Shirt: Roma Season: 1986-91 Manufacturer: Ennerre Sponsor: Barilla Worn by: Bruno Conti, Carlo Ancelotti, Zbigniew Boniek, Gianluca Signorini, Giuseppe Giannini, Aldair, Daniele Massaro, Rudi Völler, Thomas Berthold, Stefano Desideri,...
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Robert Di Niro is the face of several iconic movie quotes. In relation to this article, one particular line from the film ‘A Bronx Tale’ stands out: “the saddest...
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The story of Icarus and his father, Daedalus, is one of recklessness that results in a tragic fall from grace. It also provoked the idiom “Don’t fly too close...
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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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It has become a familiar image in Calcio. The camera pans to the stand and picks out a legend of the club. But they are not there just to...
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It was the final day of the 1999/00 Serie A season and as torrential rain and wind battered the Renato Curi stadium, Carlo Ancelotti and his Juventus side were...
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No matter how pithy the quote, football should never become a matter of life and death. Nor should it be considered ‘war minus the shooting’, though we are often...
Read MoreRome 1984: Running the gauntlet with a looted dream
It didn’t matter how you got there, just as long as you got there: Squeezed into to the back of barely roadworthy Ford Granada with another six bodies, or...
Read MoreThe top 15 Italian club kits of the last 50 years
Not content with the debate sparked by our Top 10 Azzurri kits article earlier this year, we decided to put ourselves back in the firing line by compiling a list of the top...
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