A thought experiment: if Cesare Prandelli could pick any player in the world for his starting XI, would he still choose any Italian players? Have...
This season, 2012-2013, may be the best for many years to come in terms of the opportunities it will provide for young Italian players to get...
Sometimes this forum is all doom and gloom, so I thought I should put in context for all of us the remarkable performance of the Azzurri so far in...
Italy came second in Group C with 5 points from 3 games, scoring four goals, conceding two, notching a win vs. Ireland and creditable draws vs....
We're just a week away from Euro 2012. Let's start hearing your predictions: how far will Italy go? Which players will shine, which will struggle?...
Today I was watching Palermo-Roma and became quite interested in 20 year-old forward Fabio Borini. Borini scored the match winner and has been on...
After following his career both at Inter and Manchester City, I am beginning to feel that Mario Balotelli is the modern player most reminiscent of...
Here is an interesting metric for judging the quality of the national team you're backing at Euro 2012: how many first-choice players at elite...
I thought we might keep a thread on the fortunes of those players in contention to make Italy's Euro 2012 squad. It can be updated after each...
I have to be honest that the season ahead doesn't fill me with great excitement--neither Milan nor Juventus seem to have the money or ambition to...
The Gazzetta dello Sport has rightly called this Italy team the worst in history: never before had we finished bottom of a group in a World Cup....
Very bad. I was correct to predict Italy would go three and out this Confederations Cup, and as Spartak said in a recent post, it's time for...
Hi, all: I haven't been posting here for a long time, and I've been so remiss as to have my moderating privileges revoked (fully deserved) but...
I thought it would be nice to have a thread with links (or mentions) of the best soccer writers and their work, and why you like it. I think...
I know there are going to be a lot of hysterical people asking for an inquest into why Italy didn't go farther but I think we can all be pretty...
I don't know if you all noticed it, but this weekend (March 1-2) offered up a wonderful argument for why Serie A is still eminently worth...
Since we've got a couple of hours before Lazio-Torino kick off, there's still time to predict how the 2007-2008 season will go. :) While you'd...
It has been interesting to observe the reactions to Francesco Totti's -- aged 31, in the form of his life, one of the finest players of the...
We have made some good purchases (Juan, especially) and held on to most of our stars except Chivu. How do you see Roma's starting team lining...
Well, now that we've all had time to digest everything that happened in this 2006-2007 season, I think it's a good time to look back on what...
Great article about Gattuso in the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8853bef6-ef6f-11db-a64e-000b5df10621.html
First leg at Lo Stadio Olimpico. Sell out crowd. Totti vows Athens destiny. Discuss. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=418461&cc=5901
It's 1-1 after 40 minutes. Ujafalusi opened, De Rossi equalized. FORZA ROMA!!
This is - in my opinion - the complete list of Italian footballers who play at a world-class level. I am defining 'world-class' (an overused...
We travel to Valencia after the 4-0 destruction of Shaktar. Here's a preview from Channel 4:...