In February 1985 struggling Lazio made the trip south to face the Diego Maradona fanfare in Naples. I Biancocelesti had mustered a point the week before at home to Ascoli going...
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Napoli travelled north to Turin back in March 1998 with the Partenopei desperately trying to hang on to their Serie A status, having won only two games and with...
Read MoreClassic Match: AC Milan vs. Juventus 2000/01
Serie A didn’t have to wait long for its first real blockbuster of the 2000/01 season. Matchday three would see Carlo Ancelotti’s unbeaten Juventus travel to the red hot...
Read MoreClassic Match: Napoli vs. Roma 2007/08
After a two week hiatus for the international break, Serie A returns with the season’s first Derby del Sole as Roma travel to the Stadio San Paolo to face...
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban was one of the most talented players to play for Milan in the 1990s, an impressive feat considering the status of that team. When talking about Milan’s...
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Giuseppe ‘Lo Zio’ Bergomi
He was ‘The Uncle’ from seventeen, the boy who marked Karl-Heinz Rummenigge out of a World Cup final, he was the man with ‘that’ moustache, the darling of the...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Viola Memories
Even now, the memory still hurts. We were winning 6-0 and it did not matter a jot. Results elsewhere were sending us to Serie B and there was nothing...
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Dario Hubner
Thierry Henry (aged 24), Arsenal, 24 Goals, English Premier League Champions Raul (aged 24) Real Madrid, 24 Goals, La Liga Champions Marcio Amoruso (aged 27) Borussia Dortmund, 18 Goals,...
Read MoreClassic Calcio Kits: Parma 2003-04
Worn by: Antonio Benarrivo, Daniele Bonera, Domenico Morfeo, Alberto Gilardino & Marco Marchionni Season: 2003/04 Parma launched this eye catching kit in the summer of 2003 to celebrate the...
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AC Milan: The Alternative Club guide
Stadium: San Siro (Giuseppe Meazza), capacity 80,074 Not many cities can boast two giants of the European game. Milan can. Milan and Internazionale are two titanic teams not only in Serie A but...
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