Cannavaro

Italy captain Cannavaro led an Italian defense that conceded only two goals in the tournament: an own-goal against the United States and Zidane's penalty.

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The Whitecaps website right now is running two confusing looking pieces in their "In the Media" section about Tanzanian players Nizar Khalfan and Nadir 'Cannavaro' Haroub coming here for a trial.

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Playing Jo Cannavaro is the well-known actor Gérard Lanvin, a specialist in the crumpled charm of the middle-aged Frenchman, himself once a winger in junior rugby.

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The two sides contrived a free-flowing game that was consistently exciting and often a treat to the eye, even if three members of Napoli's defence – Christian Maggio, Paolo Cannavaro and Salvatore Aronica – contrived to collect bookings before the interval, the first of them being Maggio, who quickly tired of being run from here to eternity by Silva and responded by crunching into the little Spaniard.

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The story is that of a small local club fallen on hard times, kept alive only by the dedication of Jo Cannavaro, a middle-aged widower.

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These vignettes led Cannavaro to announce: "This is truly a ridiculous country."

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The old warhorse Cannavaro is focused on pulling together a new defence.

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While genuine stars attempt to cement their status as the World's best (see Zidane, 1998; Ronaldo, 2002; Cannavaro, 2006), football's young guns are hoping to steal the show and earn both money and a name.

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Carlo Baroncini/Associated Press Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro (second from left) tries to control the ball during Sunday's Serie A soccer match with Sampdoria at the Genoa Luigi Ferraris stadium in Italy.

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After Cannavaro left the field, the trophy stayed alone on the grass awaiting the arrival of the two teams.

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