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Ranieri does not expect Italy return for Roma captain Totti
AS Roma Claudio Ranieri Francesco Totti AS Roma coach Claudio Ranieri can't see Francesco Totti ending his international retirement. Sampdoria star Antonio Cassano has called for Totti to join him in the Italy team. But Ranieri says: “Cassano is one of the last artists in football, he is a wonderful player who still has much to give. “Francesco, though, has now closed his time with La Nazionale ...

Cassano Inginkan Totti-Balotelli di Azzurri
Antonio Cassano berharap Francesco Totti bersedia kembali timnas Italia untuk bermain bersama ia dan Mario Balotelli.

Roma captain Totti rules out coaching
AS Roma Francesco Totti World Cup Francesco Totti has no idea what he'll do when he hangs up the boots at AS Roma . Totti retired from the Italy squad after the World Cup in 2006, but is still going strong in Serie A. He said: “I have never considered what I’ll do when I retire. I don’t even dream of it at night. I still feel like a football player. “The day I realise I’m not myself anymore and ...

Roma captain Totti not thinking of retirement
AS Roma Francesco Totti Manchester United Real Madrid AS Roma captain Francesco Totti insists he has no thoughts of retirement. The Roma legend is now 34 and has been linked with Inter, Real Madrid and Manchester United , but will see out his career with his hometown club. “I never regretted staying in my city and the team I always supported,” he told La Repubblica newspaper . “It wasn’t easy ...

Totti dismisses retirement rumours
Roma striker Francesco Totti has dismissed rumours that is ready to retire from football.

Ghost goals as Serie A returns
Serie A returned to action with a big new arrival, harsh treatment in Bologna and a Hulk-like Sinisa Mihajlovic For a round of fixtures that brought only 15 goals, Serie A's opening weekend was certainly eventful even if some of the games were not. Zlatan Ibrahimovic did rather well in that regard , taking his seat among the directors and dignitaries at San Siro for one of the weekend's more ...

Cassano making up for lost time
    Antonio Cassano is making up for lost time. On Friday, playing his first competitive international since June 2008, the striker rescued Italy from a goal down against Estonia – scoring the equaliser on the hour mark before laying on Leonardo Bonucci’s winner with the neatest of backheel flicks. Then yesterday it emerged that [...]

Francesco Totti: Roma Must Forget Cesena Draw
Roma captain Francesco Totti has lamented the dropped points against Cesena in their Serie A opener that ended in a 0-0 draw. The Giallorossi have title ambitions after finishing second to the Nerazzurri last season.

Euro 2012 Special: How Do Italy’s Worrying Lack Of Attacking Midfielders Compare To Those From Spain, Germany, England ...
There is one area of the field where Italy are light-years behind Spain and Germany, and that is in the attacking midfield position. Carlo Garganese compares the Azzurri's options to the other top Euro 2012 contenders...

Totti convinced AC Milan striker Borriello about Roma move
AC Milan AS Roma Francesco Totti Inter Milan Juventus AS Roma are celebrating a double signing coup over Juventus today. Roma trumped Juve for AC Milan striker Marco Borriello, while Inter Milan defender Nicolas Burdisso chose Roma ahead of the Bianconeri, says Gazzetta dello Sport . Money was the decisive factor in both cases, while a call from Francesco Totti to Borriello swung the striker's ...