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Author: dancancian

The Bianconeri’s best: Five of the most successful coaches in Juventus history

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The announcement that Massimiliano Allegri and Juventus will go their separate ways was not met with the shock […]

dancancian May 21, 2019 All-time lists, Gazzetta

The ecstasy before the agony: Roberto Baggio vs. Bulgaria (1994)

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The everlasting image of the 1994 World Cup portrays a lonely Roberto Baggio disconsolately looking down at the […]

dancancian June 22, 2018 Azzurri, Gazzetta

Paolo Poggi: the forgotten story of Italy’s itinerant goalscorer

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If Italian football was a Trivial Pursuit category, Paolo Poggi would feature prominently among the answers. The scorer […]

dancancian February 15, 2018 Gazzetta

The 10 most controversial transfers in Serie A history

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In a transfer window brimming with narratives, Leonardo Bonucci’s move to AC Milan is undoubtedly Serie A’s biggest […]

dancancian December 2, 2017 Gazzetta

The nightmare of Korea: Italy’s biggest World Cup humiliation, half-a-century later

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“They have won! Good heavens, they have won. What is going on here? This is fantastic,” bellowed Frank […]

dancancian November 16, 2017 Azzurri, Gazzetta

Luigi Radice: The Torino icon who challenged Catenaccio with Total Football

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In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple, the Concorde completed its first commercial flight and the […]

dancancian June 20, 2017 Gazzetta, The Author's 15

Six of the best: Celebrating Batistuta’s greatest thunderbolts

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Gabriel Omar Batistuta scored 200 league goals during his 13-year stint in Italy and attempting to choose his best effort is nigh-on impossible.

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dancancian May 23, 2017 Calcio Caught on Camera, Series

Nereo Rocco: the master of Italian football

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On a balmy early May afternoon in 1979, AC Milan clinched their tenth Serie A title with a […]

dancancian May 5, 2017 Gazzetta

Breaking the curse: Torino’s triumph in the 1993 Coppa Italia

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Shortly after Torino drew 0-0 against Ajax in Amsterdam to lose the 1992 UEFA Cup final, a dejected […]

dancancian April 17, 2017 Gazzetta
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