Bologna had a line up with just one Italian player… I thought I was looking at inter Milan 2010 line up.
2024 Summer Olympics The typical performance from Italy. Usually in the Top 10 and this time no different. Same medal tally as Tokyo (40) but this year won 2 additional Golds. Usually Italy and South Korea are in the same placement and this time no different. Also placed 10th overall in the last Winter Olympics. Medals won in the same disciplines, this time no different. A mixed bag of Fencing, Athletics, Swimming. The womens gymnastics team did very well Disappointments: - Above and beyond the Mens Volleyball team. Arrggh. Annoying that they cannot translate successes in the old World League, 8 Times Champions, and current World Championships, 4 times Champions. Not to be confused with World Cup which Italy has also won before. From Barcelona in 92 to present it's now become a mental block. Women's Team wins Gold, however. - 4X100M Mens team really messed up on the anchor leg. Jacob's had the 2nd best time in his leg, Lorenzo Patta was an absolute beast as he had the best time in his leg, which was the 3rd leg as well as 2 clean baton exchanges. But Tortu had the 7th best time in the anchor leg/ 4th leg. After the race he admitted that it was his fault that Italy just missed the podium as the team put him in condition to win the race or finish in 2nd. Any other day, Tortu performs and that's a Silver. - Mens Tennis. I understand the argument of not sending Pros but be that as it may, Jannik Sinner who is the #1 player on the ATP could have won a medal, if not Gold, had he not pulled out due to injury. Musetti did well to win the Bronze, however. As for other nations, Spain do so well in football in all competitions across all 18 different genders these days but in the Olympics they are rather plain. Really do seem to put a lot of emphasis on football. The Netherlands. Australia, NZ, Norway who put more stock in the Winter Olympics, overachieved. East Africans amazing at the long distance running as usual, other African nations doing well in the sprints, St Lucia wins their first ever Olympic medal and they win 2. USA 4X100M Mens Relay Team continue to botch this race since 2000. USA Basketball and their team sports in general genuinely struggle to understand what the definition of World Champion is. Mexico struggle to win Olympic medals on top of that struggle even worse than Italy at football these days which takes some doing. IMO Germany should be just a little higher, Asian subcontinent countries really don't care for sports other than cricket. They are in luck for LA 2028. I do feel bad for the female wrestler from India who spent the night in a sauna, had her hair cut off, had blood drained, but missed the weigh in by 100 grams. ********. Best meme was the Shooter from Turkiye -- ice cold. Some other athletes even giving a nod to him in their celebrations. France as expected won a higher than normal tally as they got automatic spots as hosts and as is expected took advantage of a friendly atmosphere and facilities they are familiar with. But the surf competition was dumb. Tahitian guy wins Gold in the waters/beach he's been surfing in since he was 8 years old. Australian guy literally had no chance to win as time ran out as he saw the clock run out as he was waiting for a wave to ride on. So because no wave came in for him to latch on to, the Tahitian guy, both ethnically and culturally, wins a Gold Medal for France -- LMAO.
Calafiori He played his first Minutes today for Arsenal coming on in the 64th Minute replacing Zinchenko at LB. Given it is Pre Season Friendly, not too much info out there. As expected this will be the position they bought him for. He would have surely had the convo with Arteta before signing so no surprise, I don't think. Will see in a few weeks what Spalletti has in mind. LB or keep him as a CB.
Nice..i'm still high on Esposito as an attacking option but really want him to get it together this year especially on the mental side. Empoli is awesome about playing young Italian talents, Also have to laugh that Parma and Venezia go out in the Copa to Setie B teams and they play like 2 Italians between them. It's a shame they are up in A this year
Lecce another team with very few Italian players… I’m assuming these small teams going for foreigners is a bid in the hopes they find a diamond in the rough and make a massive profit…
⚪️⚫️🦅 Cher Ndour, arrived in Istanbul to join Besiktas from PSG on loan as planned.NO buy option included. pic.twitter.com/k3lpCmTtwG— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 12, 2024 Dry loan for a season. Joins Ciro at Besiktas
A lot of people have dumped on Venezia, but they at least have some Italian players. They signed Oristanio. Raimondo on loan. And now they’re looking to get Nicolussi Caviglia
Teams like Lecce and Parma make it seem Italian football is one big human trafficking ring. Just flipping dime-a-dozen Balkan and African players to mid teams.
With Motta at Juve it's "French" and Brazilian. They fit his profile. The clown Prandelli made his #10. GTFO. Everytime I hear or read the word "profile" in this mercato, God kills a kitten.
Parmas owner is a woke leftist retard who was asked if he could sign any player in the world, who would it be?? He chose Meagan rapinoe. Scumbag ********k, I hope parma are sent to lega pro.
Milan are as bad, if not the worst. King Silvio would never allow such a thing to happen. I wonder what he thinks of the current team. He's watching down from heaven. Rip don Silvio. Never forgotten