Pirlo Leads Juventus Back To The Serie A Summit

Theres something familiar about the Serie A table just before the Christmas break - Juventus are unbeaten (with this weeks match at Udinese to go) and leading the way. Before the traumas of the Calciopoli betting scandal this was the norm in Serie A. Like it or not (and many wont) Juve are back at t...

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Outside the Box – Football on TV: The rise and fall of the sprightly Savage is far from a waltz in the park

Do you remember the first time you ever saw Star Wars? That intoxicating and bedazzling rush of pure unadulterated excitement as you sat slack-jawed, unable to wrench your eyes away from all the bright lights, whizzing space ships and questionable acting? And perhaps you also remember the desolate f...

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Can any player, including Messi, be considered 'the greatest'?

Ah, the Champions League. Bringer of drama, stopper of dreamers, platform for Ray Wilkins to say ‘my word’ 50 hundred thousand times. And there are other things that are nearly always discussed, certainly when seeing the two dominant Spanish sides play. The great debate has moved from trying to ...

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Top 10 bizarre injuries to footballers

Swansea City’s vice-captain Alan Tate is set to miss most of the Swans’ debut season in Premier League after breaking his leg in a freak golfing accident. The versatile defender was a passenger in a golf buggy that lost control and Tate will have to watch the majority of the club’s rollercoaster adv...

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Who's Going To Be At Euro 2012?

The qualifying groups for Euro 2012 are reaching the business end and its becoming a little clearer which players will be in Poland and Ukraine and which ones will be spending extra time on the beach. Places Booked As usual Germany have headed the way in qualification. Aside from a sticky period a...

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Arsenal: 10 Handy Facts About Udinese

Arsenal are getting to be old hands at the qualifying rounds of the Champions League and so far, though Gunners fans would like to avoid the necessity, Arsene Wengers squad have always negotiated a way to the group phase. Michel Platinis reformed system has made the play-off route more difficult, b...

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Will the new season throw up any shocks across Europe's top leagues?

Here we go again ... Its that time of year again. Your club has had some embarrassing/great results in pre-season friendlies and the anticipation builds up as the new season approaches, but what can we expect from the big leagues around Europe? Some countries, of course, have already kicked off, su...

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Squarefootball's Fantasy football invitation

There is less than two weeks to go until the start of the 2011/12 Premier League season and time is running out for you to enter the Squarefootball fantasy football competition. Last season more than 100 teams competed for the Squarefootball title, which was won by P Oxenby and his team FC Poxo. He...

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Manchester City: Tevez, Telephones and Tedium

Im not sure whats been worse over the last week or so, the phone hacking scandal or the Tevez transfer saga?Maybe if the News Of The World was still in existence it could report, with its tele-pathic powers, where Tevez will be moving to? If I were a Manchester City fan I would just like to see th...

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What five things would you do before the season starts?

Isn’t it normally New Years Eve when you get a top 100 favourite moments of the year or top 500 best movie credits or some other poor excuse for a programme? Well I thought I would also use it as a poor excuse for an article, but rather than boring you all with a list consisting of 100 or more items...

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Football in 3D - A new risk to average attendances?

The world has evolved and developed a lot since the 1950s with the invention, evolution and development of everything from bladeless fans to electric cars and high definition broadcasts and beyond, but what have the boffins responsible for 3D been doing for 60 years since its inception? 3D today i...

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Would you like to write for Squarefootball?

Do you live, breathe and sleep football? Do you have a passion for writing and want your views to be read by a potential audience of millions? Then we at Squarefootball Towers would love to hear from you. Whether you follow Aberdeen or Accrington Stanley, West Ham United or Wolfsburg, we can offer ...

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The morning after 'Pool

The morning after. Usually for me the worst come down after a night like that. Being a Liverpool fan Ive not had THAT many disastrous nights, so have to take it on the chin and let the other minnows have their day-like every dog. So all the good deeds that I carried out before the match went to wast...

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Villain's Role For Zenga

As press conferences go, Walter Zengas first as Palermo manager was surely entertaining, in a ha-ha funny sort of way: if his initial I have a squad brimming with important players and Im aiming for the league title made you smile then his follow-up Im convinced that between myself and Maurizio Zamp...

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Donadoni Looking for A Repreive

by Paul Grech Win or bust. That is what is facing Italy tonight, putting aside that it could be win AND bust if results elsewhere don’t go their way. That too is the reality for Roberto Donadoni: contract or not, if Italy go out then so too would the national coach. For many, that would be the pre...

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Bookies Back Italy To Get Back On Track

Despite their three goal defeat to Holland, Ladbrokes firmly believe the World Champions will stay in the hunt for qualification today. Romania face a dilemma in their match with Italy because at some point the outsiders have to win a match to get through from Group C. Their dour effort against Fra...

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Euro 2008 Diary; Flagging French Foiled; Dutch Devour Donadoni's Dummies

Squarefootball Euro 2008 Diary - Monday June 9 2008 The much vaunted Group of Death gets under way, and there are plenty of horrors on show for Italy and France. First up it’s the French, who toil through 90 goalless minutes of tedium with Romania in Zurich. The underdogs lack ambition throughout,...

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Euro 2008 Preview; Italy v Holland

Sparks are set to fly in the biggest clash of Euro 2008 so far as world champions Italy face off with Holland Berne on Monday night (June 9). The general consensus is that it has been a slow start to the tournament in Austria and Switzerland, so the introduction of two of it’s bigger names could pr...

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Life as A Substitute Suits Del Piero Fine

Paul Grech If Alessandro Del Piero was looking for closure then there could have barely hoped for a better stage for the European Championships: it was here that his career first went into a freefall. It is the 2nd of July, 2000 and Italy are taking on World Champions France in the final of the Eu...

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What We Really Think About Euro 2008

We've written our previews, told you all about the teams and tried to put as much information out there as possible. But what are the real views of the Squarefootball team? Read on to find out. Paul Grech WinnersThe injury to Fabio Cannavaro will hurt them but I still think that Italy will win it....

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Euro 2008 Team Profiles; Italy

Crowned World Champions for a fourth time two years ago, it is remarkable to think that Italy have only captured the European title once. That success came 40 years ago, since when the Azzuri have only made the final once, losing out to David Trezeguet’s golden goal for France in 2000. Prior to tha...

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Euro 2008; Group C Overview

Lazy hacks everywhere (including this one) are calling Group C the Group Of Death. And well they might. With World Champions Italy, beaten World Cup finalists France and regular will-they-won’t-they contenders Holland pitched in together there’ll be little room for easing into the tournament gently....

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5440 Serie B: Castillo Finally in t

by : Paul Grech For a few glorious days in 1990, Pisa was at the centre of Italian football. Under the guidance of the charismatic and intense president Romeo Anconetani, the newly promoted side stormed to the top of the Serie A thanks to the goals of local hero Lamberto Piovanelli. The side incl...

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3404: Why Italy were worthy winners

by : Jamie Mangan Italy's victory over France in Berlin on Sunday, which secured their fourth World Cup triumph, has sparked a wave of criticism against what has been a supposedly disappointing tournament. Many have echoed the cries of television pundits that there was no outstanding team, the big...

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3386: World Cup 2006; Italy And The

by : Stephen Orford Italy’s fourth world title was achieved on Sunday (July 9) when the Azzuri edged out France 5-3 in a fingernail-shredding penalty shoot-out in Berlin. It was an achievement which was very much carried off in time-honoured traditions, with echoes of their 1982 triumph in Spain p...

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3379: World Cup Final 2006: Player r

by : Antony Melvin Italy won the World Cup after a penalty shoot-out, despite being second best for much of the match. A good first half lead to the expectation that Italy would dominate the second and win the match – but France rallied and until Zidane’s dismissal looked more likely to win it. G ...

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3376: Italy: Bring back the Gazetta!

by : Sam Cullen As Italy prepare to take to the field tonight in the World Cup final, it makes me all dewy eyed and nostaglia for a piece of classic football TV action. Channel 4’s Football Italia. When it launched in the 1992, it was quickly apparent it was the classiest football show on TV. On...

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3339: World Cup 2006: Italy should h

by : Chris Sherrard On paper, it’s a mismatch. The three-time winners, runners-up in 1994, semi-finalists in 1990, against the first-time qualifiers reliant on one star man. But football, particularly modern day World Cups, are not fought on paper but on the pitch when upsets are increasingly com...

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3345: Italy v.Ukraine - The History

by : Hugh Larkin The history of matches between Italy and Ukraine is a relatively short one as the Ukraine has only appeared as a separate country since 1992. Their World Cup quarter-final will be just the 4th encounter between the two sides but there is also an interesting history about Italian ef...

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3293: World Cup; Have the Italian's

by : Sam Cullen When Italy take on the Czech Republic, they certainly won’t underestimate the threat they pose. After all, why would they, the Czech’s are ranked an incredible 2nd in the world and comprehensively beat the USA 3-0 in their opening group game. However, it wasn’t that way almost exac...

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3275: World Cup 2006 Prediction: Gro

by : Antony Melvin Group E - Italy are clear favourites but can Ghana upset the Czech Republic and USA in a run into second? And after another rash decision to predict the outcome of an event that were are clearly under qualified to judge (we do read the feedback you know) we have been locked in w...

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3230: World Cup Group E Preview: Ita

by : Paul Grech Qualification Despite the inclusion of Norway, Slovenia and Scotland in their qualifying group, the Italians were expected to progress and they duly did so but not without a couple of hiccups. The away defeat to Slovenia was followed by an un-Italian 4-3 over Belarus and when the I...

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3221: World Cup History: Italy

by : Paul Grech “Campioni del Mondo! Campioni del Mondo! Campioni del Mondo!”. If Ken Wolstenholme’s “they think it’s all over” has achieved cult status in England, Nando Martinelli’s breathless exhortation – which means Champions of the World - is what Italians remember most fondly of their World...

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