Diego Armando Maradona (Photo from veronello.com) The decade of the 1980s began with two major shifts in Italian football: the opening up of the game to foreign players and a gambling scandal that rocked the nation. Serie A was embroiled in turmoil when many major players and teams were involved in […]
Check out the second part of the History of Italian Soccer. Scudetto Edoardo Bosio was a textile trader born in Turin in 1864. After receiving a diploma in accounting, Bosio went to work for a British company in the textile trade. While living in England the Italian was exposed […]
Luciano Moggi, on the left, was one of the protagonists of Calciopoli, Italy’s football scandal In 1980, the world of Italian soccer was shaken by one of the worst illegal match fixing scandals of its history; many believed such dark times had ended with the Italian World Cup victory in […]
I Mondiali, FIFA World Cup, is experienced as a very special event by all Italians, one that everyone knows not to miss. Even those who are not usually interested in the campionato di serie A, Italy’s national soccer league, become soccer crazy during the World Cup to support the Azzurri (the name reserved to the team) for the […]
The dance will begin in Germany, the host country for the 2024 Euro Football Championship. Italy will be called upon to defend the title won in the 2020 edition during the victory against the infamous England in a penalty shootout. The Selection of 26 Players: The Official Squad The current […]
The ownership change of FC Internazionale Milano (Inter) from the Chinese fund Suning to the American fund Oaktree is now official. Following the club’s failure to repay 395 million euros to Oaktree Capital Management, the new owner takes over. A chapter filled with success comes to a close Zhang Jindong, […]
The only man on the planet to win three editions of the FIFA World Cup (1958; 1962; 1970). Pelé, the Brazilian wizard hailing from Três Corações, was the embodiment of the beauty of the game. In a country where soccer is almost a religion, like Italy, Pelé left an indelible […]
In Budapest, Gianmarco Tamberi won the World Cup in the high jump with a leap of 2.36 meters, adding gold to his already impressive collection. Our hero’s path in Budapest The athlete from Ancona, nicknamed Gimbo or half-beard, has been doing his superstitious routine since 2011. To relieve tension during […]
After weeks of speculation and hints, the final confirmation came on August 18. Luciano Spalletti has been named the next coach of Italy’s national soccer team. Following Roberto Mancini’s departure, the Italian federation saw the Tuscan coach as the finest contender to fill the now-vacant role. Why is a breath […]
For the Italian audience and others, it was a bolt from the blue. For a period, the climate within the FIGC (Italian Soccer Federation) was tense, although not so much. On August 13, Roberto Mancini abruptly quit as coach of the Italian national soccer team. Roberto Mancini’s path: a lovely […]