This week on Forza Futbol Mando, Elisa and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We discuss Real Madrid and Roberto Mancini as well as predictions.

This week on Forza Futbol Mando, Elisa and Hannah review the latest from Serie A and La Liga. We also Talk predictions and go over last weeks Champions League and UEFA Cup games.

This week on Forza Futbol Elisa and Hannah review the latest rounds in Serie A and La Liga. We also Talk predictions and go over the Young Player of the Year award.

 

This week we discuss Gilardino’s handball goal, Ramos upset at Madrid, a Atlético Madrid - Villarreal goal fest and Beckham to Milan rumors. As well as FIFPro Team of the year, Champions League and UEFA Cup. That and much more on this weeks episode of Forza Futbol.

This week we discuss the Sicilian and Madrid derby. We also talk about Club Atlético de Madrid and their UEFA problem. We take the Ballon d’Or “short list” and make it really a short list. All that and so much more on this weeks episode of Forza Futbol.

As started on our weekly Forza Fútbol podcast, this season we do predictions each week.  Three games in La Liga and three games in Serie A.  Two points for the correct result and one point for guessing a goal scorer.  So far Hannah has tore up the table and leads with 28 points, Mando has 24, and I (Elisa) suck with 18. Our resident Napolitano Gene has joined in the fun this week.

 

Here's our picks from podcast 33, play along and let us know your predictions!

 

La Liga:

Almería v Sevilla:  HANNAH Sevilla Kanoute, ELISA draw Negredo, MANDO Sevilla Navas, GENE Sevilla

Betis v Mallorca:  HANNAH Mallorca Webo, ELISA Betis Sergio Garcia, MANDO Betis Jose Marí, GENE Betis

Racing v Deportivo:  HANNAH Depor Lafita, ELISA draw Guardado, MANDO Depor Mista, GENE Deportivo

 

Serie A:

Napoli v Juventus:  MANDO Napoli, Lavezzi, ELISA Napoli Lavezzi, HANNAH Napoli Hamsik, GENE Napoli Denis

Chievo v Atalanta:  MANDO Atalanta Doni, ELISA Draw Doni, HANNAH Atalanta Floccari, GENE Nil Nil Draw

Lecce v Udinese:  MANDO Udinese Quagliarella, ELISA Udinese Quags, HANNAH Udinese DiNatale, GENE Udinese Quags 

 

Join in the fun and let's hear what you think!  Post here @ Oleole or email us at forzafutbol@forzafutbol.com.  Grazie y Adios!

 

 

The matches begin on October 23. These are some great groups and I can't wait until the games kick off. Out of all eight groups I only see two (Groups G and H) that don't look as strong as the other six. Some match ups I'm looking forward to have to be Sevilla - Sampdoria, Olympiakos - Galatasaray, AC Milan - Wolfsburg and Hamburg - Aston Villa.
Group A
Schalke
Paris Saint Germain
Manchester City
Racing Santander
FC Twente

Group B
Benfica
Olympiakos
Galatasaray
Hertha Berlin
Metalist Kharkiv

Group C
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Sampdoria
Partizan Belgrade
Standard Liege

Group D Tottenham
Spartak Moscow
Udinese
Dinamo Zagreb
NEC Nijmegen

Group E
AC Milan
Heerenveen
Braga
Portsmouth
Wolfsburg

Group F
Hamburg
Ajax
Slavia Prague
Aston Villa
MSK Zilina

Group G
Valencia Club
Brugge
Rosenborg
FC Copenhagen
Saint-Etienne

Group H
CSKA Moscow
Deportivo La Coruna
Feyenoord
Nancy
Lech Poznan

This week on Forza Futbol we look at week six in Serie A and La Liga. We also discuss the Azzurri call ups from the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers.

Giuseppe Rossi has gotten the call from Lippi and is making the jump from the Azzurrini to the Azzuri. Rossi is just one of four new faces to enter the squad. Christian Maggio, Fabiano Santacroce and Simone Pepe are also included. I'm really looking forward to seeing Rossi get his chance at the senior level. I believe he is really going to be a main contributor to Italy in the next few World Cups and Euros. Here is the full list of call ups for the games against Bulgaria and Montenegro.

Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Amelia (Palermo), De Sanctis (Galatasaray)
Defenders: Bonera (Milan), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Chiellini (Juventus), Dossena (Liverpool), Gamberini (Fiorentina), Santacroce (Napoli), Zambrotta (Milan)
Midfielders: Aquilani (Roma), Camoranesi (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Gattuso (Milan), Maggio (Napoli), Montolivo (Fiorentina), Nocerino (Palermo), Perrotta (Roma)
Forwards: Di Natale (Udinese), Gilardino (Fiorentina), Pepe (Udinese), G Rossi (Villareal), Toni (Bayern Munich).

Love him or hate him Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the worlds best strikers. He can create something from virtually nothing. If you haven't seen his most recent magical moment you need to see his goal from Saturday against Bologna. An amazing back heal from behind the defender. Just amazing.