Italy was bracing itself for Il Burian, the ferocious Siberian wind that would render the match between Juventus and Atalanta unplayable and would also see snow fall in Rome...
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The top 15 Italian club kits of the last 50 years
Not content with the debate sparked by our Top 10 Azzurri kits article earlier this year, we decided to put ourselves back in the firing line by compiling a list of the top...
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The making of El Cholo: Diego Simeone at Pisa
It is deadline day in the summer of 1990. The pressure is on the President of Pisa, Romeo Anconetani. He had promised a big signing, but none had entered...
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One team, many incarnations: Ancona’s journey from Serie A to the amateurs
It’s April 10, 2004, the 29th match day of the Serie A season. At the Stadio Del Conero, Ancona are about to host Bologna. As the kick-off time approaches...
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The TGU Netflix Review | First Team: Juventus
“We will be able to win only if we sacrifice ourselves for one another.” This is the message echoed from Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli as the club are prepared...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Adventures in Serie B with Empoli
I’ve been to northern Italy enough times in the winter to know that it falls victim to gionata piovosa (daily rain) as much as England in February. The promise...
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Retiring squad numbers and the winning mentality
Recently, I spoke to some London-based Napoli fans who were understandably in buoyant mood with their club flying high in Serie A and playing some of the best football...
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Marco Delvecchio: The Lazio tormentor
Marco Delvecchio is wheeling away from goal. He’s just done what he would go on to be famed for. He has given Roma the lead in the derby. It...
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The superstitious mind of Massimo Cellino
The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘superstition’ as a “belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.” If...
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If Italian football was a Trivial Pursuit category, Paolo Poggi would feature prominently among the answers. The scorer of the fastest-ever goal in Serie A? Poggi, of course. The...
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