VegasII
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Anyone else remember this?
The height of Italian football in the 90s...Gazzetta Football Italia on Saturday mornings and then a live match every Sunday afternoon. Usually the Saturday show would have Gazza getting up to some kind of skullduggery like eating a giant Easter egg from the inside out haha.
Hosted by James Richardson it was a great show and during that period we had Gazza, Des Walker, David Platt (grimace) and Paul Ince all playing in Italy. Loads of the biggest names in football played there during that time – fat Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Maldini, Baggio, Baresi, Gullitt, Van Basten, Vialli, Ravanelli, Bierhoff, Davids, Zidane, Deschamps, Bergkamp. It's crazy when you think about it how big it was before all the scandals kicked in...
Obviously you had quite a few dull and defensive encounters, but you also had crazy games as well. Anyone remember George Weah running from his own penalty area before slotting it past the opposition's keeper?
Their transfer windows were always pretty extravagant as well. Clubs would often sign about 5-20 players (maybe they still do) every summer. I think I remember Juventus signing all of Sampdoria's forwards in one swoop (Harry would be proud).
The hiring and firing of managers would make Levy look impotent haha.
They made a few attempts at bringing it back on TV but it was never as good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Italia
The height of Italian football in the 90s...Gazzetta Football Italia on Saturday mornings and then a live match every Sunday afternoon. Usually the Saturday show would have Gazza getting up to some kind of skullduggery like eating a giant Easter egg from the inside out haha.
Hosted by James Richardson it was a great show and during that period we had Gazza, Des Walker, David Platt (grimace) and Paul Ince all playing in Italy. Loads of the biggest names in football played there during that time – fat Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Maldini, Baggio, Baresi, Gullitt, Van Basten, Vialli, Ravanelli, Bierhoff, Davids, Zidane, Deschamps, Bergkamp. It's crazy when you think about it how big it was before all the scandals kicked in...
Obviously you had quite a few dull and defensive encounters, but you also had crazy games as well. Anyone remember George Weah running from his own penalty area before slotting it past the opposition's keeper?
Their transfer windows were always pretty extravagant as well. Clubs would often sign about 5-20 players (maybe they still do) every summer. I think I remember Juventus signing all of Sampdoria's forwards in one swoop (Harry would be proud).
The hiring and firing of managers would make Levy look impotent haha.
They made a few attempts at bringing it back on TV but it was never as good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Italia
