Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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 through the group stage in Rome (14m 00s) • PART 3b: The role of Mancini’s backroom staff + Bonucci & Chiellini (22m 00s)  • PART 4a: The day of the final (35m 30s) • PART 4b: Did England lose the final? (42m 00s) • PART 4c: Italy win the shootout (46m 00s) • PART 4d: Three Lions, Donnarumma and the culmination of a philosophy (51m 00s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION • theathletic.com/totally   GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram • find us on Facebook • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow   READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti bring you the Serie A story of the original Ronaldo – a global icon. 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 (31m 30s) • PART 3c: Ronaldo’s injury struggles begin (39m 00s) • PART 4a: Ronaldo gives Inter an ultimatum (45m 00s) • PART 4b: Ronaldo's legacy (59m 00s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH: • theathletic.com/totally   GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram • find us on Facebook • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow   PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special • for this week's partnership go to www.virginwines.co.uk/theathletic   READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of a two-part special, we look at the roots of ultra culture, the politics and the power wielded by Italian clubs’ most passionate and outspoken fan groups. Suspending games, stopping signings and supposed links to organised crime.  RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Why the fascination with ultras? (01m 00s) • PART 2: The roots of ultra culture (10m 00s) • PART 3: The links to organised crime (15m 00s) • PART 4: Why do clubs give power to the ultras? (23m 00s) • PART 5: Ultras stopping play (32m 30s) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a backdrop of a boom in Italy, Juventus supplemented Giampero Boniperti in 1957 with forwards Omar Sivori and gentle giant John Charles, perhaps the most universally popular Juventus player ever. And one hell of a singer. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Why were this trio so iconic? (01m 00s) • PART 2: Agnelli acquires Charles and Sivori (05m 00s) • PART 3: Sivori – a proto-Maradona? (15m 00s) • PART 4a: Charles – Juve’s best ever foreign signing? (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The controversial last game together for the trio (32m 30s) • PART 4c: Boniperti returns as president (39m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Immortalised in Italian pop culture and in the hearts of fans at the Stadio Olimpico, we examine a man of impeccable integrity and character. Brian McBride might tell you otherwise. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: De Rossi’s last game for Roma (01m 00s) • PART 2: De Rossi’s beginnings at Roma – Captain Future (05m 00s) • PART 3a: What was De Rossi’s position and role? (09m 30s) • PART 3b: The times when De Rossi went too far, almost joining Man City (12m 00s) • PART 3c: De Rossi’s best goals coming in big defeats (16m 00s) • PART 4a: De Rossi’s World Cup in 2006 (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The character of De Rossi (25m 30s) • PART 4c: De Rossi goes to the derby as a fan (33m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having established Milan as a European superpower, Berlusconi made the move into politics, becoming Italian prime minister. And wherever he went, sex and scandal usually followed. Did he take his eye off the ball at the San Siro? RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Berlusconi forms Forza Italia (01m 00s) • PART 2: Berlusconi’s results for Milan and politically (10m 00s) • PART 3a: The formation of Ancelotti’s Milan (16m 00s) • PART 3b: The Milan structure begins to disintegrate (18m 00s) • PART 4a: Berlusconi’s bunga bunga parties (21m 00s) • PART 4b: Berlusconi’s links to organised crime (26m 00s) • PART 5: What Berlusconi’s up to now with Monza (30m 00s) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first in a two-part special looks at how Berlusconi brought an elite level set-up on and off the pitch, making his three-time Champions League winners AC Milan the benchmark in European football. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The powerful man will fix things (01m 00s) • PART 2: Berlusconi’s beginnings, forming Italy’s first national commercial TV network (06m 00s) • PART 3a: Berlusconi moves into football with AC Milan (15m 30s) • PART 3b: Silvio secures Sacchi and makes some big signings (28m 00s) • PART 3c: Success comes for Milan in Serie A and in Europe (32m 30s) • PART 4a: Capello’s Milan take things further (38m 00s) • PART 4b: Milan 4-0 Barcelona in the 94 Champions League final (44m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesco Totti scored some of his most memorable goals in the twilight of his career before retiring at 40. But exiting centre stage for his hometown club Roma proved to be a slightly messy affair. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Totti’s penalty for Italy against Australia at the 2006 World Cup (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Totti – the best player in his 30s ever? (05m 00s) • PART 2b: Totti hangs up his boots – what next? (15m 00s) • PART 3: Our favourite moments from Totti’s career (27m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s a God in Rome. Would Francesco Totti have been more appreciated globally if he’d taken that move to Real Madrid? The first part of our special looks back on the first decade of his career, when he realised the dream of lifting the Scudetto with his hometown club. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Totti – Mr Roma (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Totti joins Roma at 12 and debuts at 16 (05m 00s) • PART 2b: Zdenek Zeman takes over at Roma and transforms Totti (18m 30s) • PART 3: Totti’s time with the national team up to 2004 (20m 45s) • PART 4a: Roma win Serie A in 2001 (25m 30s) • PART 4b: Totti turns down move to Real Madrid (37m 00s) • PART 5: Totti’s reputation takes a hit after the Scudetto (39m 00s) • PART 6: Totti – the first false 9? (45m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti return to discuss Italy’s all-time leading goalscorer, the benchmark by which all Italian strikers have been measured against – Gigi Riva. Spending almost his entire career at Cagliari and leading Sardinia to its only Scudetto, why did Riva refuse to leave despite world record offers? This is the story of a mechanic turned leading man with chiselled cheekbones and a shot that broke a ballboy’s arm. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The legacy of Luigi Riva (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Riva makes the move to Sardinia  (05m 00s) • PART 2b: Cagliari adapt to life in Serie A (11m 30s) • PART 2c: What kind of a striker was he? (14m 30s) • PART 3: Riva debuts for Italy – some Azzurri highlights (18m 00s) • PART 4a: Cagliari win the Scudetto (21m 30s) • PART 4b: Riva goes to 1970 World Cup (29m 30s) • PART 5: Riva’s upbringing – why didn’t he leave Cagliari? (34m 00s) • PART 6: Riva’s life after football (42m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices