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Italy. Manager: Roberto Donadoni. Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the Italian squad on 2 June after he was injured in training; he was replaced by Alessandro Gamberini.
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2012 →. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the ...
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The Italian language has no word for hangover, but the Azzurri surely had one when they ran out of Asti and began their Group B Euro 2008 qualification by tying lowly Lithuania 1-1 at home and then losing 3-1 away to Francein a spot of World Cup revenge for Les Bleus. But new coach Roberto Donadoni turned things around and his team recorded nine wi...
Italy are a good bet to emerge as champions on recent form. They won the World Cup two years ago and won their qualifying group for Euro 2008, ahead of France, and with aplomb following a draw and defeat in their opening two games. But being World Cup holders confers as much pressure as confidence onto any team. The French might have added the Euro...
While Fabio Cannavaro remains the sturdy backbone of the side (but now out of the squad with torn ankle ligaments) and Gennaro Gattuso its beating heart, Andrea Pirlo is the ticking brain. The Milan midfielder is the lynchpin of the Azzurri in every sense. He is the man to position himself ahead of the defense to stop raiders and launch counter-att...
At 6'4", Luca Toni is unusually tall for an Italian striker but is so much more than a target man. A reassuring example of how persistence pays off, the towering Toni made his Serie A debut at the age of 27. Now aged 30, the man from near Modena is one of Europe's most feared strikers after bagging the Golden Bootwith 31 goals for Fiorentina and a ...
Roberto Donadoni is typical of the young and relatively untested ex-legends national teams have turned to in recent years - Glenn Hoddle with England, Jurgen Klinsmannwith Germany being other examples. The former Milan & Italy star may look older, but is only 44 and had never coached a club bigger than Livorno before, yet his tenure in charge of It...
Italy were worthy World Champions in 2006, despite the final shoot-out and Marco Materazzi's slyness in getting Zinedine Zidane sent off. In 2002, the Italians lost memorably and controversially to South Korea, in a game featuring some curious refereeing decisions from Ecuadorian Byron Moreno. Italy's Euro 2000 campaign was memorable. Written off b...
As if they had not played them enough recently, the Italians will once more face France in competition and this clash of the titans could go either way. The draw is a tough one, and France will take heart from their 3-1 qualification win. The Netherlands will be no pushover either, although the Italians will fancy taking points off them and will pr...
Goalkeepers Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla), Marco Amelia (Livorno), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Defenders Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Marco Materazzi (Inter), Christian Panucci (Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) Midfielders Massimo Ambrosini (Milan), Alberto Aquil...
Mar 15, 2024 · European champions Italy won the right to defend their title at Euro 2024 after a 0-0 draw on Monday with Ukraine in Leverkusen secured qualification for next year's finals in Germany.... more » 16.10.2023 02:45
Jan 1, 2022 · GOALKEEPER. Iker Casillas (Spain) The outstanding Real Madrid and Spain servant, who made his international debut in 2000, inherited the captain's armband prior to the tournament. Kept clean sheets...
May 15, 2008 · Euro legend: Tricky. No one hugely stands out in Italy's overall disappointing record, so the legendary Luigi Riva gets the nod. He is Italy's all-time record goalscorer with 35, was one of the great strikers of his generation and opened the scoring in the 1968 final replay with a clinical left-foot drive.
