20 years on, Henry Bell looks at the dramatic events of 5th May, 2002 at both ends of the table. Juve fought Inter and Roma for the Serie A...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Il fantasma di Diego Maradona
James Nye travelled to Naples to see Napoli take on Milan, but with the club perpetually living in the past, modern day success will never happen....
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Football Without Life is Nothing: A Review of The Hand of God
Henry Bell reviews Paolo Sorrentino's Oscar nominated È stata la mano di Dio (The Hand of God). Exploring it from a Italian football fan's perspective....
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The (meat)ball is round: how music led to Italian success at Euro 2020
Can Italy's victory at the Euro 2020 tournament be explained by the mutual love of a Neapolitan pop song about meatballs? Henry Bell investigates....
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Roberto Baggio’s Top Five European Goals
With the legendary Roberto Baggio celebrating his 55th birthday, Emmet Gates ranked his top five goals in European competition....
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Derby della Madonnina: Best Five Games
Richard Hall looks at five of the best ever games from the world famous Derby della Madonnina....
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Top Five Calcio Shirts: James Oddy
TGU writer James Oddy picks his top five favourite calcio shirts of all time....
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Book Review: The Immortals by Arrigo Sacchi
Henry Bells reviews Arrigo Sacchi's new book, The Immortals, written with Luigi Garlando and translated by Mark Palmer....
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Ghosts of Serie A’s Christmas past
Trevor Stynes takes a look at calcio's relationship with playing games during the festive period....
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Tales from the Peninsula: Como, Ciro Di Marzio and a train to Florence
Wayne Girard recounts his not-so-well planned trip to Como in 2017, in which his dream to replicate Ciro Di Marzio from Gomorrah was scuppered....
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