Author: Marco Celani

Serie A Heroes: George Weah, Milan’s Untameable “Lion King”

AC Milan, Hall of the Heroes, Italian Football, Italy, Portraits, Serie A
First Name: George. Family Name: Weah. Those four letters attached to a number nine shirt will always make a pleasant shiver run up any Milan supporter's spine. Weah was an atypical “number nine” with impressive physical and technical characteristics. He made the red-and-black side of the San Siro fall in love despite scoring less that one would expect considering his massive skills.  
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Between the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st Century, the history of Juventus was enameled by the presence of a unique player: Alex Del Piero

Serie A Heroes: The Days of “Pinturicchio” Alex Del Piero

Hall of the Heroes, Italian Football, Italy, Juventus, Portraits, Serie A One comment
Between the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st Century, the history of Juventus was enameled by the presence of a somewhat unique player. It was September 12, 1993 - 15 minutes before the end of a match against Foggia - when La Vecchia Signora fans got introduced to a Padua-born boy with the face of a nice guy and a sublime right foot. His name was Alessandro Del Piero.
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The "Fenomeno" Ronaldo Luis Nazario del Lima is one of the fondest memories from the 1990s for Inter fans

Serie A Heroes: Once Upon a Time, the “Fenomeno” Ronaldo

Brazil, Hall of the Heroes, Inter Milan, Italian Football, Italy, Portraits, Serie A
September 22, 1976, is a day that means a lot to Brazil, to Inter fans, and to the whole world of football: That’s the day when, in Rio de Janeiro, one of the best players ever was born – Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, better known on the world football stage simply as Ronaldo. The first Ronaldo, and for many the only one. This is the story of a truly unique player.
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