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Giancarlo Rinaldi

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Serie A All-Star Game Plans Revealed — A Rigore! Podcast Exclusive

In a move to finally beat the Premier League, Serie A has hurriedly announced its plans for its Nord versus Sud All-Star Game later this…

Sep 20, 2022

Serie A All-Star Game Plans Revealed — A Rigore! Podcast Exclusive

Sep 20, 2022

Giancarlo Rinaldi

The Night Before Euro 2020

This feeling never gets old. Nerves jangling, senses heightened and listening to Francesco De Gregori’s Viva l’Italia at the highest volume…

Jun 10, 2021

The Night Before Euro 2020

Jun 10, 2021

Giancarlo Rinaldi

The Greatest Team We Never Saw

In normal times, we would be there. An end of season fixture, the chance to show our appreciation for all the games that have gone before…

Apr 30, 2021

The Greatest Team We Never Saw

Apr 30, 2021

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Italy and the World Cup: How it felt when the Azzurri missed out

It sits like any other game in the Italian football almanacs. Match number 215 in the Azzurri’s history has the line-ups, attendance and…

Nov 10, 2017

Italy and the World Cup: How it felt when the Azzurri missed out

Nov 10, 2017

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Five

Gentle is the afterglow following an Italy victory. It feels as relaxing and comforting as your coffee and grappa at the end of a good…

Jun 14, 2016

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Five

Jun 14, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Four

Are there any hours pass more slowly than the ones before the kick-off of an Italy game? I’m sure there are plenty but I couldn’t think of…

Jun 13, 2016

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Four

Jun 13, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Euro 2016 Diary: Day three

Sometimes the anticipation of Italy’s opening game is much better than the reality.

Jun 12, 2016

Euro 2016 Diary: Day three

Jun 12, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Two

Sometimes family duties call and you have to put football on the back-burner, at least for a wee while.

Jun 11, 2016

Euro 2016 Diary: Day Two

Jun 11, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Euro 2016 Diary: Day One

The wine has been poured, the coffee drunk and the living room commandeered. Let Euro 2016 begin.

Jun 10, 2016

Euro 2016 Diary: Day One

Jun 10, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

From misery to happiness – a football fan’s weekly journey

We football fans are a fickle bunch, for sure. A defeat can make our team the most hopeless bunch of failures imaginable. Then, a few days…

Apr 18, 2016

Apr 18, 2016

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Giancarlo Rinaldi

Fiorentina-loving writer, Football Italia contributor, grappa-guzzler and full-time husband and father. Author of 20 Great Italian Games http://www.amazon.co.uk/20-Great-Italian-Games-ebook/dp/B00CFGYOTK

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