Should the Spanish & Italian Footie teams be allowed to wear Snorkels at this years world cup?
338775
oh please, you've never seen an English player dive.  You sound just like a lot of the EPL managers.  "Personally, I didn't see the incident".
647538
There is no problem really, because no matter what, they will participate in this tournament as 1 unified team. \n\nThey will split (if there is a vote) into 2 nations for the Euro qualifiers and as you know, World Champions no longer get direct entry but have to qualify as well. \n\nThey will share the trophy each for 2 years, plus winners also get a replica because the trophy always goes back to FIFA before the next Finals. In S & M case, each will get one.\n\nOther than these issues, I don't forsee anything else because even holders no longer get to play the opening game, it goes to the hosts.
1065779
S&M is playing cos they qualified for the World Cup as a team. They have only separated a week before the start of the World Cup finals, so it wouldn't make sense to disallow them from playing, or allow them to participate as two separate teams.\n\nAs for the trophy, a duplicate will be made, so the actual and duplicate will be rotated between the two countries during the four years that they hold the cup. Of course, the chances of them winning are slim.\n\nSerbia will then be defending the title in the next World Cup, cos 22 of the 23 players in the current squad is Serbian! Only one is from Montenegro.\n\nAnd note that S&M used to be one country - they only split recently. Which means that countries aren't allowed to simply pool their players together and field a team of mixed nationalities in the World Cup.\n\nYup, hope this addresses your queries ;)
387294
I've been saying this for a long time: this is the best Italian team in the WC since they won it in 82, even better than their finalist 94 team. This team can really play! I do think they could go all the way. Italians concentrate on defense defense defense, they have a killer one coupled with amazing attacking players. Watch out for these guys.
1093565
No! They and Saudi Arabia, in particular were awful.\nThe world cup finals should be the best 32 teams in the world, but to keep all the confederations happy, decent teams like Ireland, Uruguay, Chile, Romania, Greece (European Champions, BTW), etc. miss out so that tin-pot hopeless Asian, middle-eastern, oceanic and central american teams get a go!!!!
1172182
lol..I don't think so.\nItaly will not win the world cup, there's better teams.
511333
Italy Coach Marcello Lippi will name his world cup squad on May 15th (tomorrow) so you'll need to look out for it then. However it is likely to be similar to the squad for the pre-World Cup get-together. This was a 29 man squad and will obviously need to thin out as the maximum for the world cup is 23. The names included however were:\n\nGoalkeepers: Marco Amelia (Livorno), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Udinese), Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio)\n\nDefenders: Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo), Daniele Bonera (Parma), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Massimo Oddo (Lazio)\n\nMidfielders: Simone Barone (Palermo), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Mauro Esposito (Cagliari), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Fabio Liverani (Lazio), Marco Marchionni (Parma), Franco Semioli (Chievo)\n\nStrikers: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese), Alessandro Lucarelli (Livorno), Francesco Tavano (Empoli), Luca Toni (Fiorentina)
541081
It isnt. All sport clubs want better conditions for theirs\nsportsmen. Thats the reason.
725226
shut  up leave Italians alone just cauz we won the world cup dnt have 2 go dissin us, n anyway didn't any1 c how France made it into the finale its because a french players did the fakest dive ive ever seen n zidane converted the kick against Portugal but i dnt c any1 talk bout that or how the Brazilians r also fakers. so leave Italy alone we were able 2 win the world cup despite the scandals n there futures being in jeopardy n we rose to the occasion n won which we should all admire. Wat about our semi final win we beat Germany which was the favourite to win that game 2-0 in extra time n we scored 2 goals in 2 minutes, that isnt sumthin that just happens it requires skill. when Grosso scored that first goal in xtra time all the commentators where sayin it required alot of skill n not alot of other soccer players would of been able 2 score. we also have one of the top 3 soccer leagues in the world so all i have left 2 say is  Forza azzurri champione del mondo
952411
I'll pay thousands of dollars or Euros for a shirt that any of Azzuri's sexy player wore... especially Del Piero... yummy!!! Italy's team has the best looking players in the whole world... they're so damn hot, that it's ridiculous...
424181
No, as long as the participants know the risks. It is the participants choice to be in the event/sport.
918309
I asked the same question awhile back and this is the best answer!\n\n\n No, Italy does not qualify and it has to go through the qualifications.\n\nThis is another "pearl" of the INCOMPETENT and BIASED person called Sepp Blatter. I have already express my disgust about this individual, his arrogance and his contorted vision of the game. Under his presidency, he has damaged the image of soccer like no one else have done before.\nAfter the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup, he decided that the World Cup winner has to go through qualification (Brasil won in 2002). In all the other World Cup edition, the winner was automatically qualified (16 editions): as explained before, he is very much biased against Brasil and Italy... and he does everithing is in his power to damage those two nations. Yet, Brasil won in 2002 and Italy in 2006. I guess he (and his pal Platini) is a big "rosicone" too.
690602
I'm assuming that those staying in hotels in Germany for the world cup would on the whole be visitors to that country. I believe that as visitors choosing to visit another country we have an obligation to respect their laws and beliefs. We have no right to ask or expect another country to make changes for us because of our own beliefs. If we don't approve we have the choice not to go there. Bearing in mind there is no reference in your Q that infers that Muslims have asked for these changes. It may very well simply be a gesture of International etiquette so to avoid anything that may come about. Lets face it they are there to watch the best soccer the world and players have to offer, so lets just sit back and enjoy it and not turn a wonderful sporting event into a religious event. There is enough of that happening in the world already, don't you think?
259665
This is not true..if it was like this then what about the golies who wear half sleeves?..there are many goalkeepers who wear half sleeves & there are many who roll up their sleeves...GIANLUCA PAGLIUCA the former goalkeeper of ITALY is a good example that apply on both.
261523
You can snorkel any where there is water without a wet suit. It just is not that comfortable in most places. Also it is illegal in some places at certain times of the year. I hope this helps.
1067818
if you are talking about yesterday´s match between netherlands and Ivory Coast, its not an italian flag, they put their own flag and the team they are playing against and Ivory´s coast flag kinda looks like italy flag excepting for one color.... they wont put an italian flag in their own shirt
1097117
diving is a yellow card offence (im a ref...ive got the FIFA rulebook right in front of me) but for some reason most of us dont call it....\nand like said previously "this disguisting behavior is only found in italy"