Italy

Andre Villas-Boas has been searching for a tough tackling midfielder to replace Michael Essien since he became injured back in pre-season. One target was thought to be Daniele De Rossi, but according to reports today he is about to sign a…

The biggest shock of the tournament came last night when the World Champions Italy were knocked out in the Group stages by minnows Slovakia. This is the first time that Slovakia had appeared at the World Cup Finals, and they had been…

Italy are always considered to be slow starters at every World Cup, and they proved it yet again with a draw against lowly New Zealand, who are a team full of part-timers and bankers! If you think that the England manager Fabio Capello is…

Italy is fielding the oldest team in the tournament and it showed when they played at a rainy Green Point Stadium on Monday. The Paraguayans were not intimidated by the current world champions and played a really strong game during the…

The Italians are known for starting slow in World Cup matches and then building momentum as the tournament progresses. Their warm up games have left much to be desired and they have not looked like World Champions. Paraguay on the other…

The new Chelsea boss is a bit of an enigma. We have found out in the last few months that he likes to play games with the press, and issue conflicting statements to confuse them, but yesterday in a rare moment of open-ness he spoke to…