Isra...
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Player Focus: Putting Side Before Self Attracts Azzurri to Éder

by James Horncastle at jueves, mar. 26 2015 10:46
Player Focus: Putting Side Before Self Attracts Azzurri to Éder On the eve of Sampdoria’s game against Inter, Sinisa Mihajlovic called a team meeting at the club’s Mugnaini training ground in leafy Bogliasco. He booked the film room for it and left the players under the impression that they were about to do some opposition analysis. Big misunderstood...
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Player Focus: Could Di Natale Still Succeed on the International Stage?

by Ben McAleer at jueves, oct. 9 2014 16:25
Player Focus: Could Di Natale Still Succeed on the International Stage? In the film ‘Mike Bassett: England Manager’, there’s a moment where the recently-appointed England boss comically selects Ron Benson and Tony Hedges for his first squad. They’re third division players, one of them is 46! a reporter remarks in Bassett’s first press confe...
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Player Focus: Zaza Works His Way to Top Thanks to Sassuolo's Italian Loyalty

by James Horncastle at jueves, sep. 11 2014 10:02
Player Focus: Zaza Works His Way to Top Thanks to Sassuolo's Italian Loyalty Edvard Munch’s Expressionist masterpiece The Scream hangs in Oslo’s National Museum. After Simone Zaza scored his first goal for Italy in Tuesday night’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion, Sky Italia’s Alessandro Alciato remarked that the bald striker...
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Player Focus: Darmian's Promising Start to Life with the Azzurri

by James Horncastle at viernes, jun. 20 2014 14:00
Player Focus: Darmian's Promising Start to Life with the Azzurri Jorge Luis Pinto went to a football stadium and fell in love. It was the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. The year was 1978. A World Cup was on. Pinto had tickets to see Italy play Argentina and witnessed a shock. The hosts lost. Roberto Bettega’s 67th minute strike was the only goal of the...
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Player Focus: The Challenge of Stopping Andrea Pirlo

by James Horncastle at jueves, jun. 12 2014 15:17
Player Focus: The Challenge of Stopping Andrea Pirlo The announcement had been expected for some time. On Wednesday it finally came. Andrea Pirlo signed a new contract with Juventus. Fans of the Old Lady will get to see the veteran deep-lying playmaker perform in Turin for another two years. Pirlo will continue to pull the black and white shirt on unt...
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Player Focus: Maturing Cassano Ready For World Cup Challenge

by James Horncastle at martes, jun. 3 2014 15:42
Player Focus: Maturing Cassano Ready For World Cup Challenge Until recently, Antonio Cassano didn’t believe he had any realistic hope of making Italy’s squad for the World Cup. Back in the spring he gave himself a “zero percent” chance of participating. “I think about Brazil,” he joked. “It’s a beautiful country...
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Player Focus: Mario Balotelli and Italy's Striker Situation

by James Horncastle at martes, abr. 29 2014 16:42
Player Focus: Mario Balotelli and Italy's Striker Situation “Pure nihilism,” huffed Zvoni Boban. The Milan great had become exasperated with Mario Balotelli. His opinion was that the striker had played like he didn’t care on Friday night. Against Roma, he had walked around the pitch indolently. Existential questions were posed. Didn’t...

Player Focus: Can Pirlo and Verratti Play Together?

by James Horncastle at miércoles, abr. 9 2014 12:08
Player Focus: Can Pirlo and Verratti Play Together? On Saturday afternoon, Andrea Pirlo appeared on Radio Deejay Football Club. The presenters, Ivan Zazzaroni, Guerin Sportivo’s former editor, and Fabio Caressa, Italy’s foremost commentator, touched upon many subjects in their interview. They covered his free-kick taking technique, why he...
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