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With Euro 2020 (or 2021) on the horizon, TGU will look back at Italy's recent history at European Championships.

We start with Gli Azzurri's failure to qualify for Euro '92, the forgotten tournament of the 1990s.

Richard and Emmet delve into Italy's doomed campaign, looking at some of the puzzling decisions made by coach Azeglio Vicini, his relentless rotation of players, and the games that well and truly killed Italy's chances of qualifying.

They also look at how well Italy would've done had they reached the competition, the last eight-team Euros.

This Italy squad remains one of the best teams to never qualify for a Euros, and had only just reached the semi final of Italia '90.

So what went wrong?

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We're back with another episode in our 'Classic Game' series. This time we are travelling back to April 1st 2001, as Carlo Ancelotti's Juventus side welcome Roberto Baggio's Brescia to the Stadio Delle Alpi.

This game is of course famous for one of the greatest goals of Baggio's career, as he put a massive dent in Juve's Scudetto hopes.

To talk Richard and Emmet through the action is David Ferrini, an Australian commentator for Serie A's world feed. David chats to us about how he got interested in Italian football, and how he made the leap into commentating.

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As voted for by the TGU fans, Richard and Emmet discuss the top 10 greatest Italian goalkeepers of all time.

From Buffon to Zoff, Zenga to Peruzzi, Italy have had a constant source of world class shot-stoppers throughout the decades.

Who is No.1?

We're back with another entry in the TGU 'Classic Game' series. This time we skip back to October 1994, as newly promoted Padova take on reigning champions Milan.

Richard Hall and Emmet Gates are joined by guest David Amoyal to talk us through the action. David was born and raised in Padova, so this game is close to his heart.

We also investigate the impact Alexi Lalas had on Serie A, as the first American to ever play in the Italian top flight. 

In the aftermath of Serie A's disappointing performances in the Champions League Round of 16, Richard Hall and Emmet Gates dissect the biggest problem hurting Italian progress in the competition - the modernising of Italy's ancient stadia.

Will the Italian government relax the laws permitting to renovating or building new stadia in the country in the near future? Can Serie A as a league collectively agree on how best to run their competition? Are 20 teams in the league several too many? 

Richard and Emmet break all the issues down.

With the announcement this week that Inter and long-time sponsors Pirelli will part ways at the end of the current campaign, TGU decided to rank the best shirts of the 26-year Pirelli era at Inter.

Richard Hall and Emmet Gates discuss which shirts became iconic, and which shirts should be entered into a hall of shame.

What's your favourite shirt from the Inter-Pirelli parternship? Let us know!

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On the back of our recent TGU interview with Sven-Goran Eriksson, Richard Hall and Emmet Gates discuss whether the Lazio side of 2000/01 - Eriksson's last at the club - was the greatest side in the history of Italian football never to win a major honour.

Lazio had maintained the core of their title-winning side from 1999/00, and broke the world transfer record to sign Hernan Crespo from Parma. Claudio Lopez, Angelo Peruzzi and Dino Baggio also arrived to bolster an almighty squad.

Eriksson's acceptance of the England job early into the season changed everything however, and a season that promised so much ended with the club winning no major trophy, and the Sergio Cragnotti empire was beginning to crumble.

Do you agree with us? Let us know!