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Forza Futbol 51: Serie A Round Table

Wednesday, 11 February 09, 04:15 PM


This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah are joined by Gene and Kevin in a Serie A Round Table. Together we discuss what is going on in the world of Serie A. Get the whole episode here, direct download here or subscribe in iTunes.

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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).

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Headlines, Numancia - Real Madrid and Sunday's Serie A Action

Sunday, 01 February 09, 11:26 PM

Gol TV strikes again ladies and gentlemen. Rather than getting a bit of Spanish classicism from the best league in the world, I get stuck watching U-20 South American kids; which I’ll say is perfectly good if you like living in that head space where you watch a player and wonder whether he’ll be any good in 4 years, when you barely remember him, but right here right now you just wonder why you’re bothering to watch sub standard football.

So rather than watch Real Madrid at a decent hour, I’m watching it at 1 in the morning right before bed. Some reflections early on:

  • Soria is a very small venue to watch a first division game. I wonder if they can build a sustainable model of top flight football at Numancia with that small stadium?
  • Fernando Gago continues to be late reacting to the ball and continues to come in late for tackles. He’s no Fernando Redondo, no matter what people say about resemblances.
  • I don’t like to criticize people covering games, but Phil Schoen on Gol TV made me laugh when he mentioned the great players that Real Madrid have in their “cantina”. No wonder they all play sluggishly.
  • Wesley Snejder is a great talent but there’s something wrong with him still. He should have waited to make his comeback. He’s great on the set pieces but he’s lost a step in the run of play.
  • Numancia don’t play like a promoted side looking for a break. They dominated possession in the first half and should have scored off the header by Javier del Pino.
  • The first goal, the record breaking one by Raul, was set-up by a darting inside run by Robben who layed it off to Higuain who shot, it was blocked and Raul poached it. Nice form for a guy who doesn’t have the skill anymore of a quality support striker but isn’t physical enough to really handle the #9 role all by himself. The forgotten man though was Lass. It was he who won the ball for Robben, who I assume realizes that if he stays by Lass, he’ll get the ball soon enough.
  • The second goal was typical Robben. He may not be Lionel Messi but he’s the only player they have that can break a man down all by himself and he showed it. Higuain comes close, but this is the real failure of Pedja Mijatovich, he continues to bring in players that have no business wearing the classic white shirt.

The story of  the match was Raul’s reaching for Alfredo DiStefano’s club record for goals. “It is a beautiful thing”, he remarked to himself primarily, as DiStefano was nowhere to be found. I realize he’s getting on in years but Don Alfredo’s been a constant presence there for decades. I wonder if there’s a bit of crankiness there for a man known for his crankiness. Wouldn’t surprise me. That's Real Madrid.

Aupa: La Liga

2/1/09 by: Armando Garcia
 
 
 

On Sunday the surprise of all the games were 2 of them, Firstly Inter was held to a 1-1 draw, and actually trailed 1-0  at home on a goal by Roalndo Bianchi in the 47th minute. But Inter being Inter they came back to tie on a goal by Nicolas Bordisso about 15 minutes later. It was only Burdisso's 4th goal in serie A in almost 5 seasons. But it was enough to give Inter the point they needed to keep a 6-point advantage over their cross-city rivals Ac Milan who went to the Olimpico in Rome and demolished Lazio by a 3-0 final on goals by Massimo Ambrosini, Alexandre Pato and the newly rejuvenated Ricardo Kaka. I guess not going to Manchester City has done wonders for Ricky and the fans of AC Milan throughout the world. As my co-blogger Hannah would say, Thank you Silvio Berlusconi. Juve's home loss to Cagliari on Saturday dropped them to 3rd place in the table. and Moved Cagliari even with Napoli for 7th place. Genoa solidified their Champions League position, with an 85th minute goal by Neapolitan born Mimmo Criscito Roma was held to a tie in Reggio Calabria after trailing 1-0 on a penalty converted by Corradi. but Pizzaro scored twice for Roma the second of which, he scored on a rebound of a save off his own penalty kick giving AS Roma a 2-1 lead which held until the 81st minute when Francesco Cozza scored to draw even at 2-2.in mid table Atalanta beat Catania 1-0 on a goal by Guarente and in the relegation zone Lecce took a big step towards safety by Beating Sienna 2-1 on goals by Tiribocchi and Castillo in Sienna. While Chievo held Sampdoria to a draw giving them 8 points in the last 4 matches.

Next weeks big match is Roma-Genoa, I'll be watching, hopefully so will you. Oh and don't forget Juve-Napoli in Coppa Italia on Gol-Tv on Wednesday.

2/1/09 by: Gene Gallucci
 
 
Sunday Headlines

  • Messi with a brace but Marquez and Piqué red carded.
  • Inter draw 1-1 with Torino.
  • Deportivo La Coruna sink Villarreal's yellow submarines 3-0
  • Zanetti and Chiellini are going to miss more playing time as they both reinjured themselves in yesterdays loss to Torino. Early estimates have Zanetti out two months and Chiellini for around a month. Both injuries are at a bad time for I bianconeri as Champions League is just around the corner.
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Forza Futbol 47

Wednesday, 28 January 09, 10:21 AM

This week Hannah, Mando talk about the happenings in Spain and look at the games from the weekend. Kevin joined us to talk about the weekend's action in Italy. Get the whole episode here, direct download here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out our new site ForzaFutbol.com and follow us on Twitter.

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Forza Futbol 45

Friday, 23 January 09, 12:13 PM

This week Hannah and Armando talk about Kaka to Manchester City, trouble at Real Madrid and trouble at Espanyol. Get the whole episode here, direct download here or subscribe in iTunes.

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Forza Futbol Episode 44

Saturday, 17 January 09, 11:01 AM

This week’s episode of Forza Futbol we talk about last weeks action. We also bring you an interview with Tim Vickery. Get the whole episode here, direct download here or subscribe in iTunes.

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Forza Futbol Episode 43

Thursday, 08 January 09, 07:13 PM


This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah are joined by Gene and Kevin in a Serie A Round Table. Together we discuss what is going on in the world of Serie A. Get the whole episode here.

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The Beckham Crazy Camp

Wednesday, 07 January 09, 10:10 PM

Beckham

 
It's come out over the last few days that RAI had been trying to get an interview with David Beckham while Milan was in Dubai for a winter break friendly. Well the interview request was made and in return RAI were told they would have to fork over €500,000 for the interview. RAI have stated that they have no intention of paying for the interview with Beckham.

«Non abbiamo mai trattato, Beckham non è un nostro desiderata», fa sapere, stringata, l'organizzazione di Sanremo.

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Forza Futbol Episode 42

Saturday, 03 January 09, 06:27 PM

This week on Forza Futbol Mando and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We hope everyone had a good holiday season!

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Questions of the week

Tuesday, 16 December 08, 03:28 PM

1. Vicente del Bosque, new Spain coach does not rule out the return of Real Madrid's Raul to NT. Do you think, on current form that he deserves the role instead of Villa or Torres on their current form?

2. Should Amauri play for Italy or Brazil? 

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