Cannavaro Officially Out Of Euros

The Italian FA have confirmed the bad news all Azzurri fans were fearing: captain Fabio Cannavaro's injury rules him out of Euro 2008.



This afternoon World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro suffered a knock to his ankle after a clash with Juventus hardman Giorgio Chiellini during Italy's training session. After staying on the ground for a while, he was taken off on a stretcher and then to a hospital.

Tests confirmed that the injury is serious and the player will probably have to be operated. More tests will be made in the next 48 hours to ascertain the entity of the injury, but one thing is for sure: he will not be able to take part to Euro 2008.

The name of his replacement will be announced in the next few hours by coach Roberto Donadoni. Most probably it will be Fiorentina's Alessandro Gamberini, also a central defender.

Right after the examinations, Italian journalists awaited Cannavaro, who told them: "I'm going home," with a melancholic smile on his face.

*waves* 'Sup, guys. Long time, no post. ;) In addition to Marina's (jenaimequetoi) photos, there are over 90 pics over at ahh_serie_a if anyone's interested.




(because a few more large-ish 90+ photos never hurt anyone)

Rose/Annalisa/Vivian/Mari: tell me if the tags aren't done right, I'll edit accordingly. Thanks! ♥m

Lou asked me to find a couple of Cannesta pictures and flipping through all those pictures makes me all warm and fuzzy again!  So I can't help myself but to do a picspam of this beautiful pair for their star-crossed love friendship of over ten years!! 

(Picspam of Canna and Nesta this way!!)

 

Totti, Del Piero, Lippi, Cannavaro, and Buffon will appear in a TV spot testimonial in reply to accidents caused by drunk driving. source

Napoli will continue to the second round of Coppa Italia. They won 4-0 against Cesena. :)

Napoli 4-0 Cesena
Scorers: Calaiò 21 (N), Hamsik 40 (N), De Zerbi 75 (N), Domizzi 92 (N)
Sent off: Sacilotto 53 (C)

( and speaking of Napoli, it seems like Cannabro looks up to his big brother Fabio )

( summer's still not over, Pirlo & Gila at the beach XD )

( and I would just like to say as a Roma fangirl, I thought my boys were having pooltime fun, but now I see Palermo clearly wins at this )

Summer is officially here; hence, a multitude of beach pix, yacht pix and smurfs being cute dads under the cut.

( Beach boys )

In no particular order I present you the champions of La Liga 2007! REAL MADRID!

30 pics, no watermarks

( What to do when you just won la liga? )

Fabio Capello and Fabio Cannavaro both celebrate the La Liga title as Real Madrid pipped Barcelona to the post. Barcelona’s 5-1 victory, in which Gianluca Zambrotta scored the fifth goal, was not enough to beat Real Madrid. This is Capello's second title triumph in Spain.

Meanwhile, in Italy, Francesco Totti had to wait to know if Ruud Van Nistelrooy could catch up to him as Europe's top scorer. However, RVN ended his campaign with 25 goals, having been substituted at half-time. As such, Fra is this year's winner of the Golden Shoe award with 26 Serie A goals.

Congratulations to Canna, Papa Caps and Fra!

And some examples of Canna's sluttage on display at the Bernabeu, iconized: ( also featuring RauRau and Becks )

An assortment of scans for your delectation. With the teensiest hint of a bias. Sorry about the delay in getting them up *kicks LJ*

(Milan win the CL (for the Seventh time))

(Juve are BACK!)

(Roma win the Coppa Italia)

(Oh, go on then. They won the Scudetto)

(In which Pippo is unutterably cute)

(The Fifty Most Powerful Players)

(Short Cannavaro interview)

(A violet 'soon-to-be-famous star of European football')

If you've been a Tiforza since Summer '06, you've probably seen HALF of these since I've posted them before. Looking back, I've noticed I've left out some of the hotties. *facepalm of shame* In any event, here's the complete set of the Serie A calendar boiz
( Beware Nekked Torsos Buffet :\ )

So OK Italy lost the bid to host Euro 2012 to Ukraine and Poland, despite these videos of pimpage by the following:

( GIGI - shifty eyes lol )
( ZEE - the best one in terms of sophistication lol )
( ALE - most convincing )
( LUCA - in a hurry  )
( ZACCA - aww  )
( PIRLO - OMG I LOVED THIS!  )
( GILA - ~*serious*~ )
( MASSI - Oddolicious ...despite the high-pitched voice <3 )
And lastly, Il Capitano
( H.R.S. CANNA - Doing what he does best...  )

I accidentally stumbled onto these lovely screencaps of Capitano Sluttino for a presser yesterday and thought I'd like to share. Because, well... they're just too lovely! <333