Legend of Calcio: Paolo Di Canio
Paolo Di Canio, love him or hate him, is a legend in the Italian game. There simply isn’t a list of adjectives long enough to describe this man. Crazy, gifted, passionate, fiery, genius, tempremental, unyielding, skillful, the list goes on. He has scored some of the most sublime strikes ever seen on a football pitch, pushed referees, came More...
Classic Azzurri Matches – Italy v West Germany 1970
There are certain sporting events which supersede their billing as a form of entertainment. Sporting events which define more than just an afternoon, but a whole year, and in even more extraordinary cases… a generation. More...
Legend of Calcio: Michel Platini
Grace, class, style. Three attributes that are usually reserved for not just the best footballers on the planet, but those athletes who seem to be gifted that have the ability to conjure moments of sporting purity More...
Legend of Calcio: Gianfranco Zigoni
During the modern era, calcio has been blessed, or perhaps cursed, with an array of wonderfully talented footballers who do not conform to the rules of football, and society as a whole. The likes of Mario Balotelli More...
Great Calcio Sides: AC Milan 2003-08
Two Champions League titles, a near unbeaten run to the 2003-4 Scudetto and that infamous loss to Liverpool in the 2005 European Cup Final, the AC Milan side under Carlo Ancelotti through the middle part of the More...
Legend of Calcio: James Richardson Spensley
James Richardson Spensley is perhaps not a legend of calcio, he is arguably the legend of calcio. This is simply because without Spensley, the Italian football that we watch and adore today would not exist. The More...
Great Calcio Sides: Juventus 2000-06
The turn of the century was not a great one for Juventus. Despite having a great team at his disposal, Carlo Ancelotti was unable to bring any kind of trophy home during his two years on the sidelines of the Old More...
Legend of Calcio: Andriy Shevchenko
Undoubtedly one of the finest strikers ever to grace Italian football, Andriy Shevchenko became a legend of calcio during his seven year spell at AC Milan. While his return to the Rossoneri on loan in 2008 did not More...
Legend of Calcio: Walter Zenga
Born April 28th 1960 in Milan and an Inter fan as a boy, Walter Zenga will be remembered by most Interisti as the greatest goalkeeper ever to have worn the Nerazzurri jersey, as well as a candidate for the title More...
Legend of Calcio: Paulo Roberto Falcao
Roma have never been short of a Brazilian or two in their side. From striker Dino da Costa in the early 1960’s to winger Amarildo ten years later and the legendary Aldair and Cafu in the 1990’s to the more recent More...
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