lol, the Rome Derby is still alive in Serie A !

1st squad that called up by Donadoni :

Goalkeepers
Marco Amelia (Livorno), Flavio Roma (Monaco)

Defenders
Daniele Bonera (Milan), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giulio Falcone (Sampdoria), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Christian Terlizzi (Sampdoria), Luciano Zauri (Lazio), Cristian Zenoni (Sampdoria)

Midfielders
Massimo Ambrosini (Milan), Gennaro Del Vecchio (Sampdoria), Massimo Gobbi (Fiorentina), Fabio Liverani (Fiorentina), Stefano Morrone (Livorno), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Franco Semioli (Chievo)

Forwards
Andrea Caracciolo (Palermo), David Di Michele (Palermo), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Mauro Esposito (Cagliari), Cristiano Lucarelli (Livorno), Tommaso Rocchi (Lazio)

Azzurri 0 - 2 Croatia

there goes our 25 matches undefeat streak (or is it 26 ?).

anyway, there were no WC winners at all in the squad for this match, apart from Amelia who never been fielded.

full transfer list ? that would b very very long list, with all those co-ownership deals in Italy...

btw... another disappointing result under the Don.

i'm starting to hav bad feeling for us being guided by the Don.

still i hav faith on the Azzurri. We'll kick some ass soon.

Totti is still working hard to get back to 100% physically, n he oledi said that he wouldn't return for the national team until next year.

but now the Don may force to ask Totti to get back...


We need Totti, says Don

Coach Roberto Donadoni is ready to turn to Francesco Totti in a desperate effort to get Italy's European Championship qualifying campaign back on track.

Totti stated last week that he didn't intend to play for the Nazionale again until 2007, but he's likely to get the call after the Azzurri followed up Saturday's 1-1 Lithuania draw with a 3-1 loss in France last night.

And with must win games against Ukraine and Georgia coming up next month, Donadoni has hinted he will recall the Roman for those ties.

"Italy now need their champions and I trust that two or three of them will be at my disposal in October," noted the former Milan winger.

"As for Totti, I know he last said he would not return until next year, but that is not what he had told me. We agreed to speak every once in a while to assess his physical condition.

"I will call him, as I will do with the other world champions who were not in Paris. I don't want all the attention focused on Totti, but Italy now really need him."

More...

Latest Serie A results :

Inter 3 - 2 Fiorentina
Roma 2 - 0 Livorno

n for Juve start their life in Serie B with a 1 - 1 draw with Rimini.

Serie A week 1 results
===============

Atalanta 3-1 Ascoli
Cagliari 0-1 Catania
Chievo 1-2 Siena
Fiorentina 2-3 Inter
Milan 2-1 Lazio
Messina 1-0 Udinese
Palermo 4-3 Reggina
Roma 2-0 Livorno
Sampdoria 1-2 Empoli
Torino 1-1 Parma

Serie A week 2
==========

Ascoli 1-1 Messina
Catania 0-0 Atalanta
Empoli 1-1 Chievo
Inter 1-1 Sampdoria
Lazio 1-2 Palermo
Livorno 1-0 Fiorentina
Parma 0-2 Milan
Reggina 2-1 Cagliari
Siena 1-3 Roma
Udinese 2-0 Torino


next up spotlight : Roma vs Inter

Serie A round 3
==========

Atalanta 0-0 Empoli
Cagliari 2-2 Livorno
Chievo 0-1 Lazio
Fiorentina 1-0 Parma
Messina 2-0 Reggina
Milan 1-0 Ascoli
Palermo 5-3 Catania
Roma 0-1 Inter
Sampdoria 3-3 Udinese
Torino 1-2 Siena

Serie A round 4 results
===============

Ascoli 1-1 Sampdoria
Catania 2-2 Messina
Empoli 2-0 Palermo
Inter 4-3 Chievo
Lazio 1-0 Atalanta
Livorno 0-0 Milan
Parma 0-4 Roma
Reggina 1-1 Torino
Siena 0-0 Cagliari
Udinese 1-0 Fiorentina


Inter was leading 4-0, n the Flying Donkey fight back to scored 3 ! wow...

lol, its really like no1 love Inter all over everywhere.

Azzurri squad for Ukraine n Georgia matches :

Goalkeepers: Abbiati (Torino), Amelia (Livorno), Buffon (Juventus)

Defenders: Barzagli (Palermo), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Grosso (Inter), Materazzi (Inter), Nesta (Milan), Oddo (Lazio), Pasqual (Fiorentina), Zaccardo (Palermo), Zambrotta (Barcelona)

Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), Del Vecchio (Sampdoria), De Rossi (Roma), Gattuso (Milan), Mauri (Lazio), Perrotta (Roma), Pirlo (Milan)

Forwards: Del Piero (Juventus), Di Michele (Palermo), Di Natale (Udinese), Iaquinta (Udinese), Inzaghi (Milan), Toni (Fiorentina)

Azzurri 2 - 0 Ukraine

wow finally a win for the Don, thx to goals from Oddo n Toni.

lets make it 2 in a row.

Azzurri vs Ukraine goal videos :

Oddo <- lol, the keeper oledi dived b4 Oddo hit the ball !
Toni <- nice goal, typical Toni style.

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Georgia 1 - 3 Azzurri

w00t, another win ! DDR, Camo, n Perrotta was on target.

we now hav 7 points, still 2 behind Scotland n France... these 2 wins are good sign, but we still need to keep it up !

Forza Azzurri !

goal videos :

DDR's goal <- typical DDR style long shot.
Camo's goal
Perrotta's goal

oh boy, u guys need to watch more Serie A. dont juz EPL lah.

bcoz they still got Samuel n Zanetti. n also Cordoba might b 1 of the most underrated defender in the biz.

oh come on, Matrix might looks like a joker (which he actually is 1, lol), but he's a decent CB.

w00t congratz to Aquilani for making it for the 1st time.

lol Zaccardo ? well i dont know how he doing for Palermo so far this season, but for me, Oddo - althought i hate to say this - is a better RB than him.

n wait, isn't it Di Michele should b in there too ? he's been great this term.

Azzurri 1 - 1 Turkey

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oh man, we all sure love Matrix damn much, aren't we ?

3 guys made their debut there : Brocchi, Aquilani, n Bonazzoli.