Brilliant programme. I remember somehow being in the press box with James Richardson and Don Howe at Genoa v Milan, it mentally kicked off, Don Howe said i could go back in the car with them to Milan...Richardson said it wasn't going to happen so i was pretty p*ssed off really......maybe it was karma as outside i saw him (Richardson only) get done in by Genoa fans🤷🏻♂️
This takes me back. I love Gazzetta on at 10am Saturday morning, then the 14:00 kick off Sunday afternoon. Always looked forward to this, as the only football on TV pretty much. Series A the best league in the world at the time
Growing up in the 90’s and falling in love with Italian Football, I’ve found that I still prefer watching it to the premier league, even though the finances have eclipsed Serie A, the passion, stadiums and style are still there, it’s part of the culture. James Richardson still presents it on TNT sports too! Although he doesn’t sip cappuccino in the piazzas with the newspapers anymore unfortunately 😁
I remember watching George Weah's solo goal live in 96 and just turning to my pal and laughing, we just sat there for 5 minutes in silence. God I miss the 90's.
Growing up, my friend and I used to play a thing called football Italia. This involved one slide tackling the other, but the other had to pull off the most elaborate dive. It was all fun of course, but not so much when his dad would wake up for a nightshift and realise what we'd done to the grass in his garden. Sorry Gordon. We loved this show. I loved my Italian football in the 90s.
The narrative was "boring, defensive, too technical" then this show came along and we saw just what was going on week-in week-out in that league. Phenomenal players, phenomenal football, phenomenal goals and yes, phenomenal defenses too. It just blew away the hoofball that was the English league at the time.
Soo many memories channel 4 Sunday afternoons straight after kabadi lol was the best league in the world at that time some of the players you'd see every week amazing.
There were some great goals in this episode! Not least the two stunning free kicks from Sosa in the opening game. @45:48 An interesting transfer that, as things turned out, never occurred; Stoichkov going to Napoli.
Loved football Italia on a Sunday it really was a super Sunday not like the 💩now, every team seemed to have superstars then great times and world cup Italia 90 is my favourite world cup especially Roberto Baggio solo goal.
Although gutted with the result, I feel lucky to have witnessed one of these great players from this era in J-P Papin when he was at Bayern Munich playing against Nottm Forest. Klinsmann was also in that side but think he must have been at Spurs when this episode went out. All those other names come flooding back as well, Signori, Winter, Doll, Sosa, Branca, Mancini…..Walker! 🌳
There are pros and cons in both eras. Today's athletes are fitter, more disciplined and more athletic but back then they were better with the ball, far tougher mentally and desperately wanted to win for their badge. For me peak football was the mid 90s - mid 00s, but old heads argue it was before the Prem League ever came about, which I get
Anglo Italian 🇮🇹 cup lol. I remember going to a couple of those Games. Always ending up with shed loads of Yellow and Red cards lol. I think the suspension for the cards didn’t carry over to the domestic competitions.
In Ireland on Monday nights goal lazio 😂 the best league in the world then and like VAR now bout 10 mins injury time 😂😂 Definate nostalgia alot less football ⚽️ on TV bit think it was better and more competitive Forza Italia!
"Following a pre-season tournament in Genoa that August, Lentini, aged 24, was traveling at a reported 125mph in a canary-yellow Porsche 911 that crashed along the A21 highway; he was driving from Genoa to Turin to see his then-girlfriend, Rita Bonaccorso, the then-wife of Juventus striker Salvatore Schillaci Lentini (whose car suffered a puncture that was replaced by a service station attendant with skinnier wheel not able to exceed 50mph) was dragged from the wreckage seconds before it caught fire and was placed in an induced coma for two days; he fractured his skull and damaged an eye socket. He returned to the pitch at the end of the 1993-94 season, playing sporadically as Milan retained their league title, won the Champions League, and finished runners-up in the Intercontinental Cup."
