David Beckham strips to his pants on the pitch

Rob Parker | January 11, 2010

AC Milan fans get the Armani ad live-show

AC Milan are certainly getting their money’s-worth out of David Beckham. Just his second match for the club and he is already performing an on-pitch striptease.
Away from the underwear department, it was another fine display from Becks as he grabbed an assist in a 3-0 win over Juventus. [...]

Francesco Totti kicks off a New Year row with Mauro Zarate

Rob Parker | January 4, 2010

Serie A-ttitude

Roma veteran Franceso Totti has been busy proving you are never too old to get into a childish football spat by sparking a row with Lazio striker Mauro Zarate. Totti claimed the ex-Birmingham man was “not a champion.”
The Argentine fought fire with fire. He said: “Totti talks too much, but he forgets that he [...]

‘Do Are Ya? Mario Balotelli

Rob Parker | May 21, 2009

Inter striker celebrates title victory with new barnet

Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli celebrated his side clinching its 17th Scudetto victory by commissioning a special Inter Milan number 17-themed doormat for his head. It is quite something.
I’m still hoping beyond hope that Wayne Rooney might fashion his last four remaining hairs into a number 18 for the [...]

Video: Italian TV catches footballers speeding

Rob Parker | May 21, 2009

It’s only a bit of fun

The premise for this TV show is so stupid that it is actually genius. It would never get off the ground in England because a) the players would moan about an invasion of their privacy; and b) the public outcry and reams of Daily Mail editorials after the first edition [...]

Missing Adriano is Slumdog Millionaire

Rob Parker | April 6, 2009

AWOL Inter striker slums it

Over the last few days you have probably read elsewhere that Adriano failed to return to Inter Milan after being in Brazil on international duty (predictable, but not really Off The Post territory). You may have also read that he failed to return calls to anyone including his mother (worrying, but [...]

Video: Sky Italia gets some Serie A work experience boys

Rob Parker | March 31, 2009

Italian footballers seek alternative employment

This new advert for Sky Italia features some of the biggest names in Serie A (well, you can’t get much bigger than Quagliarella, can you?) trying their hand in the fast-paced environment of a TV newsroom.
Adrian Mutu, Sebastien Frey, Alberto Gilardino, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella all take on bit-part [...]

Football Lookalikes: Pippo Inzaghi and Barack Obama

Rob Parker | February 17, 2009

Separated at birth?

OK, it is not a lookalike as such, but OTP reader Ben C has very kindly put this together for us. I think it was maybe done on this Obama gadget, which allows you to put your (or your favourite Inzaghi brother’s) face onto the new President’s iconic Hope poster.
Ben has chosen Offsides [...]