Andrea Pirlo had been discarded by Milan in the summer of 2011. Determined to prove them wrong, he joined Juventus and subsequently played the best football of his career....
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Book Review: The Immortals by Arrigo Sacchi
Henry Bells reviews Arrigo Sacchi's new book, The Immortals, written with Luigi Garlando and translated by Mark Palmer....
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Ghosts of Serie A’s Christmas past
Trevor Stynes takes a look at calcio's relationship with playing games during the festive period....
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Roberto Baggio and me: Finding light in the darkness
James Oddy writes an emotional and personal article about suffering from depression, and finding moments of light through Roberto Baggio...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Anxiety, panic & ecstasy at Euro 2016
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 -...
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The end of Arrigo Sacchi: Italy at Euro ’96
Euro ’96, the tournament in which football ‘came home’. After 30 years, England were once again hosting a major international tournament. Played out to a backdrop of Britpop, Cool...
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Classic Match: Italy vs. Turkey – Euro 2000
Onur Bilgic recalls how Gli Azzurri kicked off Euro 2000, with a win against Turkey....
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The lost decade: Italy in the 1950s
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....
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Classic Match: Russia 1-1 Italy, World Cup ’98 Play-off
Surviving the snow – Gigi Buffon’s eventful Italy debut Gianluca Pagliuca was hobbling, heavily. Moments earlier, he had done well to intercept a through ball at the feet of...
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Sir Thomas Lipton: The Tea Magnate Who Inspired Italian Football
Sir Thomas Lipton: The Glaswegian Tea Magnate Who Inspired Early Italian Football Visitors to the town of West Auckland in County Durham, northern England, are greeted with road signs...
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