Inter were able to record a precious 4-3 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League but they looked shaky towards the end of the match. The Nerazzurri jumped to a quick and seemingly comfortable lead courtesy of goals scored by Javier Zanetti, Samuel Eto’o and Dejan Stankovic. Eto’o scored two goals, including one from the penalty-kick, while Tottenham had their goalkeeper sent-off. Despite playing over 80 minutes with a numerical advantage, the Nerazzurri could not take advantage to bury Spurs [...]

Italy struggled in the World Cup suffering from a humiliating early exit despite being in one of the weakest groups which included New Zealand. More recently the Italian Under-21 succumbed to Belarus in a surprising manner after taking a 2-0 home win only to see it erased by an embarrassing 3-0 score in Belarus. As for the Azzurri, coach Cesare Prandelli has been gradually introducing change but the national team has yet to fire on all cylinders and the absence of emerging youngster [...]