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Month: April 2021

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Trapattoni-Conte

Trapattoni and Conte: Student like teacher

April 27, 2021August 16, 2021Dan Cancian

As Inter close in on their first Scudetto in over a decade, similiarities have been drawn between Antonio Conte's side and Giovanni Trapattoni's title-winning side of 1988/89. Dan Cancian...

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Stadium Guide – Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

April 15, 2021August 14, 2021Gentleman Ultra

In our latest entry, Marco Rinaldi explores arguably Italy's most unique stadium: Venezia's Stadio Pierluigi Penzo...

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The lost decade: Italy in the 1950s

The lost decade: Italy in the 1950s

April 13, 2021September 5, 2021Ross Kilvington

Ross Kilvington examines Gli Azzurri's struggles in the aftermath of the Superga disaster, as the 1950s became the lost decade for the Italian national side....

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Stadio Artemio Franchi

Stadium Guide: Stadio Artemio Franchi

April 8, 2021August 16, 2021Gentleman Ultra

Giancarlo Rinaldi delves in the history of Fiorentina's Stadio Artemio Franchi, one of the oldest stadiums in the country....

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Fiorentina, Juventus and the penalty Roberto Baggio refused to take

April 6, 2021August 22, 2021Onur Bilgic

Roberto Baggio didn't want to leave Fiorentina and join Juventus, but in the summer of 1990, he did. Onur Bilgic recounts his first trip back to Florence in April...

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Baggio-goal

Celebrating Roberto Baggio’s Magnum Opus: That goal against Juventus, 20 years on

April 1, 2021August 16, 2021Emmet Gates

On April 1st, 2001, Roberto Baggio's Brescia travelled to Turin to face Juventus in a game the Bianconeri had to win. They didn't. Emmet Gates tells the story....

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