Progressivism, Essentialism, And Perennialism

La quarta stella / Il Brivido Sportivo


For Italy, the edition number 18 of the World Cup begins in the middle Calciopoli scandal, a real earthquake for Italian football that will lead to the relegation of Juventus in B and the criminalization of Fiorentina, Lazio, Milan , Reggina and Arezzo. How
82, for various reasons since then, the Italian national team finds itself at the center of controversy, there are even those who would withdraw it and send a representative in the field of amateurs in the classic Italian costume is good to get hurt yourself .
is in this climate that Marcello Lippi was hit by scandal over the personal suffering, can compact the team capable of winning the fourth world blue when nobody believed in and when many Italians, they hoped otherwise.
The National, based on the block Juventus started well with Ghana, which will reach the knockout stages, but a draw against the United States suffered criticism unleashed against the coach and the boys, who with De Rossi sent off for an elbow before of two Americans, probably convinced to play football.
The victory against the Czech Republic it opens the doors of the eighth and allows us to avoid Brazil. In fact, Italy will find itself in a very happy part of the board until the semifinals. If, in fact, the '82 National beats all the best teams in 2006, the road is very different.
No big surprises with one of the great coming out of the Netherlands in the second round against Portugal. While the blue touch of Hiddink as Australia, able to qualify second behind Brazil. The generously topped with a penalty scored by Totti at the end, after playing most of the match with ten men the scandalous expulsion of Marco Materazzi in the quarter and we have to Ukraine of Shevchenko which wiped dry with a 3-0.
The semi-finals are Germany-France-Italy and Portugal. In Dortmund Italy plays his best race, both from a technical and tactical victory in the final minutes of extra time with goals by Grosso and Del Piero recalls other imaginative challenges, we're the black beast dei tedeschi.
In finale ci tocca la Francia che ha eliminato Spagna e Brasile, prima dei portoghesi. Dopo pochi minuti Materazzi commette una sciocchezza su Malouda, rigore che Zidane segna dopo averlo fatto sbattere sulla traversa. Materazzi di testa pareggia e sarà l’eroe della serata. La Francia gioca, noi soffriamo, Buffon para e Toni segna un gol di testa regolare che l’arbitro annulla. Ai rigori sbaglia Trezeguet e il cielo diventa azzurro sopra Berlino.
Un Ct andata e ritorno
Cinque scudetti, una Coppa Italia, 4 supercoppe italiane, una Champions League, una Supercoppa Europa, un’Intercontinentale e una Coppa del Mondo, insieme a dieci premi come tecnico. Questo è in sintesi Marcello Lippi that linked his name with Juventus and the national team forever. Perhaps because of this invisible to most people, but also a management post World that left a bitter taste. Only those directly involved know the truth about what happened during the world championships and then immediately decide to leave the bench in Lippi's Italy. The son was involved in Calciopoli one of the reasons most reliable. The fact is that Italy is then passed to Donadoni is browned on the grill over a low heat of criticism for leaving the scene after the elimination in the quarterfinals of Europe, in a penalty shootout against Spain. Just in time to return as coach of the national team and bring the World Cup, that in less di un mese si disputeranno in Sudafrica. Un giochino che la Federazione ha accettato obtorto collo non avendo altre soluzioni a portata di mano e avendo, nel frattempo, ‘cancellato’ Claudio Gentile, vincitore dell’Europeo Under 21 (nel 2004 in Germania).
Materazzi, re per una notte
La leggenda narra che quando il Perugia veniva chiamato a Coverciano a fare da sparring partner fosse poi rispedito a casa di corsa per l’eccessiva aggressività in campo di Materazzi, peggio del suo compagno di squadra Balotelli, da lui tanto criticato. Fatto sta che Marco Materazzi è stato uno degli eroi dei Mondiali tedeschi, e l’eroe indiscusso della finale. Il suo gol di testa ci ha riportato in partita e la testata che è costata l’espulsione a Zidane ci ha, molto probabilmente, regalato l’errore di Trezeguet e la quarta Coppa del Mondo. Quando è concentrato Materazzi pare Beckenbauer, ma quando gli scende la catena diventa il peggior avversario di se stesso, nonostante sia stato eletto miglior difensore italiano nel 2007. Lippi riuscì a tirare fuori il meglio del ragazzo di Lecce, nonostante la negativa esperienza vissuta all’Inter, squadra con la quale Marco ha vinto tutto. Cosa abbia detto a Zidane poco importa, nel calcio conta quello che ha fatto il francese, non nuovo a certe uscite di testa. Peggio quello che è stato scritto sul Marco nazionale dopo, in Italia, quasi a giustificare Zinedine. Una delle tante occasioni perse intelligentsia and a certain sports journalism and not that we do not understand anything football.
Berlin, July 9, 2006 Olympic Stadium

ITALY-FRANCE 6-4 rig.
Networks: 7 'Zidane (F) rig., 19' Materazzi (I).
strict sequence: Pirlo (I) goals, Wiltord (F) goal, Materazzi (I) goals, Trezeguet (F) cross, De Rossi (I) goals, Abidal (F) goal, Del Piero (I) goals, Sagnol ( F) goal, Grosso (I) goals.
Italy: Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Materazzi, Grosso, Gattuso, Pirlo, Camoranesi (86 'Del Piero), Perrotta (61' Iaquinta), Totti (61 'De Rossi), Toni. Ct: Lippi.
France: Barthez, Sagnol, Thuram, Gallas, Abidal, Vieira (56’ Diarra), Makélélé, Ribery (100’ Trezeguet), Zidane, Malouda, Henry (107’ Wiltord). Ct: Domenech.
Arbitro: Elizondo (Argentina)

Very Tired And Congested

L'uomo che ha fermato Valverde / l'Unità


Se il Giro riposa Ivano Fanini no. Il presidente della squadra Amore & Vita, infatti, continua la sua battaglia contro il doping e contro un ciclismo che ha perso molta della sua credibilità. Negli ultimi quindici anni sono oltre 500 i ciclisti fermati, squalificati o morti, un numero impressionante che pare non preoccupare nessuno.
Una battaglia che ha preso piede anche su Facebook dove è stato fondato l’Ivano Fanini Fans Club, dove lovers of clean cycling, if it still exists, make you go ahead and thank him for all he has done and is doing.
Just a few days ago the president of Federciclismo, Renato Di Rocco, thundered against Valverde's victory in the Tour de Romandie: "It's still shocking to see him run and win," but few know that the English rider was stopped due to a ' Fanini intuition.
now will be remembered as the man who stopped Valverde
... "The English cyclist, world number one, wins hands down for years by cheating and had to be stopped for doping. But no one did anything, so I had the idea to stop in Italy and is his fraud was discovered. I hope that is disqualified, as soon as possible, even at international level. "
The caravan of the Tour is back in Italy. A finding on this issue?
"This year, unfortunately, the Tour will be dominated by champions (so to speak) who have had problems with doping. This is because the research is to escape controls ahead of the fight against doping. "
Angelo Zomegnan said that this is the edition with more control than ever, that is, before, during and after. There will be 520 controls half of them to surprise and with a medical unit in more ...
'I controlli mirati e a sorpresa, se fatti seriamente, sono soldi ben spesi ma gli altri non servono a niente perché, se programmati, i risultati saranno sempre tutti ok. Non si deve lasciare la possibilità agli organizzatori di stabilire i controlli come vogliono loro, tanto più se alla partenza ci sono metà dei corridori che sono stati coinvolti o hanno in corso casi di doping. Tra questi si salva solo Basso perché adesso sta correndo pulito e quindi va piano. Se tutti i corridori fossero puliti come lui vincerebbe il Giro. Ho molta fiducia anche nel campione del mondo Cadel Evans».
Cosa si può fare oggi contro il doping?
«Devono essere l’UCI e la WADA a imporre per regolamento i propri controlli surprise and at all levels, Pro Tour, including Continental and Professional and 360 °, ie in all categories since the students and the Juniors, where there is even the doping team. The money saved from unnecessary controls may serve to increase those at the youth level, where they are now virtually non-existent. Imagine if these were put in place .... "
What would happen?
"All the runners were also tested only twice a year, targeted and surprise, if not change the doping system, would be mixed and matched with the radiation within two seasons would stop cycling. According to the facts it seems that this is what they want. It is a paradox but the bottom hides a tragic truth that, unfortunately, it seems the only way to restore credibility and protect the health of future cyclists. "
Some progress has been made?
"Yes, thanks to Nas, the Guardia di Finanza and various proxies. But there is still much to do. Do you think that only professionals in the last 15 years, between riders stopped, suspended and dead, we are more than 500. And if things do not change, this number will grow quickly. "
How do you turn a blind eye?
"biological passports are only useful if the UCI uses them without looking at anybody and then be disposed of certificates authorizing registered physicians to use certain medicines, for people who are sick should stay home. The season is long and the races are far too many, there is time to heal, recover and return to racing without proof. "
Why did you decide to go against everyone, attracting hostility and isolation?
"The doping problem has erupted, initially, the non-blitz Nas in the Tour of Italy '96. Since then I have paid so much for my views and complaints, but nothing is as good as my goal. I want to be remembered for having changed and saved the bike with my battle against doping. For me it became a mission of life, my love for the infinite this sport. How have I managed to get out dall'omertà, I hope that the many scandals fail to convince the entire movement to do the same. "
recently met with Minister Roberto Maroni, what emerged from your 'chat'?
"I hope the Minister listen to what I said and that is intensifying the work of Nas and the Guardia di Finanza to increase their control and therefore the investigation of the prosecutors, only in recent years that have materially worked to improve cycling. "
Worried?
"With all the pending cases and will soon involve other high-sounding names, I wonder: where will it end? ".

Motorcycle Track Cake

Misteri d'Oriente / Il Brivido Sportivo


For the first time in history the World Cup will be played in Asia. It is the policy that Blatter himself re-elected indefinitely move the poles of good sense over the limit, and if in '94, the United States, was played to 12 with the sun beating down, for the television rights, the climate of Korea South America and Japan is no less daunting.
Italy is led by Giovanni Trapattoni, one of the most successful technical history, but in blue will not have as much luck. The team is a nice mix of training the strongest in the league, with some surprise, as the grafting of gifts that will not the desired results, on the other hand, like four years ago, Christian Vieri is inspired in front of goal, but not enough.
Football Eastern Europe was swept away in the first round, with Russia, Poland and Croatia who can put together three points apiece in rounds on the paper by no means prohibitive. But the real surprise comes from other groups.
Clamorous what happens in Group A with France, Uruguay, Senegal and Denmark. The world champions suffered in losing the first charge against the Africans, Uruguay and Denmark because, after a draw in the second last day everything is decided where Denmark is dried France and the 3-3 draw against Senegal the South Americans. France campione del mondo e d’Europa in carica, a casa con l’Uruguay, mentre il Senegal ottiene una storica qualificazione.
Bene Brasile, Spagna, sorprendono Turchia, Corea del Sud, Stati Uniti, Irlanda, Messico e Giappone. Clamoroso il tonfo dell’Argentina che perde la sfida decisiva contro l’Inghilterra, che si “vendica” grazie a un rigore di Beckham.
E l’Italia? È un girone di qualificazione strano, Vieri segna, ma contro Croazia, due volte, e Messico suoi gol regolari vengono annullati, ci salva Del Piero che di testa ci porta agli ottavi.
Qui succede di tutto, l’Italia sbaglia partita contro la Corea del Sud di Hiddink, ma l’arbitro Moreno ci mette del suo. Peggio will go to Spain against the Koreans in the quarter-finals with the Egyptian referee Ghandour, capable, in cooperation with the linesman, to cancel an incredible goal from the head of the Iberian peninsula. As Brazil against Belgium will enjoy a sensational gift arbitration.
South Korea finished fourth, the third striking Turkey, while Brazil and Germany, for the first time you play the World Cup. Decide Ronaldo double in the fifth title for Brazil (as staff) and the World Cup top scorer with 8 goals. The king is back

Doublet decisive in the final decisive goal in the semifinals, top scorer with 8 goals. Brazil is the fifth World weblog Ronaldo hit the headlines. The same sample, which was battered by changing out in '98, France, and overwhelmed by the critical "doping". The same player is the victim of many knee injuries that had cursed him to tears and his return to football fans who had made thrill. The same as after the World Cup will leave Inter, who had cared for and pampered to go to Madrid, without gratitude. This is Ronaldo, one of the strongest players of all time where injuries have taken away a major chunk of his career. The wins and then there's been no shortage, both with Brazil, which in the club, although he never won the Champions League, despite five seasons with Real. When he was "young and beautiful "his dribbling and speed seemed invincible, but injuries and a private life not just as an athlete have mortified the European final. With AC Milan last season before returning to Brazil at Corinthians, where he won a League Cup and a national paulista. In 2006, the fourth world.
Whistle Trap
seven league titles, two Italian Cups, one Italian Super Cup, a German championship, a German League Cup, a Portuguese league, an Austrian. Three UEFA Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one European Cup, one Intercontinental Cup. Two Golden sowers. One of the most successful coaches of Italy and the world, John Trapattoni, came in with national acclaim, but the results were not up to expectations. The national vice-champion of Europe is too nervous, and despite a good potential and a world in the form Vieri, 4 goals after 5 in France '98, will be removed from the golden goal in South Korea at 117 ': after the expulsion Totti and a penalty against saved by Buffon, despite having taken the lead. After the elimination by North Korea in '66, the year 2002 will go down in history and that sin is linked to the Trap, which is a company to do so Mondino Fabbri. Even so, thanks arbitrage amateur Moreno, Giovanni Trapattoni will be confirmed for Euro 2004, where he will be able to qualify and then be thrown out in the first round, this time Totti disqualify you for a spit. A huge disappointment from what hath been thoroughly taken over and is now coach of Ireland.
Yokohama, June 30, 2002
International Stadium
BRAZIL-GERMANY 2-0
Reti: 67 'and 79' Ronaldo.
Brazil: Marcos, Cafu, Lucio, Roque Junior, Edmilson, Roberto Carlos, Gilberto Silva, Ronaldo (90 'Denilson), Rivaldo, Ronaldinho (85' Juninho Paulista), Kleberson. Ct: Scolari.
Germany: Kahn, Linke, Ramelow, Neuville, Hamann, Klose (74 'Bierhoff), Jeremies (77' Asamoah), Bode (84 'Ziege), Schneider, Metzelder, Frings. Ct: Völler.
Referee: Collina (Italy)

Why Is Southparkstuidos So Slow

Alles les bleus / Il Brivido Sportivo


After sixty years back to France to organize the World Cup soccer. In '38 Vittorio Pozzo's Italy won his second consecutive title, but the National Cesare Maldini has the same thickness and reach the tournament with the smash Baggio, convened by popular acclaim of the press, the papers of sparigliando Ct. It will follow a relay race with Alessandro Del Piero, almost never decisive in blue, and many regrets for its use in fits and starts, though he eventually stumbled out Italy on penalties to eventual champions, penalties like that in '90 and '94 condemn us, a disaster that will end only in 2006.
France is in Group C against Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Denmark, a group of over easily, with the wind at your back, winning three out of three with nine goals scored and only one now, that the Dane Laudrup.
the largest in Europe and South America are all, lack the Eastern teams, except for Bulgaria, while the Balkans are represented by Yugoslavia and Croatia, which will have a historic achievement. It
stir the elimination of Spain, by Nigeria and Paraguay, as well as that of Belgium and Holland to leave the road and Mexico. But the Africans are false lights and lose 4-1 against Denmark in the second round. On this side of the board eliminates Brazil Chile with the same result and then the Danes 3-2 in one of the best matches.
The battle between Argentina and England, increasingly felt after 86, ends in a penalty shootout for the South Americans, who then lost a handsome quarter-final against Holland he plays good football es'impone as a possible favorite.
The march of France, near the bottom of the board is slow but inexorable. Barely beat Paraguay with the network Blanc blended, then take out Italy on penalties, at the risk of succumbing to a feat of Roberto Baggio who sends a shot to the side on which nothing could Barthez. And as it happens per i predestinati ecco i due capolavori. Prima la semifinale contro la Croazia che passa in vantaggio ma cede alla doppietta del difensore Thuram. Poi la finale contro il Brasile, che si era imposto ai rigori con l’Olanda nell’altra semifinale.
Ronaldo, il giocatore più atteso, sta male, entra in campo ma non si regge in piedi e le ipotesi su quello che è accaduto negli spogliatoi si scatenano a bocce ferme, scivolando anche sull’idea di un doping sbagliato. Zidane gioca la sua partita monstre e con una doppietta regala ai francesi il primo titolo iridato.
Zizou, re per una notte
Zinedine Zidane è stato uno dei più grandi giocatori francesi e forse del mondo. Il forse è dovuto ai tanti holes blacks concerning his life away from the field on which some French journalists have tried to make light, revealing gray areas unedifying incense sample trans, of Algerian origin. The World '98 was asked to Ronaldo, but in the end it was his, though with some difficulties too, the expression of a character that hides repressed aggression. This is demonstrated by the expulsion against Saudi Arabia, down by two goals. A lot easier and quiet in which he committed a foolish foul as bad, to happen again with Juventus and France, putting a qualification in the Champions League and World Cup. The final with Brazil but will in the eyes of fans as his game, he had already lost the final two with the Bianconeri never failing to be decisive. The two publications in which the green-gold sinks are the icon of a career, for better or for worse. Two goals on completion of the victory of a French national multi-ethnic heritage of an old empire that gave the nation the greatest joy, repeated two years later with the Europeans.
Groundhog three
After playing with Vicenza, Fiorentina, Juventus and AC Milan, Roberto Baggio played his third world soccer player of Bologna, a great satisfaction for the city of Bologna that in '97-98 has never seen a Baggio first, well capable of scoring 22 goals in the league, personal record, though few decisive. After five seasons with Juventus and the two in Milan, the employment by rossoblu is up early for one of the greatest talents of Italian football, snubbed by the big teams and forced to fend for themselves in the suburbs, not the last time. The World Cup, to be frank, there Baggio is his own personal merits, but also through a press campaign unprecedented media s'imbizzarriscono at the thought that a champion like him not playing at least three world championships, the third place in the ' 90 and the second in '94, to his great credit. Thanks also to a Del Piero injured Roberto is taking place at the expense of Juventus alta la bandiera azzurra. Segna anche due gol, uno decisivo per il passaggio del turno contro il Cile, conquistandosi e battendo un calcio di rigore. Nei quarti di finale contro la Francia per poco non segna e butterà dentro il primo rigore della serie. Con Inter e Brescia il suo finale di carriera.
Parigi, 12 luglio 1998
Stadio Saint Denis (de France)
FRANCIA-BRASILE 3-0
Reti: 27’ e 45’ Zidane, 93’ Petit.
Francia: Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Leboeuf, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit, Karembeu (57’ Boghossian), Zidane, Djorkaeff (Vieira), Guivarc’h (66’ Dugarry). Ct: Jacquet.
Brasile: Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Cesar Sampaio (75’ Edmundo), Dunga, Leonardo (45’ Denilson), Rivaldo, Bebeto, Ronaldo. Ct: Zagallo.