“What if?” is a popular question among football fans. What if that shot had gone in off the post instead of going out for a goal-kick? What if Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle had put away their pens at Italia ’90? What if a teenage Diego Maradona had signed for Sheffield United instead of Alex […]
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On the 16th December in 1899 a group of English expats led by Herbert Kilpin and Alfred Edwards formed the Milan Cricket and Football Club who are now more commonly known as the mighty AC Milan! The Rossoneri went on to become Italy’s most successful club as well one of the World’s most elite teams […]
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Rome has borne witness to the treacherous knife of Caesar’s beloved Brutus, the vengeful sword of Russell Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius. But few weapons have done more damage than the feet of Francesco Totti. For 25 years – a career spanning some 600 games and 250 goals – L’Ottavo Re di Roma (The Eighth King […]
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The early days of association football saw a mainly attacking and free flowing goal scoring game. There were many high scoring matches with double figure scorelines and one-sided thrashings. The first official ‘international’ game took place in 1872 between Scotland and England and it ended in a 0-0 draw. England were chiefly one of the […]
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Paolo Maldini is a one club man that spent his entire playing career in the Serie A with AC Milan. During that time he won 25 trophies with the Rossoneri: the European Cup five times, seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana titles, four European Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Following his retirement at the age of 41, Milan retired his number […]
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In the second round of the Espana 1982 World Cup, the Italians and Brazilians served up a classic match which the Azzurri won courtesy of a Paolo Rossi hat trick. The Italians guided by Enzo Bearzot went onto lift the World Cup for a third time after beating West Germany in the final.
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Pele opened the scoring for the Samba boys in the 1970 World Cup final. Brazil went on to beat Italy 4-1 to lift the Jules Rimet for the third time in their history. It would be Pele’s last World Cup.
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Buy the shirt at 3Retro here Chelsea 1998 ECWC Final No25 Zola shirt As worn by Gianfranco Zola the No25 shirt Worn in the European Cup Winners Cup victory against Stuttgart which was played in Stockholm Chelsea won 1-0 with the only goal coming from the clubs voted best ever player Gianfranco Zola.
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