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. RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1: Mancini replaces Ventura (01m...

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. RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1: Not that Ronaldo (01m 30s) • PART 2a: How did Inter get Ronaldo? (08m 00s)  • PART 2b: 97/98 – Inter miss out on the title but win the UEFA Cup (14m 00s) • PART 3a:...

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 to capture the UEFA Cup too. We look at a trio that helped define a time when Serie A was the true superpower of European football. RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1a: German players to have graced Serie A (01m 30s) •...

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 exactly did he end up at Middlesbrough? And Dundee? RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1a: The man made by Football Italia? (02m 00s) • PART 1b: The Ravanelli story starts in Perugia (06m 00s)  • PART 1c: The silver fox signs for Juve...

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) • PART 2: Milan sell Gullit and Rijkaard (14m 00s)  • PART 3a:...

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. RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1a: Italian clubs buying countrymen in bulk (06m...

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)  • PART 2: Sinisa’s set-piece gift (16m 00s) • PART 3: The less...

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 Icardi. RUNNING ORDER:    • PART 1a: Famous for being fired –...

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Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti welcome back Ultra author Tobias Jones for the second part of our special on Italian football’s most fanatical followers.

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti delve into the parallel world of calcio’s rebel fan groups, with the help of the author of Ultra, Tobias Jones.

Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti examine the holy trinity of forwards that fired Juventus to glory and built the legacy of the Old Lady.

Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti take a look back at the career of a Roma icon, midfield legend and World Cup winner – Daniele De Rossi.

Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti bring you the second part of our Golazzo special on the inimitable Silvio Berlusconi.

Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti are back to single out Silvio Berlusconi, the club owner turned prime minister and one of the most important men in Italian football history.

It’s the final part of our Golazzo special as Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti discuss the man with the most Serie A goals for a single club – Francesco Totti.

Jimbo, James Horncastle & Gab Marcotti review a Roma icon, a player that spent 30 years with the Giallorossi, the one and only Francesco Totti.

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.

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti return with the concluding part of our special on the great Gianluca Vialli.

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.

Some know him as the Matrix, some (in France) know him as the most hated man in football. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti review the life and times of Marco Materazzi.

You've heard Golazzo, so how about The Greatest? This is an episode all about Muhammed Ali from the new Muddy Knees Media series, A Life Lived

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti take a trip to northern Italy and the club that became a model for shrewd scouting and punching above their weight.

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti present a long-waited retrospective on the career of Pippo Inzaghi.