Calcio Italia

June 2007

Features:

• 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
• 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
• OLD & NEW Juventus’ successful Serie B campaign has owed much to the experience of Pavel Nedved and the youthful exploits of Raffaele Palladino
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• ODD COUPLE Luis Figo is heading out of Inter, while Alvaro Recoba remains – should it be the other way around?
• 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
• 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
• 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
• AROUND THE PENINSULA Our popular feature highlighting the humorous and the off-beat lurking behind the headlines
• BLAST FROM THE PAST Turning back time with a hero of old. This month featuringGiuseppe ‘The Uncle’ Bergomi, Inter’s legendary formerstopper and captain
• OFFSIDE Our sideways look at the Italian scene featuring weirdcharacters, odd events plus Things We Have Learned &Circle of Calcio
• 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
• SCUDETTO SCRAPBOOK In the last of the series, Giancarlo Rinaldi sums up hitime as a calcio lover with a look back at both the besand worst that Italian football has had to offer
• 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
• IN OFF THE POST Your views on everything Italia plus Corrispondente and Web Chat
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• SERIE A REVIEW With just 90 minutes of the season left, Giancarlo Rinaldi looks at what has and hasn’t been settled
• SERIE A RESULTS All the stats including results, scorers, tables, attendances, red & yellow cards and referees
• SERIE B REVIEW Juventus are back in Serie A. But who will join them? Paul Watson reports
• SERIE B RESULTS Your complete guide to every result and fixture, plus tables and scorers
• ITALIA WEB Your pointer on where to get the most comprehensive minute-by-minute information on Serie A
• BACK ISSUES Your chance to go back in time and catch up with those missing copies
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• PULL-OUT POSTERS Scudetto special featuring Inter’s team group and a montage of their celebrations as they toasted their 15th League triumph