After a two week hiatus for the international break, Serie A returns with the season’s first Derby del Sole as Roma travel to the Stadio San Paolo to face...
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The Underappreciated Career of Massimo Oddo
Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panucci, Mauro Tassotti and Filippo Galli. These players were the competition for a 17-year-old Massimo Oddo. If the young defender wished to...
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban was one of the most talented players to play for Milan in the 1990s, an impressive feat considering the status of that team. When talking about Milan’s...
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Giuseppe ‘Lo Zio’ Bergomi
He was ‘The Uncle’ from seventeen, the boy who marked Karl-Heinz Rummenigge out of a World Cup final, he was the man with ‘that’ moustache, the darling of the...
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William Garbutt: Italy’s first Mister
When thinking of Italian football’s pioneers, William Garbutt may not be the first name that springs to mind. Born just outside of Stockport in 1883, Garbutt was a professional...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Viola Memories
Even now, the memory still hurts. We were winning 6-0 and it did not matter a jot. Results elsewhere were sending us to Serie B and there was nothing...
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The Birth of AS Roma’s Club Symbol
As with much else in the modern era of the game, football shirts have become another way with which clubs can make more money. The front real estate is...
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From Butcher’s Son to Architect: The Luis Suarez Story
Walking down Avenida de Hércules in the Spanish city of A Coruña today, it is hard to imagine that this busy one-way road that runs through the heart of...
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Youri Djorkaeff – The forgotten Inter love affair
Football history is littered with great players. Some, regardless of whether they achieved on an individual level or as part of an iconic team, are lauded in the following...
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The other Venezia
It is fair to say that the early part of 2015 will not be looked back on with much fondness by fans of Venezia football club. On the pitch...
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