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Italy Euro 2012 profile: Review of Italy’s team, coach and more
How Italy qualified for Euro 2012
The Azzurri went through the qualifiers under a lot of pressure following the country’s poor showing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Prandelli took matters in his own hands and led Italy to Euro 2012 without experiencing defeat.
Remarkably, the Azzurri conceded only 2 goals in over 900 minutes of Euro 2012 qualification football. Their campaign was marked by ugly scenes when Italy hosted Serbia in Genoa on October 12. Crowd violence from a minor group of hooligans saw the match abandoned. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body handed an automatic 3-0 win forfeit win to the Italians.
Slovenia Vs Italy: Cassano And Pazzini Do Not Need To Carry The Whole Team - Prandelli
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has requested Cassano and Pazzini to improve their individual performances for Italy and play at their level best in the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Slovenia today. Even though Prandelli stressed on the importance of teamwork, he also stated that the duo should not try to 'overdo' things for the team.“I expect Cassano and Pazzini to play how everyone knows they are capable of playing,” said Prandelli in the pre-match press conference on Thursday evening.
However, Prandelli also said that Cassano will not be carrying the team on his shoulder.
“He’s not irritable; he’s just feeling the importance of the game like all of us. He needs to give more to this side, but he doesn’t need to overdo it.
The Top 10 Football Transfers: Fernando Torres To Chelsea And More
The following list is not only about the most lucrative deals; it also includes some of the most shocking moves. In the end, one of the questions that will only be best answered through time is this: Which teams and players have been smart, lucky or doomed?
Fernando Torres: Permanent Transfer Done From Liverpool To Chelsea
Moved from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool for around £20M in 2007.
Moved from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50M in January 2011.
That must be THE transfer of January – if not of the year 2011. On the private life front, Fernando Torres is well on his way to being complete. Being married and having a child, what more could the 26-year-old ask for? At the club football career level, however, Torres seems to have more difficulties achieving his goals.
Serie A Report: Antonio Cassano Announces his Arrival
Milan are winter champions of Serie A after a 1-0 win over Cagliari, which was achieved in the most unconvincing way possible. However, even a plump Antonio Cassano can be the matchwinner if you are within the purview of the famous mantra that many football—indeed sport--observers throw around: champions win even when not playing well. Against Cagliari, Milan played poorly, did very little, even less than their Sardinian hosts, but they somehow came home with the three points. The solitary goal, scored in the 85th minute, came virtue not of an old-timer so used to saving the Rossoneri from a disappointing share of the spoils, but rather Rodney Strasser, a recently promoted product of the youth academy, and Cassano, a recently purchased product of misdemeanour.
Manchester United Transfer News: Macheda At Sampdoria To Replace Cassano
So there should be no more irregular football for the young Italian chap who set to enjoy Serie A football soon. However, nothing is official yet as Macheda explained while talking to Italian magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport: “It’s just the fax that is missing. Wednesday or Thursday, I’ll be in Italy. I’m very happy because Genoa is a great city.”
Meanwhile, Frederico Macheda’s agent, Giovanni Bia, added more info concerning the transfer of the Manchester United striker as he revealed to Sky Sport 24:
“The idea goes like this [a loan move taking 6 months]. Then, it is going to be evaluated with Manchester United and they’ll need to see if Macheda has to stay in Italy for another year.”
AC Milan Transfer News: Antonio Cassano Officially A Milan Player
As of now, AC Milan haven’t disclosed any info concerning the transfer fee and the duration of the contract. But earlier reports revealed that Antonio Cassano had inked a three-and-a-half-year deal which would see him earn almost €2.8M per year.Since a week now, the 28-year-old controversial player had been training with Milan as he joined them for the Dubai tour in December. He made his debut for the Rossoneri last Sunday in a match which the Italian outfit won 2-1 – Al Ahli falling victims in the end.
On Monday, a statement on AC Milan’s official website read:
Milan Could be Cassano's Last Chance at Redemption
Sampdoria owner Ricardo Garrone has been intransigent on the issue since October. Such is his conviction that he has even sought legal recourse. You could say, he is a man who is willing to take a stand in Italian football, where shifting allegiances, caprice, corruption and panic dictate the terms of administerial conduct.It has taken Antonio Cassano, the celebrated and maligned pariah of Italian football, to inspire a modicum of consistency in Italian football, a philosophical stand that should cause pause for thought amongst people like Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini, who changes his mind about issues twice every mood-swing.
Milan poised to sign Antonio Cassano
Reports emerging from Italy suggest that Milan have agreed a three and a half-year deal with Beppe Bozzo, the agent of Italian football's most celebrated pariah--Sampdoria's Antonio Cassano. The 28-year-old has been frozen out of the Sampdoria squad after he unduly disparaged club owner Riccardo Garrone in October. The dispute was apparently over the question of Cassano's attendance at a local awards ceremony.Such was the acrimony surrounding the incident that Garrone moved to marginalize Cassano from the club. Despite several apologies from Cassano, Garrone remained obstinate, citing the particularly vicious nature of Cassano's tirade as the reason for his intransigence.
Euro2012 Qualifying- Italy vs Faroe Islands Preview
After an unconvincing 2-1 win over