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June 2007 Issue 142 CONTENTS

SPECIAL FEATURES

8 MILAN RULE EUROPE (Cover Feature) Against all the odds, Milan are the champions of Europe for an incredible seventh time. Susy Campanale reports from Athens on another incredible Rossoneri adventure 24 BIANCONERI BACK! (Cover Feature) After spending a year in purgatory, Juventus are back where they belong. But Serafino Ingardia wonders if they can regain their Scudetto crown from Inter 28 OLD & NEW Juventus’ successful Serie B campaign has owed much to the experience of Pavel Nedved and the youthful exploits of Raffaele Palladino 31 DD POSER Didier Deschamps might have earned Juventus promotion back to Serie A but, as Antonio Labbate explains, his future on the bench is far from certain 32 GUARDIAN ANGELO (Cover Feature) Lazio ‘keeper Angelo Peruzzi has opted to wave goodbye to a game that still loves him. We pay homage to ‘Tyson’, while Antonio Labbate ponders who will replace him 38 LITTLEST TOTO Udinese ace Antonio Di Natale has had a season to remember. Steve Wilson profiles the only man to have broken into the post-World Cup Italy team 40 CAMPIONI D’ITALIA (Cover Feature) Inter are celebrating their first on-the-pitch Scudetto in almost two decades. Dominque Antognoni brings you the reaction from Milan 42 CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS (Exclusive) Skipper Javier Zanetti spoke exclusively with Dominque Antognoni after enduring over a decade of despair at Inter before winning Lo Scudetto 44 GOLD RUN The key to Inter’s Scudetto success this term was their record-breaking 17-match winning streak. James Sugrue followed the run game-by-game 54 BACKROOM BOYS (Special Report) Massimo Moratti and Roberto Mancini are an Inter match made in heaven. Find out why, plus get the inside track on the rest of the Nerazzurri’s backroom boys 58 ODD COUPLE Luis Figo is heading out of Inter, while Alvaro Recoba remains – should it be the other way around? 62 BEST OF THE BEST With the campaign drawing to a close, we highlight eight players who have really made a difference. Who has been the best? You decide the Player of the Season 66 ROMA PARTY TIME Roma are preparing to celebrate their 80th birthday in June. Lara Mezzanotte reveals their party plans, while also taking a peak back at their illustrious history 68 CRIS CROSS (Exclusive) The love affair between Cristiano Lucarelli and Livorno looks set to end. Susy Campanale caught up with the outspoken star in London

GREAT OFFERS

34 ITALIA WEB Your pointer on where to get the most comprehensive minute-by-minute information on Serie A 72 BACK ISSUES Your chance to go back in time and catch up with those missing copies 84 SUBSCRIPTIONS Great new offers. Save money, get copies delivered straight to your door 97 TEXTING TIMES Sign up for your daily Italia football news

Napoli are starting to believe in a return to Serie A, but for Juventus the dreams are fast turning to reality

REGULAR FEATURES

36 AROUND THE PENINSULA Our popular feature highlighting the humorous and the off-beat lurking behind the headlines 53 BLAST FROM THE PAST Turning back time with a hero of old. This month featuring Giuseppe ‘The Uncle’ Bergomi, Inter’s legendary former stopper and captain 60 OFFSIDE Our sideways look at the Italian scene featuring weird characters, odd events plus Things We Have Learned & Circle of Calcio 73 CALCIO ARCHIVES Remembering classic Calcio Italia editions and stories of the past, this month spotlighting Issue 22 from June 1997, when Juventus celebrated their centenary with mixed results 74 SCUDETTO SCRAPBOOK In the last of the series, Giancarlo Rinaldi sums up his time as a calcio lover with a look back at both the best and worst that Italian football has had to offer 79 FLORENCE POSTCARD Calcio’s clean-up job has been a success, according to John Pitonzo. But our man in Florence isn’t happy at the comments made by Steven Gerrard about Rino Gattuso 80 IN OFF THE POST Your views on everything Italia plus Corrispondente and Web Chat 96 LAST WORD Inter’s title triumph would have been well received by Milan fan Susy Campanale, but the Nerazzurri’s whingeing has rubbed her up the wrong way

PICTURE SPECIALS

49 PULL-OUT POSTERS Scudetto special featuring Inter’s team group and a montage of their celebrations as they toasted their 15th League triumph

While Inter ruled Italy and Milan conquered Europe, Roma got their hands on the Coppa Italia in a golden month for Serie A's big boys

NEWS

6 LA GAZZETTA With the transfer window about to open, we reveal all the latest regarding the futures of Luca Toni, Gigi Buffon and a number of Serie A Coaches 16 CHAMPS SEMI-FINAL Some English clubs will be glad to see the back of Milan after this season. Before taking on Liverpool in the Final, Susy Campanale saw them teach Man Utd a footballing lesson 18 COPPA ITALIA Inter went into the Coppa Italia Final looking to beat Roma for a third straight year. But it didn’t exactly go to plan as James Sugrue reveals

INTERNATIONAL SCENE

20 BID FAREWELL Italy lost out to Poland in the bid to host the 2012 European Championship. Giancarlo Rinaldi analyses why, while also looking ahead to the vital upcoming qualifying clashes 22 SIXTH SENSE We take a glance ahead to the European Under-21 Championship in Holland, with the Azzurrini aiming to win their sixth title. Steve Wilson reports

RESULTS SERVICE

86 SERIE A REVIEW With just 90 minutes of the season left, Giancarlo Rinaldi looks at what has and hasn’t been settled 88 SERIE A RESULTS All the stats including results, scorers, tables, attendances, red & yellow cards and referees 92 SERIE B REVIEW Juventus are back in Serie A. But who will join them? Paul Watson reports 94 SERIE B RESULTS Your complete guide to every result and fixture, plus tables and scorers

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