The Seconda Categoria of Italian football is a place where only the hardy tread and even then it is probably the fool hardy. Yet it is down in the...
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Classic match: Roma 5-0 AC Milan 05/05/1998
Those who know the ins and outs of Calcio know all about the cult that surrounds the legendary Czech coach, Zdenek Zeman. They also know, however, that even though...
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Cristiano Doni: A Tainted Legacy
It is Spring 2014 in the tiny little village of Orio al Serio, located roughly four kilometres from Bergamo. A group of 20 or so kids ranging from ages...
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Anne O’ Brien: The Unknown Legend of Calcio
(Anne O’ Brien right) Five Scudetti and two Coppa Italia’s. There isn’t a footballer alive who wouldn’t be happy with that trophy haul come the end of their career....
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Filippo Savi: For the love of Calcio
It’s the final day of the 2014-15 season in the Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Girone A. In front of a modest crowd, the players of tiny Lentigione Calcio celebrate their promotion...
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Arturo Lupoli: The forgotten prodigy
In the early years of the new millennium, two prodigious young attacking talents were blazing a trail through the Parma and Italian youth system. One would go on to...
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Alessandro: The other Lucarelli
“I have always been framed as the brother of Lucarelli (Cristiano). But I have always been Alessandro Lucarelli another player” Alessandro Lucarelli has always had to cede the limelight...
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