With the Derby della Lanterna between Sampdoria and Genoa approaching this Saturday, follow us down memory lane as we celebrate the historic protagonists of this epic Serie A fixture. Starting...
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Goal O’ The Times: Francesco Totti vs. Sampdoria (2006)
“My greatest ever goal? The left-footed volley against Sampdoria,” Francesco Totti told The New York Times recently. In an extraordinary career that has stretched over three different decades and...
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Goal O’ The Times: David Trezeguet vs. Milan (2005)
Juventus vs. Milan; it may seem strange that despite both clubs historically being Italy’s two most successful and important sides, in the past 25 years there hasn’t been many...
Read MoreClassic Match: Bologna vs. Lazio 2000/01
Francesco Guidolin’s Bologna played host to Dino Zoff’s entertaining Lazio in week 22 of the 2000-01 Serie A campaign. Zoff’s star-studded side made the trip north to the Emilia-Romagna...
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Three colours of Zlatan, Part II: Inter
Arrivato: Milano After his adventure with Juventus, Zlatan Ibrahimovic set foot in Milan; hallowed ground for two of European football’s most storied factions, divided by contrasting colours – rosso...
Read MoreInsult me to my face: Luciano Spalletti and the Crotone heckler
It’s 12 February 2017. Roma are winning 2-0 away to Crotone in added time. Giallorossi head coach Luciano Spalletti decides to turn and face the home fan who has...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Me, my Father & AC Milan
It would be not only a cliché, but also a fat lie, if I said that I’ve been a football aficionado since day one. During my kindergarten days, some of which...
Read MoreClassic Match: Inter vs. Roma 2007/08
Week 25 of the 2007-08 Serie A season saw Italy’s top two go head-to-head as Roberto Mancini’s Inter welcomed Luciano Spalletti’s Roma to the Giuseppe Meazza, with the Romans...
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Three colours of Zlatan, Part I: Juventus
“I want out of here!” barked a young, egoistic Swede to his agent. “In that case, you can move to Turin.” After a heated volley of curse words and slurs,...
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Marco Di Vaio: The making of Bologna’s bandiera
These days, it is rare for fans to hold a player in such high regard; to see an individual player as an embodiment of their club. It is even...
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