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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The ecstasy before the agony: Roberto Baggio vs. Bulgaria (1994)
The everlasting image of the 1994 World Cup portrays a lonely Roberto Baggio disconsolately looking down at the penalty spot while all around him Brazil players celebrate. His head...
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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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The 10 most controversial transfers in Serie A history
In a transfer window brimming with narratives, Leonardo Bonucci’s move to AC Milan is undoubtedly Serie A’s biggest story. His decision to swap Turin for Milan has rocked Italian...
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The nightmare of Korea: Italy’s biggest World Cup humiliation, half-a-century later
“They have won! Good heavens, they have won. What is going on here? This is fantastic,” bellowed Frank Bough, with the tone of a man struggling to come to...
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Luigi Radice: The Torino icon who challenged Catenaccio with Total Football
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple, the Concorde completed its first commercial flight and the first movie of the Rocky franchise was released. In football too, it...
Read MoreSix of the best: Celebrating Batistuta’s greatest thunderbolts
Gabriel Omar Batistuta scored 200 league goals during his 13-year stint in Italy and attempting to choose his best effort is nigh-on impossible. Deft flicks, powerful headers, acrobatic volleys...
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Nereo Rocco: the master of Italian football
On a balmy early May afternoon in 1979, AC Milan clinched their tenth Serie A title with a game in hand. A mundane 0-0 draw at home against Bologna...
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Breaking the curse: Torino’s triumph in the 1993 Coppa Italia
Shortly after Torino drew 0-0 against Ajax in Amsterdam to lose the 1992 UEFA Cup final, a dejected Roberto Cravero said: “There is only one club in the world...
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