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Emmet Gates

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Baggio final game

Roberto Baggio’s retirement 20 years later: the greatness, the end of a golden age, and no more Sundays

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Emmet GatesLeave a comment

Roberto Baggio retired 20 years ago, and as Emmet Gates writes, Sundays haven't really been the same since....

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TGU Interview: Andriy Shevchenko

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023Emmet GatesLeave a comment

Emmet Gates speaks to calcio and Milan legend, Andriy Shevchenko about his experiences of competing in the Champions League....

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Season of Their Life: Ronaldo 1997/98

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023Emmet GatesLeave a comment

In the first of a new series celebrating incredible individual seasons in Italy, Emmet Gates looks at Ronaldo's destructive 1997/98 campaign for Inter....

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All Time XI: Juventus

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022Emmet Gates11 Comments

Emmet Gates tackles the near impossible - choosing just eleven players from Juventus' history for his All Time XI....

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Andrea Pirlo’s greatest 12 months: Milan, Juventus, Euro 2012, England and God

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022Emmet GatesLeave a comment

Andrea Pirlo had been discarded by Milan in the summer of 2011. Determined to prove them wrong, he joined Juventus and subsequently played the best football of his career....

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Baggio Zidane

Milan 1-6 Juventus, 25 years on: A game that shifted the Serie A dynamic.

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022Emmet GatesLeave a comment

Emmet Gates spoke to former Juventus striker Christian Vieri on the legendary Milan 1-6 Juventus game from 25 years ago that marked a shift in the power dynamic in...

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Baggio free kick

Roberto Baggio’s Top Five European Goals

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022Emmet GatesLeave a comment

With the legendary Roberto Baggio celebrating his 55th birthday, Emmet Gates ranked his top five goals in European competition....

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Diego Maradona Moscow

Diego Maradona, Moscow, Lenin and the beginning of the end

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021Emmet GatesLeave a comment

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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Crespo goal Istanbul

In praise of Hernan Crespo’s second goal in Istanbul

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021Emmet GatesLeave a comment

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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TGU Interview: Franco Baresi

July 1, 2021August 22, 2021Emmet Gates1 Comment

Emmet Gates talks to the legendary Milan defender about the Azzurri at Euro 2020, Fikayo Tomori, and Diego Maradona...

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