On a rainy night in Cardiff, the look on his face said it all. Having just conceded Casemiro’s deflected long-range effort, the cameras caught Gianluigi Buffon in a moment...
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TGU Interview: Talking Calcio Storico with the gladiators of Florence
Bruised, bloodied and battered, the Bianchi (white) team celebrated a Calcio Storico victory in the final held in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence last Saturday. Those men who were...
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Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia: Atalanta’s past, present and future
The Stadio Atleti Azzuri d’Italia in Bergamo is home to Atalanta B.C., Serie A club and now a member of the Europa League. The site of the current ground...
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Juventus’ continued dominance of Serie A is in no small part due to the intimidating atmosphere created in its new Juventus (Allianz) Stadium. The cacophony the 41,000 Bianconeri fans generate...
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Celebrating the 10 greatest goals of Hernan Crespo’s Italian career
There aren’t many greater examples of a ‘complete striker’ than Hernan Crespo. Leaving River Plate and his beloved nation of Argentina to sign for Parma in 1996, his adventure...
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Grazie Capitano: A short ode to Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti. No words can do justice to what that name represents to legions of Roma fans around the world. Indeed, every accolade and every honour about Totti has...
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Are you not entertained? Celebrating the magnificence of Dries Mertens
Though he may not be on the stage when the 2017 Ballon d’Or winner is announced – the usual suspects, with the possible addition of Gigi Buffon, will, doubtless,...
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Suso Fernandez: The rise of AC Milan’s Il Cardellino
It all started with Rafa Benitez. You might ask how Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, otherwise known as “Suso”, has a connection with the now Newcastle manager....
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Commemorating Superga and Il Grande Torino
At 16:45 on 4 May 1949, Pierluigi Meroni picked up his transmitter and made contact with the Turin air field. “We are over Savona,” his message read when it...
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Verona vs. Vicenza: The past, present and future of the Derby del Veneto
According to Wikipedia, the match between Verona and Vicenza falls into the category of “Minor regional derby.” This massively understates the long-running and intense rivalry that exists between these...
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