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James Horncastle

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2 years

At least Tomori is in the squad. But the Southgate blindspot is remarkable. How is Tomori on the bench in his stadium against forwards he's played against?!

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5 years

Ancelotti says Napoli asked for the game to be suspended on 3 occasions for racist chanting aimed at Koulibaly. Speaker read out 3 warnings. Ancelotti bewildered why game wasn’t interrupted. Adds next time Napoli will stop playing even if it means they forfeit the game

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Dortmund’s current attack born in Leeds, Sunderland and London

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Watching Once Upon a Time in the West. Best actor performance from Antonio Conte

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4 years

Glad to see whoever was behind Nandos’ Peri-ometer got another gig. Phase 3 presumably lemon and herb

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Somewhere in a bar in Naples

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4 years

Donnarumma captained Milan tonight, saved a penalty and matched van Basten and Rijkaard for appearances in red and black. He’s 21

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2 years

So Chelsea are Barcelona’s next economic lever, huh

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2 years

Love Bielsa

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4 years

Pirlo with the quickest promotion in football. Without taking charge of a single Under-23 game, he is set to become Juventus’ new first team coach

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21 days

Embarrassing how many fans have left the Emirates

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11 months

A decade ago Francesco Acerbi was drifting. His father had passed away and he no longer had a purpose in football. Then he was diagnosed with cancer. He claims it saved his career. Tomorrow Acerbi will play a Champions League final. His story ⚫️🔵

Afraid of Haaland? After battling cancer, Inter's Acerbi learned to live without fear

Nearly 10 years ago, Acerbi was diagnosed with testicular cancer. It proved his awakening as a footballer and a person

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5 months

Antony definitely feels like a Galatasaray player in the making

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1 year

🩵 #Napoli are champions! 🩵 ⌛ 33 years after Diego 🫰 From bankruptcy to Scudetto 🇬🇪 Babies named Khvicha ⛐ A stolen FIAT Panda 🎭 Osimhen’s lucky mask 🌋 Spalletti gets his due 🏆 5 games to spare ☕ Lo Scudetto Sospeso VITA BONA

How Napoli finally won the Scudetto - 33 years AD (after Diego)

Napoli's third title win has not needed divine intervention - this has been a masterpiece rather than a miracle touched by the Hand of God

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James Horncastle

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3 years

Hilarious how people think Chiellini’s old and slow. Best defender’s defender in the world

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James Horncastle

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5 years

Atalanta midfielder Matteo Pessina brand ambassador

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1 year

Record for a FB. Record for a CB over 30. 100m for a winger who perhaps would be struggling for minutes had 🇧🇷s not left Shakhtar. 11m loan for a player now banned for 3 games, to be returned to sender in June. €€€s on kids with no obvious pathway to 1st team. Bonkers

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1 month

Ruben Loftus Cheek has scored 8 goals for Milan in 2024 alone. While people lose their minds over the England shirt, THE REAL INJUSTICE is a player overlooked when in the form of his life

Loftus-Cheek is in the form of his life. Why is he not being picked for England?

The Milan midfielder has been a revelation in Serie A and his form merits a place in the England squad

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James Horncastle

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3 years

It’s not a closed league, it’s open to 1 of 20 teams in 5 leagues. Definitely not a closed league. And it’s not breaking away either. We have broken away from the UCL. But definitely not a break away league. And we’re saving football, not ourselves. Definitely saving football

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James Horncastle

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2 years

Ronaldo has now had 5 coaches in 3 and a bit years. Allegri, Sarri, Pirlo, Ole, Carrick. Curious how the stability Juventus had (5 years under Allegri) not to mention that enjoyed by United (3 under OGS) suddenly becomes elusive. Just an observation

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3 years

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3 years

Jorginho is an absolute iron-man. Most minutes under Mancini - knee on knee with Sterling early 1st half. Looked like he was done. Instead Barella's gone. Verratti's gone. Jorginho can’t stop. Won’t stop.

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5 years

Big fan of Ajax playing Rihanna’s What’s My Name when Onana and the other goalkeepers come out to warm up

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3 years

Mourinho asked by Sky Italia if he’s happy with his squad. “Do you know a coach who is satisfied with their squad? Maybe Pochettino,” he says, laughing.

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James Horncastle

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2 years

Redknapp can't think of a better English CB than Dier right now. Dier is playing well. Redknapp adds he can't think of anybody else. Not even a certain Scudetto winner who has played Champions League the last 2 years as a starter for AC Milan. Catch him on @btsport tomorrow night

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2 years

Italy without Spinazzola, Bastoni, Tonali, Zaniolo, Chiesa, Immobile. I could go on. Credit to Mancini and the players for the set-up tonight. Remarkable Southgate can’t get more out of the talent available to him. A real limit

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4 years

"You won’t see a better goal this season.” Keown’s gone early

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3 years

Inter gonna Inter

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James Horncastle

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7 months

They say Berardi never stepped up but the dude has kept Sassuolo, a village team, in Serie A for a decade and scored more than 100 Serie A goals... with...Sassuolo. That's not stepping up, it's Herculean

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3 years

That didn’t take long. Mourinho mural in Rome’s Testaccio neighbourhood. Graffiti artist Harry Greb

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6 years

Buffon choking up again. Says he doesn’t want to cry in front of the kids watching at home on TV who dream of playing for Italy. Apologises. Hero

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4 years

Can’t wait to see Pirlo send Juve out for pre-match warm-ups after that line from his book. "I hate it with every fibre of my being. It actually disgusts me. It's nothing but masturbation for conditioning coaches, their way of enjoying themselves at the players' expense."

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11 months

Newcastle make €50m offer for AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali. Chelsea retain a firm interest in the player who is set to captain Italy at the Under-21 Euros #NUFC

Newcastle make bid for AC Milan's Tonali

Newcastle United have made a bid in the region of €50million for AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali. Eddie Howe is seeking reinforcements after securing Champions League football next season and has...

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3 years

Juventus denying Agnelli has resigned

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3 years

As a founder member with some of the biggest revenues and the best legacy fans, the UK is protected from relegation.

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11 months

🚨 After positive talks in Milan today, Newcastle are close to an agreement with AC Milan to sign Sandro Tonali for a fee in the region of €70m, a record for an Italian midfielder. Story with @David_Ornstein #NUFC

Newcastle close to Tonali transfer agreement

Newcastle United are close to an agreement with AC Milan to sign Italy international Sandro Tonali for a fee in the region of €70million. Subject to finalising negotiations, the Premier League club...

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James Horncastle

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8 months

Detail of the #MUFC loan offer for Amrabat: €2m payable in two €1m instalments. But a break clause, effective in January, would come prior to 2nd instalment. As such only a derisory €1m would be guaranteed. Fiorentina understandably rejected it

Fiorentina reject Man Utd's €2m loan bid for Amrabat

Manchester United’s €2million bid to loan Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina has been rejected.The Athletic reported earlier today that United were attempting to structure a deal for the 27-year-old...

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James Horncastle

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3 years

Torino head back from Naples defeated but with a busload of mozzarelle

ilMenestrelloh (Marco Marfella)

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3 years

E IL TORINO TORNA A CASA CON UN CARICO DI MOZZARELLE [foto di stamattina] #NapoliTorino

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1 year

Rafa Leao signs new five-year deal to stay at AC #Milan

Rafael Leao signs new contract with Milan

Rafael Leao has signed a new five-year deal with AC Milan, the club have confirmed. The 23-year-old, who joined Milan from Lille in August 2018, has been rewarded for helping his side progress to the...

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James Horncastle

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2 years

Still mindblowing Man United overlooked Conte. Club devoid of technical direction unwilling to let someone with the highest standards force them out of their comfort zone

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1 year

Agnelli uses his farewell address to reiterate: “European football is in need of reform. In the years to come the Premier League will attract all the talent, marginalising the other leagues.” Whatever you think of Agnelli’s record, what he stands for, he’s right

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3 years

Mourinho: "We lost to a team with more quality than us.” Wow

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James Horncastle

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4 years

That Rodrigo goal has been coming since 10:58 this morning when I took him out of my fantasy team

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3 years

Now I want Buffon to go back to Parma, take them back up and retire. It’s the fairytale we want, the fairytale we need

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3 years

When the TV feed ended the lack of respect for human dignity and a family’s privacy continued online. Some people clearly skipped ethics class, never attended it, care little for it or forgot everything they learned. Awful

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James Horncastle

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4 years

Excited to announce that from today I will be covering @SerieA and Italy for @TheAthleticUK - impeccable timing, I know. Subscribe today for 40% off using my special promo Here’s why I joined.

Horncastle: I fell in love with Serie A in Hull and grew my hair because of Batigol

James Horncastle explains why he has joined The Athletic to cover Italian football...

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James Horncastle

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3 years

There are squad announcements and then there are Italian squad announcements.

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3 years

Com direito a Musica Leggerissima!

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5 years

Ancelotti: "When you eat pizza here [in Naples] you can’t eat it anywhere else. The same’s true of mozzarella. I hope to work here for a long time, that way I’ll get to do a tour of all the pizzerias.” Grande Carlo

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James Horncastle

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6 years

Is it too late now to say Sarri

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4 years

Staggering

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3 years

Carlo

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4 years

First time Marseille win in Paris for a decade. Magnificent end to this game. Kick boxing, head-butts. Four reds in stoppage time. VAR then calls and Neymar gets sent off too. Classique

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2 years

Tomori gets sent home. Stones gets injured. Germany get a penalty after a Maguire foul

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James Horncastle

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6 months

Former player turned football purist and influential pundit, Lele Adani, has posted a voice-note he received from De Zerbi yesterday afternoon and it's magnificent. Brighton went on to win in Europe for the first time against Ajax. DEZERBISMO

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James Horncastle

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6 years

Roma repeatedly underestimated in the UCL this year. No one expected them to get out of the group with Atleti + Chelsea. They topped it. No one expected them to put out a Barca side that’s undefeated in ESP. They did. Still to concede @ the Olimpico v Hazard/Griezmann/Messi etc

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3 years

Milan 1-2 Sassuolo FT Juventus 0-1 Parma Spezia 1-0 Inter

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3 years

Juventus are leaving the ECA. Agnelli has resigned as president of the ECA and is walking away from the Uefa Executive Committee

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James Horncastle

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4 years

Here’s Lukaku shouting at Moses. You can barely hear it… Oooh

Ballon Dior ⭐️⭐️

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James Horncastle

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7 years

Mbappe €180m Dembele €105m Mendy €58m Lacazette €53m Tolisso €42m Bakayoko €40m Matuidi €18.5m Deschamps gets to train them all for free

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James Horncastle

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4 years

PSG could throw sand at Neuer right now and he’d catch every single grain

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James Horncastle

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1 year

Everyone celebrating the Osimhen goal but Dybala beating him on average absolute width. That’s where this game could be won

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James Horncastle

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4 years

Atalanta have already made €27m from the Champions League this season. Those Castagne and Pasalic goals are worth another €12.5m. That’s €39.5m. Their wage bill is €36m

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James Horncastle

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3 years

They deserve it for the jersey alone

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3 years

WE’RE BACK! 🟠⚫️🟢

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4 years

At least his players got off the bus

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4 years

Bravo au PSG pour cette belle émotion et merci à Gasparini pour ses changements de fin de match. Comme quoi la légende des entraîneurs italiens grand tacticien sur ce match reste une légende. Tuchel a eu plus de réussite .

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1 year

Suspect some of Inter's preparation for the Champions League final over the next 3 weeks will involve persuading an international audience to call them by their actual name - Inter or Internazionale rather than Inter Milan

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4 years

Sarri on Sky: "I’m having difficulty getting the idea across to this team that they have to move the ball quickly."

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3 years

From 4th division to CL winner.

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3 years

Tuesday’s Gazzetta: “Stop them!"

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4 years

Good line from Sarri: “If you talk about corners for 10 years then people would talk about them too. It’s the same with the transfer window. You journalists have got fans to love the transfer window. I’d like it if people at the bar talked about the actual football instead."

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2 years

Gnonto makes things happen. Did so on his debut for Italy. Does so again tonight with ball in for Bamford and Cry. Bit baffled it’s taken this long to use him

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James Horncastle

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2 years

Anyone still think Lisandro Martinez is still too short to play centre-back in the Premier League? No? Good

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2 years

Remarkable to think the VAR + ref forgot about Candreva who seems to be playing Bonucci onside by 50cm. One of the biggest mistakes I can remember since introduction of VAR. Incredible when you think there'll be semi-automated offside tech at same ground for CL this week

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5 years

Hope Claudio Ranieri wears a tracksuit with JM embossed on it at his next presser

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2 years

♥️💛

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James Horncastle

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3 years

Exclusive interview with Andrea Pirlo. We talk: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Why England doesn’t produce Pirlos ⚪ What of the Yorkshire Pirlo? #LUFC 🇮🇹 Italy’s win at the Euros and Serie A’s attacking verve ⚫ What he learned at #Juventus 🌎 His willingness to coach abroad

Pirlo: 'I'd rather lose playing my way than spend the entire game defending my own penalty area'

Pirlo discusses his season in charge of Juventus, Italy and England at the Euros, where he might coach next and 'the Yorkshire Pirlo'

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4 years

First feature for @TheAthleticUK Francesco @Totti never retired. He plays every Monday night in Rome’s 8-a-side league against an Irish pub, a team formed in honor of George Best, a car garage and a fish restaurant.

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6 years

Just placing my bet for France to be knocked out of the group stages at Qatar 2022

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4 years

If ony this were 2011 and Anzhi were still doing their thing.

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6 years

Inter’s incredible run of having at least one player in the World Cup final since 1982 continues (Perisic/Brozovic). Amala

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4 years

Verona-Genoa will kick off 15 minutes late because the lines of the penalty areas are wonky and need re-painting. Serie A in 2020

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4 years

Sarri in the dressing room: “If you guys won under me then you really must be good.” LOL

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5 years

Strewth @DiMarzio reporting Mourinho has an offer from Celtic

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2 years

Roma on the brink of reaching a 3rd European semi-final in 4 years. 3 different competitions - Champions League, Europa League and now the Conference League. 3 different coaches - Di Fra, Fonseca, Mourinho. At least someone’s keeping the Serie A co-efficient honest

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5 years

Ronaldo reminded that Juve had never come back from losing 1st leg away 2-0. "Maybe that's why Juve signed me."

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Name a club that punches above its weight more than #Atalanta . Name a coach who has added more value to his players and his club in the last eight years than Gasp

Atalanta had beaten Liverpool at Anfield before - but these memories won't fade easily

In 2020, Atalanta triumphed in Liverpool during the pandemic. On Thursday, a second memorable win had 'an altogether different taste'

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3 years

Very curious what Conte would find more credibile about Arsenal than Tottenham

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1 year

@DougieCritchley @ZakGass A bad season? He won a trophy, made two finals, finished 3rd and got a 21-goal season out of Hazard

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James Horncastle

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4 years

This is like when the rival news crews arrive in Anchorman

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Anti-vaxxers have arrived, protesting 5G, the New World Order, and racism (?)

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1 year

Schmeichel to Keys: “Why are we here when you have all the answers.” 😂

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4 years

Inter’s third choice keeper, Berni sent off for the second time in 2020 without even making an appearance

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3 years

@LaurensJulien @Fernando_Duarte Bet you’d love him at PSG, Jules?! Imagine that

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5 years

Neither Messi nor Ronaldo in the final for the first time since 2013.

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1 year

What if Jose's still got it, never lost it? Piece on Mourinho's stock rising again and why he'll have options in the summer

Jose is back: Roma revival shows Mourinho is still an elite coach

Jose Mourinho has turned Roma around. Were those who said he was done speaking too soon?

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1 year

Average absolute width and average apex height of Leao and Dybala. Serie A numberwang is back

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3 years

Free transfers are not free. Shouldn’t need saying, but apparently it still does

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1 year

From the Euros: Vialli and Mancini a friendship deeper than the sea. Luca was genuinely one of the good guys, a gentleman goalscorer

Mancini and Vialli: a friendship deeper than the sea

In times of glory with Sampdoria and during the distress of cancer treatment, Mancini and Vialli have remained close, best friends for ever

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James Horncastle

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Not every club does it. But worth highlighting the number of Serie A sporting directors who hold press conferences in the days after the transfer window to take questions on strategy and this or that decision. No Premier League club or exec does it. Missed opportunity

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James Horncastle

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2 years

🔴⚫ Inside AC Milan The story of the club's first Scudetto since 2011. I spoke to Ivan Gazidis, Stefano Pioli and @fikayotomori_ about turning this giant club around, Zlatan playing without an ACL and the future under Red Bird Capital #Milan

AC Milan's redemption, told by Pioli, Tomori and Gazidis

The story of how Milan proved their doubters wrong to seal their first Scudetto in 11 years and how their journey is set to continue

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5 years

Van der Sar and Overmars come out to celebrate with the Ajax fans. Overmars threw his jacket off and then dived in front of them, dusting off the grass from his chest

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Mythbusting the mischaracterised Antonio Conte and why, in the event of a change at #MUFC , it would be mad to overlook him.

In defence of Conte - a serial winner and an obvious upgrade on Solskjaer

Antonio Conte has made Man United look silly for years with his remarkable work on Pogba and Lukaku. Hire him and he could make them great

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