Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

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Gigi Lentini – the most expensive player in the world Nov 28, 2018

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This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back to a time when it was always sunny in Filadelfia.Gigi Lentini took Torino to new heights, including the UEFA Cup Final, and ended up in a transfer tug of war between Milan and Juventus in the summer of 1992\. Lentini took Silvio Berlusconi’s helicopter to the San Siro for a world record fee. £13 million was so astronomical that it managed to offend the Pope.But his life was changed forever as he sped to visit Toto Schillaci’s wife in 1993 and wrote off his Porsche. It was also the end of his career at elite level, thanks to a combination of a coma and Capello.In the modern day, we review the action in Serie A where Chievo are no longer pointless and Milan manager Gattuso has angered the government.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: An introduction to Gigi Lentini – the teenage prodigy (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Torino in the early 90s – the team that reached the 1992 UEFA Cup Final (05m 00s)• PART 2b: Lentini signs for Milan for a world record fee (13m 00s)• PART 3a: Lentini’s car crash in 1993 (17m 40s)• PART 3b: Lentini returns to Torino in 1997 – Dorigo, Souness and a run-in with Materazzi (21m 30s)• PART 3c: Lentini’s legacy – a failure? (24m 30s)• PART 4a: Serie A round-up –Chievo move onto plus points while Roma slip up again (26m 35s)• PART 4b: Serie A round up – Lazio 1-1 Milan as Gattuso angers the government (30m 25s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Lauding Luca Toni – the last great Italian striker Nov 21, 2018

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Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti this week salute Luca Toni. Not a lifeguard as some would have you believe but perhaps the last great Italian centre-forward.The big man was laying down outrageous goal scoring numbers before Ronaldo and Messi showed up. He was Serie A’s top scorer at the age of 29 and again at 38.Toni won the World Cup, the Golden Shoe and he scored a bundle for Bayern Munich, while also upsetting Louis Van Gaal and the Catholic Church.In short, he was so much more than the Italian Peter Crouch.Back in the present, the panel evaluate Italy’s striker search in finding the next Luca Toni. And speaking of strikers, will Milan’s injury crisis force them to call upon the Zlatan?Plus there’s what should be an emotional Genoa derby on the horizon this weekend.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: An introduction to Luca Toni – underappreciated? (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Toni’s beginnings at Brescia (04m 30s)• PART 2b: Toni goes to the 2006 World Cup (07m 10s)• PART 2c: Toni’s time at Bayern – breaking records and falling out with Van Gaal and the Catholic Church (10m 30s)• PART 3a: Toni returns to Italy and breaks more records (15m 00s)• PART 3b: Luca’s legacy (23m 30s)• PART 4: A look back at Italy in the Nations League (26m 00s)• PART 5: Restaurant recommendations and a look ahead to the Genoa derby (30m 35s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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When Ranieri was Roman – Claudio’s Serie A story Nov 14, 2018

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With news breaking of Claudio Ranieri being appointed as Fulham manager, Jimbo and James Horncastle take a trip down memory lane with the man who wrote the book on Ranieri – literally – Gab Marcotti.We look at Gentleman Claudio’s journey in Serie A. From how his Roma side took Jose Mourinho’s all-conquering Inter to the limit, to his engineering of the great escape at Parma, as well as helping restore Juve’s battered reputation.Speaking of Juventus, they win at Milan as we discuss ultras - those that have a social conscience and those that drive tanks over cars.The managerial merry-go-round is in full swing in Serie A as Gian Piero Ventura proves he DOES know how to resign.Plus there’s the curious case of Frosinone’s number 89 and the panel reminisce about Rodrigo Taddei.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Ranieri the Roman – Claudio’s time in the capital (00m 30s)• PART 1b: Ranieri masterminds the great escape at Parma – Claudio the gentleman (06m 30s)• PART 1c: Ranieri’s time at Juventus – restoring their reputation (09m 45s)• PART 1d: How will Ranieri fare at Fulham? (12m 30s)• PART 2a: Atalanta 4-1 Inter & Milan 0-2 Juventus (16m 30s)• PART 2b: 50 years of the Milan ultras & tackling abuses of power (22m 45s)• PART 3: A mass of managerial movements in Serie A – Ventura, Velazquez and Andreazzoli (31m 30s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Preziosi and his Genoa scandals Nov 07, 2018

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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 the new Ramos?RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: An introduction to Enrico Preziosi (01m 00s)• PART 2a: The Bologna-Genoa 1925 title controversy (03m 20s)• PART 2b: Genoa’s match-fixing saga of 2005 (11m 45s)• PART 2c: The death of former Genoa manager Franco Scoglio on live TV (19m 00s)• PART 3a: Inter 5-0 Genoa (24m 35s)• PART 3b: The rest of the Serie A weekend action (26m 45s)• PART 3c: Roma’s rubbish weekend (34m 40s)• PART 3d: A look ahead to Milan v Juventus (37m 30s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Power, corruption and Sven – Cragnotti’s Lazio Oct 31, 2018

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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 jailHe 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 latest action in Serie A, where Inter are the form team with six wins in a row. But Luciano Spalletti is still miserable.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Sven’s off to the Philippines and we’re off to Jollibees (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Sergio Cragnotti arrives at Lazio amid political turmoil in Italy (03m 00s)• PART 2b: Sergio starts to spend, bringing in the big guns (09m 20s)• PART 3a: Christian Vieri causes a cappuccino strike in Rome (15m 00s)• PART 3b: Sven snubs Lancashire for Lazio (18m 35s)• PART 4a: Lazio’s squad in 1999/2000 (21m 30s)• PART 4b: Sven’s previous failed title bids – the successful loser? (23m 20s)• PART 4c: Sven’s success at Lazio (26m 00s)• PART 4d: Cragnotti’s chickens immediately come home to roost (29m 10s)• PART 5: Serie A review – Inter on fire and Gattuso hanging on (33m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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5th May 2002 – the Inter bottlejob? Oct 24, 2018

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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, the panel look back at an impressive victory for the Old Lady at Old Trafford and how Jose Mourinho is being received in his former stomping ground of Italy right now.Plus James Horncastle has been to the Milan derby where Inter leave it late again. And former Italy manager Gian Piero Ventura rocks up at Chievo. Is it a match made in hell?RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Manchester United 0-1 Juventus (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Inter Milan 1-0 AC Milan (07m 00s)• PART 2b: Serie A news – Ventura to Chievo and the new head of the Italian FA (12m 00s)• PART 3: 5th May 2002 – the Serie A title race is decided (19m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Cassano’s crazy career comes to an end Oct 17, 2018

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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 result, performance and selection from Roberto Mancini.And of course, we pay tribute to the voice of Italian football in the UK, the legend that passed away earlier this week, Mr Peter Brackley.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Paying tribute to Peter Brackley (00m 40s)• PART 2: Cassano’s previous retirements and Virtus Entella – the team without a league (04m 30s)• PART 3a: Cassano bursts onto the scene for Bari (12m 45s)• PART 3b: Cassano’s squandered potential (18m 10s)• PART 3c: Cassano’s relationship with Francesco Totti (21m 30s)• PART 4a: Favourite memories of Cassano (22m 45s)• PART 4b: Cassano’s international career (28m 30s)• PART 4c: Cassano on sex before a game (32m 10s)• PART 5a: Poland 1-2 Italy (34m 30s)• PART 5b: Milan derby preview (40m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Italy at Italia 90 Oct 10, 2018

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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 winBaggio broke out, Schillaci scored a lot and Italy recruited an army of fans including Madonna.But it was Maradona who helped turn Italians against their own team as Argentina broke the host nation’s hearts in the semi-final.Fast-forwarding to the present day, we take a look at Roberto Mancini’s current Italy squad and ask whether or not Mancini understands the point of the Nations League.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Italy prepare to host the World Cup at great expense (02m 45s)• PART 2a: Glamorous Italy enter the tournament as favourites (08m 50s)• PART 2b: Roberto Baggio breaks out (13m 45s)• PART 3a: Italy negotiate the group stage (16m 10s)• PART 3b: Gab Marcotti attends Italy v Uruguay (18m 10s)• PART 3c: The Toto Schillaci phenomenon (20m 25s)• PART 4a: Semi-final heartache against Maradona’s Argentina (22m 45s)• PART 4b: The immediate fall-out for Italian football (30m 30s)• PART 5: Mancini’s Italy in Nations League action (36m 20s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Alvaro Recoba – waster or wunderkind? Oct 03, 2018

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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 sudden departure and the impact it could have on Serie A’s winning machine.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Alvaro Recoba – a lazy underachiever? (00m 45s)• PART 2a: Recoba’s Inter Milan debut in 1997 (05m 10s)• PART 2b: Recoba’s long-range expertise (09m 50s)• PART 2c: Recoba’s star shines at Venezia (12m 00s)• PART 2d: Recoba returns to the San Siro – a massive pay rise and a passport scandal (17m 30s)• PART 3a: Recoba’s post-Inter career (23m 45s)• PART 3b: Final thoughts on Recoba (25m 00s)• PART 4a: Reviewing the Rome Derby and Juventus v Napoli (27m 10s)• PART 4b: AC Milan progress report (30m 10s)• PART 4c: Genoa - Krzysztof Piatek's goals and Enrico Preziosi’s accent (33m 10s)• PART 5: The sudden exit of Juventus CEO Beppe Marotta (36m 30s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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Perugia pandemonium - a Golazzo Gaucci special Sep 26, 2018

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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 jobPlus the panel look ahead to the Rome derby and Juventus versus Napoli, while marvelling at Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating a team-mate’s goal.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: An introduction to Luciano Gaucci (01m 00s)• PART 1b: Gaucci at Perugia 1991-99 (04m 45s)• PART 1c: Perugia cost Juventus the title in 2000 (10m 50s)• PART 2a: Gaucci signs Gaddafi’s son (14m 45s)• PART 2b: Gaucci appoints (then fires) Italy’s first female coach (18m 45s)• PART 2c: Gaucci – the luckiest man in the world? (20m 20s)• PART 2d: Perugia’s luck runs out + conclusions on Gaucci (24m 40s)• PART 3: Looking ahead to Juventus v Napoli and Roma v Lazio (30m 20s)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff.• send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow• for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

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