Paolo Bandini
Paolo Bandini writes on Italian football and the NFL, and can sometimes be heard talking calcio with James Richardson on the Football Weekly podcast. Click here to follow him on Twitter
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The Spaniard’s overall scoring record is unexceptional yet his winning goal in the Coppa Italia final again showed why he is coveted by so many
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The Swede’s Serie A scoring record of 35 goals had stood for 66 years, but Napoli’s Argentinian surpassed it with his final-day hat-trick against Frosinone
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The first Italian to win the European Golden Shoe retires from game after helping to beat Serie A champions Juventus with ‘most beautiful goal of my career’
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As Leicester City close in on the Premier League title, former players remember Claudio Ranieri’s unorthodox training methods and praise a genuinely nice man
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Paolo Bandini: Brock Osweiler and Tom Brady score high marks while the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos whiff
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Will Spain start with Álvaro Morata up front, will Wayne Rooney get into the England team and who will be the full-backs for Germany? Our writers pick their preferred starting XI for six of the most highly rated sides in the tournament
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Manchester United come out on top against City, as Newcastle and Sunderland share their derby spoils. Plus: Gary Neville faces more pressure in Valencia; another record for Gigi Buffon; and remembering the Battle of Bramall Lane
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Torino were desperate to stop Juventus’s veteran goalkeeper from going past Sebastiano Rossi’s Serie A record, and Rossi himself took no pleasure in losing his crown
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The podders discuss Manchester City’s dramatic penalty shootout win against Liverpool at Wembley. Plus, Marcus Rashford announces his arrival in the Premier League as he sinks Arsenal
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The former Inter defender hit a powerful winner as Juventus continue their incredible form, while the Milan club battle for identity
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The podders discuss Manchester City’s capitulation to Chelsea and the rest of the thrills and spills in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Plus, Arsenal host Barcelona in the Champions League; Manchester United look to avoid more Midtjylland misery; and Faustino Asprilla’s magical horse
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Luciano Spalletti, who has seven or eight of Francesco Totti’s shirts hanging on his wall at home, says his excluded captain is not a special case and teams are picked for results, not a player’s history
Sportblog The Bandinis 2016: an utterly exhaustive review of the Serie A season