Thursday, September 25, 2008

Some other great reasons to come to Udine: the national soccer team!















A few weeks ago Udine’s Stadio Friuli was host to the Italian (men’s) national soccer team for its qualifying match against tiny Georgia for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (Italy won 2-0). The team’s training camp was about 30 kms from Udine, in Gradisca di Isonzo. Some pics include head coach Marcello Lippi, goalkeeper (the so-called “best in the world”) Gigi Buffon, team captain Fabio Cannavaro, Luca Toni, Vincenzo Iaquinta, the team’s “pit-bull”, Gennaro Gattuso, the great Alex Del Piero and the other members of the 2006 World Cup championship team (all pics by M. Rimati).

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