Unfortunately it was in the air. Totò Schillaci, the hero of Italia 90, leaves us at 59 as a consequence of a colon cancer. Another guy who was too young to die after his team mate in the Italian NT, Gianluca Vialli, who was also born in 1964 and died almost two years ago. EDIT: I was also forgetting Paolo Rossi, who died few years ago, at 64, not really old either. And if we move outside Italy how can I forget Diego! Anyway, this thread is about Totò ... RIP Tot ..read more

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham); Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Caleb Okoli (Leicester)... Nations League - France/Israel v Italy, Sept 6/9, 2024 ..read more

We face the team we have destroyed in the previous Euro, but failed to defeat twice in the last WC qualifiers (courtesy of Jorginho). Next Saturday ..read more

At Miami vs Venezuela, March 21, 5 PM locale time, 10 PM in Italy At New York vs Ecuador, March 24, 4 PM locale time, 9 PM in Italy 28 players have been called up by Spalletti Goalies: Carnesecchi, Donnarumma, Meret and Vicario Defenders: Acerbi, Bastoni, Bellanova, Buongiorno, Cambiaso, Darmian, Dimarco, Di Lorenzo, Scalvini, Udogie Midfielders: Barella, Bonaventura, Folorunsho, Frattesi, Jorginho, Locatelli and Pellegrini Forwards: Chiesa, Lucca, Orsolini, Raspadori, Retegui, Zaccagni... Italy vs Venezuela and Ecuador in the USA ..read more

Rombo di Tuono, forward of Cagliari and Italy, has passed away, aged 79. Born in Leggiuno, Varese, in 1944, he started to play for Legnano, then moved to Cagliari in 1963 and in Sardegna he played till the retirement in 1976. The usual top clubs tried to convince him to leave the Sardinian club, but failed because Riva wanted to remain at Cagliari at all costs. He won the scudetto with Cagliari in 1969-70, the Euro tournament with the Italian NT in 1968... RIP Gigi Riva ..read more

Just watching Bologna vs Lecce and again Calafiori stands out. In the same way soule stands out but obviously one side of the ball vs the other. The tragedy is that scalvini, bastoni etc both of whom are not as good as calafiori have been anointed. it's clear the best two italian defenders are Buongiorno and Calafiori. Would spalletti have the balls to put this on paper? feel free to post musings of potential call ups here ..read more

15th June Albania - Italy 20th June Spain - Italy 24th June Croatia - Italy ..read more

Gravina doesn't care for the clause according to which the next club to hire Spalletti should have paid to ADL around 3 million euros (1 for each year of the contract)... and there is no doubt that the NT is not a club. Clearly, I ignore whether the clause includes NTs. The matter is probably going in front of a court and ADL doesn't look like the kind of guy who concedes derogations, but.... who cares? Whether Gravina is right or not, whether FIGC will have to give 3 or more million euros... Luciano Spalletti is the new C.T. of Italy ..read more

https://football-italia.net/official-mancini-dismissed-from-italy-national-team/ did not see this coming who will be the manager? will it be an interim ex player? Thoughts ..read more

Here it goes. My best uncapped italian national team of the last 45 years. I'm sure there is someone i've forgotten. I'm not happy with pistone at left back, im sure there's an uncapped player I haven't thought of that I know. (not including players of this current era as they may be capped).Feel free to post yours On the bench I have Massimo Mauro Angelo Colombo Angelo Carbone Paolo Viridis Fillipo Galli Alessandro Renica Giuseppe Iachini Fausto Pari... My best uncapped Italian NT of the last 45 years ..read more