Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show
James Richardson, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti relive Serie A's glory days with tales of Italian football's greatest and most infamous icons
Episodes
October 26, 2021 • 67 mins
Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back to cast their minds all the way back to the summer and Italy’s unforgettable Euro 2020 triumph.
In 2017, Italian football was on its knees, with the national team failing to qualify for the World Cup. So how did the Azzurri transform themselves into undoubtedly the best team at Euro 2020, breaking English hearts in the process? It’s a story featuring Mancini, Maneskin and meatballs...
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March 12, 2021 • 69 mins
Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti bring you the Serie A story of the original Ronaldo – a global icon.
The Brazilian superstar Ronaldo joined Inter Milan from Barcelona in 1997. His return to Spain 5 years later arguably marked the end of Serie A’s economic dominance. Golazzo relives the greatest player in the world playing in the greatest league in the world in his prime, before injuries sadly struck.
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March 5, 2021 • 48 mins
Jimbo, James Horncastle and special guest Rafa Honigstein examine the three legendary Germans who made Inter record-breakers at the turn of the 90s.
Lothar Matthaus, Jurgen Klinsmann and Andreas Brehme were an integral part of West Germany’s World Cup winning side in 1990. They would all join forces at San Siro, with Matthaus and Brehme contributing to an Inter title win achieved with a record points total, and Klinsmann helping t...
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February 26, 2021 • 62 mins
Jimbo welcomes back James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti to discuss one of the most recognisable names and haircuts in Italian football history – Fabrizio Ravanelli.
The man who said he was born to be a bricklayer was on the scoresheet the last time Juventus won the Champions League. A silver fox with one of the most imitated goal celebrations of all time, we examine whether his legend was rather more modest than we remember. And how...
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December 22, 2020 • 40 mins
Gullit, Rijkaard and Van Basten were a central part of one of the greatest club sides ever, when Serie A was arguably at its peak.
This episode looks at the success enjoyed at a time when European Cup finals were the norm for Milan, and the denouement for the Dutchmen as Gullit clashed with Capello, while Van Basten’s career was cut tragically short by injury.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: European Cup glory in 89 and 90 (01m 00s)
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December 15, 2020 • 38 mins
Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten were so good, they made up the entire podium for the 1988 Ballon D’Or.
The Dutch trio, known as the three tulips, were pivotal to the Netherlands’ Euro 88 triumph and this Golazzo concentrates on the years that led to them becoming a collective at San Siro.
Part one of this two-part special also includes Ruud’s reggae band and a heated debate over the best goal ever.
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December 8, 2020 • 50 mins
European Cup winner Sinisa Mihajlovic was the master of free-kicks, considered a wonder of physics in Italy. He also was an accused racist and has battled leukaemia while still managing Bologna. His is a complex story, and his Golazzo includes a special tribute from Sven-Goran Eriksson.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1a: Mihajlovic’s beginnings at Vojvodina (03m 30s)
• PART 1b: Sinisa wins the European Cup with Red Star (09m 00s)
• PAR...
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December 2, 2020 • 62 mins
The start saw a string of sackings but Luciano Spalletti’s managerial career caught fire in his first spell at Roma, one of the most tactically significant coaching stints of the last 20 years. Defined by the discovery of the 4-6-0 formation that rejuvenated Francesco Totti.
This Golazzo looks back at that team, as well as some of the less successful periods in Spalletti’s time in football. From ostracizing Totti to ostracizing Ic...
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November 23, 2020 • 1 min
Join Jimbo and the gang for a new series of Golazzo, harking back to the golden days of Serie A. Featuring Sinisa, Spalletti and more. Coming soon...
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April 21, 2020 • 38 mins
Today we look at how Juventus found themselves embroiled in the world of organised crime, the introduction of identity cards and the ultra stance as last defenders of the real values of the sport.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: The case of Rafaello Bucci and the Drughi (01m 00s)
• PART 2: Identity cards brought in to curb violence (13m 00s)
• PART 3: The good that ultras do (20m 00s)
• PART 4: Are the Ultras dying out? (30m 00s)
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April 16, 2020 • 43 mins
In the first of a two-part special, we look at the roots of ultra culture, the politics and the power wielded by Italian clubs’ most passionate and outspoken fan groups. Suspending games, stopping signings and supposed links to organised crime.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Why the fascination with ultras? (01m 00s)
• PART 2: The roots of ultra culture (10m 00s)
• PART 3: The links to organised crime (15m 00s)
• PART 4: Why do clubs gi...
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April 9, 2020 • 44 mins
In a backdrop of a boom in Italy, Juventus supplemented Giampero Boniperti in 1957 with forwards Omar Sivori and gentle giant John Charles, perhaps the most universally popular Juventus player ever. And one hell of a singer.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Why were this trio so iconic? (01m 00s)
• PART 2: Agnelli acquires Charles and Sivori (05m 00s)
• PART 3: Sivori – a proto-Maradona? (15m 00s)
• PART 4a: Charles – Juve’s best ever fore...
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March 31, 2020 • 42 mins
Immortalised in Italian pop culture and in the hearts of fans at the Stadio Olimpico, we examine a man of impeccable integrity and character. Brian McBride might tell you otherwise.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: De Rossi’s last game for Roma (01m 00s)
• PART 2: De Rossi’s beginnings at Roma – Captain Future (05m 00s)
• PART 3a: What was De Rossi’s position and role? (09m 30s)
• PART 3b: The times when De Rossi went too far, almost joini...
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March 25, 2020 • 43 mins
Having established Milan as a European superpower, Berlusconi made the move into politics, becoming Italian prime minister. And wherever he went, sex and scandal usually followed. Did he take his eye off the ball at the San Siro?
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Berlusconi forms Forza Italia (01m 00s)
• PART 2: Berlusconi’s results for Milan and politically (10m 00s)
• PART 3a: The formation of Ancelotti’s Milan (16m 00s)
• PART 3b: The Mi...
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March 18, 2020 • 47 mins
The first in a two-part special looks at how Berlusconi brought an elite level set-up on and off the pitch, making his three-time Champions League winners AC Milan the benchmark in European football.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: The powerful man will fix things (01m 00s)
• PART 2: Berlusconi’s beginnings, forming Italy’s first national commercial TV network (06m 00s)
• PART 3a: Berlusconi moves into football with AC Milan (15m 30s)
• P...
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January 29, 2020 • 39 mins
Francesco Totti scored some of his most memorable goals in the twilight of his career before retiring at 40. But exiting centre stage for his hometown club Roma proved to be a slightly messy affair.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Totti’s penalty for Italy against Australia at the 2006 World Cup (01m 00s)
• PART 2a: Totti – the best player in his 30s ever? (05m 00s)
• PART 2b: Totti hangs up his boots – what next? (15m 00s)
• PART 3: Our ...
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January 22, 2020 • 52 mins
He’s a God in Rome. Would Francesco Totti have been more appreciated globally if he’d taken that move to Real Madrid? The first part of our special looks back on the first decade of his career, when he realised the dream of lifting the Scudetto with his hometown club.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Totti – Mr Roma (01m 00s)
• PART 2a: Totti joins Roma at 12 and debuts at 16 (05m 00s)
• PART 2b: Zdenek Zeman takes over at Roma and transfo...
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January 15, 2020 • 49 mins
Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti return to discuss Italy’s all-time leading goalscorer, the benchmark by which all Italian strikers have been measured against – Gigi Riva.
Spending almost his entire career at Cagliari and leading Sardinia to its only Scudetto, why did Riva refuse to leave despite world record offers? This is the story of a mechanic turned leading man with chiselled cheekbones and a shot that broke a ballboy...
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December 18, 2019 • 33 mins
Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti return with the concluding part of our special on the great Gianluca Vialli.
Having tackled Sampdoria and Juventus, we look at Luca’s move to England where he played for and eventually managed Chelsea to major silverware. Like a kid with the keys to a Ferrari, to quote Fabio Capello.
We also examine Vialli’s complex relationship with the Italian national team and his falling out with Arrigo ...
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December 11, 2019 • 47 mins
He’s the last man to lift the European Cup for Juventus. This week Golazzo brings you the first of a two-part special on Gianluca Vialli, with Jimbo, James Horncastle and Vialli’s co-author Gab Marcotti.
The most expensive player in the world when he signed for the Old Lady, Vialli made his name winning the Scudetto at Sampdoria with his “goal twin” Roberto Mancini. We look back at the golden years for one of the most iconic footba...
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