Italian WAGs ‘more beautiful than England’s’

England has already lost to Italy – at least in the showdown of the WAGs. So claims a provocative Italian newspaper article which mocked the wives and girlfriends of the English squad and gloated: ‘Our WAGs are more beautiful and more famous – just looking at them you can see we win.’

Gazzetta Dello Sport said that England’s glamour quotient was hit by the loss of Cheryl Cole, who split from Ashley, and said the new top English WAG was Melanie Slade, partner of midfielder Theo Walcott.

Italy’s WAG line-up includes ballerina Eleonora Abbagnato, wife of Federico Balzaretti; Playboy playmate Cristina de Pin, girlfriend of Riccardo Montolivo; TV host Silvia Hsieh, wife of Alessandro Diamanti; Alena Seredova, the model wife of goalie Gigi Buffon; and Mario Balotelli’s fiancee Raffaella Fico.