Martin Dunlop puts together a detailed look at the linguistic and cultural background to some of Italy's biggest derbies....
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Asprilla Hits A Wall: How Fabio Cannavaro’s Brilliance First Emerged Live On Channel 4.
Henry Bell looks back at the game which announced Fabio Cannavaro's genius to the world: Parma v Napoli in 1993, broadcast live on Channel 4....
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Andrea Pirlo’s greatest 12 months: Milan, Juventus, Euro 2012, England and God
Andrea Pirlo had been discarded by Milan in the summer of 2011. Determined to prove them wrong, he joined Juventus and subsequently played the best football of his career....
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Top Five Calcio Shirts: Henry Bell
TGU writer Henry Bell picks his top five favourite calcio shirts of all time....
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Dries Mertens and the Legend of Partenope
Wayne Girard explores Dries 'Ciro' Mertens' relationship with Napoli, the club and the city. Ciro's love affair with Naples being as legendary as the origin myth of the city...
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Alessandro Costacurta: the Intercontinental Cup Years
Daniel Willamson explores AC Milan and Italy legend Alessandra Costacurta's career through the lens of the Intercontinental Cup....
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Cinque Maggio 2002 – A Feast from the Footballing Gods
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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