In a deeply personal account, Frank Risorto recalls the emotions he felt whilst seeing Italy against Spain at Euro 2016, and how football – for a brief period – allowed him to tune out the outside world.
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Euro ’96, the tournament in which football ‘came home’. After 30 years, England were once again hosting a […]
Onur Bilgic recalls how Gli Azzurri kicked off Euro 2000, with a win against Turkey.
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.
Surviving the snow – Gigi Buffon’s eventful Italy debut Gianluca Pagliuca was hobbling, heavily. Moments earlier, he had […]
Sir Thomas Lipton: The Glaswegian Tea Magnate Who Inspired Early Italian Football Visitors to the town of West […]
In the latest installment of our series, Wayne Girard asked Richard Hall to choose his favourite goals, games and […]
‘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 […]
In May 2017 during an official visit to Rome, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka was in the famous […]
Carlo Ancelotti once said: “Pirlo spots a pass in a split-second that lesser players could spend a whole […]
In early June 2007, Luca Toni walks into a hotel in the middle of Munich to face the […]
It goes without saying many legends have donned the black and white jersey of Juventus: Alessandro Del Piero, […]
Origins If the word ‘staffetta’ is translated into English, it roughly means relay. The word is generally associated […]
It’s safe to say that the World Cup in Russia this summer has been quite enjoyable to watch. […]
