Buffon probably another 3-4 years, wc 2014 at 35 will probably be pirlo's last hurrah. Granted, you never know with him of course
I love that bein, the new football channel, has all the psg matches. So far, verratti has been their best midfielder, we have to see how he will...
Man, so how do we replace him! Start of some lean years I fear
Calico Pauly, Argentina got thrashed by the Dutch 4-0 and later went on to win 2 world cups the next three tournaments, and they weren't even a...
Balzaretti wasn't dropped for chiellini, he was dropped for abate! Guys, come on, sometimes the other team is just better, chiellini had a good...
As Bari, II don't think so, really. History looks back on the 1970 azzurri fairly favorably due to their impressive semi win, even though they got...
Game was over regardless, just too many good players in sync with Spain. They are just better than everybody else right now.
Credit to Spain. Italy tried their best and had a great tournament just Spain is too hard to handle. Just so many good players, arguably 5 of the...
No shame in this. Italy had a great tournament, and a lot of our players acquitted themselves well. We came out and tried to play with Spain...now...
2006 more talented when healthy, remember they were without nesta and only had totti at probably 70% maybe less. Also back then pirlo could...
3-5-2 with the juventus back 3 and de Rossi in his more natural position could be interesting. The pure center bcks should do better at dealing...
Miccoli will be beatified if we win on Sunday for sure
Fully fit that team had so much quality, but with no nesta and totti limping around with screws in his leg, I admit I had lost some confidence...
Yeah, but in 2006 we had the better squad on paper plus we had more rest since they had went to overtime, this time they have the better squad and...
Not really been any revelations this tourney, most of the best players so far are already established veterans. Kind of disappointing, as one of...
Whatever the formation, we just have to make sure we don't get outnumbered in the midfield. If they start to be able to isolate 4v3 and 5v4, we...
They're both totti wannabes :) euro 2000 semi holland
Germany has such quality in midfield, they will boss it for good portions of the match. Ozil is probably the best passing midfielder in Europe in...
Yeah I voted pirlo, but de Rossi has been great. Once pirlo retires ( tbh probably should be afrer this tournament, at 35 is just too...
So, we had to go an extra half hour AND we have TWO less days than the Germans due to this abysmal quarterfinal scheduling....that will definitely...
Rooney had a poor match, but come on dude has ripped apart many a team in the cl, including Milan. He looked crappy today because we bossed the...
Yeah, I just start coming back on the site every now and again.I never should have left, just fell out of the habit. Still see a lot of the old...
What a crap match, glad Italy won obviously, though I hate going through on pens. Such a coin flip
To me balzaretti is a must start, even in a 3-5-2, he is just better than giaccherini. On the other side is tough, Maggio is usually a terrific...
With no chiellini, I like de Rossi in the back even more. Plus his range of passing gives us an extra option if Pirlo is marked to hit the outlets...