I'm wary of whoever Serie A clubs endorse for FIGC President. Why? Because they will push for status quo. Malago` is better than that POS Abete, but he's still a diplomat. Malago` doesn't get along with Abodi. My fear is that they will adopt weak reforms or ones that are easily bypassed so they can satisfy the clubs that are killing calcio.
From Spalletti's playstation & pact comments, to Gattuso African teams & move away from Italy comments, now to Gravina saying other sports are the amateurs. Can we please get some normal people running things this time around? So glad these nutballs are gone.
So Juve is brining in Allision from Liverpool as their new goalkeeper. so there is not one single top Italian team with an Italian goalkeeper.
Nice. I try to go back and watch Italy games. What is your favourite era of the azzurri outside 2006?
Yes we have to remember Bartesaghi only played because Estupids injury and then he proved to be 3x the player. So how is it that the internal scouting is so poor? No it's not it's that they simply don't trust young players and want someone else to do the work to break them in. This is shameful and cowardly. It's also dumb because if you are talented you will pick up on the tactics it's not that hard. Camarda off the bench would have been a better option than buying Fulkrug and Gimenez.
Silvio Baldini, coach of the Under-21s, will take charge of the First Team for their matches against Luxembourg and Greece on 3 and 7 June.#Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/vpfbjbHvOJ— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) April 10, 2026 Perfect opportunity to launch some youth.
Apologies again for that. Thinking now... it was a minor miracle Spalletti had Italy play anything but 3-5-2 at the Euro's considering just how widely used it is in Italy. Italy looked absolutely lost in 2 of the matches. Wondering now how things would have went had they used a 4-3-3 with Grifo and Zaniolo behind Retegui.
Does a world exist where Baldini brings in Di Lorenzo and Politano for these 2 June Friendlies? My trust level with Italian managers is at an all time low.
It would be good to cap some of the flight risks and also bring on Tresoldi(never gonna happen) Soule is never gonna play for Argentina might as well invite him
Notes: - Admittedly I'm not sure I have the balance right. Something seems off with Zaniolo there. Maybe as substitute for Kean? - Retegui and Pisilli are great Defensively. - All 4 Defenders can contribute in Attack. - Speed with Kean, - Passing and creativity with Fagioli. - The oldest player is 27, Gatti. - Ruggeri, Kayode in the mix as alternates or substitutes to the other 2 Fullbacks. - Locatelli as a substitute for Tonali. - Barella MUST be dropped entirely until form improves. - Catering around Federico Dimarco and Bastoni has gone on 2 cycles too long. I'm beyond done with it. - Absolutely do NOT reach out to Chiesa. - Overtures made to ALL dual nats. - Bring in Leoni to integrate with squad.
What's interesting is up to the around the 65th minute, both teams went for it. Then they stopped completely. The two worst modern matches ever for me are Senegal Colombia 2018 and by far the worst football game I have ever watched world cup or not...2022 Argentina Mexico. That game is punishment. forget the two goals, that match was s***
I thought that game was good. Mexico played good. It took that Messi pass to unlock it or else. Euro 2016 match between Portugal vs Poland QF was shit in 90 Minutes (honestly a shade behinnd Ukraine vs Suiss) but the ET was exciting.
This is beyond tragic Our football is dying, and no one has the courage to say it. Not for lack of talent, not for lack of passion, but because we've built a system that tramples on kids before they even touch a ball. We're full of foreigners bought for a fortune, but incapable of developing our young players. Everything revolves around money: it doesn't matter who can play anymore, it matters who can afford to do so. If you're a child and you want to pursue a dream, you have to hope your family has the right wallet. Otherwise, you'll be left out, you'll watch others, you'll burn out. There are agents knocking on parents' doors asking for money for kids who haven't even made their debut for a real team. And those who don't pay? Simple: they don't play, they don't get called up, they don't even get looked at. This doesn't help young people develop; this only increases injustice. We've forgotten a basic truth: talent can't be bought. It's recognized, cultivated, protected. And instead, we stifle it, we let it escape, we force them to surrender before they've even breathed the scent of grass on a real pitch. The Federation should open its eyes, investigate, understand, and intervene. Because too many families tell the same story: If you don't pay, your child won't play. And then it's not sport, it's not education, it's not a dream: it's business. Dirty, brutal, cynical. If a child is born with a gift, that gift doesn't belong to agents or managers: it's theirs. Football should simply allow them to show it to the world, not drown it in adults' bank accounts.” — Gianni Rivera
The only thing to makes me optimistic is that everyone realizes that something has got to give. Even the club presidents know that.