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90+1 inspirational stories about men + women in sport... some familiar, some less so. Proud to have helped my old buddy Luca Vialli with this project.
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Gabriele Marcotti
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Gabriele Marcotti
@Marcotti
ESPN Senior Writer, Corriere dello Sport correspondent. One half of the Gab + Juls show with @laurensjulien smarturl.it/gab-juls-show
London
Born July 28
Joined March 2009
- If you were only eligible to win the Ballon d'Or once... (This list is more fun) 2008 - Ronaldo 2009 - Messi 2010 - Iniesta 2011 - Xavi 2012 - Falcao 2013 - Ribery 2014 -Neuer 2015 - Neymar 2016 - Griezmann 2017 - Buffon 2018 - Modric 2019 - Van Dijk 2021 - Lewandowski
- OK, so next Sunday, we got Manchester United v Liverpool, Barcelona v Real Madrid, Inter v Juventus and Marseille v PSG.. all in the space of less than 7 hours...
- Scary thing about Haaland is he’s going to have 5 weeks to rest, recover and reload ahead of the second half of the season
- Never knew there was so much money in men’s hair... biggest game in the world and the Turkish hair transplant doc can afford to buy pitch side advertising...
- Benzema is one of only 3 guys to have scored in 16 consecutive UCL seasons. (No prize for guessing the other two)
- Ronaldo on Sky Italia is told that Juve never managed a comeback this great in the CL... “Maybe that’s why they signed me” is his reply
- Whatever you think of Aubameyang, if the numbers being reported are even marginally accurate, he's taking a £15m pay cut over the next 18 months to join Barcelona. He's putting his money where his mouth is, unlike vast majority of others. Respect for that.
- Darwin Nunez (on Sky Italia): "That Alisson save? That was incredible. I swear to you, I saw the ball going in.. and then it wasn't."
- Other than the four he won in Serie A... and the Europa League... and the U20 World Cup... and the proper World Cup...
00:00 - Del Piero taking about @AFCAjax : “What impresses me most isn’t the work rate or technical ability, both of which are exceptional... it’s the way they fill the pitch, their understanding of space and time, their tactical nous... all at such a young age...” #wisewords
- Probably totally meaningless and simply down to coincidence. But kinda neat that Bayern + Inter will have a player in this World Cup final, just like every World Cup final for the past 40 years….
- 🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian star Antony answers on his future, current situation with Ajax and Man United in negotiations. 🔴 #MUFC #Ajax 📲 Exclusive interview: youtu.be/_2xacIDwMcY Full thread with Antony's words to follow. 🚨
