Tag Archives: Italy
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How Stupid Should Gordon “Flash” Watson Feel Right About Now? (Video)
Later on today, Italy will square off against Germany in the second semi-final match at the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships. Many probably figured the Germans (who entered the tournament as favorites) and the Italians (whose four World Cup titles rank second only to Brazil’s five) would make it to this point in the tournament, [...]
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Italy’s Mario Balotelli Prepars For Euro Semi-Final By Getting His Ears Flicked (Video)
Practically every soccer team at every level across the world plays “keep-ups,” or “kick-ups,” or whatever you choose to call it. However, not all of them play by the same rules. In Sweden, they refer to it as “Butts Up,” as the player responsible for allowing the ball to hit the ground is penalized by [...]
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English Soccer Fans Tear Down A Tree In Kiev Before Euro 2012 Quarter-Final Match (Video)
Thanks to a history of hooliganism, English soccer fans aren’t exactly known for being a peaceful, well-behaved bunch. And that somewhat tarnished reputation took another hit during the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships. It all went down before England’s quarter-final match against Italy, as a massive group of English fans decided to bring down a tree [...]
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English Soccer Fan Tries The Old “Dong Distraction Trick” At Euro, Comes Up Short (Pic)
Fans can do a lot to give their team an edge. That’s why home field advantage is so important in pretty much every pro sport there is. Of course, most of the time, this just means cheering really, really loudly. But in some sports, fans can get right into the opponents’ faces and try to [...]
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Andrea Pirlo’s Cheeky Penalty Kick That Demoralized England And Revitalized Italy (Video & GIF)
With only one spot in the Euro 2012 semi-finals still up for grabs, England and Italy took the field in Kiev, Ukraine on Sunday during their quarter-final match-up for a chance to secure that final spot. After 90 minutes of regulation and 30 minutes of extra time, most soccer experts would have told you that [...]
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This Mario Balotelli Bingo Game Looks Interesting
If you’re anything like myself, you’ll be able to sit in front of the television and watch Sunday’s European Football Championship quarterfinal match between Italy and England for no reason other than the possibility of getting to watch two world class clubs demonstrate how “the beautiful game” should be played for 90 minutes. But if [...]
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Italy’s Mario Balotelli Scores A Wonder-Goal Against Ireland At EURO 2012 (Video)
After starting in Italy’s first two games of the Euro 2012 tournament against Spain and Croatia, Mario Balotelli couldn’t manage to score a single goal. That lack of offense, along with a nagging knee injury, cost the Manchester City striker his spot in the Azzurri’s starting XI during their final group stage match against Ireland [...]
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This Day In Sports History (June 8th) – World Cup 1990
It was on this day in 1990 that the 14th FIFA World Cup began in Italy. Italy became the second nation to host the tournament for a second time, joining Mexico who held the competition in 1970, and again in 1986. The Italians would host the reigning champions Argentina in one semi-final, while the defending [...]
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Mario Balotelli Tries On Some New Haircuts For Nike Commercial (Video)
With the start of the EURO 2012 tournament right around the corner, Nike Football has continued to move forward with their “My Time Is Now” campaign. Their latest stop has taken them to a barbershop in Paris, where Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli decided to try on a few hairdos as he looks to represent his Italian [...]
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Piermario Morosini Suffers Fatal Heart Attack During Serie B Match (Video)
Tragedy has stuck the sporting world once again. During an Italian Serie B soccer match between Livorno and Pescara, a frightening scene unfolded on the pitch, as Livorno’s Piermario Morosini collapsed while suffering a cardiac arrest during the 31st minute. The medical staff quickly rushed onto the field in an attempt to resuscitate the 25-year-old, [...]
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Kickboxer Gets Knocked Out…Of The Ring (Video)
During a kickboxing match in Trieste, Italy, Giuseppe Patane was on the receiving end of several vicious shots. However, many of us are left wondering which shot was the hardest? The deadly left-right-left combo from his opponent, Tadas Jonkus, which knocked him unconscious, or his ensuing spill through the ropes that resulted in him landing [...]
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AC Milan Ties Barca In 90th Minute, Tiziano Crudeli Goes Crazy (Video)
AC Milan and Barcelona faced off in a classic UEFA Champions League group stage match that saw the Italian club take a 1-0 lead thanks to an Alexandre Pato goal less than a minute into the game. However Barcelona would respond with goals from Pedro Rodriguez and David Villa in the 36th and 50th minute, [...]
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Italian Prison Inmates Sure Do Love Mario Balotelli (Video)
Gianluigi Buffon has won eight Serie A goalkeeper of the year awards, three UEFA Team of the Year honors, one European Footballer of the Year award, a Yashin Award, and most importantly, he backstopped the Italian national team to the World Cup title in 2006. Mario Balotelli has won…well, nothing really. So why would Balotelli [...]
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Backspin Turned This Penalty Kick Miss Into A Penalty Kick Goal (Video)
If every soccer goalkeeper would read our blog or take a class in physics, they would all know that a penalty kick isn’t over until the ball has come to a complete stop or is safely cleared from the vicinity of the net. The latest goaltender to learn this lesson was Loris Angeli of Italian [...]
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Chievo’s Marcolini Shows Some Range With 45-meter Goal (Video)
It isn’t often that a misplayed ball just inside your own half of center turns into a goal less than two seconds later, but then again, there aren’t many players with the accuracy and range of Chievo’s Michele Marcolini. During yesterday’s Italian Serie A action, Marcolini was on the receiving end of an errant pass [...]
