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2 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Harry Slavin
Como have revealed the full details of their brand new flagship summer event, with the Serie A club planning on taking the pre-season tournament to another level through their focus on lifestyle, culture and hospitality.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
If you were to compile a list of football clubs whose stadium is located nearby a UNESCO World Heritage site it would not be very long. But Pisa would be on there. Granted, there are more picturesque stadiums than the Arena Garibaldi, but none of them are a 10-minute walk from scenery as stunning as the famous Leaning Tower in the historic Piazza dei Miracoli.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
Four years to the day from when he joined Inter Milan to replace Antonio Conte, Simone Inzaghi and the Nerazzurri parted ways. Just 72 hours after Inter’s historic humiliation in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich, the 49-year-old opted to accept Al-Hilal’s mind-boggling offer.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
Giovanni Stroppa pulled no punches as he sat down to address the press on Sunday night after Cremonese clinched promotion back to Serie A. The Grigiorossi manager was in an ebullient mood but temporarily put celebrations on hold when asked how he felt about being sacked back in October. “Of all the four promotions I have won, this is the one that infuriates me the most as I had the rug pulled from under my feet,” he said.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
“With our fans behind us, anything can happen,” reads a slogan at the entrance of the Stadio Alberto Picco. And for nine months, that rang true as Spezia reached the Serie B play-off final and dreamed of promotion, just a year after avoiding relegation on the final day of the season. Walking through La Spezia on Sunday there was genuine hope, expectation even, that they could take the final step and return to Serie A for the first time in two years.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
History weighed heavily on Cremonese as they arrived in La Spezia in search of the victory that booked their return to Serie A for the first time in two years. “We know perfectly well that only one result will do,” Giovanni Stroppa said when asked to evaluate his side’s prospect of winning promotion through the play-offs.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Alasdair Mackenzie
Alasdair Mackenzie reporting from Allianz Arena, MunichInter’s quest to become European champions for a fourth time came to a harrowing end in Munich as they were dismantled 5-0 a by brilliant Paris Saint-Germain. Luis Enrique’s side became the first French team to clinch a Treble of Ligue 1, Coupe de France and Champions League. It was a brutal end to a brilliant run from Inter.
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3 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
Just hours before Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain took to the pitch in Munich, Simon Yates left Isaac del Toro and Richard Carapaz in his wake to write one of the most glorious chapters in the history of the Giro d’Italia. The Briton started the penultimate stage in third place in the GC standings, 1 minute and 21 seconds and 38 seconds behind Carapaz, but finished it as the overall leader with a four-minute advantage over the pair.
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4 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Harry Slavin
As the first fireworks began to pop in the Naples night sky 500 miles away, Inter players trudged over to their supporters inside the Stadio Sinigaglia to embrace a familiar feeling. For a third time this season, Simone Inzaghi’s side had come within touching distance of silverware. For a third time, they were left with nothing. Supercoppa Italiana final and Coppa Italia semi-final defeats by neighbours AC Milan had been followed up by a title tussle that went right down to the final day.
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4 weeks ago | 
destinationcalcio.com | Dan Cancian
A controversial coda to the Serie B season got even messier on Thursday, when Sampdoria were handed a lifeline in the shape of a relegation play-off and Brescia were demoted to Serie C because of alleged financial irregularities. Relegated to calcio’s third tier for the first time in their history after finishing third-bottom in Serie B with 41 points, the Blucerchiati will now face Salernitana for the chance of remaining in the second division.