Rigore! - The Italian Football Podcast

Warning - for masochists and manic depressives only... Because we had the brilliant idea of ending this season of podcasts after La Finalissima against Argentina, we are forced to discuss what may have been the worst Italy performance in some time. There's little brightness here as we discuss what went wrong - and how it may be fixed... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get your formalwear on because it's time for THE awards ceremony of the season. We look at who our listeners have picked as the best players outside the top six - along with their flop of the season...Even Venezia pick up an award! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus episode, we celebrate Roma's victory over Feyenoord in the Europa Conference League Final and chat about what it might mean for Italian football in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take in all the drama (or lack of drama) from the final day of the Serie A season as Milan wrapped up the scudetto in style, Fiorentina won their European race against Atalanta, and the relegation battlers did their best to outdo one another in their rubbishness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode, we join Serie A in saying farewell to Lorenzo Insigne and also Venezia, look at the title race and relegation battle as they both head to an exciting finale, and Marco discusses the "cool" approach that Venezia's social media accounts have decided to take... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marco doesn't know whether to laugh or cry as we look back at an amazing game in Venice, discuss the late goals in Salernitana and Genoa and take in the Milanese battle for the scudetto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we talk about two goalkeeping howlers that could play a vital role in the scudetto race, chat about why Jose was moaning about VAR (rightly this time!) and Marco pays tribute to Paolo Zanetti and looks ahead to the big game against Salernitana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a glum (but entertaining!) episode this week as Marco finally accepts Venezia are doomed, but explains why he would love to take Salernitana down with Venezia. Elsewhere, we discuss a variety of defensive disasters that helped Milan grab a last minute win, gave Salernitana their "fairytale" third win on the trot and put paid to Napoli's scudetto hopes once and for all. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Your hosts have contrasting moods this week as Giancarlo celebrates a fine Fiorentina win in Naples, while Marco counts the cost of yet another late sucker punch v Udinese in Venice. On top of that, we discuss why Immobile the Lazio player is so different from Immobile the Italy player, and look at one of Serie A's other most in-form strikers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

In this week's episode we discuss the refereeing in the big Juve - Inter game, look at whether anyone actually wants to avoid relegation this year, and talk about whether Atalanta might miss out on a European spot. We also try to solve Serie A's marketing problem in 2 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We reluctantly analyse what went wrong for the Azzurri after their disastrous defeat to North Macedonia. Contains much doom and gloom and some swearing...! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode, Marco tries to keep it together better than Paolo Zanetti as we dissect what went wrong for Venezia, discuss some comedy moments in Serie A, look at Cissé's amazing first goal and discuss a Roma player who could be signing of the season. On top of that, we look ahead to the Azzurri's crunch week as they prepare to face North Macedonia in the semi-final of the World Cup play...

On this week's episode, Marco is happy as Venezia have yet to play, but we still find time to discuss the relegation race, with particular focus on Genoa's incredible run of draws (fans of stats will be pleased with this discussion!), look at the race for Europa league spots and discuss the less than great behaviour of some Verona fans. We also talk about Inter's late equaliser v Torino and talk a...

On this week's episode we finally give some (probably long overdue) credit to Milan, discuss whether pragmatism or entertainment is more important and pay tribute to a Lazio legend. There is also some serious straw clutching from Marco as he attempts to paint a 4-1 home defeat in a positive light... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode, we discuss Napoli's brilliant last-gasp win at Lazio, look at whether Juve could still sneak in to win the league, talk about rubbish refereeing and, much to Marco's chagrin, discuss the latest updates in the relegation battle.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we discuss whether the Milan's draw and Inter's loss demonstrates the strength or weakness of the league, talk about more goals for old performers like Quagliarella, look at the relegation battle, and wonder if Belotti could be the answer to Italy's striking problems for next month's big matches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the podcast, we look at a much-needed win for Venezia, look at some of the dodgy officiating decisions this weekend and learn why Simone Inzaghi has the voice of a 90-year old... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this debut episode of the podcast, we take in the big footballing issues from Serie A this weekend, including discussing red cards, the relegation battle, Milan's victory in the derby, Vlahovic's debut and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.