Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at Bobo – Christian Vieri – the grumpiest striker in Serie A. Currently enjoying life as a DJ, and having admitted he would have been happier playing cricket in his former home of Australia, Vieri wasn’t exactly a bad footballer. One of Italy’s all-time great strikers and a top scorer in Serie A and La Liga. Bobo liked to score on and off the pitch but ended his career living with his mother. He made his way through plenty of clubs. 9 in 9 years to be exact. And heaven knows how many nightclubs. Elsewhere, it was a heart-breaking week for Napoli and Inter who were both eliminated from the Champions League by a wafer-thin margin. It was a wild weekend in Italy with dramatic finishes while Juventus are enjoying the best start in Serie A history. Plus Prandelli is the latest manager to take on the chalice at Genoa. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Inter and Napoli knocked out of the Champions League (01m 00s) • PART 2a: An introduction to Christian Vieri (07m 30s) • PART 2b: Vieri replaces Vialli at Juventus, then leaves for Atletico Madrid (11m 30s) • PART 2c: Vieri’s off again – this time to Lazio, then Inter, becoming the most expensive player in the world (15m 30s) • PART 2d: Vieri’s international career and fall-out at Euro 2004 (20m 30s) • PART 3a: Vieri tapped by private detectives at Inter, resulting in a move to Milan then Monaco (22m 45s) • PART 3b: Vieri returns to his nomadic ways in 2006 back in Serie A (27m 45s) • PART 3c: Vieri’s legacy and DJ career – the Bobo Dance! (30m 45s) • PART 4: A wild weekend in Serie A plus Prandelli arrives at Genoa (34m 10s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

With the announcement that Maurizio Zamparini has sold Palermo to a consortium involving David Platt, the panel of Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at Zamparini’s time in Sicily. We bring you the whole story. From Vasquez to Viagra. It’s the story that includes over a thousand sexual conquests and Jimbo’s favourite goal in Serie A history. The story of the man who found a kindred spirit in Kyle Lafferty. In an extremely competitive field, Zamparini is a record-breaker when it comes to owners dismissing managers in Italy. 45 sackings in 16 years will do that. And it was a golden age on the field, starring the likes of Cavani, Pastore, Dybala, Grosso, Toni. The list went on, as Palermo were regulars on the European scene. In Serie A, we look ahead to what could be a Friday night thriller between Juventus and Inter. And while Gennaro Gattuso continues to defy expectations as a manager, Pippo Inzaghi fails to meet them. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Zamparini sells Palermo to David Platt (01m 00s) • PART 2: Zamparini sells Venezia to buy Palermo in 2002 (05m 30s) • PART 3a: Palermo promoted to Serie A in 2004 – the great players they had and the vast quantity of managers (10m 30s) • PART 3b: Zamparini moves into politics – the pitchfork movement (17m 30s) • PART 3c: The second great Palermo side of 2010-11 (20m 00s) • PART 3d: Zamparini’s active sex life (25m 45s) • PART 4: Juventus v Inter preview and a look back at last weekend’s Serie A action (27m 45s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back to a time when it was always sunny in Filadelfia. Gigi Lentini took Torino to new heights, including the UEFA Cup Final, and ended up in a transfer tug of war between Milan and Juventus in the summer of 1992\. Lentini took Silvio Berlusconi’s helicopter to the San Siro for a world record fee. £13 million was so astronomical that it managed to offend the Pope. But his life was changed forever as he sped to visit Toto Schillaci’s wife in 1993 and wrote off his Porsche. It was also the end of his career at elite level, thanks to a combination of a coma and Capello. In the modern day, we review the action in Serie A where Chievo are no longer pointless and Milan manager Gattuso has angered the government. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: An introduction to Gigi Lentini – the teenage prodigy (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Torino in the early 90s – the team that reached the 1992 UEFA Cup Final (05m 00s) • PART 2b: Lentini signs for Milan for a world record fee (13m 00s) • PART 3a: Lentini’s car crash in 1993 (17m 40s) • PART 3b: Lentini returns to Torino in 1997 – Dorigo, Souness and a run-in with Materazzi (21m 30s) • PART 3c: Lentini’s legacy – a failure? (24m 30s) • PART 4a: Serie A round-up –Chievo move onto plus points while Roma slip up again (26m 35s) • PART 4b: Serie A round up – Lazio 1-1 Milan as Gattuso angers the government (30m 25s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti this week salute Luca Toni. Not a lifeguard as some would have you believe but perhaps the last great Italian centre-forward. The big man was laying down outrageous goal scoring numbers before Ronaldo and Messi showed up. He was Serie A’s top scorer at the age of 29 and again at 38. Toni won the World Cup, the Golden Shoe and he scored a bundle for Bayern Munich, while also upsetting Louis Van Gaal and the Catholic Church. In short, he was so much more than the Italian Peter Crouch. Back in the present, the panel evaluate Italy’s striker search in finding the next Luca Toni. And speaking of strikers, will Milan’s injury crisis force them to call upon the Zlatan? Plus there’s what should be an emotional Genoa derby on the horizon this weekend. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: An introduction to Luca Toni – underappreciated? (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Toni’s beginnings at Brescia (04m 30s) • PART 2b: Toni goes to the 2006 World Cup (07m 10s) • PART 2c: Toni’s time at Bayern – breaking records and falling out with Van Gaal and the Catholic Church (10m 30s) • PART 3a: Toni returns to Italy and breaks more records (15m 00s) • PART 3b: Luca’s legacy (23m 30s) • PART 4: A look back at Italy in the Nations League (26m 00s) • PART 5: Restaurant recommendations and a look ahead to the Genoa derby (30m 35s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com

With news breaking of Claudio Ranieri being appointed as Fulham manager, Jimbo and James Horncastle take a trip down memory lane with the man who wrote the book on Ranieri – literally – Gab Marcotti. We look at Gentleman Claudio’s journey in Serie A. From how his Roma side took Jose Mourinho’s all-conquering Inter to the limit, to his engineering of the great escape at Parma, as well as helping restore Juve’s battered reputation. Speaking of Juventus, they win at Milan as we discuss ultras - those that have a social conscience and those that drive tanks over cars. The managerial merry-go-round is in full swing in Serie A as Gian Piero Ventura proves he DOES know how to resign. Plus there’s the curious case of Frosinone’s number 89 and the panel reminisce about Rodrigo Taddei. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Ranieri the Roman – Claudio’s time in the capital (00m 30s) • PART 1b: Ranieri masterminds the great escape at Parma – Claudio the gentleman (06m 30s) • PART 1c: Ranieri’s time at Juventus – restoring their reputation (09m 45s) • PART 1d: How will Ranieri fare at Fulham? (12m 30s) • PART 2a: Atalanta 4-1 Inter & Milan 0-2 Juventus (16m 30s) • PART 2b: 50 years of the Milan ultras & tackling abuses of power (22m 45s) • PART 3: A mass of managerial movements in Serie A – Ventura, Velazquez and Andreazzoli (31m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email sales@muddykneesmedia.com