Martin Dunlop traces Roma's last two decades, starting with their last Scudetto win in 2000/01 and ending with the disastrous 2004/05 campaign....
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Goal O’ The Times: Mancini vs. Lazio (2003)
Sam Brookes recalls Mancini's sublime backheel goal against Lazio in the Derby della Capitale in November 2003....
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The TGU Dream Team: Serie A in the 2000s
Following the publication of our Serie A team of the 1980s and 1990s articles, it was only natural we would tackle the 2000s next. After the golden era of...
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TGU Calcio Podcast (E10): Golden oldies of Italian football
TGU Calcio Podcast (E10): Golden oldies of Italian football TGU’s very own veteran performer Richard Hall is joined by young gun Luca Hodges-Ramon to discuss Ramez Nathan‘s piece on the...
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Age is just a number: Calcio’s 12 greatest veteran goalscorers
On February 2, 2019, Fabio Quagliarella was on the brink of writing history. He had scored in 11 consecutive games for Sampdoria and needed just one more goal to...
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The Brazilian Mancini: The €1000 man who danced and dazzled for Roma
Serie A has been blessed with outstanding Brazilians over the last 50 years. The list is almost endless: Aldair, Adriano, Branco, Cafu, Careca, Dunga, Julio Cesar, Kaka, Rivaldo, Roberto...
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The penalty that salvaged a dream: Francesco Totti vs. Australia (2006)
“Francescooooooo! Totti! Totti! Totti!,” yelled Italian commentator Fabio Caressa. The Azzurri had just been rescued by the forward’s last gasp penalty kick against Australia, securing a spot in the...
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Football Italia at 25: Celebrating Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios (part III)
This month celebrates a quarter century since an unknown twentysomething called James Richardson emerged as a staple in our lives via Channel 4’s groundbreaking coverage of Serie A. Following...
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The evolution of Francesco Totti, captured through his goals in the Rome Derby
Modern Roman culture is a potent cocktail of the contemporary and the ancient. Arguably, it is at its most complete when the two combine, encapsulated by the city’s designer...
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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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