This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Italy vanquished Germany 2-1 as they extended their unbeaten streak over the old enemy in major tournaments to eight games – and half a century. …
One of the few clubs to win the league unbeaten and then promptly get relegated, the rise and fall of B71 Sandoy is one of football’s great tales
At his best one of the world’s top striker, yet still criminally under-appreciated, Enrico Chiesa was as good as any Italian striker of the 1990s
Gascoigne was an enigma; a strange contradiction in the way that he could exhibit moments of footballing beauty despite being something of an utter lunatic
Like the ground in which they play, a charming relic in a world of insincere pretences, Burnley have no desire to exist in any other way than their way
Given the mesmerising, if inconsistent, moments Argentine players have provided Manchester United, the fans will be prepared to get hurt all over again
Blessed with two of the greatest front threes in the history of football, which was better at Barcelona: Stoichkov-Laudrup-Romário or Messi-Neymar-Suárez?
Famously deemed the world’s best young players in 2003, Matteo Brighi was as silky as he was smart – but his career never truly took off
Norway have their best chance since Euro 2000 to qualify for a major tournament – and their doing it on the backs of the blood of their 1990s heroes
With Solskjær at the helm, the future looks bright, and perhaps Scandinavian talent can once again lift Manchester United to the apex of European football
In one of world football’s great feats, Norwegian giants Rosenborg would lift the title on 13 consecutive occasions to set a unique record
If the Norse poets deign to update the sagas of old, maybe one day there will be a tale for Erling Braut Håland all of his own
A player shy of motivation or a gifted maverick often misused? Wherever you stand, it’s a shame that Italy never truly saw the best of Sebastian Giovinco
If Paul Pogba leaves Manchester United this summer, the club would struggle to find a better replacement than Lazio’s Sergej Milinković-Savić
A star at Valencia and Lazio in their greatest eras, sadly Claudio López would miss out on both the trophies and love he certainly deserved
Between the death of his parents and baby son, Stig Tøfting would find a release in football – even if took him over the boundaries at times
Luca Toni may not have gone down as the most glamorous or talented, but he was prolific. And when you’re a centre-forward, that’s all that really matters
From Maradona and Balbo to Batistuta and Crespo, Italian football and Argentine strikers have forged one of the game’s truly unique relationships