David is a sports journalist and broadcaster based in Europe, accredited with the SJA, FIFA, UEFA, and AIPS.
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Atalanta's victory over Bayer Leverkusen in last season's final has Lazio and Roma dreaming of UEFA Europa League silverware in 2024-25
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The Champions League is back, and the famous theme, composed by English musician Tony Britten, will be ringing out in stadiums across the continent. Europe’s premiere competition is now entering its 32nd year since it’s 1992 rebrand, and across the decades Italian sides have featured heavily in creating magic in the competition. Serie A dominated
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The Calcio Binge is a series by football journalists. Read about their travels to Como and Monza in the northern Italian region of Lombardia.
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When it comes to European prestige, AC Milan and Liverpool are unquestionably two of the continent’s most revered clubs, with 13 European Cups/Champions League titles between them. In 1963, Cesare Maldini captained the Italians to their first, his son Paolo to their most recent 44 years later. Bob Paisley, meanwhile, is considered a Reds immortal
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Beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Como, the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia is home to Como 1907 football club. Initially built in 1927 as a multipurpose complex with a running track, the stadium was aptly named after local rowing champion Giuseppe Sinigaglia, a World War One hero who won the single and double sculls European
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In the lead-up to their first Serie A home match in over 21 years, the entire Como region stands behind Cesc Fabregas and the Biancoblu. The stage is set as Como chase the first victory of the season following three consecutive away trips to Friuli, Piedmont, and Sardinia. The club has worked conscientiously to transform
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Opening the season with two home wins and two away defeats, Salernitana boss Giovanni Martusciello is considering systemic change ahead of the match against table-topping Pisa. Having dropped down from Serie A, the revolving door in Salerno has seen nearly 40 players head elsewhere, with 17 more arriving for free or on loan. Martusciello is
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The road to Serie B means topping each Serie C group from north to south. In 2024, Mantova, Juve Stabia and Cesena earned automatic promotion from their respective gironi, with Carrarese winning the playoffs final. Ternana, Ascoli, Feralpisalò and Lecco were all relegated from Serie B, and all four are serious candidates to bounce straight
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Calcio lovers have always had a soft spot for Serie C, Italy’s third-highest tier of football. Indeed, many of history’s greats began their career at this level: Salvatore Schillaci at Messina, Gianluca Zambrotta at Como and Roberto Baggio at Vicenza. More recently, Euro 2024 international Michael Folorunsho played for Virtus Francavilla, and former Italy international
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Juventus are the sole Italian representative in the top 10 most expensively assembled teams in 2024-25, according to the CIES Football Observatory. The Bianconeri current squad costs €626 million, a whopping €250m more than Napoli and almost twice as much as Inter Milan, but than half of Chelsea, who topped the list with a total
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Fully deserving of rest and recreation (and a medal) after braving the Italian heat and highways of Campania, I’d booked a train to Lombardy, where it was even hotter. Indeed, we are calcio mavericks. I also called upon Dan Cancian to replace the wilting Emmet Gates in the Destination Calcio lineup, the latter happy to
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The Calcio Binge is a series by football journalists. Read about their travels through Naples, Benevento and Salerno, all located in the southern Italian region of Campania.
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