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 throug ..read more

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 ..read more

This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back on the life and times of Enrico Preziosi, one of Serie A’s most notorious owners. Preziosi was at the heart of Genoa’s biggest scandal in 2005 and is now trying to rewrite Genoa’s second biggest scandal some 80 years earlier. It’s a story involving match fixing and shootouts. And we don’t mean penalties. And there’s the matter of a manager passing away on live television. Plus we look back at last weekend’s Serie A action and ahead to Milan versus Juventus. Will Higuain haunt the Old Lady this weekend? And is Romagnoli th ..read more

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back to discuss a man whose motto was ‘spend more than you earn.’ Sergio Cragnotti was seen as a man from the future, with very few knowing where he got his money from. But as president of Lazio, he ploughed record amounts of cash towards the pursuit of silverware. And he forced Roma fans to boycott milk. Cragnotti’s reign began in jail and ended…in jail He put together one of the most expensively assembled squads in history and then stole Sven-Goran Eriksson from under Blackburn’s noses and charged him with securing the title. We also analyse the l ..read more

As Lazio prepare to host Inter at the Stadio Olimpico on Monday, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at a date that is burned into the brains of Inter fans around the world. With a first Serie A title in 13 years on the horizon, Inter entered the day top of the table and finished it 3rd. It was a day when Lazio fans were supporting Inter, hoping that Juventus wouldn’t be champions and desperate for rivals Roma not to retain their crown. But Ronaldo’s last game for the Nerazzurri ended in tears as Hector Cuper’s Inter conspired to grab defeat from the jaws of victory. Elsewhere ..read more

This week on Golazzo, we marvel at the player who has announced his retirement from football (for the third time), the one and only Antonio Cassano. The boy from Bari who loved football but probably not as much as he loved sex and sugar. Cassano packed more into his career than most – including heart surgery and over 700 women. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti reminisce about a man who says if he made the most of his talent, he wouldn’t be on planet Earth right now. Elsewhere, Italy finally win a game as they beat Poland in the Nations League. The panel look at a hugely encouraging res ..read more

For many, it was the World Cup of Gazza, Higuita and Milla. But for Italy, it was the one that got away. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at the iconic Italia 90 and what it meant to the host nation. We reveal the staggering cost of staging the tournament and for how long Italy as a country were counting that cost. It was the World Cup that built broadcasting careers and it was the World Cup that a glamorous-looking Italian side were supposed to win Baggio broke out, Schillaci scored a lot and Italy recruited an army of fans including Madonna. But it was Maradona who helped t ..read more

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are chatting about El Chino this week on the Totally Italian Football Show. In a team containing Ronaldo, Zamorano and Djorkaeff, Uruguayan striker Alvaro Recoba was the man who Inter owner Massimo Moratti described as ‘quite simply football’ Or to look at it from a less favourable point of view, was Recoba the biggest underachiever in the history of Serie A? He hated training but he loved to score direct from corners. It’s a story that features fishing, Pro Evo and Princess Diana. Elsewhere, we discuss the implications of Juventus CEO Beppe Marotta’s s ..read more

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 ver ..read more

Jimbo and James Horncastle take another trip down memory lane on this week’s Golazzo. With Chievo deducted 3 points for falsifying acccounts, we look back at the time when they were everyone’s second favourite team in Italy. A newly promoted Chievo team, managed by a former photocopier salesman, took Serie A by storm in 2001/02, setting the early pace in the title race before narrowly missing out on Champions League qualification. This is the incredible tale of flying donkeys, stolen identity and Christmas cake. And great chips. Where did it all go wrong? Gab Marcotti also analyses the move of ..read more