Fabio Cannavaro wins the Golden Ball, mostly due to his performance at the World Cup in Germany this year.
I have to disagree, though, and say that, if it were to be an Italian, at least it should have been Buffon, who was the one that almost dragged the Italian team to the final.
Source: WorldSoccer, via […]

Well, he left it as a coach. Marcello Lippi is no longer Italy’s coach.

The 58-year-old Lippi led the Azzurri to their first FIFA World Cup title since 1982 on Sunday when they beat France on penalties in the final in Berlin.
Lippi took over from Giovanni Trapattoni in July 2004 after Italy’s disappointing exit in […]

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro and full-back Gianluca Zambrotta will go to Gianluca Pessotto to show him the World Cup trophy.

The pair paid a visit to the Juventus team manager, who is being treated in a Turin hospital following a suicide attempt, after celebrating the Azzurri’s victory at a huge party at Rome’s Circus Maximus on […]

Marcello Lippi is not sure if he will keep staying at the helm of the Italian national team and he talks during these days with the Italian Football Federation.

“I am not going to talk about it today. I won’t talk about it with you before I have discussed it with Dr Abete.”
Lippi, 58, made […]

Italy is happy and the press in Italy reflects the happiness of an entire country.

“It’s all true! Champions of the world,” screamed the front page headline of sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport.
“We are the champions of the world, although no one thought we would be and no one wanted us to be,” columnist Mario […]

The World Cup trophy comes back to Italy with a triumphant return.

Marcello Lippi’s team are sure to receive a tumultuous welcome when they parade their prize at Rome’s Circus Maximus, even with the verdicts due at any moment in a match-fixing case which could see four leading clubs demoted from the top league.
The Italians […]

Well. Buffon is without question, the best goalkeeper in the World. He was thought to be before, but now it is official: he is the best goalkeeper that was present at the World Cup.

Buffon has been singled out as a potential all-time great ever since making his Serie A debut at the tender age […]

Italy and France played a very tactical game, that was decided by penalty shots, eventually.

TSG analysis by Jozef VENGLOS (SVK)
The Final was a very tight game between two excellent teams. It was a real tactical contest and the key to the match was without doubt the duel between Andrea Pirlo and Zinedine Zidane.
When one attacked […]

Of course they are happy, they finally won the World Cup. And at what moment: the corruption scandal in the Italian football and everything.

“I don’t believe it. It’s a fairytale, it’s just great to win after suffering so much. It’s magnifico!” bayed 29-year-old Chiara.
“It’s the most beautiful emotion of my whole life, we’re the world […]

Marcello Lippi and Raymond Domenech had, of course, different reactions, but they accepted the result.

Marcello LIPPI (ITA)
The further we progressed in this tournament, the more realised we could win it. Our confidence grew from match to match, especially when we beat Germany in a stadium that couldn’t have been more perfect for them.
It was […]