Mario Balotelli's move from AC Milan doesn't necessarily cutting off his relationship with his former teammate, including Italian star, Stephan El Shaarawy, who still wishes nothing but the best for the controversial attacker.

New Italian head coach, Antonio Conte is set to start his role with a friendly fixture against Netherlands this Thrusday and the tactician is looking forward in having a positive outcome from that tie.

Antonio Conte has been officially appointed as new Italian coach, but the former Juventus man admitted that he never really had any plan on taking that role in the first place. Explaining his decision during a news conference, Conte revealed that after parting ways with the Bianconeri he doesn't think of getting into coaching job that soon as was planning a trip to improve his tactical skills.

Antonio Conte has been officially presented as new Italian coach and during his press conference the former Juventus boss revealed his strong ambition in making Italy competitive once again after their World Cup failure.

Despite previous rumors stating that he is not keen in accepting the role, former Juventus' head coach, Antonio Conte has now been appointed as new Italy national team tactician. That news has been confirmed by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) that is offering Conte a two years deal which will reportedly see the tactician receiving 2 million Euros per year.

The future of Italian national side is still unclear as they haven't make any decision regarding new head coach since any decision can only be done after Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced its new boss.

Already causing major shock with their success in arriving into World Cup quarter final phase, Costa Rica are not done dreaming as just yet with Netherlands being targeted. Successfully overcoming the likes of Uruguay and Italy in group stage, the Concacaf side remain confident that they have a shot in winning against Louis Van Gaal's men.

Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy could prove to be costly for the South American side as their star striker, Luis Suarez could face lengthy suspension because of his alleged biting incident on Azzurri's defender Giorgio Chiellini.

Italy's World Cup campaign ended in dramatic fashion after getting eliminated by their arch rival, Uruguay. Both teams were forced to battle out for one ticket into the knock out stage as two of them were shockingly beaten by Costa Rica.

Winning their second game against England, brought a new found spirit four Uruguay as they're keen on grabbing that ticket into the knock  out stages of World Cup 2014. However, due to their opening match defeat against Costa Rica, Oscar Tabarez's men must battle it out against Italy to secure one elusive ticket, a tricky situation indeed for both teams.

Costa Rica continue to pull off miracles in World Cup 2014 as the Concacaf side secured a spot into the knock out stages of the competition after defeating Italy on Friday. Both teams already grabbed three points from their opening fixture as were eyeing another victory to secure their spot into the knock out stages.

England's World Cup journey is heading for an exit after suffering their second defeat this midweek against Uruguay, another disappointing outcome after previously picked up similar result against Italy.