The Calcio Guys

THE UEFA Champions League LEAGUE PHASE DRAW HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SET ✅

Here’s how it looks for our Italian teams 🇮🇹

Lots of interesting & exciting matches to come 👀 Which matchups are you looking forward to⁉️

How far can the Italian teams go? Anyone finishing in the Top 8? Should all of them at least make it in the Top 24?

Let us know below 👇

Canadian Championship semifinal bound for FC Supra Québec as they defeated Atlético Ottawa 6-4 on aggregate ✅

Supra will be facing Forge in a two-legged semifinal showdown 🔥

With CF Montréal also in the semifinals on the other side of the bracket, we can potentially see an all Québec matchup in the final ⚜️

Huge result & continued big strides in FC Supra’s inaugural season 💪🏼

FORZA SUPRA 🔴🔵

Shocking local news as CF Montréal sign Chilean great Alexis Sanchez as designated player ✍️🔵⚫️⚜️

Some Lega Serie A coming to Major League Soccer as former Udinese & Inter forward set to embark on a 🆕 journey signing a 2 year contract with CF Montreal ✅

𝙀𝙇 𝙉𝙄𝙉̃𝙊 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙑𝙄𝙇𝙇𝘼 coming to Montreal 🇨🇱🇨🇦

Milan & Italy legend Franco Baresi has sadly passed away earlier today at the age of 66 😢💔🇮🇹

Sending our thoughts and prayers to his loved ones and everyone around him 🙏🏼

His funeral service will be held the morning of Tuesday August 4th at Basilica Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and will be open to the public, subject to the church’s capacity ⛪️

𝓒𝓲𝓪𝓸 𝓕𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓸 🕊️

𝟔 𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐎 ❤️🖤

Mancini era 2.0 to bring Italy 🔙

🗣️ Here’s one of many quotes from Nazionale Italiana di Calcio manager Roberto Mancini earlier today in his opening presentation press conference 🇮🇹

What are your thoughts on Italy moving forward with Mancini again, now alongside Ranieri as well⁉️

𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐑 🇮🇹

Alongside Mancini, FIGC President Giovanni Malagò has brought on Claudio Ranieri as Technical Director & President of Club Italia, replacing Paolo Maldini ✍️

The circus continues surrounding the Nazionale Italiana di Calcio 🎪

Thoughts on all that has unfolded in the last 24hrs? 🤔

🚨 𝐏𝐀𝐎𝐋𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐈 & 𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 & 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐘 🇮🇹

With the disapproval of Andrea Pirlo as Italy manager by FIGC president Giovanni Malagò, the Nazionale Italiana di Calcio now see Maldini & Leonardo leave the federation as well after only 𝟏𝟕 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 in their post 🤯

Total chaos and yet again zero TRUE change with the FIGC 🤦🏻‍♂️

What’s next from here, let us know your thoughts 👇

𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐘’𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐑 ❌🇮🇹

With the deal for Pirlo off, the Nazionale Italiana di Calcio can see Maldini & Leonardo resign as a result 😬

One step forward, 10 steps back with this federation 🤦🏻‍♂️

Only time will tell the next course of action 👀

𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐑 🇮🇹

Maldini, Leonardo & Malagò have officially chosen their man to lead the Nazionale Italiana di Calcio with a contract until 2030 ✍️

First BIG decision made for the “🆕” Italy era ✅

Thoughts on the Pirlo hiring, good call or not⁉️

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