Francesco Totti. No words can do justice to what that name represents to legions of Roma fans around the world. Indeed, every accolade and every honour about Totti has...
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Six of the best: Celebrating Batistuta’s greatest thunderbolts
Gabriel Omar Batistuta scored 200 league goals during his 13-year stint in Italy and attempting to choose his best effort is nigh-on impossible. Deft flicks, powerful headers, acrobatic volleys...
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Classic Match: Juventus vs. Roma (1983) – A titanic tussle between ruthless rivals
If you’re a fan of Italian football and, like me, spend far too much time watching online clips of old action from the Peninsula, there’s a good chance you’ll...
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Goal O’ The Times: Paul Gascoigne vs. Roma (1992)
If there was ever a transfer that kick started a mini pop culture revolution, it was Paul Gascoigne’s move to Lazio, 25 years ago this summer. It’s a well-worn...
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The evolution of Francesco Totti, captured through his goals in the Rome Derby
Modern Roman culture is a potent cocktail of the contemporary and the ancient. Arguably, it is at its most complete when the two combine, encapsulated by the city’s designer...
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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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Goal O’ The Times: Francesco Totti vs. Sampdoria (2006)
“My greatest ever goal? The left-footed volley against Sampdoria,” Francesco Totti told The New York Times recently. In an extraordinary career that has stretched over three different decades and...
Read MoreInsult me to my face: Luciano Spalletti and the Crotone heckler
It’s 12 February 2017. Roma are winning 2-0 away to Crotone in added time. Giallorossi head coach Luciano Spalletti decides to turn and face the home fan who has...
Read MoreClassic Match: Inter vs. Roma 2007/08
Week 25 of the 2007-08 Serie A season saw Italy’s top two go head-to-head as Roberto Mancini’s Inter welcomed Luciano Spalletti’s Roma to the Giuseppe Meazza, with the Romans...
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Franco Sensi: A life of family, passion and AS Roma
For many people in football, their club becomes their family. Franco Sensi was someone whose love for both was heavily entwined. The summer of 1926 was an intense one...
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