Ross Kilvington examines Gli Azzurri’s struggles in the aftermath of the Superga disaster, as the 1950s became the lost decade for the Italian national side.
Category Archive: Azzurri
As four-time World Cup winners and six-time finalists, Italy are one of the most successful football nations of all time. It is only right that we dedicate a corner of the site to the highs and lows of the Azzurri.
Surviving the snow – Gigi Buffon’s eventful Italy debut Gianluca Pagliuca was hobbling, heavily. Moments earlier, he had […]
‘Viva Rivera, Mandelli in galera’: The forgotten story of Walter Mandelli and Italy’s 1970 World Cup
‘There are ten thousand fans waiting at Fiumicino,’ announced the captain of the plane carrying the Italian team […]
It was 20 years ago that a golden goal settled the final of Euro 2000 and it went against […]
Origins If the word ‘staffetta’ is translated into English, it roughly means relay. The word is generally associated […]
As the final whistle went in Milan after the aggregate play-off defeat to Sweden, the fate of the […]
It’s safe to say that the World Cup in Russia this summer has been quite enjoyable to watch. […]
The everlasting image of the 1994 World Cup portrays a lonely Roberto Baggio disconsolately looking down at the […]
“Francescooooooo! Totti! Totti! Totti!,” yelled Italian commentator Fabio Caressa. The Azzurri had just been rescued by the forward’s […]
For generations of football fans, Italy are the quintessential World Cup team. Skilful, stylish and exciting, Gli Azzurri […]
One of the best known pictures in the history of Italian football shows four men engaged in a […]
Many among the 70,000 crowd gathered in the San Siro released an involuntary gasp as Spanish referee Antonio […]
“The next young player who says he does not want to play for England should be ordered to […]
According to Buddha’s teachings, “it is not prayer, not grace and not sacrifice that brings redemption, but only […]
Words fail us. When it comes to love or grief, they can never fully articulate how we feel […]
