Posts tagged "Cesare Prandelli"

Italy need to start all over again – Prandelli

Coach Cesare Prandelli admitted on Thursday that Italy need to start rebuilding football in the country from the grassroots level.

PREVIEW-Soccer-The joke is on Italy if forwards fail to fire

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has tried to keep his new generation of strikers on their toes ahead of Friday’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Slovenia by joking he would have recalled the old guard if the game had been decisive.

Italy coach sticking with new conduct code

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli is sticking with his code of conduct “at all costs,” even though it has resulted in the exclusions of Daniele De Rossi and Mario Balotelli for Friday’s European Championship qualifier in Slovenia. When he replaced Marcello Lippi after Italy’s first-round elimination from the World Cup, Prandelli instituted new rules whereby national team players are…

Italy’s Buffon dubious over Balotelli, De Rossi omissions

Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon has expressed his disappointment at coach Cesare Prandelli’s decision to omit Mario Balotelli and Daniele De Rossi from his squad because of club suspensions.