Tag: Balotelli

Manchester City transfer news: Mario Balotelli set to move to Milan

| January 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

In what is perhaps the most surprising of all the January 2013 premier league transfers, Mario Balotelli has apparently agreed to move to AC Milan. While Manchester City remained tight-lipped about the deal, Milan’s club director Umberto Gandini claimed that he expected Mario to reach Italy on Wednesday to complete the formalities which include passing the [...]

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EPL 2012-13 preview: Newcastle United vs Manchester City

| December 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

Premier league champions Manchester City travel north to face Newcastle United in Saturday’s early kick-off. Both Alan Pardew and Roberto Mancini face a similar task- to halt the fall and get the season back on track. The Citizens suffered their first home defeat of the season against arch-rivals Manchester United last week. Meanwhile, the Magpies [...]

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EPL 2012-13 Match Preview: Man City vs Everton

| November 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

Everton visit Manchester City on Saturday, the 1st of Dec 2012 for their 15th league game of the season. The Merseysiders have been in lack-lustre form off late and Etihad would be the last place they would want to visit at this juncture. Roberto Mancini’s men are placed in the second place, six points ahead [...]

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Euro 2012 Final: Spain Are Bookmakers’ Favourites To Beat Italy

| July 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

Bookmakers favour Spain to beat Italy and retain their crown in the Euro 2012 final scheduled to be played on Sunday, July 1. Most bookies quote odds of 6/5 on a Spain victory; these include bet365, sky BET, totesport, Boylesports, BETFRED, sportingbet, BLUESQ, Paddy Power, StanJames, 888Sport, bwin, bodog, William Hill. While these bookmakers are [...]

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Euro 2012 final preview: Spain vs Italy

| June 29, 2012

In the Group B vs Group C semi-final encounters, Germany and Portugal were eliminated thereby making the final an all-group C affair. Defending champions Spain take on dark horses Italy in the eagerly anticipated Euro 2012 final at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.  This is only the fourth time in the Euro that two [...]

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Euro 2012 Semi-final Preview : Germany Vs Italy

| June 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Runners-up in the previous Euro, Germany are scheduled to meet a new-look  Italy in the second semi-final of Euro 2012  at the National Stadium, Warsaw. The last competitive clash involving the two teams was in the semi-final of the World Cup 2006, hosted by Germany. The match went into extra-time when neither team failed to [...]

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Euro 2012 preview: Italy vs Ireland

| June 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Italy and Ireland will battle it out in a Group C matchup at the Municipal stadium in Poznan, Poland in each team’s final group stage match at Euro 2012. The two teams last met each other on the 7th of June last year and the boys in Green emerged surprise winners 2-0 , with Keith Andrews and [...]

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Euro 2012 Match Preview: Italy Vs Croatia

| June 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Venue: Municipal Stadium, Poznań Match time: 18:00 UTC+2 Croatia face Italy in a group D game  on June 14, 2012 after securing a crucial 3-1 win over Republic of Ireland. In a group that contains the current Euro champion and the former world champion, Croatia have emerged on top after a game. Prandelli’s men, who [...]

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Euro 2012 Match Preview: Spain Vs Italy

| June 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Venue: PGE Arena, Gdańsk Match time: 18:00 UTC+2 on June 10, 2012 Title-holders Spain take on Italy in one of the high-stakes clashes of the group stages.The newly built stadium, with a capacity of more than 40000, hosts the first match of Group C. The people of Gdansk and Poland will relish the experience of [...]

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Euro 2012 Team Profile: Italy

| May 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
Euro 2012 Team Profile: Italy

Six years ago, Fabio Cannavaro lifted the World cup for Italy. Since then, a lot has changed in the team. Many top players retired, making way for young blood while Cesare Prandelli replaced Marcello Lippi as the head coach. Morever, the team hasn’t won any major trophy since 2006. A quarterfinal exit in Euro 2008 [...]

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