Mama Mia!!!

No World Cup for the Azzurri?!

First time that calamity has happened in 60 years.

Is England In Danger Of Losing A Champions League Berth?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, could be.

Italy: Who's Going Up, Down, Where?

Let's see who's going to play in next season's European club competitions from Italy, as well as who's staying in Serie A and who's heading down to Serie B.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:

Group Stage:

Juventus

Napoli

Playoff Round:

AC Milan

EUROPA LEAGUE:

Group Stage:

Lazio (won Coppa Italia)

Playoff Round:

Fiorentina

Third Qualifying Round:

Udinese

RELEGATED TO SERIE B:

Palermo

AC Siena

Pescara

PROMOTED TO SERIE A FROM SERIE B:

Sassuolo

Verona

Livorno (via promotion playoffs)

Historic Win For Team USA---------Against Italy

At Genoa, Italy:

Clint Dempsey scored the only goal of the match in the 55th minute on Wednesday as the United States, minus the ailing Landon Donavan, picked up their first-ever win over Italy, 1-0 on the road in an international exhibition contest.

10-Man Germany Top Russia To Return To World Cup Finals; Italy, Denmark, Serbia Qualify, Too

Four teams from Europe qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals on Saturday.

At Moscow:

Miroslav Klose scored the only goal of the match at 35 minutes to lead 10-man Germany to a 1-0 road win over Russia to qualify for next year's World Cup Finals as they clinched first place in Group Four in European qualification.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Alberto Gilardino's equalizer at 90 minutes lifted Italy to a 2-2 road draw with the Republic of Ireland. The Azzurri locked up first place in Group Eight and will continue their defense of their World Cup championship next year in South Africa. Despite the draw, the Irish will take part in the playoffs involving the runners-up from eight of the nine qualifying groups for a berth in South Africa.


At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Denmark booked their ticket for South Africa with a 1-0 home win over Sweden, as Jacob Poulsen scored the game's only goal at 78 minutes. The Danes will finish atop Group One.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Milan Jovanovic's late double (87', 90') helped Serbia seal their 5-0 home fistbeating of Romania to lock up a berth in next year's World Cup as they lock up Group Seven.

Italy Cans Coach

Rome:

Four days after losing their EURO 2008 quarterfinal-round match with Spain, Italy fired head coach Roberto Donadoni and is expected to name the man he replaced, Marcello Lippi (who coached the Azzurri's 2006 World Cup championship team) as HIS replacement.