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Serie A

JUVE AND THE RISK OF THE WOODEN SPOON OF INVINCIBILITY – PART 1

The old stager’s blue eyes fixed his interviewer with a gaze that seemed to bore into him. “If a referendum were held on the most important sports figure of Perugia’s centenary, I believe Ilario Castagner would rank very high,” the interviewer said.  “After all, you’ve achieved a lot, stayed in Perugia, played for Perugia FC, […]

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UEFA Champions League

FLORENTINO PEREZ AND THE ART OF WAITING

Florentino Pérez embraced Raúl González. The former Real Madrid captain said something in Pérez’s ear, which made Pérez playfully slap across Raúl’s face. The pair hugged again before Raúl walked away to let Pérez enjoy the presentation ceremony of the UEFA Champions League 2021/22 final at the Stade de France. As Real Madrid players came […]

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Serie A

A MIRACLE IN REGGIO EMILIA

The last miracle in Italian football occurred on a Sunday in May 1991, when U.C. Sampdoria won their first – and so far only – Serie A title, pipping defending champions AC Milan to the Scudetto. Thirty-one years later, Milan conjured a miracle of their own on a Sunday evening in May in the northern […]