“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent,” Roberto De Niro passionately tells his son in the 1993 movie ‘A Bronx Tale’. While it’s debatable whether indeed that is...
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Goal O’ The Times: Gabriel Batistuta vs. Napoli (1996)
“Batistutaaaaa!” yelled the great Peter Brackley seemingly every other Sunday afternoon. It was one of the most striking visuals in any sport of the 1990s, the Argentine front man...
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Goal O’ The Times: Alessandro Del Piero vs. Lazio (1994)
Often a player can embark on a breakthrough season. We’ve all seen it before; the youngster who finally fulfills their early potential, the player of modest ability who suddenly...
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Goal O’ The Times: Paul Gascoigne vs. Roma (1992)
If there was ever a transfer that kick started a mini pop culture revolution, it was Paul Gascoigne’s move to Lazio, 25 years ago this summer. It’s a well-worn...
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Goal O’ The Times: Alvaro Recoba vs. Brescia (1997)
A young son sits with his father at a restaurant. Suddenly he notices Real Madrid left-back Marcelo at another table across the room. The boy knows all of the...
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Goal O’ The Times: Francesco Totti vs. Sampdoria (2006)
“My greatest ever goal? The left-footed volley against Sampdoria,” Francesco Totti told The New York Times recently. In an extraordinary career that has stretched over three different decades and...
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Goal O’ The Times: David Trezeguet vs. Milan (2005)
Juventus vs. Milan; it may seem strange that despite both clubs historically being Italy’s two most successful and important sides, in the past 25 years there hasn’t been many...
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Goal O’ The Times: Roberto Baggio vs. Juventus (2001)
“During my career I won the World Cup, was top scorer in Serie A, won the golden boot and was the top scorer in the Bundesliga. But the real...
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Celebrating Roberto Baggio’s finest free-kicks
‘’He took free kicks like no other,’’ Andrea Pirlo remarked. ‘’I just used to stand there in training and study him for days. I think I learned something in...
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Double delight: Juve Kings of Italy, Toro Kings of Turin
“The Turin derby isn’t one of Italy’s biggest, it’s not as big as the Milan derby or the Rome derby, or even the Genoese derby” says Roberto, a Juventus...
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