On New Year’s day, when an ex-student of mine, a proud Veronese with a curious west coast drawl, […]
Italy
It is a small country on the fringes of Europe, a country whose people have spread knowledge, ‘craic’ […]
Despite a laudable haul of four world cups, Italy have only won the European Championships once – back […]
On a June evening in Porto in 2004, a Scandinavian derby took place in a decisive game of […]
As a relatively young nation with proud regional identities, Italians have a complex relationship with their national team. […]
In questionable taste, metaphors of war are frequently wheeled out to describe football matches. Spells of territorial dominance […]
A total of 44,000 people were crammed into the Sarria Stadium in Barcelona on the 5th July 1982. […]
After Italy started their Euro 2012 campaign with an impressive 1-1 draw with World Champions Spain in Gdansk, […]
Made by: Kappa Worn by: Francesco Totti, Alessandro Del Piero, Fabio Cannavaro, Antonio Conte, Marco Delvecchio Year: 2000 […]
In the early years of the new millennium, two prodigious young attacking talents were blazing a trail through […]
Enrico Chiesa was a Serie A icon throughout the ‘glory days’ of Calcio. In a career that spanned over […]
In the second and final instalment of Neil’s two-part article, he looks at how Vittorio Pozzo’s Italy – […]
In the first instalment of this two part article, Neil maps out the political backdrop to which the […]
Nostalgia is a term that describes sentimentality. It comes from the Greek words ‘nostos and algos’ which in […]
As the saying goes ‘Italians Do It Better’. The cuisine, the cars, the fashion and some of the […]
