THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[DCGweez]

You say Tomato. I say, what's the point of any of it.

[RomaShield27]

Il Capitano on his

"Ultimi giorni di vacanza per me...a breve si ricomincia e la preparazione sarà dura. Fortunatamente conosco bene Zeman, so cosa mi aspetta. Cercherò di farmi trovare pronto da subito, dal primo giorno di allenamento. E dal 3 luglio vedremo dove e se giocherò, non ne abbiamo ancora parlato. Intanto mi sto gustando l'Italia che domani scende in campo contro l'Inghilterra: la Nazionale finora ha disputato un buon Europeo. Era importante passare il turno, mentre ora ci sono gli scontri diretti, con partite difficili, ma credo che possa fare bene. Faccio un grande in-bocca-al- lupo agli Azzurri ed in particolare a Daniele, che avrà l'occasione di giocare contro un campione come Gerrard".

"Last day of holiday for me ... see you soon and get prepared for training. Fortunately I know well Zemam, so I know what awaits me. I'll try to make myself ready now, from the first day training. And by July 3 we'll see where and if I play, we have not yet spoken. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying Italia who take to the field against England tomorrow: the national team has so far had a good European Championship. It was important to go through while there are now direct confrontation with difficult games, but I think they can do well. I'll do a great in-bocca-al- lupo of Azzurri and in particular to Daniele, who will have the opportunity to play against a faggot like Gerrard".

[AS Collie]

The white Pele. Amazing.

In Ireland, we had a ginger pele ...

[DCGweez]

I just learned what campione means. Thanks Ed.

Although the team picture of the 82' team hanging above my bed as a child with the phrase "campione del mondo" has taken on an entirely new meaning.

I'll have to talk to my parents who bought it for me

[RomaShield27]

lol

[maro]

England would have won had they had Fabregas in midfield instead of Gerrard. Fact. And Hitler.

[RomaShield27]

Fuck it. I agree.

[DCGweez]

Agreed Maro. Even if you took him off Spain and put him on the inferior England I'd guess he'd only have 1 fewer goal than he does now.

[RomaShield27]

“It’s one of those nights that remain with you forever. It reminds me of Francesco Totti against Holland 12 years ago when Pirlo scored that crazy penalty. When I hit the post I thought a few things, so that went badly, but I wouldn’t change anything about this night. I still have to discover if I’m right or left-footed. I risked sending that shot into the stands, but it went fairly well – apart from the upright.”

“I was disappointed at the injury and hope to recover for the semi-final. I had a sciatica problem for the past few days, but ice and painkillers don’t do much. When it’s the sciatic nerve, you can’t run or change pace. I certainly don’t have a thigh strain or anything, it’s just that I cannot be optimistic right now because when Diamanti scored I could barely get there to hug him. When you have players like this on the bench, Nocerino and Thiago Motta, it’s a crime to want to play at all costs.

“I really like Diamanti, someone who played in the lower leagues and took a long time to reach the big stage, seeing him score the decisive penalties in the European quarter-finals was impressive. We did expect this sort of performance, as England have good players, but they do set out in a very defensive way. With the second chance I was sure that I wasn’t offside, but I thought the goalkeeper was closer to me than he actually was, so I rushed the finish and didn’t take time to control the ball first.”

“My daughter said until a couple of days ago that she wanted us to lose so I’d come home! I hadn’t seen her for almost a month, but she had fun out here with the shirt, the face paint and the atmosphere.”

http://www.football-italia.net/20358/de ... irlo-totti

[RomaShield27]

The good oul Americano style hall of fame votin yoky-ma-bobby type thing starts today, first up are the goalkeepers.

http://www.asroma.it/en/team/goalkeepers.html

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They have a nice bio of each one:



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Also, this gem of a illustration is somewhat suitable today. Pirlo is still the apprentice.

[AS Collie]

Those sky ads were great.

[RomaShield27]

New blog entry:

[romawi]

Why do you have to be logged in to view the blog entry?

[DCGweez]

[RomaShield27]

[RomaShield27]

[red]

Any chance of getting the 'Chat' button reinstated up on the top bar?

[maro]

[maro]

[DavidP]