Is it a disturbing Italian tradition for the players and their fans to constantly pose half-naked ..?
966800
It would be a sin to keep that from the women of the world, Italians are very religious
714654
Lol!Juve, ur a serious killer.LOL!I thought u asked sensible questions.this is soo silly!
1185980
I  think that the best punishment for them would be to strip them of any trophies that they have won as a result of this scandal and they should be demoted to Serie B or Serie C1. The people that are involved in the scandal should serve at least a year in prison and pay a Huge fine. It is a truly a sad day for the Italian soccer league when people in upper management has to resort to cheating in order to win. They are the ones who should get the severest punishment of all. Unfortunately, as a result of their actions, the whole team has to suffer. Hopefully, in time, Juventus will get through this and be back in Serie A before you know it. For next season, they should be demoted to either Serie B or Serie C 1  and earn there way back to Serie A just like all the other teams that were in Serie B that are now in Serie A. They have to earn it on the football field like it should be.
779473
WHy do u hurt me so much by posting such pics so often?\n\nAnyways,Zizou was just analyzing whether the headbutty was too mild or did Materazzi deserve even more coz  even if he did more than a headbutt, he would still only get  a red card which wont affect him anyway as he is  retired.\nNow i feel better.
543070
The current Italian Football scandal is another form of deterrent to all those guys, like many of you out there, who are making predictions and trying to look cool in the eyes of your mates.\nTo me the current situation reminds me very much of the turmoil Italy had prior to their winning campaign back in '82. At the time the paparazzi were going berserk and the media in general was getting down Bearzot's throt in his choice of players, even the unknown Paolo Rossi had no chance to get a place in the starting line-up.\nAll of that created the winning feeling & will to survive the experience providing the Italian squad with extra inner strength, which is synonym of the Italian fighting spirit. The rest is History with them winning the 3rd world cup.\n2006 seems to have the same unsettling atmosphere, which if carefully analysed can only be translated into a highly positive charging energy.\nSurely the favourites, such as Brazil and Czech Republic, will have a very good run for our money, but to win the world cup you need more then a great team full of outstanding players, you need co-hesion and fighting spirit that will make you want to "fight like a lion and sting like a bee".\nItaly has 23 great players, like any of the 32 final nations, but something else will differentiate them from the others and that would be: Passion for the game and anger for what is happening back home.\nDon't be surprised if Italy will come out of 2006 experience in a very happy mode.
316132
It is like that to keep the atmosphere up to a high level. If it was held every year then it would be boring and players might tangle their clubs with their international duties.
1185272
Well, I wouldn't take it quite that far. But based on their deplorable performance against the US national team, today, I agree with you that the Italian national team should be ashamed of themselves. I've rarely seen so many dives, fouls and repeated acts of unsportsmanlike conduct. They were disgraceful and deserved to lose the match. But that referee -- quite literally the worst I've ever seen in all my years watching football/soccer -- personally guaranteed the US team could not win by handing out endless red cards (they had only nine players on the field for most of the 2nd half). That wanker bought into every cheap dive and faked injury the Italians foisted upon him. Just disgusting.\n\nAnyway, at least Team USA is still (barely) alive, contingent on their defeating Ghana and those Italian actors beating the Czechs on Thursday. Keep your fingers crossed!
1159905
this year some of the players have been wearing tights for support and to keep their muscles warm. i read that this is probably going to be banned by the commissioner. i get a kick out of the players that wear knee-high socks.
1112563
I agree !!! it is called being childish and imature in nature .I am a brasil fan ! and last world cup I had some guy with his st george flag /england screamming nasty insults about brasils teams !!!
876735
Not quite.  They are certainly underachieving, and suffering from an injury bug.  Fat Fred isn't making the best choices.  They'll avoid relegation and find some wins when they get healthier.\n\nFor the first time, though, I think Roeder should be sacked.  His personnel decisions today were crap.  Put Duff back on the wing.  He's not a striker.  Milner, Zogs should not have been taken off.  Hell, Milner's been the main life of our game lately.  Rossi should have been paired with Luque up front, who deserved a shot after the win at Palermo.\n\nI'm not hoping, but you've shown your colors you smelly smoggy.
1144631
really and truly do not understand the question.  do you mean to ask why the soccer stars live the way they do...lavishly and marry whomever they wish and yet will commit crimes?\n\nbecause they have been given tremendous amounts of cash, popularity, access to women that some cannot handle it all especially if they weren't all that grounded or mature to begin with.  So they go a bit crazy and some get so drunk with the newfound fame and power that they abuse it.
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"
1145141
i agree totaly,its called cheating and it should be a red card offence if caught.spain and italy seem to be the worst especialy spain.
315744
not really.\nthere are a few fans that desperately hold on to the past/image. but they are all gone. at least in the premiership. the police made it impossible
1166773
I'm from Italy...\nTv is everytime full of football highlights on 'serie A' matches. When expert and journalist comments various doubtful episodes, they never have the same perspective. Someone says 'it was a penalty', other 'not at all' and so on. So, is extremely difficult to choose an unique rule. What have they to do seeing video cam? Vote?\nNot easy, not at all.
1077662
With all the controversy around them right now ( Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal) which really affects many of the players on the national team since many of them play for the team mainly targeted "Juventus" and with all the indictments going on right now and trial.... Plus to top it off they found out during a press conference about Australia that there was a suicide attempt by the team manager of Juventus.\n\n"A former Italian star, Gianluca Pessotto was in a critical condition last night after jumping from his office window on Tuesday."\n\nWith all the bad press and hard times they are going threw they somehow have managed to emotionally push threw and succeed. I heard that the "foul press, etc" has made the team really close.\n\nthey seem so much more sportsmanlike and more humble and you got to luv them when their captains will joke with the captains of the opposing teams while both teams wait in the tunnel.. I mean how cool and friendly is he. Fabio Cannavaro rocks.
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