World Cup 2010 Italy Football Blog

Current World Cup champions Italy have revealed their new away shirt that they will wear in the defence of their title at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Italians had a relatively comfortable path to qualifying for South Africa as the Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria were their main opposition. Bulgaria never provided a threat [...]

GROUP F
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia
 
Defending your title in any sport is never an easy task. However, 2006 World Cup winners Italy could not have asked for a much kinder group to begin the defence of their crown. The Azzurri should have no problems navigating out of a group containing minnows New Zealand and Slovakia. Only Paraguay are [...]

Following several rumours over the past couple of months, Italy have seemingly revealed their new official shirt that they will wear during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Italians had a relatively comfortable path to qualifying for South Africa as the Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria were their main opposition. Bulgaria never provided a threat [...]

Following a disappointing performance in the 2008 European Championships, Italy would have to ensure that their ageing team did not count against them in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
The current reigning World champions were drawn into a potentially tricky group alongside Bulgaria, Ireland, Montenegro, Cyprus and Georgia. The Irish had previous pedigree of troubling [...]

Alberto Gilardino scored the goal that booked Italy’s seat on the plane to South Africa and condemned Ireland to a play-off place in a dramatic game at Croke Park. Before the game Ireland needed a win to keep alive their hopes of automatic qualification, they had already secured a play-off spot as Bulgaria got thrashed [...]

The shambolic and catastrophic demise of italy in this years confederations cup is confirmation of many things. They are relying on older players, they are scared of youth and they cannot play the same defensive way as they have.
Italy has a great footballing history, they are giants of the game, and along with Brazil are [...]

 
  The mood in the famous town of Pisa, western Italy, has been grim for the last week, its citizens in a state of despair after their football team, Pisa Calcio, was relegated to play regional football next season in Italy’s Serie C1, after losing their final home game of the season to Brescia last Saturday. The fiery [...]

  June will see the return to competitive football for the national sides of Europe. With most seasons at club level now finished, international players and coaches are for the most part preparing to continue their World Cup qualifying campaigns, in the hope of confirming their place as one of the 32 nations in South [...]

  Italy’s qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has to date been a successful and straightforward one. Drawn in the relatively weak Group Eight, with the Republic of Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro and Georgia, the Azzurri are unbeaten to date, having won four and drawn two of their six matches, currently [...]

  Normally writing about Stoke City, as part of footballblog.co.uk’s Football Journalism Challenge, which is linked to at the bottom of this article, I’ve been allocated to write articles on the Italian national football team. The first article for the challenge is to be on Italy’s qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, [...]