Football’s Coming Rome
Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show
The Athletic
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2021
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
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 30s)
• PART 2: The composition of the Italy squad (08m 00s)
• PART 3a: Italy sail through the group stage in Rome (14m 00s)
• PART 3b: The role of Mancini’s backroom staff + Bonucci & Chiellini (22m 00s)
• PART 4a: The day of the final (35m 30s)
• PART 4b: Did England lose the final? (42m 00s)
• PART 4c: Italy win the shootout (46m 00s)
• PART 4d: Three Lions, Donnarumma and the culmination of a philosophy (51m 00s)
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| 2:02.7 | Yes, today hindsight is 2020 as we relive the Azuri's conquest of Europe. |
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