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Throwback Thursday: Meazza’s Hat Trick That Won Inter a Scudetto

October 22, 2020 Matteo Carnevale Genoa, Inter, Inter Milan, Italian Football, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

If we mention a 1930 calcio match between Ambrosiana and Genova 1893, you may think we must be referring to some unknown, low-tier match-up. But no, what we are talking about is a battle worth a Scudetto, the game that decided the very first edition of the Serie A as we know it today, and the two sides involved were no less than Inter and Genoa "in disguise."

To find the Derby di Milano with the most goals scored, an Inter - Milan that ended 6-5, we must leaf through the Serie A almanacs back to November 6, 1949

Throwback Thursday: When Inter and Milan Staged an 11-Goal Derby!

October 15, 2020 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Inter, Inter Milan, Italian Football, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

The battle between Inter and Milan for football supremacy in the city of Milano has been staged in hundreds of occasions across the history of Serie A. To find the Derby di Milano with the most goals scored ever we must leaf through the Serie A almanacs back to post-war Italy. Our destination is November 6, 1949, when the San Siro witnessed an incredible derby featuring 11 goals.

The Serie A matchday of October 4, 1992, saw 48 goals scored: That's the most in an Italian top-flight featuring 18 teams and an average of 5,33 per game

Throwback Thursday: The Serie A Matchday with the Most Goals Ever

October 8, 2020 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Ancona, Atalanta, Brescia, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Foggia, Genoa, Inter, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Parma, Pescara, Roma, Sampdoria, Serie A, Throwback Thursday, Torino, Udinese

The second match-day of Serie A 2020-21 played last week saw an impressive total of 43 goals scored. But despite such exploits as the Inter-Fiorentina goal-fest, the total scoring tally for the weekend is not a record for the Italian top-flight. The match-day of October 4, 1992, saw 48 goals scored divided among 18 teams - which makes an average of 5,33 goals scored per game.

The story of Luigi Meroni – Gigi for his friends – a timeless fan favorite for both Torino and Genoa supporters, is a beautiful and tragic story at the same time

Throwback Thursday: Gigi Meroni, The “Maroon Butterfly” of Torino

October 1, 2020 Matteo Carnevale Genoa, Italian Football, Italy, Serie A, Throwback Thursday, Torino

The story of Luigi Meroni – Gigi for his friends – a timeless fan favorite for both Torino and Genoa supporters, is a beautiful and tragic story at the same time. It’s the epic of a football player from the 1960s who was a character much before football players became characters, an ante litteram influencer way before Instagram and the Internet.

The name of Onyewu will sound unfamiliar to most football fans but he went down in history as the only one who held his own in a fight with Ibrahimovic

Throwback Thursday: The Man Who Held His Own in a Fight with Ibra

September 24, 2020 Matteo Carnevale AC Milan, Italian Football, Italy, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic's return to Milan, Serie A fans could delight themselves again with some typical Ibra antics and facts. Zlatan the Lion, Zlatan the Immortal, Zlatan the Invincible. Nobody can stand against Zlatan. Except, maybe, for one person - according to a story dating back to the days of Ibrahimovic's first experience in red and black...

“Juve paid referee!”, coach Vujadin Boskov is reported to have boomed when Juventus beat his Sampdoria 3-0 on February 15, 1998

Juventus vs Sampdoria Throwback: When Boskov Said “Juve Paid Ref!”

September 17, 2020 Matteo Carnevale Juventus, Sampdoria, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

Vujadin Boskov is a Serie A legend. Between the 1980s and 1990s, the Serbian coach was one of the most characteristic and beloved figures dwelling in the world of calcio, mostly because of his eccentric wisdom dispensed in broken yet clear Italian. On February 15, 1998, however, he reportedly came up with a somewhat controversial statement.

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

September 10, 2020 Marco Celani 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.

Throwback Thursday: When Inter Were Awarded Four Penalties

July 9, 2020 Matteo Carnevale Hellas Verona, Inter Milan, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

Inter-Verona of September 15, 1991, looked like an average beginning-of-the-season game which ended with an average 2-0 score for the Nerazzurri. Nothing from this match would make it a remarkable occurrence if it weren’t for the fact that it featured four penalties, all awarded to the home side, and that Inter managed to miss three of them.

Maradona and CR7 Both Made Their Serie A Debut In Verona

June 23, 2020 Andrea Salvarezza Hellas Verona, Napoli, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

There is something that Cristiano Ronaldo shares with Diego Maradona, when it comes to his Serie A debut. Just like for the Argentinian legend, CR7’s first match in Italy took place at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona. Juventus played Chievo in their Serie A 2018-19 opening match, whereas Napoli traveled to Verona to face Hellas in the 1984-85 season.

Throwback Thursday: Helenio Herrera, The Wizard of Grande Inter

June 3, 2020 Abdullah Bashiti Inter Milan, Italian Football, Portraits, Throwback Thursday 2 comments

Inter's history is filled with a special affiliation to controversial, charismatic managers, whose pioneer was without doubt Helenio Herrera. Every die-hard Nerazzurri fan would be forever grateful to that man, who would later become referred to as Il Mago ("The Wizard") and who forged the legendary epoch of the Grande Inter during the 1960s.

Throwback Thursday: When A Playoff Decided Serie A

March 24, 2020 The Cult of Calcio Staff Bologna, Inter Milan, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

In the long history of the Serie A league championship, there was one single occasion where a playoff was necessary to determine the Scudetto winner. It happened at the end of the 1963-64 season, when Fulvio Bernardini’s Bologna found themselves at top of the league with 54 points, together with the title holder – Helenio Herrera’s legendary Inter squad.

The Short-Lived Epoch of Tommaso Maestrelli’s Lazio

March 15, 2020 Pietro Piacenza Hungary, Italian Football, Lazio, Serie A, Throwback Thursday

The tale of Lazio winning their first Scudetto in 1974 is a story of fights, quarrels, and kicks during training sessions. A story of weapons inside the changing rooms and internal tensions. And of a miracle that repeated itself every Sunday on the field, when coach Tommaso Maestrelli managed to turn tensions into a desire to win and striker Giorgio Chinaglia executed.

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