Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 300 ratingsJames Richardson, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti relive Serie A's glory days with tales of Italian football's greatest and most infamous icons
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Football’s Coming Rome
October 26, 2021 20:00 - 1 hourJimbo, 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 3...
O Fenomeno
March 12, 2021 12:00 - 1 hourJimbo, 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. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Not that Ronaldo (01m 30s) • PART 2a: How did Inter ge...
Inter’s three Germans
March 05, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutesJimbo, 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 to capture the UEFA Cup too. We look at a trio that helped def...
Ravanelli!
February 26, 2021 12:00 - 1 hourJimbo 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 exactly did he end up at Middlesbrough? And Dundee? RUNNING ...
Tre tulipani – part 2
December 22, 2020 22:04 - 40 minutesGullit, 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:...
Tre tulipani – part 1
December 15, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutesRuud 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 0...
Sinisa business
December 08, 2020 23:44 - 50 minutesEuropean 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 savo...
The Spalletti story
December 02, 2020 00:01 - 1 hourThe 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 – S...
Golazzo - coming soon...
November 23, 2020 00:01 - 1 minuteJoin 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... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ultras in Italy – part 2
April 21, 2020 23:01 - 38 minutesToday 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ultras in Italy – part 1
April 16, 2020 23:01 - 43 minutesIn 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 give power to the ultras? (23m 00s) • PART 5: Ultras stopping pl...
El Trío Mágico
April 09, 2020 22:21 - 46 minutesIn 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 foreign signing? (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The controversial last game ...
Il Trio Magico
April 09, 2020 22:21 - 44 minutesIn 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 foreign signing? (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The controversial last game ...
De Rossi: Captain Future
March 31, 2020 23:01 - 42 minutesImmortalised 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 joining Man City (12m 00s) • PART 3c: De Rossi’s best goals coming ...
Berlusconi - the Bunga Bunga years (part 2)
March 25, 2020 00:01 - 43 minutesHaving 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 Milan structure begins to disintegrate (18m 00s) • PART 4a: Berl...
Berlusconi - the man who made Milan (part 1)
March 18, 2020 00:01 - 47 minutesThe 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) • PART 3b: Silvio secures Sacchi and makes some big signings (28m...
Totally Totti – part 2
January 29, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutesFrancesco 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 favourite moments from Totti’s career (27m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: ...
Totally Totti - part 1
January 22, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutesHe’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 transforms Totti (18m 30s) • PART 3: Totti’s time with the national t...
The rumble of Riva – an Italian icon
January 15, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutesJimbo, 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’s arm. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The legacy of Luigi Riva (01m...
Into the Vialli (part 2)
December 18, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutesJimbo, 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 Sacchi. A relationship now rekindled within Roberto Mancini’s ...
Into the Vialli (part 1)
December 11, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutesHe’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 footballers of the 90s. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Gianluca Vialli – o...
Materazzi: A True Underdog Story
December 04, 2019 01:00 - 47 minutesSome 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. Derided by many as a red card or a penalty waiting to happen, Materazzi ended his career as a World Cup and treble winner. We all know what happened with Zidane, but in this Golazzo, with the help of former Everton team-mate Don Hutchison, we examine the man behind the Materazzi myth. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Materazzi...
Introducing....A Life Lived
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 29 minutesNow that you've finished listening to these 6 episodes of Golazzo - have a listen to this look back at the life and times of Muhammad Ali, part of Muddy Knees Media's new series, A Life Lived (https://podfollow.com/alifelived) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Udinese story: From Alexis to Zico
October 17, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutesJimbo, 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. Udinese has attracted the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Oliver Bierhoff and even Zico in his prime. Not bad for a city half the size of Parma. This Golazzo looks back at some of the great iterations of Udinese over the years. Until the Pozzos got a new plaything. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Udine – home of Friulian and lederhosen (01m 30s) • PART...
Pippo Mio – an intro to Inzaghi
October 17, 2019 04:00 - 40 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti present a long-awaited retrospective on the career of Pippo Inzaghi. He won the Champions League and the World Cup. Only 3 men have scored more goals in Europe than him. But was he actually any good? His former team-mate at Atalanta, Richard Hughes, gives us the answer. We look at the connection Inzaghi had with fans and pundits alike, if not always his strike partners. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Inzaghi – the quintessential Italian footballer? (01m 00s)...
Il Processo – Italy’s iconic football show
October 14, 2019 00:30 - 42 minutesImagine The Debate with guests of the calibre of Jose Mourinho, John W Henry and David Cameron. You’ve just imagined Il Processo. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti take on The Trial, the Italian football debate show fronted by Aldo Biscardi for 36 years. Hysterical, all-access, must see TV, an early proponent of VAR and punditry conducted by crystals. Social media before social media existed. Step inside the most popular football show in Italy. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: What was Il Pro...
Leftie Lucarelli, Livorno legend
October 14, 2019 00:00 - 42 minutesLucarelli was the top scorer in Serie A but didn’t believe in separating politics from football. From Che Guevara t-shirts to starting his own newspaper, this tale includes Berlusconi bandanas and Luther Blissett’s role in Italian anarchism. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The city of Livorno aka Leghorn (02m 30s) • PART 2a: Lucarelli’s beginnings pre-Livorno, via Spain (06m 00s) • PART 2b: Lucarelli returns to Livorno and partners with Protti (10m 00s) • PART 3: Livorno win promotion to Serie A – a...
Inter’s tripletta
October 13, 2019 23:30 - 45 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti examine the last Italian club to win the Champions League – and the only one to do the treble – Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan. The Nerazzurri lost Zlatan but bought full-back Samuel Eto’o and an unwanted Wesley Sneijder, stumbling on the perfect formula for success. With the help of a volcano. This is the story of perhaps Mourinho’s finest hour, a season that ended with him in Real Madrid’s limo. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Inter’s summer scramble and slow ...
A GolazZola
October 13, 2019 23:01 - 41 minutesHe may be a Premier League legend as well but this special examines Zola’s roots in Sardinia, before learning at the feet of Maradona in Naples, his peak at Parma and triumphant homecoming to Cagliari. Zola takes a great free-kick and makes a mean ice cream. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Zola’s beginnings in Sardinia (02m 30s) • PART 2: Zola joins up with Maradona at Napoli (06m 00s) • PART 3a: Zola signs for Parma (15m 00s) • PART 3b: Zola’s struggles with the national team (17m 00s) • PART 3c: Z...
Golazzo is back!
September 13, 2019 18:43 - 1 minuteJoin Jimbo, Gab and the Horn for our first run of brand new episodes on w/c 14 October 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maifredi and the next Juventus manager
June 06, 2019 17:30 - 47 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back for the final Golazzo of the season, amid changing times for the Old Lady. With Max Allegri gone and with Juventus seemingly set to appoint Maurizio Sarri (or are they?), we go back in time to the last time the Turin giants took a gamble on a gaffer. Gigi Maifredi was supposed to be Juve’s answer to Arrigo Sacchi as he took the huge leap from Bologna in 1990 and led the Old Lady to a 7th place finish in one of their worst seasons ever. But Mai...
Feast of the Goddess – the Atalanta fairytale
May 08, 2019 16:54 - 44 minutesWith Atalanta perhaps on the verge of Champions League football and just their second major trophy ever, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look at the history of Bergamo’s finest in Serie A. It’s a story that involves a thriving academy, match-fixing and Merthyr Tydfil. Plus a healthy soundtrack of songs either dedicated to or performed by the playing staff. In the modern day, Massimo Cellino is back in Serie A with Brescia. Is Antonio Conte about to follow him into Serie A at Inter ...
Malesani – the meme, the manager
May 01, 2019 15:57 - 44 minutesBefore there was Sarri - and after there was Sacchi – there was Alberto Malesani. He gave up his job at Canon in Amsterdam to pursue a career in football management. He was the figurehead of one of the great Parma sides, masterminding the second most famous treble in European football in 1999. But for many, Malesani is more famous for his foul-mouthed press conferences and blames social media for his lack of involvement in the game today. We celebrate the man behind the meme in this Cazzo G...
Kaka’s white smoking jacket
April 24, 2019 17:02 - 44 minutesEvangelical, elegant and exceptional with the ball at his feet. Golazzo pays tribute to a Serie A great - AC Milan legend Kaka. Described by Carlo Ancelotti as the best no name player in the world, Kaka is the last player from Serie A to win the Ballon D’Or. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at the Brazilian’s life, a life that has included near-paralysis, devout Christianity and very nearly a move to Manchester City. In the present day, Juventus finally get over the line ...
Juve v Ajax – then and now
April 17, 2019 16:51 - 42 minutesAs Ajax stun Juventus in their own backyard, Golazzo gets all nostalgic for the biggest Ajax Juve game of all time. James Horncastle joins us from Turin to tackle where the Old Lady goes from here after an exuberant Ajax eliminate Ronaldo and co from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage. Can Juve afford to press the reset button? Plus Jimbo and Gab Marcotti look back at the last time Juve won the Champions League and the 1996 final against Juventus. Specifically we’re talking abo...
Revisiting Roma 82-84
April 10, 2019 06:00 - 1 hourJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti venture back to a time when Roma won the scudetto and embarked on their first ever European Cup campaign. Inspired by Swedish manager Nils Liedholm in the early 80s, the likes of Conti, Ancelotti and the original Falcao led the Giallorossi to the biggest game in club football, in their own stadium, against the mighty Liverpool. It’s a story involving bribery, Dundee United and ultimately a shocking tragedy, all on this week’s Golazzo. RUNNING ORDER:...
All Hail Emperor Adriano
April 03, 2019 17:32 - 49 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at the life and times of your favourite player if you had Pro Evo during its pomp – Inter and Brazil’s Adriano. The man known as the Emperor had enough talent to impress Ibra and possibly the most powerful shot the game has seen. We chart the story of his rise and the tragic circumstances behind his fall. Plus there’s plenty to discuss in Serie A. And not in a good way. Juventus’s Moise Kean suffers racist abuse at Cagliari and the reaction...
Kickstarting calcio at Spain 82
March 27, 2019 18:29 - 43 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back to Italy’s World Cup win in 1982 in Spain – the summer that arguably launched Italian football and Serie A to a whole new level. Match-fixing scandals, press black-outs and strange squad selections – there was nothing about the Azzurri’s preparations that suggested World Cup glory. But Enzo Bearzot’s Italy side became icons. En route to the final, they overcame Brazil’s dream side of 82, perhaps the greatest team not to win the World Cup, i...
When Fiorentina were finished – the Gori story
March 20, 2019 18:05 - 43 minutesThis week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti examine one of the most notorious owners in Serie A history – Cecchi Gori. An Oscar-winning producer turned eccentric football club supremo, life under Gori for La Viola was a rollercoaster from 1993 to 2002. Batistuta, Laudrup, Effenberg, Rui Costa – all players that Fiorentina fans could enjoy. They also got relegated and went out of business. Plenty going on in Serie A. We discuss the European draws for Juve and Napoli. And ...
Trapattoni at 80 – Part 2 of 2
March 13, 2019 18:26 - 46 minutesGolazzo brings you the final part of the Giovanni Trapattoni story, as the most successful Italian manager ever celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti discuss Trap’s time at Bayern, Fiorentina, Italy and Ireland amongst others. Which means biscuits, Edmundo and Strunz! In modern times, Ronaldo inspires Juventus to an incredible Champions League comeback against Atletico Madrid, Claudio Ranieri is back at Roma and we look ahead to the Milan derby and...
Trapattoni at 80 – Part 1 of 2
March 06, 2019 17:48 - 47 minutesAs his 80th birthday approaches, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti pay tribute to the most successful club manager in the history of the game – Giovanni Trapattoni. In the first of a two-part special, we look back at Trapattoni’s playing career, his legend built on a performance v Pele, as well as the start of his management career in Serie A, a career that began at 35 managing giants of Italian football. In the modern day, is there trouble brewing in Turin regarding Ronaldo and Alle...
Capital clashes – a Rome derby retrospective
February 27, 2019 18:18 - 43 minutesAhead of the 150th meeting of Roma and Lazio this weekend, Jimbo and James Horncastle look back at classic Rome derbies gone by. Enjoy tales from the one of the world's biggest rivalries, as told by Totti, Di Canio and Lulic. And the guy who did Gangnam Style. Plus we look ahead to this weekend’s incarnation. And will Juventus suffer their first defeat of the season in Serie A as they travel to Napoli? RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The Rome derby – the biggest in Italy? (01m 00s) • PART 2: Ro...
The little painter – Alessandro Del Piero
February 20, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutesJimbo is joined by Gab Marcotti to discuss one of Serie A’s greatest ever players, Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero. Originally thought of as the back-up to Baggio, 19 seasons later, Del Piero had established himself as a Juve icon, winning everything there was to win, including the World Cup with Italy. A humble man who went on a journey and inspired devotion in Turin, the star of this week’s Golazzo. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Del Piero’s beginnings at Juve (01m 25s) • PART 1b: Del ...
Tino tales - the astonishing Asprilla
February 13, 2019 17:28 - 41 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti try to wrap their heads around the enigma that is Faustino Asprilla. The Colombian achieved legendary status at Parma, with silverware and sensational goals galore in the early 90s, before a move to Newcastle where narrative dictates his introduction cost them the Premier League title. But it’s Asprilla’s antics off the field that catch the eye as much as his talent on the pitch. We celebrate the dinosaur-dressing, gun-loving condom salesman in all h...
The notorious Moggi
February 06, 2019 17:48 - 44 minutesGolazzo delves into the darker side of Serie A this week as Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look at the life and times of Luciano Moggi. The scout turned stablemaster was at the heart of the Calciopoli scandal, alleged to involve match-fixing, a scandal that led to two titles being taken away from Juventus. Is Moggi one of Italian football’s legendary villains? Or is he merely the face of a much wider problem in Serie A at that time? Right now in Serie A, it’s a titanic race for t...
Shoe salesman turned tactical icon – the Sacchi story
January 30, 2019 18:02 - 43 minutesJimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti review one of the most influential managers of all time, the leader of the iconic Milan side of the late 80s – Arrigo Sacchi. His father owned a shoe factory but he was viewed as a visionary by Silvio Berlusconi. But by the time Sacchi became Italy manager, there were Italians who were hoping he would lose the World Cup Final. What made him so revered as a coach? And what made/makes him so unpopular as well? In the modern day, it’s goals galore in S...
Victory for Verona - Serie A's title miracle
January 23, 2019 17:20 - 41 minutesThis week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti travel back to 1985 to find Italy’s answer to Leicester. Hellas Verona became the only provincial side ever to win the Scudetto, with a team of Preben Elkjær, Hans-Peter Briegel and a collection of cast-offs and misfits. Elsewhere, Sassuolo show their smarts by selling Kevin-Prince Boateng to Barcelona. Plus we round up the domestic action where Quagliarella is chasing a Serie A record, Zapata is the hottest striker in the divi...
Serie A so far and Welsh wizards of the past
January 16, 2019 16:58 - 40 minutesAfter a winter break, Serie A is back this weekend so it’s the welcome return of Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti on Golazzo. With the second half about to kick off, we ask who will win the race for 4th, will Bologna sort themselves out and stay up, and how much does Ronaldo have left in the tank? Plus we study the signings being made in January. Muriel, Gabbiadini and, er, Holdsworth… The biggest deal of all this month could well be Aaron Ramsey’s move from Arsenal to Juventus. We...
Tony Christmas! The Toto Di Natale story
December 19, 2018 17:28 - 39 minutesGolazzo wishes you a Happy Tony Christmas! Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti celebrate the career of Antonio Di Natale, who managed to be one of Italy’s greatest ever goalscorers, despite refusing to leave Friuli. It’s a broad podcast that takes in carry-on films and pizza, plus a look at the Champions League draw and Milan’s Europa League embarrassment. Brought about by klaxons. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Why do we love Antonio Di Natale? His loyalty and modesty (01m 00s) • PART 2: ...
Contrary Vieri and heartbreak for Inter & Napoli
December 12, 2018 16:59 - 47 minutesThis week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at Bobo – Christian Vieri – the grumpiest striker in Serie A. Currently enjoying life as a DJ, and having admitted he would have been happier playing cricket in his former home of Australia, Vieri wasn’t exactly a bad footballer. One of Italy’s all-time great strikers and a top scorer in Serie A and La Liga. Bobo liked to score on and off the pitch but ended his career living with his mother. He made his way through pl...