“We thought that we’d already won the Scudetto, but that is not the case” shrugged Max Allegri after presiding over Juventus’ first defeat of the season. Sunday’s 2-0 loss...
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Giorgio Chinaglia: Lazio’s unsaintly champion
In May 2017 during an official visit to Rome, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka was in the famous Ristorante Da Sabatino. Just above an image of the capuchin monk...
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A Roman epic: Lazio’s 1999/00 Scudetto triumph
The date was May 18, 2000 and the new millennium was in full force: the Olsen Brothers had recently won the Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark, Britney Spears had...
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Red and blue rivals: Bologna, Genoa and the great theft of 1925
In 1925, Italy was in the grip of fascism. Following a campaign of scare tactics and violence that began with the 1922 March on Rome, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini,...
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The five best teams never to win Serie A
“Roma and Napoli had a superb campaign,” observed Juve boss Max Allegri in a press conference at the end of the season, “and Juventus did even better.” You have...
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TGU Interview: Author Matteo Fontana talks Osvaldo Bagnoli and Verona
In the footballing world, where clichés abound, Leicester City’s improbable surge towards the Premier League is a genuine sporting fairytale. This time last year Leicester were on the verge...
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