[FOOTBALL] Golazzo: The Football Italia Story

[Weaver]

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Tomorrow night on BT Sport 2, a new BT Sport film will be airing celebrating the 25 year anniversary of Football Italia, hosted by James Richardson.

Not sure if it’ll be any good, but as the majority of us grew up with Italian football gracing our TV screens, it only felt right to share and for it to have its own thread.

This immediately follows Juventus vs AC Milan on the same channel, if anyone wants to get the pizza and vino going and make a night of it, now’s your chance.

Let’s talk about 90’s Italian football.

[Magic]

Recorded.

[Lewis]

1. How good were that Parma team?
2. Remember all the proper strikers?
3. And the transfer fees?
4. I can't believe Channel 4 and Bravo and that stopped showing it (oh, no. I hardly ever watched it, but...)
5. James Richardson mate

Right that's that covered.

[Magic]

All sound like fantastic points to review. Will confirm tomorrow.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Literally the only good thing about Football Italia is that when it was on, we were all younger and didn't have to worry about gas bills and whether there's enough loo roll in.

[Lewis]

I actually used to watch as much of the stuff as I could from 2002-ish to about 2008 (when I was a big time information sponge for all things FOOTIE), and it was mostly poorly-attended, ponderous shit filmed with cameras from the seventies. Is it still like that?

[Giggles]

Jimmy didn't like the forrins - check.

[Magic]

I actually used to watch as much of the stuff as I could from 2002-ish to about 2008 (when I was a big time information sponge for all things FOOTIE), and it was mostly poorly-attended, ponderous shit filmed with cameras from the seventies. Is it still like that?

No the coverage is on BTS.

[Shindig]

I was thinking back to how much football I used to watch as a kid. Football Italia, recording the MLS, Argentina or whatever stuff Channel 5 decided to show. Channel 4 when they had the Copa Libertadores coverage, etc. Nowadays, I didn't have a team to support, I'd drop the sport altogether.

[Raoul Duke]

1. How good were that Parma team?
2. Remember all the proper strikers?
3. And the transfer fees?
4. I can't believe Channel 4 and Bravo and that stopped showing it (oh, no. I hardly ever watched it, but...)
5. James Richardson mate

Right that's that covered.

You forgot:

- That Milan defence
- George Weah, mate
- Mihajlovic's freekicks
- Paul Ince/Bobby Carlos bants

[Shindig]

I never got over how steep the San Siro looked from behind Paul Parker.

[CJay]

Gazetta is on BT Sport 2 right now for anyone interested.

[Magic]

Not the same in a proper studio.

[Lewis]

You forgot:

- That Milan defence
- George Weah, mate
- Mihajlovic's freekicks
- Paul Ince/Bobby Carlos bants

A couple of those would have needed people to have actually watched it, which nobody did.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They commissioned Football Italia for Gazza at Lazio (hence the laughable Goal Lazio! intro shout) and kept it going for Ince at Inter. Not sure how it lasted until 2001 or whenever it was cancelled. Last couple of years probably had viewing figures of about 4,500.

[Lewis]

Wasn't most of it originally filmed in hungover Gazza's kitchen? I only remember Richardson (mate) sitting outside of cafes with his newspapers. Was it Bravo or Channel 5 who got that bird with crap English and a proper studio as if anybody cared?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would say Italy lost its supremacy to Spain at some point between 1997 and 1999 (not sure if one can pinpoint the exact moment, perhaps the 1998 European Cup final) and Italian football has been basically irrelevant ever since. Once Buffon retires the last link will be lost.

[Lewis]

I would have it a bit later. Somewhere between Zinedine Zidane going and then seemingly everybody other than Juventus and the Milan clubs running into financial trouble shortly afterwards.

[Lewis]

Wait no. Sven leaving. He is the real bellwether for money coming and going.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think Rivaldo scoring that overhead kick announced La Liga's supremacy, so maybe. When was that, 2000? The Figo transfer confirmed it.

2000 had an all-Spanish final and the election of Florentino Perez, let's go with that.

[Lewis]

Lazio pinched Valencia's best player the year after (and ruined his life), so there was still more strength in depth over there than there was in Spain. Maybe 2002 with Madrid winning the Cmapions' League and Ronaldo going after the World Cup and taking the GALACTICO shit live.

[Shindig]

They commissioned Football Italia for Gazza at Lazio (hence the laughable Goal Lazio! intro shout) and kept it going for Ince at Inter. Not sure how it lasted until 2001 or whenever it was cancelled. Last couple of years probably had viewing figures of about 4,500.

I love that. Gazza to Platt to Ince to Bothroyd. Actually, throw Robbie Keane into that.

[Magic]

Dybala.

Great attacking play by Juve.

[Magic]

Lol Bonnucci. Serves them right for booing. First goal Vecchia Signora have conceded at home in 2018.

[Danny]

I love that. Gazza to Platt to Ince to Bothroyd. Actually, throw Robbie Keane into that.

Dont forget Lee Sharpe, his fan club and his BBQ’s rocking up out there when he was a seriously busted flush

[Raoul Duke]

A couple of those would have needed people to have actually watched it, which nobody did.

I watched all those things. Mind you, I am a few years older.

They commissioned Football Italia for Gazza at Lazio (hence the laughable Goal Lazio! intro shout) and kept it going for Ince at Inter. Not sure how it lasted until 2001 or whenever it was cancelled. Last couple of years probably had viewing figures of about 4,500.

It was 'gollazzo', nothing to do with Lazio. It basically means 'wonder goal'.

[Magic]

Little Englander in ignorance shocker.

[Giggles]

I watched all those things. Mind you, I am a few years older.



It was 'gollazzo', nothing to do with Lazio. It basically means 'wonder goal'.

Jimmy is right actually.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/f...otball-italia/




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[Magic]

Golaccio is a made up word that kind of means goaltastic, apparently.

[Magic]

Kessie is a YaYa Toure type beast. Will be in La Liga or PL within 3 years.

[Magic]

Jimmy is right actually.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/f...otball-italia/




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That's obviously trolling by JR.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The word is golazzo (a bastardisation of the Spanish 'golazo'), listen to the thing and it's clearly Goal Lazio.

[Magic]

But he's Italian not English so that makes no sense.

[Magic]

It's clearly 'Goooolazo!'.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Or 'Go Lazio' according to Richardson in that article, same idea.

Little Englander trumps miniature Scotsman again.

[Magic]

We should know not to trust bald men, especially now he's got grey eyebrows.

Edit: Cuadrado.

[Magic]

Sublime. Good to see RENO in tears.

[Magic]

Wow fucking amazing documentary.

[Baz]

Kessie is a YaYa Toure type beast. Will be in La Liga or PL within 3 years.

Yep. The man’s legit.

[Kikó]

https://youtu.be/vaAvkXaZxuE full documentary here.

[Magic]

Right just finished it there, and I had to boot my laptop up to write this. Beautiful. Magnifico!

Just when our domestic football goes utterly professional and is ruined by Sky this appears.

Stylish, sexy, humorous, charming. Literally everything Sky isn't. Could you imagine if that was floated as a format for the plastics? It wouldn't get past 1st line support. This is what I love. I love the beautiful game, not a bunch of careless money hungry passion void cunts floating around a pitch. And it's not just rose tinted glasses. Excellent. Sadly Italy fell to this, but not through lack of trying. It's kind of finding it's feet now after being rocked by the match fixing shit but it's years behind England and Spain.

Fuck Sky and the FA.

[Ian]

You probably didn't have to boot up your laptop to write that.

[Magic]

I wanted to show how passionate I was.

[Pleb]

You could of used your mobile for that.

[Magic]

Sky perhaps went some way to 'poke fun' with Soccer AM I guess.

[Ian]

Was Soccer AM always a load of tragic shit or did I only really give a go once that had happened?

Also is Wikipedia telling the truth that Jimmy Bullard is now one of the presenters?

[SvN]

Mate, Jimmy Bullard is a legend with mad bants.

[Magic]

It was good before it became plastic shite. Late 90s to eally 00s.

[Baz]

Bullard mostly does out-of-studio stuff that they show, doesn’t get involved much in the live stuff besides to football tutorial called Sunday league hacks.

Fenners and Lloyd are the presenters really.

I really enjoy soccer AM.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It was good before it became plastic shite. Late 90s to eally 00s.

You mean before you got old. Unless you're talking specifically about Soccer AM which was always awful. It's proper cringe watching them back now.

Sky in general was good until about 2-3 years ago when they started massive cost cutting in order to fund the rights packages.