The Azzurri lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, but went on to beat England in the third place play-off.

Panucci then expressed his delight at earning his 50th Italy cap in the stadium where he began his career for the Azzurri in the 2 – 0 win over Georgia in their Euro 2008 qualifying tie in Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

Scotland's shocking start gifted Italy a 21 – 0 lead after 7 minutes, and the Azzurri went on to record a 37 – 17 victory ; their first-ever away win in the Six Nations.

Italy finished in last place for the second straight year, this time without a single win ; the Azzurri came within 20 points only once, in their 20 – 15 loss at the Flaminio to a Wales side resting many of its key players for the championship decider against Ireland.

More importantly, however, and reflective of the recent improvements in Italian Rugby, the Azzurri claimed a 22 – 21 home victory over the reigning Six Nations champions, France, gaining Italy's first competitive win over France in 31 games – as well as their first ever win over France in a Six Nations game.

The Italian national team, called Azzurri or squadra azzurra for their blue shirts, are the second-most successful national team in the world.

The US defense held initially, but after pressure by the dominant Italian scrum, the Azzurri scored their fourth try in the 65th minute to finish with a 27-10 victory.

The Azzurri secured their passage to the FIFA World Cup finals with relative ease and subsequent victories, such as the 3 – 1 victory over the Netherlands and a 4 – 1 win over Germany in friendly matches, which raised expectations considerably.

With this result on 10 June 1928 in the Olympisch Stadion of Amsterdam, the Azzurri won their first honour: the Bronze Medal of the 9th edition of the Olympic games.

This forced him to miss the World Cup and Combi again found himself the top goalkeeper in Italy, with the responsibility of leading the Azzurri to their debut in football's premier competition.

The Azzurri won and dedicated the victory to him.

This match was played in Corso Marsiglia Stadium and this time the large score was in favor of the Azzurri, a victory of 7-0.

In the 1934 World Cup, which was hosted by Italy, Meazza appeared in every game for the Azzurri.

One of the main criticisms addressed by the media towards Donadoni was his alleged lack of pressure in persuading Francesco Totti to play again for the Azzurri.

A long-standing nerazzurro, he also served as Internazionale captain but achieved little success at the national team level, only playing 18 matches with the Azzurri shirt, being also surpassed in notoriety by his more famous brother Franco who played for crosstown city rivals AC Milan.

On 17 November 2010, for his 18th cap for Italy, Rossi was picked by Italian manager Cesare Prandelli to wear the Azzurri captain's armband for the first time ahead of the friendly against Romania.

The match was played in Milano's Stadio Calcistico San Siro on 3 June and the Azzurri won 1-0 with a goal by Enrico Guaita.

Atleti Azzurri d ' Italia is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy, used by the Atalanta and Albinoleffe football teams.

Undoubtedly, his most important goal was the winner against Brazil in the 1982 World Cup which completed a famous hat trick and enabled the Azzurri to advance at the expense of the South Americans.

During those successful times, the team also featured the likes of local Trieste native Nereo Rocco, who played as winger for Triestina from 1930 to 1937, becoming also the first player from the team to become part of the Azzurri squad ( in 1934 ).

On 30 May, the Italian Football Federation publicly announced that Prandelli will take over from Lippi at the head of the Azzurri after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

In July 2010 he explicitly stated he might accept a call-up from the Azzurri.

When he did start, the Azzurri looked a lot more creative, with Fiore nearly scoring from a spectacular volley against Bulgaria in the final group game.

Camoranesi is an Italian Argentine ; his dual citizenship made him eligible to play for either Argentina or Italy, but the Azzurri showed interest in him first and, on 12 February 2003, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Portugal, which Italy won 1 – 0, under former coach Giovanni Trapattoni.

Along with fellow Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, and Locatelli, Meazza was involved in the Azzurri set-up that wins the 1938 World Cup in Paris.

With 112 caps, he is the fourth most capped player for the Azzurri.

The club stadium is the 26, 638 seater Atleti Azzurri d ' Italia.

In 2001 he became the first non-Italian inducted to the Azzurri Hall of Fame.

His debut with the Azzurri was in Rome on 9 February 1930 against Switzerland.

They game started terribly for the Azzurri.

After being sent off in a match against Norway in an Euro 1992 qualifier, Bergomi spent years without getting a callback to the Azzurri, but received a surprise recall for the 1998 World Cup, at nearly 35, after playing 28 times in the league and leading the Nerazzurri to the UEFA Cup – his third and last.

Panucci currently has 57 caps for the Azzurri, with four goals.

Dominguez played for the Azzurri at fly-half in three world cups in 1991, 1995 and 1999.

The Azzurri have particularly shown admirable results when playing at home in recent years.

The Azzurri took part in the first-ever Rugby World Cup match against New Zealand on 22 May 1987.

Donadoni's " real " debut came in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers ; Donadoni took solace in the fact that Lippi's first match in charge of the Azzurri resulted in defeat to Iceland in a friendly match.

He also played for Italy in other major tournaments, such as Euro ' 96, the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and he played in every game for Italy in the 1998 World Cup, which would prove to be his last major tournament with the Azzurri.

AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d ' Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and azure blue.

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Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

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In what was a dramatic five game series, their NLDS victory over the Atlanta Braves was the franchise's first postseason series win since they went to the World Series in 1908, when they beat the Detroit Tigers in five games.

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The club played, and beat, Hawthorn in the 1984 VFL Grand Final to win their 13th premiership — their first since 1965.

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Daniel Ekeroth argues that the blast beat was first performed by the Swedish D-beat group Asocial on their 1982 demo.

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Advancing to the playoffs as winners of the second half, Houston beat Los Angeles in their first two playoff games at home, but the Dodgers took the next three in Los Angeles to advance to the NLCS.

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For their conference semi-finals, the Wiz beat the Dallas Burn in three games, winning the final game in a shootout.

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