Trevor Stynes takes a look at calcio's relationship with playing games during the festive period....
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Tales from the Peninsula: Como, Ciro Di Marzio and a train to Florence
Wayne Girard recounts his not-so-well planned trip to Como in 2017, in which his dream to replicate Ciro Di Marzio from Gomorrah was scuppered....
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A death-staring referee, techno music and no man’s land – A night in Reggio Emilia
Frank Risorto returns in another installment of his travels around Italy in November 2019, when he went to Reggio Emilia to watch Sassuolo take on Bologna...
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Capocannoniere ’90: The Perfect World Cup Prelude
Henry Bell revisits the exciting, and frankly ludicrous, race for the 1989/90 Capocannoniere title, when Serie A's galaxy of stars all battled for the prize going into Italia '90....
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Diego Maradona, Moscow, Lenin and the beginning of the end
When does an intense, all-consuming relationship begin to sour? For Diego Maradona and Napoli, a trip to Moscow in November 1990 marked the beginning of the end....
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Roberto Baggio and me: Finding light in the darkness
James Oddy writes an emotional and personal article about suffering from depression, and finding moments of light through Roberto Baggio...
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Roma 2001 – 2022: Part III – The US takeover (2011-2016)
In part III of his look back at two decades of Roma, Martin Dunlop examines the Giallorossi at the start of last decade, when the club was taken over...
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TGU Interview: Top Five Calcio Shirts – Amilcare Elvo, Head Designer of Zeus Sport
Frank Risorto speaks to Amilcare Elvo, Head Designer at Zeus Sport, about his top five calcio shirts of all time, and the process behind creating shirts for the likes...
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In praise of Hernan Crespo’s second goal in Istanbul
Emmet Gates believes Hernan Crespo's sublime second goal in Istanbul doesn't get enough praise. So he sets out rectify that....
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Maradona and Baggio: Serie A genius that transcended narrative.
Henry Bell examines the true genius of Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio, rather than focus on the narrative that has been built around their respective careers....
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