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Who disappointed you the most in Italy lineup against Uruguay: Defense, Midfield, Attack?

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Here is Italy official starting lineup with Head Coach Cesare Prandelli choosing a 3-5-2 formation against Uruguay losing the match Italy 0 – 1 Uruguay on Tuesday 24 June 2014.   Italy eliminated.  What went wrong?  Who disappointed you the most and why?

ITALY (3-5-2):  Gianluigi Buffon; Giorgio Chiellini, Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli; De Sciglio, Claudio Marchisio, Andrea Pirlo, Marco Verratti, Darmian; Ciro Immobile, Mario Balotelli.

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“Italy out of World Cup. Prandelli and Abete Resigns. Colombia fly. Today Messi and Pogba,” Front Pages La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Wednesday 25 June 2014

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Hello my friends.  I usually greet you with a “good morning.”  Today, believe me, it’s not a really good morning.  It’s just a nightmare awakening to a crude reality.   I have barely slept watching all news online on the elimination of Italy, out of the World Cup.     Yep, sadly, it is true. Italy eliminated after losing against Uruguay.  However, the news going worldwide is on Uruguay “Cannibal” forward Luis Suarez biting Italy defender   Giorgio Chiellini and not even getting a yellow card!!!

Well, guys, to top the whole pizza pie, Head coach Cesare Prandelli resigned right after the game during the press conference and also Abete the president of the Italian Football Federation. Simply put, guys, it is a total failure!!!  I agree with Buffon and, wait.. now it seems most players blaming also forward Mario Balotelli…   Hum?  So, now, allow me to go and prepare a heavy cup of Chamomile tea to calm down.

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Here are the front pages from Italy main Sports newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Wednesday 25 June 2014

 

La Gazzetta dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Wednesday 25 June 2014

Italia go home: A failure
The breakdown
Defeated by Uruguay 1-0. Prandelli and Abete resign
No Alibi, but another Referee Moreno damages us: Marchisio Sent off unfairly, Suarez bites Chiellini

The outburst, the best
The bitterness of Buffon
“We are deservedly out”

The delusion, he isolated himself
The Balotelli disaster
Dumped by the group

The case Suarez
Once again the Cannibal. “He is slimy”

Group C
Colombia fly with Cuadrado
Greece, what a strike.

Argentina at 18 with Nigeria
Today the turn for Messi and Pogba

Market, Juve enjoy
What intrigue Iturbe
Milan pressing, but if Kaka returns?

Violence, the Napoli fan
The drama of Ciro
“He is being kept alive by machines”

Photo: Front Page - Prima Pagina La Gazzetta dello Sport Wednesday 25 June 2014 - Mercoledi' 25 Giugno

 

Corriere dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Wednesday 25 June 2014

Zeroed out
-World Cup collapse.
Uruguay eliminate Italy: 1-0 (Godin). Terrible performance, but Marchisio’s sending off weighs heavily.
-The resignations.
Prandelli leaves along with Abete: “It is a failure.” Already looking to the future: Allegri or Mancini.
-The controversy.
Suarez bites Chiellini: “Shame.” Buffon and De Rossi against Balotelli: “Men are needed.”

Photo: Front Page - Prima Pagina Corriere dello Sport Wednesday 25 June 2014 - Mercoledi' 25 Giugno
 Tutto Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Tricked by another Moreno: 0-1
Brandelli
Italy go home among chaos: the coach and Abete resign.
Godin and the referee send Uruguay to the round of 16. Suarez bites Chiellini: “Shame! And he sent off Marchisio…” Prandelli: “I don’t steal money.” Everyone against Balotelli.

Move for Iturbe.
Juve-Atletico super battle for Guarin

Kone or El Kaddouri?
Toro close for Benassi. And there is Botta

“What an AC Milan with Pippo!”
Even Pazzini attacks Seedorf

But watch out for the English.
Real: Falcao is the big signing for Ancelotti

Photo: Front Page - Prima Pagina Tutto Sport Wednesday 25 June 2014 - Mercoledi' 25 Giugno

 

World Cup: 8 Italian Serie A Players in the game Japan vs Colombia, Tuesday 24 June 2014

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There are 8 Italian Serie A players called up in the World Cup Group C game, Colombia vs Japan on Tuesday 24 June 2014 ending Japan 1 – 4  Colombia.   Italian Soccer Serie A congratulates our Serie A players with Colombia passing to the World Cup Round of 16  as group leader with 9 points and Greece in second position with 4points  .  Colombia are in Group C: Greece, Ivory Coast, Colombia, and Japan.

Curiously, 2 Inter Milan players playing against each other.  Inter midfielder Fredy Guarin for Colombia and Inter defender Yuto Nagatomo with Japan.

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Inter defender Yuto Nagatomo

6 Italian Serie A players named in Colombia National Football team by Head Coach Jose Pekerman:

  • Atalanta defender Mario Yepes, did not play, listed among the subs.
  • AC Milan defender Cristian Zapata, did not play, listed among the subs.
  • Napoli defender Camilo Zuniga, did not play, listed among the subs.
  • Inter Milan midfielder Fredy Guarin, got a yellow card in the 63rd minute after  a foul on Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa. Played all 90 minutes.
  • Cagliari midfielder Victor Ibarbo, did not play, listed among the subs.
  • Fiorentina midfielder Juan Guillero Cuadrado, converted a penalty in the 17th minute,  played all 90 minutes.

Japan: 2 Italian Serie A players with Japan National Football team:

  • Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo, got a yellow card in the 16th minute and played all 90 minutes.
  • AC Milan forward Keisuke Honda, played all 90 minutes

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Italian Serie A Players in FIFA World Cup Group C Standing:

World Cup Group C Standing Teams MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Colombia
 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
Greece
 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 4
Côte d’Ivoire
 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
Japan
 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1

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World Cup: Italy Head Coach Cesare Prandelli Resigns after losing to Uruguay, Tuesday 24 June 2014

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It’s official. Italy Head Coach Cesare Prandelli announcing his resignation during the press conference after the World Cup Group D game: Italy 0 – 1 Uruguay.     Italy were eliminated ending in third place.   Costa Rica and Uruguay pass to the Round of 16.  Also, the President of the Italian Football Federation Giancarlo Abete resigns.

“Cesare Prandelli ha comunicato in conferenza stampa di essersi dimesso da Commissario Tecnico della Nazionale”

Here are the declarations made by Prandelli, “I assume the responsibility of the technical project, but it is absurd to remain in ten in a match like this one.  You can’t condition a match in this way, the referee ruined it”.

These are the first comments made by Cesare Prandelli a few minutes after the elimination of Italy from the World Cup.  Bitterness, anger, disappointment, the face of the head coach is a mix of feelings held back by a sense of diplomacy that wants to explode, while forward Mario Balotelli covers his face with his hands and midfielder Andrea Pirlo is in tears.

Prandelli adding that “It was a well-balanced match.  They never took a shot on goal until they scored, we tried to put together scoring occasions, we did what we could, it was even a good match, but the referee ruined everything.  When you fight for each ball like Uruguay did, there will be fouls.  But they were not bad fouls, and the one made by Marchisio was definitely not one to red-card”.

And now? What about the future for Prandelli? “Now we’ll see.  After four years of hard work a red-card decides everything.  Now we have to reflect, then we’ll see.  We are definitely sorry about being eliminated from a World Cup in this way”.
The athletic training is not in question for Prandelli. “It was good and we proved that today.  We were, however, the only team to play in the heat of Manaus and twice at lunch time”.

A few words about Balotelli, substituted in the second half: “I consider him important, but he has to give more guarantees as far as tranquility is concerned.  You never really understand whether or not he is serene.  I took him out at the end of the first half because he had been yellow-carded and I as afraid of remaining with ten players on the field”.

Prandelli: “I resign. The failure of the project is my responsibility”

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Missing in action: Walter Zenga

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MILAN – First Inter, then the world. It was the summer of 1994 when Uomo Ragno [Spider-Man] disappeared from the Nerazzurri picture after 473 appearances. He had won a lot: a Scudetto, two UEFA Cup trophies, and an Italian Super Cup. He still didn’t know it at that point – in fact, it was an embittered departure – but a whole new football world was about to open up before him. As a player, a brief Italian adventure followed, and then a stint in the USA. Next, as a coach, came Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade before he guided clubs in Turkey and the UAE. Then a return to Italy with Catania and Palermo before heading back to the Arab world. At 54 years old, Walter Zenga is a coach who knows no borders.

“I live in Dubai with my family. I have two kids: 4-year-old Samira and 2-year-old Walter Jr. My three oldest, Jacopo, Nicolò and Andrea, are grown up now and living in Italy.”

A life with Inter. But does one day in particular stand out?
“I was practically born in the curva, back in the days when it almost hung over the corner flag. There’s not one day in particular that stands out since every day with the Nerazzurri was a beautiful one. When I was a ball boy it always made such a huge impact on me to enter the San Siro! You need a lot of personality to play there. Now there’s a tunnel for when you come out on the pitch. But back when I played there was a small staircase to go up, and it’s not easy to describe what you felt in that moment.”

Now you’ve become a citizen of the world.
“I’ll be able to die a happy man though if I ever become the coach of Inter! I’m very happy with what I’ve achieved so far. But there’s still time and I’m still young.”

Any favourites for the World Cup?
“It’s a given if I name Italy. I like watching Belgium, Bosnia and Croatia since they’re interesting teams with great players. But if Italy don’t win then it doesn’t really matter, so let’s stick with Italy. And when it comes to the Uruguay match it’s the Azzurri or nothing!”