Italy & Spain Squads for Friendlies
Saturday, 07 February 09, 11:38 AM
Italy Squad for Brazil Friendly
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray/TUR)
Defenders: Daniele Bonera (AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid/ESP), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool/ENG), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon/FRA), Nicola Legrottaglie
(Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan)
Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani (AS Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Andrea Pirlo
(AC Milan)
Forwards: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villareal/ESP), Luca Toni (Bayern
Munich/GER)
Spain Squad for England Friendly
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) and José Manuel Reina (Liverpool/ING)
Defenders: Raúl Albiol, Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Álvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Juanito (Real Betis), Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol (Barcelona) and Sergio Ramos (Real
Madrid).
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Albert Riera (Liverpool), Sergi Busquets, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Santiago Cazorla, Marcos Senna (Villarreal) and David Silva (Valencia).
Forwards: Daniel Güiza (Fenerbahce), Fernando Llorente (Athletic), Fernando Torres (Liverpool) and David Villa (Valencia).
Like this blog? Help spread the word: 
RCD Espanyol: Their Sporting Director Resigns
Friday, 06 February 09, 11:55 AM
|
So, we found out today that Espanyol Sporting Director Paco Herrera can't continue living off the glory of helping Rafa Benitez win the Champions League trophy anymore. Instead he
leaves the club he joined
from Liverpool with a bunch of failed negotiations and an inability to close the deal when any deal would have helped the cause. Sure he was faced with an unbalanced lineup, the result of being forced to sell key players in the Summer, and yes with the arrival of a new coach in Pochettino, he was faced with changing his transfer policy on the fly, from bringing in a defensive midfielder to shore up the defense under former coach Mane to bringing in help for their puny strike force, but in the end many of the deals he had proposed in general simply vanished as quickly as they became known. Mateja Kezman was looking for another club in Europe and he would have been a decent short term replacement for Tamudo. Never materialized. Hernan Crespo who we spent considerable time and energy trying to convince to come to Barcelona was never going to leave his beloved adopted country to come to Spain. In the end, for the failure of the squad, and the failed experiment with hiring not only Mane but also Tintin Marquez at the beginning of the year after the squad imploded under Ernesto Valverde, someone up top had to pay and unfortunately it was Paco Herrera who had to pay. A nice man with great principles is what his immediate supervisor described him as, in one of the Barcelona dailies, but if you read between the lines like I did, all that means is that he was never ruthless enough or forceful enough to close the deal. I hope his successor does. Forza Futbol |
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol Episode 41
Tuesday, 16 December 08, 02:23 AM
This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah are joined by Gene Gallucci together we review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We discuss what happened in the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid and we talk about AC Milan's defensive woes.
Follow us on Twitter where we keep you up to date with all the news in La Liga and Serie A.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Questions of the Week: Ramos and Transfers
Sunday, 14 December 08, 01:02 PM
1. Do you think Juande Ramos will be successful at Real Madrid?
2. Who will be the biggest move in the transfer window this January?
Answers will be read on this coming weeks show!
Follow us on Twitter where we keep you up to date with all the news in La Liga and Serie A.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol Episode 40
Saturday, 13 December 08, 01:59 AM
This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We discuss the upcoming game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Champions League and much more.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Poll: Real Madrid - Barcelona, Juventus - AC Milan. VOTE!
Thursday, 11 December 08, 12:41 PM
Who will win? Let us know.
Saturday 12/13:
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
Sunday 12/14:
- Juventus
- AC Milan
Forza Futbol will be recording at 7pm Pacific Time tomorrow 12/11. Write to Forzafutbol@forzafutbol.com or leave a Skype call: forzafutbol
Follow us on Twitter where we keep you up to date with all the news in La Liga and Serie A.
http://twitter.com/forzafutbol
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol Episode 39
Wednesday, 03 December 08, 02:47 AM
This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We discuss the upcoming Champions League match between Olympique de Marseille and Atlético de Madrid and the fan threat around the match, as well as a special rant on Milan's latest match by Hannah.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol 37
Tuesday, 11 November 08, 12:33 AM
This week on Forza Futbol Mando, Elisa and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We also Talk predictions and go over last weeks Champions League and UEFA Cup games.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol Episode 36
Tuesday, 04 November 08, 12:16 PM
This week on Forza Futbol Elisa and Hannah review the latest rounds in Serie A and La Liga. We also Talk predictions and go over the Young Player of the Year award.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
Forza Futbol Episode 35: Hand of Gila
Tuesday, 28 October 08, 11:10 PM
This week we discuss Gilardino’s handball goal, Ramos upset at Madrid, a Atlético Madrid - Villarreal goal fest and Beckham to Milan rumors. As well as FIFPro Team of the year, Champions League and UEFA Cup. That and much more on this weeks episode of Forza Futbol.
Like this blog? Help spread the word:
-
Mando said:I think you can get 3 for the price of what you'd pay for Kaka and Ronaldo. Aul...
trooper said:here is my squad list:
GK - iker casillas & codina
DEFENCE: maicon,ramo...
Keftbubpoet said:I don't like the colour.
---------------------------------------
signature:...
Twitted by realmadridtalk said:[...] This post was Twitted by realmadridtalk - Real-url.org [...]
-
forzafutbol
Los Angeles, US
A better lens into the World's Game. We talk about UEFA Cup, Champions League and International matches, especially when they intersect with teams in Spain and Italy, we talk transfer rumours, gossip and everything else that revolves around the world's greatest game.
On Real Madrid 2.0: The Trickle down Theory