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January 16, 2021

Record Breakers – Dino Zoff’s clean sheet record

When it comes to defending, there is no other country that can do it better than the Italians. Three standout memories include…

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December 13, 2020

Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.5

Paolo Rossi died on Wednesday at the age of 64. I wrote an obituary for him and this can be found here….

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December 11, 2020

Paolo Rossi – An Obituary

Former Italy striker Paolo Rossi passed away on Wednesday at the age of 64. He was best remembered for his hat-trick for…

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December 5, 2020

Historic Matches No.4 – Italy 4 West Germany 3

This ‘Historic Match’ was between West Germany and Italy in the 1970 World Cup Semi Final in Mexico. It is known as…

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November 14, 2020

On This Day – 14th November

England and Italy played out an ill-tempered match on this day back in 1934 that became known as‘The Battle of Highbury’ .There…

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July 19, 2020

On This Day – 19th July

Pak Doo-ik’s shot heads towards the back of the net, 19th July 1966 One of the greatest shocks in World Cup history…

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July 9, 2020

On This Day – 8th July

It was on this day back in 2006 that Zinedine Zidane played the last competitive match of his career.Every neutral fan supported…

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July 7, 2020

Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.16 – Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio is undoubtedly one of the finest Italian footballers ever seen.  He worked very well as an attacking midfielder and also…

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On This Day – 7th July

Peter Shilton against Italy, 7th July 1990 Peter Shilton made his 125th and final cap for England on this day back in…

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July 5, 2020

On This Day – 5th July

The 1994 World Cup in the USA was to be a hugely disappointing one for Gianfranco Zola.The Italian playmaker had been a…

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