There aren’t many greater examples of a ‘complete striker’ than Hernan Crespo. Leaving River Plate and his beloved nation of Argentina to sign for Parma in 1996, his adventure...
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Goal O’ The Times: Antonio Cassano vs. Inter (1999)
“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent,” Roberto De Niro passionately tells his son in the 1993 movie ‘A Bronx Tale’. While it’s debatable whether indeed that is...
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The challengers to Juventus’ dominance: Is Serie A on the brink of a renaissance?
To the majority of supporters, Italian football is known to be nothing more than a fallen giant. It is known as the sad, fading image of what was once...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Something surreal in San Siro
It’s 11 a.m. and I’m realising our early is Milan’s right on time. It’s the day of the Derby della Madonnina, and my dad and I have made an...
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Internazionale: The Alternative Club Guide
Stadium: San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza), capacity 80,074 Not many cities can boast two giants of the European game. Milan certainly can. Internazionale and Milan are two titanic teams not only...
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Protagonists of the Derby della Madonnina, Part IV: Mauro Icardi
71 goals in 141 games for Inter: at the end of the day, that’s all one needs to know about Mauro Icardi. Arriving in Milan in the summer of...
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Protagonists of the Derby della Madonnina, Part III: Alessio Romagnoli
Similarly to Inter’s Roberto Gagliardini, whom we discussed yesterday, AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli was bought for 20 plus million euros (in the summer of 2015), joining the Rossoneri to the...
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Protagonists of the Derby della Madonnina, Part II: Roberto Gagliardini
A newcomer at Inter, having arrived only this January, Roberto Gagliardini has already been handed the keys to the Nerazzurri‘s midfield. The epitome of the modern box-to-box midfielder, who can...
Read MoreProtagonists of the Derby della Madonnina, Part I: Suso
When Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre, better known as Suso, joined AC Milan from Liverpool in 2015, many Milanisti simply uttered – who? One year later, regenerated by...
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Goal O’ The Times: Alvaro Recoba vs. Brescia (1997)
A young son sits with his father at a restaurant. Suddenly he notices Real Madrid left-back Marcelo at another table across the room. The boy knows all of the...
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