Nice to see the Italians are working so hard to shake their reputation of winning by whining.
The Italian clubs implicated in a match-fixing scandal have had their punishments slashed on appeal.
Lazio and Fiorentina have been reinstated to Serie A – but with points deductions increased from 12 to 19 for Fiorentina and seven to 11 [...]
Wise words from the Football Spectator:
If anyone ever asks you why you love football, hand them a DVD of last night’s World Cup semi-final between Italy and Germany. To those that say "a goal-less match is dull" say "watch the first 90 minutes of this game" and then ask them if their opinion has changed. [...]
Like Italy or loathe them, that was a beautiful goal by Grosso in the 119th minute. I thought the referee, Benito Archundia, did a great job keeping things clean while letting the game flow. Watching him waving at an Italian player early to get up after a sort of dive was a perfect warning that [...]
What a great game. Playing a man down, Italy manages to hold the Socceroos back 0-0 as stoppage time is expiring. Both teams have numerous closeup attempts on goal with a number of turning strikes. Grosso of Italy gets by the Australian defender to the right of the goal, gets taken down in the box, [...]
Group E has surprised a lot of people, and while it isn’t the only group with much uncertainty entering Match #3, tomorrow will be an exciting day of matches. So get your predictions down in the poll and comments. How will Group E finish and why? Do you think some teams will try something drastic? [...]
So maybe it really was a war. We sure saw a lot of red! The AP recap of the USA v. Italy match highlights some of the other injuries our guys received in their battle with the Azzuri.
Just for fun I’ve been bouncing around various Italian news sites to see their reaction to yesterday’s match. It hasn’t been pretty.
I want to send a shout out to Jarrett @ TriSoccerFan for putting together today’s World Cup Party at Cary’s Fox and Hound. Every wall with space on it had widescreen projection TVs – there was not a bad seat in the house. We packed the whole family in the van and headed out in [...]
Thanks to nearby Ramstein Air Base, the US may have an edge when it comes to fans at the match. With tens of thousands of Americans in Germany to see the World Cup, plus the folks from the air base, a lot of fans will want to see this match. If they can get in.
Today is the day we suffering US fans find out if our opening match was a major fluke or a sign of something much more troubling. After a few days of sniping between the coaches and players, declarations of war, and the movement of the team to a US military base, we have to hope [...]
I have a suggestion for Eddie Johnson. Lets not get the Europeans any more upset with us than they already are. I know you’re trying to get psyched up for the upcoming match, which is great, but calling it a war, not so much.
Well if I was up until 4AM working on the site upgrade I might as well give the new stuff a spin. So let’s try a poll. Feel free to add comments as well.
Here’s hoping they come out on fire!
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