Jimbo, 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 00s)
• PART 2a: Riva makes the move to Sardinia  (05m 00s)
• PART 2b: Cagliari adapt to life in Serie A (11m 30s)
• PART 2c: What kind of a striker was he? (14m 30s)
• PART 3: Riva debuts for Italy – some Azzurri highlights (18m 00s)
• PART 4a: Cagliari win the Scudetto (21m 30s)
• PART 4b: Riva goes to 1970 World Cup (29m 30s)
• PART 5: Riva’s upbringing – why didn’t he leave Cagliari? (34m 00s)
• PART 6: Riva’s life after football (42m 00s)
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The rumble of Riva – an Italian icon

James 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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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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Football’s Coming Rome

Jimbo, 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 get Ronaldo? (08m 00s) 
• PART 2b: 97/98 – Inter miss out on the title but win the UEFA Cup (14m 00s)
• PART 3a: Ronaldo’s World Cup final drama (25m 00s) 
• PART 3b: Inter slip towards mid-table (31m 30s)
• PART 3c: Ronaldo’s injury struggles begin (39m 00s)
• PART 4a: Ronaldo gives Inter an ultimatum (45m 00s)
• PART 4b: Ronaldo's legacy (59m 00s)


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O Fenomeno

Jimbo, 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 define a time when Serie A was the true superpower of European football.

RUNNING ORDER: 
 
• PART 1a: German players to have graced Serie A (01m 30s)
• PART 1b: Ernesto Pellegrini buys Inter and makes them a force (07m 00s) 
• PART 1c: Inter snap up the heart of the Bayern Munich side (12m 00s)
• PART 2a: Inter secure title with record points total in 89 (17m 30s) 
• PART 2b: Why was success short-lived? (24m 00s)
• PART 3: West Germany’s World Cup success at Italia 90 (27m 00s)
• PART 4: Trapattoni and the band break up (36m 30s)

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Inter’s three Germans

Jimbo 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 ORDER: 
 
• PART 1a: The man made by Football Italia? (02m 00s)
• PART 1b: The Ravanelli story starts in Perugia (06m 00s) 
• PART 1c: The silver fox signs for Juve (13m 30s)
• PART 1d: Champions League glory in 96 (26m 30s) 
• PART 2a: Ravanelli at Middlesbrough (31m 00s)
• PART 2b: Ravanelli returns to Italy, via Marseille (42m 30s)
• PART 2c: Derby, Dundee and management (45m 30s)

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Ravanelli!

Gullit, 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: Van Basten’s injury problems (20m 00s)
• PART 3b: The greatest centre-forward ever? (29m 00s) 
• PART 3c: The trio’s career in management (32m 30s)

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The rumble of Riva – an Italian icon

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