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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: May 31, 2014
Craven Cottage, London Italy 0 Ireland 0 Starting XI Italy: Sirigu; De Sciglio, Bonucci, Paletta, Darmian; Marchisio, Thiago Motta, Montolivo; Verratti; Immobile, Rossi Ireland: Forde; Ward, Pearce, O’Shea, Coleman; McGeady, Hendrick, Meyler, Pilkington; Hoolahan, Long In the end, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was left without his captain for this particular night—and for the rest...
Published: April 23, 2014
All of the experts have a story. It was David Beckham who took “maybe hundreds of thousands” of free-kicks with his father in the local park, sometimes in the garden, per The Times of London (subscription required). And then when he got home, he would carry on inside the house, kicking teddy bears from his sister’s bedroom. Preparation is the secret. Even the great Juninho said in...
Published: March 4, 2014
The difference between Barcelona’s Xavi and Juventus’ Andrea Pirlo is not silverware. Measured in trophies, their careers weigh heavy: Together they have won 11 domestic titles, five Champions League trophies, four Super Cups and two World Cups. What separates these two playmaking midfielders, the finest of their generation, is not substance but style. That is what Pirlo has. Both conduct...
Published: March 4, 2014
Now there is little time for Cesare Prandelli to get anything wrong. He has three games left for Italy to prepare itself for the World Cup. He is still enforcing his own rules set years ago, banning Daniele De Rossi from playing for the Azzurri in the friendly against Spain on Wednesday after the midfielder was caught punching Mauro Icardi of Inter. Prandelli dropped De Rossi twice before. “I...