Emmet is an Irish/Argentine football journalist who lives in London. Emmet has been writing about the Italian game for more than a decade with a host of publications.
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2026-06-29 |
Bologna, Cities, Destinations, Florence, Football Culture, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Turin
The 1990 World Cup was the last international tournament Italy hosted, and while it didn't quite go to plan for the hosts, the legacy of the tournament forever altered the very fabric of the game.
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On this day at Italia ’90, England left it late, very late, but secured passage into the quarter-final with a slender victory over Belgium in Bologna.
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With it's own historical attachment to the World Cup and a strong international diaspora, there are plenty of reasons to catch the big games in Florence this summer.
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June 24 represents the last time Italy kicked a ball at a World Cup - but even their shock exit in 2014 wasn't the story of the day.
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Despite the lack of Italian presence at the 2026 World Cup, the city of Naples will still be abuzz with World Cup fever. We've got you covered for the best watch spots.
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June 22 will always go down in World Cup folklore as perhaps the greatest, or infamous depending on which side of the fence you’re sitting on, day in the history of the tournament.
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A conversation with the son of one of Calcio's greatest icons, covering everything from Scott McTominay to pizza recommendations.
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In 2014 in South America, this was the day the clouds started to gather over Italy’s time at the World Cup.
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This was the day that 23-year-old Roberto Baggio introduced himself to the wider world with one of the all-time great World Cup goals.
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Sister cities joined together since 1964, there are a lot of similarities between the sport-mad destinations of Florence and Philadelphia.
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Alexi Lalas was the first player from the USA international team to feature in Serie A when he signed for Padova.
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A quarter of the professional clubs in the Italian game are foreign owned, with the majority of them hailing from the United States.
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