Azerbaijan

CT Antonio Conte is not thinking about his Italy contract - “it’s not a priority”. FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio has repeatedly said he would like to see the Azzurri boss…

Italy CT Antonio Conte announces Andrea Pirlo will miss Azerbaijan tomorrow with an adductor injury. The Azzurri can seal their place in Euro 2016 with three points in Baku, but…

Scottish referee Willie Collum will take charge of Italy’s visit to Azerbaijan on Saturday. The Azzurri will seal their place in Euro 2016 with a win in Baku, currently holding…

Stephan El Shaarawy describes Italy’s qualifier with Azerbaijan as “a very important game”. The Azzurri will secure their place at Euro 2016 with three points in Baku, but the Monaco…

Marco Parolo is sure Italy can manage without Lorenzo Insigne - “our strength is the group”. The Napoli man has been forced to pull out of the squad with a…

Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne has been forced to pull out of the Italy squad with a knee injury. It emerged last night that the playmaker had sat out a training session,…

Italy are expected to start Antonio Candreva, Graziano Pellè and Lorenzo Insigne in a Euro 2016 qualifier with Azerbaijan. It kicks off on Saturday at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).…

Lorenzo Insigne did not take part in training with the Italy squad today due to a knee injury. The Napoli starlet spoke at a Press conference earlier, but was spotted…

Antonio Conte called Fabio Quagliarella, Domenico Berardi and Sebastian Giovinco for Euro 2016 qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Norway. The Nazionale are currently top of their group, but need some more…

Croatia smashed Norway 5-1, including a goal from Inter’s Marcelo Brozovic, while Azerbaijan beat Malta 2-0. These fixtures were played earlier today in Italy’s Euro 2016 qualifying Group H. Croatia…

Italy’s Euro 2016 Group H qualification opponents Azerbaijan have confirmed that Berti Vogts has left his position as Coach. The German had been in charge since 2008, but in opening…

Simone Zaza and Mattia De Sciglio have small injury concerns ahead of Italy’s Euro qualifier in Malta. The Azzurri beat Azerbaijan 2-1 last night and will fly to Malta for…

Torino winger Matteo Darmian was pleased with Italy’s success over Azerbaijan and a return to Palermo. “We did well to react to their equaliser, though we could’ve finished the game…

Antonio Conte praised Sebastian Giovinco, but was irritated by the media’s surprise after Italy’s 2-1 win over Azerbaijan. “These are games where you face a team that played with almost…

Leonardo Bonucci explained the difficulties Italy had breaking down Azerbaijan in a 2-1 win. “When you meet a team like this that sits back in its own half, it is…

Simone Zaza was excited at playing alongside Andrea Pirlo for the first time, but cursed his goal drought. The Sassuolo striker had two spectacular overhead kicks in the 2-1 win…

Andrea Pirlo found himself acting as a defender with Leonardo Bonucci the forward on his return to Italy duty. The midfielder had said he was hanging up his Azzurri jersey…

Sebastian Giovinco said Italy “needed a figure like Antonio Conte” and discussed his Juventus future. Giovinco came off the bench and hit the crossbar in tonight’s 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan,…

Ciro Immobile thanked the fans in Palermo after Italy’s 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan and looked back on the World Cup debacle. Giorgio Chiellini scored a brace as well as an…

Giorgio Chiellini joked he “did everything tonight, good and bad” after scoring a brace and an own goal for Azerbaijan. “It would’ve been a real shame, as we risked compromising…