Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

Perugia pandemonium - a Golazzo Gaucci special

09.26.2018 - By The AthleticPlay

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Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti examine the life and times of former Perugia owner Luciano Gaucci.

Gaucci shot to worldwide prominence after being reported to have sacked Perugia’s South Korean World Cup hero Ahn Jung-Hwan for knocking Italy out of the World Cup in 2002.

He dined at the White House, hired a Gadaffi, gave a referee a racehorse and generally made Massimo Cellino look like Daniel Levy.

Find out how this man played a role in breaking Serie A, giving the world Marco Materazzi and getting Sven the England job

Plus the panel look ahead to the Rome derby and Juventus versus Napoli, while marvelling at Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating a team-mate’s goal.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: An introduction to Luciano Gaucci (01m 00s)

• PART 1b: Gaucci at Perugia 1991-99 (04m 45s)

• PART 1c: Perugia cost Juventus the title in 2000 (10m 50s)

• PART 2a: Gaucci signs Gaddafi’s son (14m 45s)

• PART 2b: Gaucci appoints (then fires) Italy’s first female coach (18m 45s)

• PART 2c: Gaucci – the luckiest man in the world? (20m 20s)

• PART 2d: Perugia’s luck runs out + conclusions on Gaucci (24m 40s)

• PART 3: Looking ahead to Juventus v Napoli and Roma v Lazio (30m 20s)

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