Loyalty. In today’s game, no one really knows what the word means. Is it loyalty to a club? Are you loyal to anything in the game anymore? Agents and...
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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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What next for Juventus? Integrating the new generation with the old guard
On a rainy night in Cardiff, the look on his face said it all. Having just conceded Casemiro’s deflected long-range effort, the cameras caught Gianluigi Buffon in a moment...
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Daniele De Rossi: The wall of Ostia
The ancient city of Ostia has been the physical and geographical guardian of Rome since the Lupetta she-wolf saved Romulus and Remus from their infanticidal fate along the banks...
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Andrea Conti: The consummate terzino fluidificante
Modern football and its many advances in tactical theory have gradually steered away from the norm. Managers are demanding more from every individual on the pitch; the penalty box...
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TGU Interview: Talking Calcio Storico with the gladiators of Florence
Bruised, bloodied and battered, the Bianchi (white) team celebrated a Calcio Storico victory in the final held in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence last Saturday. Those men who were...
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The art of the biscotto: Delving into the Italian mindset
It’s June 22, 2004 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, Portugal. Having gone behind shortly before half-time, Italy are drawing 1-1 with Bulgaria in their final group...
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Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia: Atalanta’s past, present and future
The Stadio Atleti Azzuri d’Italia in Bergamo is home to Atalanta B.C., Serie A club and now a member of the Europa League. The site of the current ground...
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The dancing giant: The highs and lows of Italy’s richest expat, Graziano Pellè
“Why Asia? First of all, I went there because it was far, it gave me the impression of a place where there was still something to discover. I went...
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The triumphs and tensions of a strike partnership: Del Piero and Inzaghi at Juve
Some of football’s greatest sides are built on some form of partnership or triumvirate. Manchester United had Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke in the 1990s’, Milan had their Dutch...
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