AC Milan 2 Barcelona 0

Lionel Messi scored twice in the last 15 minutes as Barcelona survived a scare against 10-man Osasuna to continue their winning start to the new season.

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Italy coach Cesare Prandelli will include Man City striker Mario Balotelli in his squad to face Ireland at the European Championships.

A wild finish at the San Siro saw Marseille knock Inter Milan out of the Champions League to reach the quarter-finals and pile even more pressure on the beleaguered Claudio Ranieri.

Italy 0 United States 1

LIONEL MESSI scored his fifth hat-trick of the season as Barcelona posted a comfortable win at Malaga.

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REAL MADRID made it two wins from two in Champions League Group D with a clinical dismissal of Ajax at the Bernabeu last night.

ITALY have qualified for Euro 2012 as Giampaolo Pazzini’s late goal saw them past Slovenia 1-0 last night.

Celtic were beaten 2-0 by Inter Milan in an ill-tempered friendly match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Republic of Ireland 2 Italy 0

ITALY coach Cesare Prandelli is relishing the prospect of facing his mentor and compatriot Giovanni Trapattoni on the touchline when his team takes on the Republic of Ireland tonight in an international friendly.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli is relishing the prospect of facing his mentor and compatriot Giovanni Trapattoni on the touchline when his team takes on the Republic of Ireland tomorrow in an international friendly.

Italy 3 Estonia 0

Inter Milan coach Leonardo last night admitted his former club AC Milan were deserving Serie A champions.

Slovenia 0 Italy 1

Sampdoria have confirmed the sacking of head coach Domenico Di Carlo with Alberto Cavasin coming to replace him.

Inter Milan 5 Genoa 2

Northern Ireland 0 Italy 0

The World Cup ball was billed as the world’s perfectly round football, made with thermally bonded, spherically moulded, 3D panels.

Italy have dropped Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi from their 23-man World Cup squad.

Italy 0 Holland 0

Italy boss Marcello Lippi has warned the Republic of Ireland he intends to wrap up automatic qualification for next summer’s World Cup finals in Dublin tonight.

Italy boss Marcello Lippi tonight insisted the Fabio Cannavaro saga was at an end.

ITALY must brace themselves for intense Celtic passion on and off the field when they meet the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday, midfielder Daniele De Rossi has said.

Kevin Kilbane can sense the same hunger for a World Cup adventure within the Republic of Ireland squad as he did eight years ago.

The Republic of Ireland have not given up hope of pipping reigning champions Italy in the race to next summer’s World Cup finals.

LIVERPOOL fans are familiar enough with uncertainty over club finances and their owners’ intentions to have some sympathyfor their opponents tonight.

Italy 3 Northern Ireland 0

Italy coach Marcelo Lippi will give young Inter Milan defender Davide Santon his senior international debut against Northern Ireland tomorrow night after admitting to being impressed with him in training.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has called up eight uncapped players for the friendly against Northern Ireland on June 6.

Lazio beat Sampdoria 6-5 in a penalty shootout to win the Coppa Italia tonight after the sides had drawn 1-1 after extra-time.

Caleb Folan believes the Republic of Ireland laid down a World Cup marker as they put a dent in Italy’s charge towards automatic qualification.

Robbie Keane saluted his Republic of Ireland team-mates after snatching a vital late equaliser to deny world champions Italy victory.

Italy 1 Republic of Ireland 1

Half time: Italy 1 Republic of Ireland 0

Andy Keogh was pitched into battle with world champions Italy as the Republic of Ireland attempted to drag themselves back into the race for automatic qualification.

Luca Toni, Alberto Gilardino and Antonio di Natale are all missing for Italy but Azzurri coach Marcello Lippi still plans to still field an attacking line-up against the Republic of Ireland in Bari.

AS IF the result in Dublin wasn’t enough of a bubble-burster, Italy had to go and canter to the most straightforward of wins on what was supposed to be a potentially tricky, if short, hop across the Adriatic Sea.

Montenegro 0 Italy 2

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has defended his decision to leave Sampdoria striker Antonio Cassano out of his squad for the upcoming two World Cup qualifiers.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has called up in-form Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini for the World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Republic of Ireland.

Fiorentina boss Cesare Prandelli has admitted he would allow Giampaolo Pazzini to join West ham if the striker wanted to move.