Italy is an amazing country. In the day to day life of its streets is present the past on which they have been cemented. Each city in which you immerse yourself ridicules the beauty of your previous shipwreck. Venice, Rome or Milan are cities flooded with flattery that incite us to evade reality. Florence, however, …
The extinct art of closing a game
After the irruption of new and multiple competing options to football within the entertainment industry, I consider it attractive to bring up an unusual fact to date in the history of our beloved sport: the extinction of close scores and subsequent celebrations. Despite being somewhat related, a closed match is not the same as watching …
Ciao Chievo
It sounds utopian, but how many times has something had to disappear before we appreciate its existence? We live in a fast-paced world, which we only pause when it painfully comes to an end. Seize the ephemerality of moments before they become memories. Verona. Land of heated and impossible romances is once again witnessing an …
Zero to hero
How difficult and thankless it is to shine when the spotlight points elsewhere. A knockout tournament is always full of surprises, although more in its results than in its protagonists. The spotlight is usually focused on the strikers (the goal predators), the playmakers (the creators of play and chances), or even the goalkeepers when their …
How to win the final assault and still lose the battle
Last weekend took place in Milan, the fashion capital par excellence, one of its biggest parades. And I am not talking about clothes. One of the teams defending the city's name, entrenched in the Giuseppe Meazza, was crowned Serie A champion. The Italian squad has recently invested around 700 million to arm its battalion and …
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Let’s celebrate
Carnival is approaching and although this year it will not take place in the same way as usual, at Foot Renegades we are going to celebrate it by remembering the most emblematic and vindictive goal celebrations. For one day we are going to give the goal, our eternal protagonist, a secondary role and we are …
The decline of Italian referees
Anyone who has ever played a video game related to the sport recognizes this face. Pierluigi Collina was voted the best referee in history at the end of the year. His impeccable professionalism propelled him to the top of a profession as far from the spotlight as it is focused on criticism. Since he hung …
Oh youth, divine treasure
Could the Vecchia Signora have become outdated? It seems unbelievable that its decline has become the differential element to increase the attractiveness of Serie A, when that was the main purpose of the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018. Observing the events that took place during this first half of the season in Italy, we …